Spright Deck List & Card Guide

Spright is an aggressive combo deck in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. Check out its core deck list, key combos, alternative cards, how to play & counters!

Spright Deck Lists
Pure		Runick		Evil★Twin
Tri-Brigade		Melffy		Gishki

Spright Deck List

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

Spright Breakdown

Tier Evaluation

Tier Ranking
Tier 1
Deck Archetype		Deck Difficulty
Control		Medium
Deck Evaluation
Empowers Level 2 Monsters as Spright Main Deck Monsters can easily Special Summon themselves LINK-2 and Rank 2 Xyz Monsters thrive with this Deck Can become a splashable engine to other archetypes that can use its strength

Spright Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

Spright is an archetype of Thunder Monsters composed of Fire and Dark Attributes. They specialize in utilizing anything related to "2" like Level, Rank, and Link.
All Spright Main Deck Monsters share the same effect of If you control a Level/Rank/Link 2 Monster... to Special Summon themselves.

They also have a Trigger Effect upon Special Summon, like adding more Spright Cards from the Deck to hand, or negating an opponent's card.

With this, Sprights can easily swarm the field with Level 2 Monsters making it easier to Summon strong Rank/Link 2 Monsters from the Extra Deck.

Spright Blue and Spright Jet are your primary searchers of the Deck. You can Special Summon them from hand if you have a Level/Rank 2 Monster on the field.

Once Special Summoned, Blue lets you add any Spright Monster from the Deck to hand except itself. While Jet adds a Spright Spell/Trap instead.

Spright Starter is a Quick-Play Spell Card that lets you Special Summon any Spright Monster from the Deck, making access to Blue and Jet or other Spright Monsters easier. Do note that you will lose LP equal to the Attack of the Monster you Summoned, as well as locking yourself out from Summoning non-Level/Rank/Link 2 Monsters.

Gigantic Spright is one of Spright's strongest Monsters. Only requiring 2 Level 2 Monster to Summon it or use any Link-2 Monster for its material. Gigantic Spright shines the most with its strong Effect that lets you Special Summon any Level 2 Monster from your Deck.
Moreover, Gigantic Spright locks both players out from Summoning non-Level/Rank/Link-2 Monsters, meaning you are completely immune to Nibiru's threat. during your combo.

Spright Elf protects any Monster that it points to by making them immune to targeting effects. Spright Elf also has a Quick-Effect during the Main Phase that lets you Special Summon any Level 2 Monster from your Graveyard.
This effect becomes stronger if your opponent is controlling a Monster, making Elf's effect target Rank/Link 2 Monster instead. With Elf, you can easily recycle I:P Masquerena or any other Spright Monster to disrupt your opponent's play further.

Spright Carrot and Spright Red are your primary Effect Negations. You can Special Summon them from hand if you have a Level/Link 2 Monster on the field.

Carrot deals with Spells, while Red negates Monster Effects.

Both of their effects need to tribute a Level/Rank/Link 2 Monster for cost, in which if you Tributed a Rank 2 Xyz or LINK-2 Monster, they also destroy the cards that were negated.

WIth the addition of Spright Sprind, the Nimble engine becomes easier to access.

Nimble Beaver lets you Special Summon any Level 3 or lower "Nimble" monster from the Deck when Normal Summoned--usually another copy of itself. However, now that this card is limited, the role for summoning copies of itself passes on to Nimble Momonga.

Nimble Angler Special Summons up to 2 Level or lower "Nimble" monster from the Deck when sent from the Deck or Field to the GY.

The Melffy engine provides another layer of interruption for the Deck.

Melffy of the Forest can easily be Summoned with the help of the Nimble engine, which will be used to add Melffy Catty.

Afterwards, Melffy Catty will then Summon itself during the End Phase to set up for next turn's disruption combo.

Melffy Pinny is a Level 2 Tuner which will then be tuned with Melffy Catty to Synchro Summon Herald of the Arc Light during the opponent's turn.

With the emergence of decks like Branded and Tearlaments that use the Graveyard, Bystials is a good addition as a counter to the top meta, especially against LIGHT and DARK Monsters.

Core Combos and Interactions

Sample Hand 1

Cards on Hand
Step	Description
1	Normal Summon Spright Pixies. Then, because there is a Level 2 monster on the field now, Special Summon Spright Blue from the hand. On summon, activate its effect; search out Spright Carrot to add to the hand.
2	Special Summon Spright Carrot from the hand. Then, using Spright Pixies and Spright Blue as materials, Link Summon Spright Elf.
3	Special Summon Spright Jet from the hand. On summon, activate its effect; search out a copy of Spright Smashers to add to the hand.
4	Using Spright Jet and Spright Carrot as materials, Link Summon I:P Masquerena.
5	Activate Spright Elf's effect; Special Summon Spright Carrot from the GY back onto the field.
5	Activate Spright Starter from the hand; Special Summon Spright Red. You take 1200 damage as cost, as it is the ATK of the summoned monster.
6	Set Spright Smashers.

No Field Spell Active
			X
-	-	(Set)	-	-

Theoretically, this combo can also go into Moon of the Closed Heaven by using the two Spright negates as materials, and then just summon either Carrot or Red depending on what the opponent does after passing the turn.

Sample Hand 2

Cards on Hand
Step	Description
1	Normal Summon Ipiria. Its effect automatically triggers on Summon; draw 1 card for free.
2	As you have a Level 2 monster on your field now, Special Summon Spright Jet from the hand. Then, activate its effect on Summon; add Spright Starters from the Deck to hand.
3	Using Ipiria and Spright Jet as materials, Xyz Summon Gigantic Spright. Use its effect; detach one material to Special Summon Spright Blue.
4	On summon, activate Spright Blue's effect; add Spright Carrot from Deck to hand. Special Summon it immediately afterwards.
5	Using Gigantic Spright and Spright Blue as materials, Link Summon Spright Elf. Use its effect afterwards to bring back Spright Jet onto the field.
6	Activate Spright Starter from the hand; Special Summon Spright Red. You take 1200 damage as cost, as it is the ATK of the summoned monster.
6	Special Summon Spright Pixies from the hand. Then, using itself and Spright Jet as materials, Link Summon into I:P Masquerena.

No Field Spell Active
			X
-	-	-	-	-

Alternative Options

Rank 2 Options

Another Rank 2 Option for the Deck is Cat Shark Allows your Gigantic Spright to reach insurmountable stats.
Sky Cavalry Centaurea is a good bridge to Summon Zeus.
Djinn Buster is another layer of negation that you can use in conjunction to certain engines.

Evil Twins Engine

The Live/Evil Twin engine blends well with Spright as they are mostly comprised of Level/Link-2 Monsters. The Live★Twin can also act as a combo starter as they can Special Summon the other twin from the deck which results to the Summon of Gigantic Spright.

Sacred Beast Engine

The Sacred Beast can be used as a small engine in conjunction to other engine like Frogs. With Dark Beckoning Beast being a Dark Level 2 Monster, you can easily access Djinn Buster that adds another layer of negation for your setup.

Yubel and Unchained Engine

If you're running the Sacred Beast Engine with Dark Beckoning Beast and Opening of the Spirit Gates, the player can unironically run a small Yubel Engine that guarantees at least one copy of Phantom of Yubel on the field.

Also stemming from the Sacred Beast Engine, if you're running some Yubel cards, a smaller package fromt he Unchained archetype can also be of benefit to the Sprights. It helps that Unchained Soul of Rage is a LINK-2 monster, which makes it a good summon to be Special Summoned with Spright Elf.

Runic Engine

Runick is one of the previous format's strongest deck. With Hugin being a Level 2 Monster, Sprights can capitalize with this along with Runick's strong Quick-Play Spell and unique style of gameplay.

Deep Sea Diva

This small package of Deep Sea Diva lets you Summon Baronne de Fleur before doing your standard combo. This just adds another layer of negation for your setup.

GY Control-Spright

With the emergence of the Tearlaments, some top-tier decks are shifting to more control-centric gameplay, specifically targeting the GY.
Number 29: Mannequin Cat can easily Summon The End of Anubis when facing Tearlaments, as most Tearlaments monsters are Dark Attribute.

Dimensional Fissure and Soul Drain are your typical anti-GY floodgates that barely hurts Spright at all once you already completed your setup.

Boss Monsters

	Gigantic Spright
	Gigantic Spright lets you Summon any Level 2 Monster from the Deck, basically accessing all of your key components. Summoning Gigantic Spright early can secure multiple protections as it prevents any non-Level/Rank/Link-2 Monsters for both player to be Summoned. Thus making cards like Nibiru to be useless against Spright.
	Spright Elf
	Spright Elf provides protection to the Monsters it points to by making them immune to targeting Effects. Spright Elf has a Quick-Effect that lets you Summon a Monster from the Graveyard.
	I:P Masquerena
	I:P Masquerena serves as another layer of disruption during your opponent's turn. Use I:P's effect to Summon your other Boss Monsters like Apollousa or Zeroboros to further stop your opponent's play.
	Topologic Zeroboros
	Topologic Zeroboros is a massive threat to any slow control decks like Eldlich as you can always Summon this using I:P Masquerena's Effect to pose a board wipes threat to them.

Spright Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Sprights

Sprights

Being a force to be reckoned with, Spright is one of the strongest decks in the current Master Duel Format. Fight fire with fire (in this case, Thunder with Thunder). Spright has strong going second tools like Dark Ruler No More and Ultimate Slayer. Some Spright Variant runs Kaiju-like cards as well in preparation to mirror matches.
Spright Deck List and Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Spright

	D.D. Crow
	Banishing Ronintoadin from the Graveyard. greatly reduces the tempo of Spright.
	Lava Golem
	Any Kaiju-like cards can easily clear Spright's strong board. Prioritize tributing I:P Masquerena and Sprite Elf.
	Artifact Lancea
	Artifact Lancea works like D.D. Crow against Spright since Lancea prevents your opponent from Banishing cards. Thus rendering Ronintoadin useless.
	Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit
	A perfectly timed Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit on Gigantic Spright commonly stops Spright's combo unless they have a combo extender. Ghost Ogre stops Gigantic Spright's Effect from resolving as Gigantic Spright detaches Xyz Material for Effect instead of Cost.
	And the Band Played On
	A niche floodgate choice to counter Spright specifically.
	Dark Ruler No More
	Dark Ruler No More shuts down Spright's strong board, making it easier to break.

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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

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Invoked Shaddoll	Eldlich Control	Drytron Fairy
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Phantom Knights	Madolche	Relinquished
P.U.N.K.	DPE Scythe	Evil★Twin
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Monarch	Tellarknight	Agent
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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
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Budget Flower Cardian	Budget True Draco	Budget Amorphage
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