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Link Generation Starter Deck List & Card Guide

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Link Generation is a Structure Deck in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel offered as one of three choices to the player upon completing the tutorial! We've got the card list, playstyle and best cards add to make them even better!

Link Generation Starter Deck List

Main Deck: 40 cards
Protron x2 Digitron x2 Suppression Collider x2 Texchanger x3 Backlinker x1
Launcher Commander x3 Bitrooper x2 Link Streamer x2 Bravedrive x3 Dual Assembwurm x2
Share the Pain x2 Blustering Winds x2 Parallel Twister x2 Cynet Universe x2 Link Bound x2
Spool Code x2 Cyberse Beacon x2 Cynet Cascade x2 Jelly Cannon x2
Extra Deck: 5 cards
Link Spider x1 LANphorhynchus x1 Progleo x1 Decode Talker x1 Rasterliger x1

Link Generation Breakdown

Link Generation Starter Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

This Starter (Structure) Deck is for players who are up to date with the newest mechanic introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: Link Summoning. Easy to learn, but hard to master, this makes use of Link Monsters: a new kind of Monster Card that does not have any DEF, and have special Link Markers pointing to various Monster Zones on the field.

Boss Monsters

Link Spider
Link Spider Once per turn: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from your hand to your zone this card points to.
Progleo
Progleo During your Main Phase, if you control this Link Summoned card: You can banish this card and 1 of your monsters this card points to, then target 1 Link Monster in either Graveyard; Special Summon it, but banish it when it leaves the field.
Decode Talker
Decode Talker Gains 500 ATK for each monster it points to. When your opponent activates a card or effect that targets a card(s) you control (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 monster this card points to; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card.
Rasterliger
Rasterliger You can target 1 Link Monster in either GY; this card gains ATK equal to that target's ATK until the end of this turn.

Link Generation Starter Deck: How to Obtain

Starter Decks
There are three choices of deck to choose from when starting your journey in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel! One of which is the Link Generation Starter Deck.

Best Starter Deck to Choose

Best Cards to Add to the Link Generation Starter Deck

Accesscode Talker
Accesscode Talker You can banish 1 Link Monster from your field or Graveyard; destroy 1 card your opponent controls.
Firewall Dragon
Firewall Dragon You can target monsters on the field and/or Graveyard up to the number of monsters co-linked to this card; return them to the hand.
Decode Talker Extended
Decode Talker Extended Gains 500 ATK for each monster it points to.
Encode Talker
Encode Talker Once per turn, before damage calculation, if your monster this card points to battles an opponent's monster with higher ATK than it: You can make that monster unable to be destroyed by that battle, also you take no battle damage from that battle.

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