Budget Crusadia Deck List & Card Guide

A Crusadia Deck can be a good Budget Deck to consider if you want to spend as minimally as possible, but still hit like a truck with the proper set up. Read more to learn about how this Aggro Deck plays, its Deck list, combos, counters and more!

Budget Crusadia Deck List

Main Deck: 40 cards
x3	x3	x3	x3	x3
x3	x3	x3	x3	x3
x3	x3	x2	x1	x1
Extra Deck: 15 cards
x1	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x2	x2	x1	x1
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Budget Crusadia Breakdown

Budget Crusadia Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

The Crusadia archetype encourages Link Climbing, a strategy involving Special Summoning monster after monster to Link Summon monsters to get to the Link Monsters with higher Link Rating. In this case, the idea is to get to Crusadia Equimax as quickly as possible. The Deck is flexible as an Aggro Deck, but players will be surprsed to learn about its potential to do an OTK.

The Main Deck Crusadia Monsters all share the effect that once per turn, they can be Special Summoned to a Monster Zone pointed at by a Crusadia Link Monster. This encourages the ability to Link Climb and get into the Link Monsters with the highest Link Rating.

These monsters are also crucial to give the Link Monsters the offensive support it needs to go up against boss monsters or straight-up deal lethal damage. The most potent effects are Crusadia Leonis who can grant the Link Monster piercing battle damage, and Crusadia Maximus makes the monster it gives its effect to deal double damage.

The second part of the Crusaida engine are the Crusadia Link Monsters themselves. The main goal is to have Crusadia Equimax out on the field, and to have monsters pointing at its To get there, the other Link Monsters are sort of stepping stones to get there.

The Link Monsters with the lower Link Ratings have effects that trigger when you Special Summon a Crusadia monster onto the Monster Zone they point at with their Link Markers. Crusadia Magius helps with card efficiency and searches out a Crusadia Monster card, Crusadia Spatha lets you move a monster away from the Zone it points to, and Crusadia Regulex adds a Crusadia Spell Card if its effect triggers.

In assisting the ability to do Link Summons, Kaijus and World Legacy cards are added in to augment power. In an ideal situation, Gameciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju is Summoned to the opponent's side on the field, and you can summon Thunder King, the Lightningstrike Kaiju to one of the Zones pointed at by Crusadia Equimax.

Parallel eXceed is an engine in of its own, Special Summoning itself after a Link Summon and then Special Summon anoher copy of itself afterwards. Players can make use of this for another Link Summon, or transition it into an Xyz Summon play.

Core Combos and Interactions

Double Damage OTK Combo

Possible Cards On Hand
1	If your opponent has monster son the field, Tribute which one you think is the most problematic Monster Card and Summon Gameciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju on the opponent's side on the field. Make sure to place it in front of the Extra Monster Zone you will use to Link Summon.
2	Normal Summon Crusadia Maximus; afterwards, use it as material to Link Summon Crusadia Magius.
3	Special Summon Crusadia Leonis to the Monster Zone pointed to by Crusadia Magius. This triggers the effect of the Link Monster; search out a copy of Crusadia Draco to add to the hand.
4	Using the LINK-1 Crusadia Magius and Crusadia Leonis as materials, Link Summon LINK-2 Crusadia Regulex. Make sure it is pointing to the Gamecial you Summoned at the opponent's side of the field.
5	Special Summon Crusadia Draco to the Monster Zone pointed to by Crusadia Regulex.This triggers both their effects so chain them how you wish. Due to their effects, return the Crusadia Maximus that was used earlier to the hand, and search out a copy of Crusadia Testament.
6	Activate Crusadia Testament. This should protect your monster's effects from being negated for the rest of the turn.
7	Using the LINK-2 Crusadia Regulex and Crusadia Draco as materials, Link Summon LINK-3 Crusadia Equimax to the same Extra Monster Zone.
8	By its own effect, Special Summon Crusadia Maximus from the hand to one of the Monster Zones Crusadia Equimax points to. Then, activate its second effect to grant the Link Monster the ability to deal double damage when attacking.
8	Because there is a Kaiju on the opponent's side of the Field, Special Summon Thunder King, the Lightningstrike Kaiju to the other unoccupied Monster Zone pointed to by Crusadia Equimax.
9	Activate the effect of Crusadia Revival, and grant Crusadia Equimax the ability to attack all monsters once each for this turn.

State of the Field Example
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Boss Monsters

	Crusadia Equimax
	Crusadia Equimax is the most important card for thtis Deck to work. With the Deck's ability to Link Climb, this card can be brought out in one turn with a very good hand. In addition, its ATK rises based on the ATK for the monsters this card is pointing to with its Link Markers.
	Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon
	While the Deck might not have any Pendulum Monsters in the Deck list, Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon is still a very good addition for the Extra Deck. While this monster is currently active on the field, the opponent cannot use their monsters' effects during the Battle Phase, giving an opening for Equimax to attack without trouble.
	Firewall eXceed Dragon
	Firewall eXceed Dragon has its ATK boosted whenever a Link Monster points to this card, and in turn, it inadvertedly boosts the ATK of Crusadia Equimax when summoned on one of the Zones pointed by the Link Monster. If you decide to give this Deck a LINK-4 monster, and it is sitting in the Graveyard, you can Special Summon it back to your field.
	Number 70: Malevolent Sin
	Another monster which can boost the ATK of Crusadia Equimax, Number 70: Malevolent Sin increases both ATK and Rank each time it manages to launch an attack. It also provides some control onto the field by temporarily banishing a monster the opponent controls until the end of the turn.

Budget Crusadia Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Budget Crusadia

Eldlich Control

Control Decks are the bane for Crusadia's attempts to mount a powerful offense. Eldlich Control Decks have numerous choices for trap and floodgates that will make it harder for this Deck to fulfill its win condition. Unless you upgrade this Deck to deal with Eldlich's various disruptions, it will be a hard Duel to win against.

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Eldlich Control	Budget Eldlich

DPE Scythe

As of writing, there is no better engine in the game right now than the Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer/Artitfact Scythe lockout combo. This specific engine can be run by any Deck, but building one around the combo takes it to a whole new level. Crusadia players have to play around and get past DPE's card destruction Quick Effect, otherwise the Fusion Monster will keep reviving itself and destroying cards every turn.

DPE Scythe Deck Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Budget Crusadia

	Summon Limit
	By virtue of the Deck's Link Climbing strategy, bottlenecking its ability to Special Summon will cripple Crusadias easily. Summon Limit will affect you too in limiting all kinds of Summons to only two per turn, but it will effectively neutralize the efficiency of the Extra Deck.
	Infinite Impermanence
	Infinite Impermanence negates a monster's effect, and it can be used on the first turn the Crusadia Deck goes second. On top of that, an unaware Duelist would likely forget where they used the Trap Card. One wrong placement, and the Spell or Trap Card they used will end up having their effect negated.
	Skill Drain
	The Crusadies need their effects to trigger in order for their Link Climbing strategy to work. Skill Drain will mess up the combo very much, and especially the possible lethal damage once Crusadia Equimax is on the field with its Link Markers pointing at Monster Cards.
	Magic Cylinder
	Magic Cylinder might be an unorthodox choice for a counter, but this relies on the Crusadia user not being able to wipe the back row, especially with two copies of Mystical Space Typhoon in the Deck. If the Crusadia Deck player manages to get Equimax up on the field with monsters pointing to all three of its Link Monsters, the damage will backfire and they will end up OTK'ing themselves.

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World Champion Decks

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Horus Tearlaments	Yubel	Fire King Snake-Eyes
Salamangreat	Purrely	Vanquish Soul

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BOTB	MYYGO	Thank Love
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Double Noir	Rogue Ruler

Aggro Decks

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D/D/D Aggro	Code Talker / Prank Kids	Zoodiac
Blue-Eyes	Virtual World	SPYRAL Control
Toon Kingdom	Red-Eyes	Blue-Eyes
Zoodiac	Prank-Kids	Zoodiac Tri-Brigade
Pure Tri-Brigade	Ancient Gear	Dragonmaid
Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc (Bird Up)	Dinosaur	Raidraptor
HERO	Dragon Link	Despia
Magikey	Adamancipator	Black Luster Soldier
Pendulum Magician	Stardust Dragon	Tenyi Swordsoul
Cyberdark	@Ignister	Cyber Dragon
The Winged Dragon of Ra	Despian Predaplant	Despia Darklord
Odd-Eyes Performapal	Numeron FTK	Six Samurai
ABC	Trickstar Windwitch	Blackwings
Fluffal	Cupid Pitch Turbo	Lunalight
Vampire	Ultra Athletes	Thunder Dragon
Z-ARC Pendulum Magician	Adventurer Rose Dragon Tenyi	Adventurer P.U.N.K.
Suship	Pure D/D/D	Numeron Egyptian Gods
Galaxy Eyes OTK	Borrelend Dragon Link	Vaylantz
Beetrooper	Icejade Ra	Therion ABC
Libromancer	Mathmech	Spright Evil☆Twin
Spright Tri-Brigade	Ishizu Chaos	Slifer Arcana Knights
Gaia OTK	Vernusylph	Ancient Warriors
Ghoti	Springans	8-Axis Gizmek Orochi
Danger! Dark World	Mikanko	Scareclaw Kashtira
Zombie World P.U.N.K.	Hungry Burger Nouvelles	Obelisk the Tormentor
Mannadium	Gate Guardian	Gold Pride P.U.N.K.
Superheavy Samurai	Nemleria	Dragon Rulers
Snake-Eye	T.G. Diabellstar	Skull Servant
Kaiju	Resonators	Earthbound
Malefic	Kozmo	Armored Xyz Shark
Unchained	Battlin' Boxer	Chimera Illusion
Fire King Snake-Eyes	Vaalmonica	Memento
Horus Tearlaments	Centur-Ion	Dragon Master Magia
Ice Barrier	Infernoid	Lightsworn
Ogdoadic Ragnaraika	Genex	Tenpai Dragon
Goblin Biker	Infernoble	Armed Dragon
Flame Swordsman	Melodious

Control Decks

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Invoked Shaddoll	Eldlich Control	Drytron Fairy
True Draco	Dark Magician	Traptrix
Phantom Knights	Madolche	Relinquished
P.U.N.K.	DPE Scythe	Evil★Twin
Paleozoic Frog	Salamangreat	Gravekeepers
Monarch	Tellarknight	Agent
Exosisters	Darklord	Plunder Patrol
Rikka	Floowandereeze	Adventurer Phantom Knights
Dinomoprhia	Tri-Brigade Gladiator Beast	Adventurer Witchcrafter
Dark Magician Gravekeeper	Branded Tri-Brigade	Branded Despia
Zombie Vampire	Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon	Spellbook
Branded Cyber Dragon	Branded Zombies	Pure Scareclaw
Dinomorphia	Runick	Labrynth
Harpies	Buster Blader	Umi Control
Endymion	Nekroz	Spright
Spright Runick	Ishizu Runick	Branded Ishizu
Crystal Beasts	Orcust	Altergeist
Witchcrafter	Subterror Krawler	Mayakashi
Ishizu Tearlaments	Evilswarm	Melffy Spright
Bystial Branded	Dogmatika Bystial	Naturia Runick
Generaiders	Kashtira	Purrely
Ninja	Rescue-ACE	Gishki Spright
Prediction Princess	Vanquish Soul	Jinzo
Egyptian God	Ojama Control	Aromage
Ghostrick	Kuriboh	Anti-Meta Stun
Runick Spright Fur Hire	Horus Control	Toy Box Dark Magician
Yubel	Voiceless Voice	Rikka Ragnraika
Ritual Beast	Shining Sarcophagus

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Red-Eyes Burn	Timelord Burn	Chain Burn
D.D. Dynamite	Igknight OTK	Cubic
Dinosaur Bishbaalkin FTK	Volcanic Snake-Eyes	Transaction Rollback Burn

Alt-Win Decks

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Crooked Cook Exodia	Flower Cardian Exodia	Treasure Panda Exodia
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Budget Despia	Budget F.A. Metalfoes	Budget Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Budget Chain Burn	Budget Majespecter	Budget Yosenju
Budget Flower Cardian	Budget True Draco	Budget Amorphage
Budget Ishizu Tearlaments

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