Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc is a Combo deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel. Check out the core deck list, key combos, how to play & counter as well as F2P or budget options!

Tri-Brigade Deck Lists
Pure Tri-Brigade	Zoodiac
Bird Up	Spright

May 9th Banlist Update

Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow and Tri-Brigade Fraktall will be Semi-Limited following the standard banlist update on May 9th! Check our Banlist update page for more information.

May 9th Banlist Update

Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc Deck List

Main Deck: 40 cards
x3	x3	x3	x3	x3
x1	x1	x2	x2	x2
x1	x1	x1	x1	x3
x2	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x2	x1	-	-
Extra Deck: 15 cards
x1	x1	x2	x1	x1
x1	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	x1	x1	-

Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc Breakdown

Monsters

Spells

Traps

Extra

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Maxx "C"	3
	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring	3
	Lyrilusc - Celestine Wagtail	1
	Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds	1
	Tri-Brigade Kitt	1
	Tri-Brigade Fraktall	3
	Lyrilusc - Beryl Canary	2
	Tri-Brigade Kerass	1
	Lyrilusc - Turquoise Warbler	3
	Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow	3
	Lyrilusc - Sapphire Swallow	2

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Forbidden Droplet	2
	Harpie's Feather Duster	1
	One for One	1
	Lightning Storm	1
	Lyrilusc - Bird Call	3
	Fire Formation - Tenki	1
	Tri-Brigade Rendezvous	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Infinite Impermanence	2
	Tri-Brigade Revolt	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Lyrilusc - Recital Starling	2
	Tri-Brigade Shuraig the Ominous Omen	1
	Lyrilusc - Ensemblue Robin	1
	Number F0: Utopic Draco Future	1
	Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder	1
	Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty	1
	Accesscode Talker	1
	Ancient Warriors Oath - Double Dragon Lords	1
	Salamangreat Almiraj	1
	Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale	1
	Number F0: Utopic Future	1
	Tri-Brigade Ferrijit the Barren Blossom	1
	Harpie Conductor	1
	Hraesvelgr, the Desperate Doom Eagle	1

Tier Evaluation

Tier Ranking
[Tier 2(/games/Yu-Gi-Oh-Master-Duel/archives/355397#hm_11)
Deck Archetype		Deck Difficulty
Aggro		Medium
Deck Evaluation
Brigade and Lyrilusc have innate synergy thanks to Winged Beast/Beast-Warrior/Beast archetypes Tri-Brigade can use Lyrilusc monsters as material when banishing them to Link Summon powerful monsters Lyrilusc uses trickier plays to bamboozle the opponent with control and surprising offense

Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

Famoulsly known among the community as Bird Up, Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc is a Deck has quite a lot of flexibility in its combos, with a wide variety of ways to go depending on the starting hand. It has a very high skill ceiling, rewarding those putting in the time to learn every detail about the Deck.

This is an all-or-nothing combo Deck, and more often than not the bet pays off with a very powerful field most of the Meta Decks have problems dealing with. Use as many advantages as possible to bring out monsters that have both power and control.

Tri-Brigades Link Engine

Tri-Brigades can be considered a top contender for being one of the best Link Monster engines in the game. Its ability to fill the Graveyard with Beast/Beast-Warrior/Winged Beast monsters, and Link Summon using the same monsters ther is unique to the archetype, allowing them easier access to Link Monsters with higher Link Raitings. Do not be surprised if a Tri-Brigade Deck can bring out a Link-4 monster on their first turn.

Lyrilusc Synergy

Lyriluscs have quite some power in their ability to swarm the field and search copies of each other out. The sheer number of monsters the archetype can summon in a combo grants them easy access to Link and Xyz monster plays and combo extenders. On top of that, because the Tri-Brigade monsters' effects count Winged Beast monsters for Link Materials, the Lyrilusc monsters can be used as material as well!

The Boss Monsters

The Deck has quite a formidable list of powerful Extra Deck monsters to have in their disposal. Most of the monsters here have ways to disrupt the opponent, like Utopic Draco Future and Accesscode Talker having negates, to Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS's board-clearing effect, Shuraig's non-targetting banishing effect, and the effect of Simorgh's infamous Special Summon lockout combo with Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds.

Core Combos and Interactions

One-card Simorgh Combo

If certain cards have yet to be drawn from your Deck, Tri-Brigade Fraktall is enough to be able to set up a board for future turns as a one-card combo. The following combo should set up to lock the opponent out of Special Summoning non-WIND monsters, while protecting your Beast/Winged Beast/Beast-Warrior monsters from destruction, and giving you a set-up opening next turn with a Tri-Brigade Nervall on-hand.

Tip!	Make sure to have at least four spaces in your Spell and Trap Card Zone open to properly use the effect of Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty to Special Summon Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds and complete the lockout combo.

F0 Lyrilusc Combo

The Lyrilusc archetype has decent swarming abilities, and with the right cards the combo can allow two Lyrilusc - Recital Starling to be Xyz Summoned in one turn, opening up a chance to summon Number F0: Utopic Future and another Lyrilusc Xyz monster.

Tip!	You could use other Rank 1 Xyz Monsters for the second material, but keep in mind of its material requirements. Here, a second copy of Recital Starling was used to maintain card advantage by using its effect to seach out another Lyrilusc monster from the Deck to the hand.

Boss Monsters

	Number F0: Utopic Draco Future
	Number F0: Utopic Draco Future is a very annoying card to deal with for the opponent, and a card that is surprisingly easy to set up, especially if you were to go first. If any effect monster decides to activate its effect on the field while this card is still active, the effect is negated, and you get to take control of it until it is destroyed. Massive stats on top of being immune to battle or card destruction also adds to its power.
	Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty
	Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty is a powerful Link Monster that allows a Winged Beast monster from the Deck during your End Phases. This allows further protection and set-up with the Lyrilusc archetype, while providing protection to Winged Beast monsters this card points to with its Link Markers. It is also one of two key cards that create the Extra Deck lockout combo, locking the opponent out of Special Summoning non-WIND monsters with Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds.
	Tri-Brigade Shuraig the Ominous Omen
	Tri-Brigade Shuraig the Ominous Omen is the strongest Tri-Brigade monster in the Deck, and as soon as it is Special Summoned, or if another Beast/Winged Beast/Beast-Warrior monster gets Special Summoned, it can banish a card off of the field. On top of that, Shuraig has a floating effect where it replaces itself with a mosnter whose level matches or is lower to the number of Beast/Winged Beast/Beast-Warrior monsters that were Banished.
	Accesscode Talker
	Accesscode Talker is a universal boss monster due to its strong effects, and with Bird Up having multiple Link-2 and Link-3 monsters, this card is very accessible for a Link-4 monster. When summoned using Link Monsters as material, this monster's ATK can go up as high as 5300, and the opponent cannot activate cards in response to this card activating its effects.

Budget Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc: F2P Friendly

Lower Rarity Replacements

SR/UR		Replacements
Lyrilusc - Ensemblue Robin	→	Slacker Magician	Number 63: Shamoji Soldier
Fire Formation - Tenki	→	Tri-Brigade Stand-Off	Fire Formation - Tensu
Lyrilusc - Bird Call	→	Swallow's Nest

・Lyrilusc - Ensemblue Robin can be swapped out for Slacker Magician (which could negate effects if it's targeted) or Number 63: Shamoji Soldier (for a draw if you need an extra turn) as your extra Rank 1 Xyz Monster; even though its effect of shuffling back Sepcial Summoned monsters can be extremely useful.
・Fire Formation - Tenki provides the ability to search out a Tri-Brigade monster, which can be done with Tri-Brigade Stand-Off after a specific discard; another option is the second-best Fire Formation card, Fire Formation - Tensu, for its ability to provide a second Normal Summon.
・Lyrilusc - Bird Call searches out a Lyrilusc monster and Special Summons a Lyrilusc with a different name afterwards; at the cost of a Winged Beast on your field as tribute, Swallow's Nest Special Summons the specific monster needed.

Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc

Kaiju

Once the boss monsters are on the field like Utopic Draco Future and Shuraig, they can be hard to be removed by card destruction or bounce effects. However, tributing monsters is a bypass that Bird Up Decks are weak against. Kaijus are known for this playstyle, and with a few other floodgates can pose some serious trouble for this Deck.

Eldlich

Like Kaijus, Eldlich Control Decks have plenty of floodgates that make it hard for Lyrilusc and Tri-Brigade Monsters to maintain presence on the field. They also have consistent beatdown options, and has an easier combo to set up its boss monster to against anyone.

Traptrix

Traptrix going first against Bird Up means they can set up multiple disruptions through their frequent use of Trap Cards. Even card searches from Recital Starling's effect will get negated with a possible Traptrix Trap Hole Nightmare, resulting in denied card advantage.

Best Cards to Tech Against Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc

	The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode
	Should you not have any Kaijus crafted, The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode is a good option to consider, especially as Bird Up can easily go beyond three monsters on the field to match this card's summoning conditions. Especially when it attempts to go for both Number F0: Utopic Draco Future and the Tri-Brigade Link Monsters.
	Nibiru, the Primal Being
	Another Kaiju-esque effect, Nibiru, the Primal Being is even better as all it needs is that the opponent goes over five summons to trigger Nibiru's effect. This completely clears the board with all monsters (unless protected by Assembled Nightingale), and can safely crash against Number F0: Utopic Draco Future with 3000 ATK.
	Skill Drain
	Skill Drain effectively closes many of Bird Up's strengths, like using the Tri-Brigade's on-field effect to Link Summon by banishing monsters as material or Simorgh going for the lockdown effect with Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds, or being able to deal with dangerous cards like Lightning Storm or Raigeki with
	Necrovalley
	The Graveyard is a very important resource pool for Bird Up, as both Lyrilusc and Tri-Brigade uses cards in the GY for their effects, whether to Special Summon or Banish cards. Necrovalley effectively locks the cards from leaving the GY, preventing both kinds of effects from activating.
	Gravedigger's Trap Hole
	Gravedigger's Trap Hole will be dangerous counter for handtraps and Graveyard effects, which Bird Up Decks run quite a lot of on both ends. On top of that, the 2000 damage after it manages to negate an effect from the hand, GY or Banished cards can be fatal if the player is not watching their Life Points.

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