Ancient Warriors is still viable in the N/R Rarity Festival! This page has everything you need, from the Deck list, to playstyle, and counters!

N/R Ancient Warriors Deck List

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

N/R Ancient Warriors Breakdown

Monsters

Spells

Traps

Extra

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Ancient Warriors - Valiant Zhang De	2
	Ancient Warriors - Loyal Guan Yun	3
	Ancient Warriors - Ingenious Zhuge Kong	3
	Ancient Warriors - Fearsome Zhang Yuan	2
	Ancient Warriors - Eccentric Lu Jing	3
	Ancient Warriors - Graceful Zhou Gong	3
	Ancient Warriors - Deceptive Jia Wen	3

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Fire Formation - Tensu	3
	Ancient Warriors Saga - Three Visits	3
	Ancient Warriors Saga - Sun-Liu Alliance	1
	Ancient Warriors Saga - Borrowing of Arrows	3
	Ancient Warriors Saga - East-by-South Winds	2

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Phantom Knights' Fog Blade	3
	Ancient Warriors Saga - Defense of Changban	3
	Ancient Warriors Saga - Chivalrous Path	3

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon	1
	Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon	1
	Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk	1
	Gem-Knight Pearl	1
	Number 50: Blackship of Corn	1
	Number 52: Diamond Crab King	1
	Super Quantal Mech Beast Aeroboros	1
	Gagaga Samurai	1
	Imduk the World Chalice Dragon	1
	Fire Fighting Daruma Doll	1
	Hraesvelgr, the Desperate Doom Eagle	1
	Tri-Brigade Rugal the Silver Sheller	1
	Number 70: Malevolent Sin	1
	Geonator Transverser	2

N/R Ancient Warriors Deck Guide: How to Play

The Ancient Warriors archetype are known for their ability to swarm the field with monsters with high stats, which is often a staple for Beatdown decks. They get stronger or have more effects in the presence of other Ancient Warrior monsters on the field.

To be precise, the monsters have various effects depending on their affinity. The Wind monsters Ingenious Zhuge Kong, Valiant Zhang De, and Loyal Guan Yun have effects that trigger when the opponent has monsters. The Water monsters Graceful Zhou Gong and Eccentric Lu Jing have effects that trigger when other Ancient Warrior monsters activate their effects. Lastly, the Fire monsters Deceptive Jia Wen and Fearsome Zhang Yuan activate their effects when an opponent's monster is destroyed, either by battle or card effect.

The various Ancient Warrior Spells and Traps all provide the Ancient Warrior monsters benefits like battle protection, card destruction or ATK modification, further pushing the Deck's beatdown playstyle. On top of that, Fire Formation - Tensu provides one more Normal Summon for Beast-Warrior monsters, which is exactly the monster type of the archetype.

The Extra Deck monsters are no slouches in terms of firepower, either. Gagaga Soldier, Number 52: Diamond Crab King, Number 70: Malevolent Sin and Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk all hit hard for low-rarity Xyz Monsters. Odd-Eyes Absolutet Dragon is an easy cheat code to bring outt Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon without needing to do a Fusion Summon, and because of their typing as Beast-Warriors, Ancient Warrior monsters can be used as materials for Tri-Brigade Rugal the Silver Sheller.

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