Code Talker Deck List & Card Guide

The Code Talkers are the original archetype that introduced the Link Summon mechanic into the card game in Yu-Gi-Oh!, and is one of the most flexible in bringing out multiple Link Monsters in Master Duel. Read on to learn about the deck's strategies, combos and Deck list!

Code Talker Deck List

Main Deck: 40 cards
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Extra Deck: 15 cards
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Code Talker Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

Code Talkers were the first archetype to set the standard in terms of setting up Link Monster summons, with constant combos to Special Summon the required materials.

The main strategy is Link Climbing: continuously summoning and Link Summoning to be able to bring out a Link Monster with a high Link Rating. The absolute full combo in this Deck can result in a U-Lock, where both Extra Monster Zones are occupied.

These four monsters--Code Exporter, Code Generator, Code Radiator and Micro Coder are cheat codes of sorts for Link Summoning, as they all share the effect that they can be used as materials from the hand if the requirements are met. On top of that, once they are sent to the Graveyard when used as material for a Code Talker monster.

Cards like Lady Debug, Linkslayer and Parallel eXceed enable the ability to command presence and pool resources to enable the multiple Summons and open up Link Summons. Lady Debug adds cards tto the hand, meanwhile Linkslayer and eXceed have Special Summon effects that should provide materials to be used..

The Cynet Spell Cards all provide support whenever the key Code Talker Link Monsters are brought out, which signifies their importance to the overall gameplan of this Deck. They enable the Link Summoning shenanigans, and in turn they reward the player through resource maintenance and presence on the field for future Link Summons.

The Code Talker archetype is what the entire Deck revolves around, all building up to the signature boss monster in Accesscode Talker. They are one of the few archetypes that reward using each other as materials, as Accesscode Talker needs them in the Graveyard to activate its effect for game-winning plays.

Core Combos and Interactions

Sample Combo 1

Active Field Spell: Salamangreat Sanctuary
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Sample Combo 2

Active Field Spell: Salamangreat Sanctuary
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Boss Monsters

	Accesscode Talker
	Accesscode Talker is quite handily the strongest Code Talker Link Monster in the entire Deck, and is the goal monster this Deck must be able to get outt as soon as possible. Not only can its ATK be boosted to a high level, it has the ability to destroy cards on the field by banishing Link Monsters from your GY.
	Firewall Dragon
	Firewall Dragon may not have the most impressive ATK stat for a LINK-4 monster, but its Quick Effect bounce cards back to the hand based on the number of cards co-linked to this monster. It can also Special Summon a Cyberse monster from the hand if a monster this card points to gets destroyed.
	Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax
	Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax not only acts as a taunter to protect other monsters, this card is essentially immune to targeted card effects after this card is Link Summoned. This monster is extremely strong against Special Summoned monsters as well, and if sent to the GY by an opponent's card it can force a card on the field back to be shuffled to the Deck.
	Decode Talker
	Decode Talker may not have controlling effects like the above monsters, but this monster can gain ATK if there are monsters on the Zoones its Link Markers are pointing to. At maximum, this card can potentially earn 1500 ATK, and it can tribute one of the monsters being pointed at to destroy another card on the field, in response to a targeted card effect.

Code Talker Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Code Talker

Tri-Brigade

All three variations of Tri-Brigade Decks can handle Code Talkers very handily. They also have a one-up on the archetype and the Deck in general with the Tri-Brigade's synergy with three types of monsters (Beast, Winged-Beast, Beast-Warrior), and the fact that it can conduct Link Summons through certain monsters' effects by banishing cards from the GY as materials.

Tri-Brigade Shuraig the Ominous Omen in particular is very dangerous, as it banishes a card of its choosing as soon as it is Link Summoned, and it has its own floating effect that lets you add a monster to the hand if this card is sent to the Graveyard.

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

Virtual World

Virtual World Decks are very efficient with their resources, maximizing swarming and milling abilities to consistently conduct Synchro and Xyz Summons left and right. Once they finish with their combos, this Deck can end up having a field that is hard to deal with for Code Talkers.

Virtual World Kyubi - Shenshen in particular messes with Code Talkers using the GY as it instead banishes cards that were supposed to be sent there; something they do not want as itt needs the Graveyard as a secondary resource pull for effecs and Special Summons.

Virtual World Deck Guide

Drytron Fairy

Still the defining Deck of the current meta for Ranked Duels, Drytron Fairy Decks are unmatched in their consistency in getting key monsters out on the field, which can be hard to use Extra Deck counters against as the boss monsters are Ritual Monsters. The Extra Deck monsters are more support but can stand-in when needed.

If possible, do not give this Deck a chance to bring out either Herald of Ultimateness or Drytron Meteonis Quandrantis; the LINK-4 monsters in the Code Talker Decks' card listt should all have good chances against these specific boss monsters.

Drytron Fairy Deck Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Code Talker

	Summon Limit
	Most Decks that run Link Monsters need to summon multiple monsters to match the material requirements needed, especially if the requirements are specific in nature. Summon Limit naturally bottlenecks all swarming attempts and forces both players to make their two summons per turn count.
	Underworld Goddess of the Closed World
	Most players do not get to prepare having one of their monsters be used against them, and Underworld Goddess of the Closed World is a constant menace for those players. The ability to use one of the monsters the opponent controls allows to get rid of a monster without having to use another resource like a Spell or Trap Card that could be used for something else.
	Artifact Scythe
	Artifact Scythe serves as a very powerful block against a Special Summon-heavy Deck. The moment this card is Special Summoned, the opponent is locked out of Special Summoning for the rest of the turn. Even better is that this card can act as a decoy in the Spell/Trap Zone by being set there, and getting destroyed by an opponent's card effect triggers the first effect.
	Called by the Grave
	Quite a lot of monsters in the Code Talkers Deck involve Graveyard effects and Special Summoning monsters from there. Called by the Grave is able to deny both by banishing them before their effects can be resolved.

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