With the release of Bystials, the Branded Despia deck acquired another power to its arsenal. Check out the core deck list, combos, counters, and how to play!

Bystial Branded Deck List

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

Bystial Branded Breakdown

Monsters

Spells

Traps

Extra

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Maxx "C"	3
	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring	3
	Tri-Brigade Mercourier	1
	Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous	1
	Bystial Magnamhut	1
	The Bystial Lubellion	2
	Guiding Quem, the Virtuous	1
	Fallen of Albaz	2
	Aluber the Jester of Despia	2
	Bystial Saronir	1
	Bystial Druiswurm	1
	Bystial Baldrake	1
	Springans Kitt	1
	Albion the Shrouded Dragon	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Fusion Deployment	2
	Branded Fusion	1
	Branded Lost	1
	Called by the Grave	2
	Crossout Designator	1
	Foolish Burial	1
	Super Polymerization	2
	Branded in High Spirits	1
	Branded in Red	1
	Branded Opening	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Branded Banishment	1
	Brightest, Blazing, Branded King	1
	Branded Retribution	1
	Branded Beast	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Albion the Branded Dragon	2
	Despian Quaeritis	1
	Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon	2
	Lubellion the Searing Dragon	1
	Granguignol the Dusk Dragon	1
	Rindbrumm the Striking Dragon	1
	Guardian Chimera	1
	Titaniklad the Ash Dragon	1
	Garura, Wings of Resonant Life	1
	Bystial Dis Pater	1
	Brigrand the Glory Dragon	1
	Sprind the Irondash Dragon	1
	Despian Proskenion	1

Tier Evaluation

Tier Ranking
God Tier
Deck Archetype		Deck Difficulty
Aggro		Easy
Deck Evaluation
Bystial Dragon monsters have innate synergy with Branded archetype Has a powerful searcher that start a one-card combo Options to go as a 40 or 60-card Deck due to available alternate cards

Bystial Branded Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

Bystial Branded is a deck that focuses on gaining control of the game. The deck's playstyle revolves around performing a salvo of Fusion Summons, taking advantage of the LIGHT and DARK attributes, as well as a strong grind game with its great late-game resource management.

Aluber the Jester of Despia is the main combo starter and searcher of the deck as it lets you search for any "Branded " Spell/Trap upon Summon.

Fallen of Albaz and Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous are the deck's primary Fusion Materials for "Branded" Fusion Monsters. They can also perform Fusion Summon without the use of any Spell cards.

Branded Fusion is the Deck's heart and soul. This lets you use Fusion Materails straight from the Deck, which already adds to card advantage.

Branded Opening is a Quick-Play Spell that lets you add or Special Summon a "Despia" Monster from the Deck after a discard. This also gives protection to your Fusion Monsters by banishing itself from the GY to prevent effect destruction.

For support Branded in Red is another Quick-Play Spell that lets you recycle a Despia monster from the GY and perform Fusion Summon even during your opponent's turn. Meanwhile, Branded in High Spirits can act as a searcher and a way to send one of the Fusion Monsters straight to the GY.

The Bystial monsters, except The Bystial Lubelion all share an effect that banishes Light or Dark monster from either GY to Special Summon themselves. The Bystial engine counters most decks that uses Dark and Light monsters as they can banish them in the GY.

The Bystial Lubelion on the other hand searches any Bystial monster from the deck as well as revive itself from the GY.

Despian Tragedy lets you add any "Despia" monster from the deck when banished or sent to the GY by effect, this includes when Tragedy is used as Fusion material.

Tri-Brigade Mercourier is a hand trap that lets you negate an oponent's monster effect if you control a Fusion Monster. Mercourier also lets you add Fallen of Albaz or any related card when banished.

Springans Kitt is another monster that lets you search for your "Branded" Spell/Trap.

Albion the Shrouded Dragon is another copy of Fallen of Albaz in the deck. This also lets you send any "Branded" Spell/Trap from the Deck to GY.

Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon is the main boss monster of the deck. It is relatively easy to Summon and provides multiple threats to the opponent: it has a non-targeting banish effect and it also destroys all monsters your opponent controls when it leaves the field.

Albion the Branded Dragon lets you Fusion Summon consecutively when it is Summoned. It also adds any "Branded" Spell/Trap from deck during the End Phase when it was sent to the GY.

Granguignol the Dusk Dragon serves as the secondary boss monster of the deck. It can Special Summon any "Despia" monster from the Extra Deck, making it swarming the field easier.

Lubellion the Searing Dragon works similarly to Albion but Lubellion recycles the material back to the deck instead.

Core Combos and Interactions

1.5 Card Aluber Combo

This 1.5 Card Combo just needs Aluber the Jester of Despia and a discard fodder.

Cards like Branded Opening can easily search Aluber the Jester of Despia. Foolish Burial can also send Despian Tragedy to search Aluber.

Required Cards
Step	Description
1	Normal Summon Aluber the Jester of Despia and activate its effect to add Branded Fusion.
2	Activate Branded Fusion to send The Bystial Lubellion and Fallen of Albaz from the Deck to the GY to Fusion Summon Albion the Branded Dragon.
3	Activate Albion the Branded Dragon's effect to banish Aluber the Jester of Despia on the field and Fallen of Albaz from the GY to Fusion Summon Lubellion the Searing Dragon.
4	Activate Lubellion the Searing Dragon's effect by discarding 1 card to Fusion Summon Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon using Fallen of Albaz and itself as materials.
5	Special Summon The Bystial Lubellion from the GY by Tributing Albion the Branded Dragon.
6	Activate The Bystial Lubellion's effect to activate Branded Lost from the Deck.
7	During the End Phase, activate Albion the Branded Dragon's effect to set Branded Retribution from the Deck.

Fusion Deployment + Aluber

Required Cards
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Step	Description
1	Activate Fusion Deployment to Special Summon Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous from the Deck.
2	Normal Summon Aluber the Jester of Despia and activate its effect to add Branded Fusion.
3	Activate Branded Fusion to send The Bystial Lubellion and Fallen of Albaz from the Deck to the GY to Fusion Summon Albion the Branded Dragon.
4	Activate Albion the Branded Dragon's effect as Chain Link 1 and Blazing Cartesia as Chain Link 2.
5	With Blazing Cartesia's effect, Fusion Summon Granguignol the Dusk Dragon using Blazing Cartesia and Aluber as materials.
6	With Albion the Branded Dragon's effect, Fusion Summon Lubellion the Searing Dragon using Aluber and Fallen of Albaz as materials.
7	Activate Lubellion the Searing Dragon's effect as Chain Link 1 and Granguignol the Dusk Dragon as Chain Link 2.
8	WIth Granguignol the Dusk Dragon's effect, send Brigrand the Glory Dragon to the GY from Extra Deck.
9	With Lubellion the Searing Dragon's effect, Fusion Summon Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon using Fallen of Albaz and itself as materials.
10	Special Summon The Bystial Lubellion from the GY by Tributing Albion the Branded Dragon.
11	Activate The Bystial Lubellion's effect to activate Branded Lost from the Deck.
12	During the End Phase, activate Albion the Branded Dragon's effect to set Branded Retribution from the Deck. Brigrand the Glory Dragon will also activate, letting you add Tri-Brigade Mercourier from the Deck to hand.

Alternative Options

Gimmick Puppet Lock

The Gimmick Puppet Lock engine provides a strong restriction to the opponent. Using Branded Expulsion
to Special Summon Gimmick Puppet Nightmare to the opponent's side of the field to lock them out from Special Summoning non-Gimmick Puppet monsters.

Synchro Spright Engine

The Synchro Spright Engine is another variant of the Bystials deck. In conjunction with Spright's strong Level 2 combo, and Bystial's easy summoning of Level 6 monsters, you can easily Special Summon strong Level 8 and Level 10 Synchro Monsters.

Boss Monsters

	Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon
	Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon is one of the strongest threats that "Branded" decks can summon. It has a quick-effect banish and can also destroy monsters your opponent controls upon leaving the field.
	Albion the Branded Dragon
	Albion the Branded Dragon acts as an extender for Fusion Summon plays of the deck. It also has a GY effect that lets you add or set any "Branded" Spell/Trap during the End Phase.
	Granguignol the Dusk Dragon
	Granguignol the Dusk Dragon acts as a threat to the opponent while on the field or in the GY, as it can Special Summon any Despia monster from the Extra Deck if an opponent's monster is Special Summoned by monster effect.

Bystial Branded Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Bystial Branded

Floowandereeze

Floowandereeze excels in a barrage of Normal Summons. Floowandereeze & Empen limits the ability of any Special Summoned monster on the field as long as they are in Attack Position. Floowandereeze decks also possess multiple floodgates that can greatly slow down Bystial Branded decks.

Floowandereeze Deck Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Bystial Branded

	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
	Activating Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring in response to Branded Fusion can gravely slow down the tempo of Bystials Despia especially if they don't have the proper response and extension for this card.
	Bystial Magnamhut
	Bystial Magnamhut and any Bystial monsters that have Quick-Effect banish can disrupt the combo of Bystial Branded as most of the monsters in this deck are Dark and Light.
	Dimension Shifter
	Dimension Shifter cuts the GY access of any deck it faces. Since Bystial Branded uses the GY as its secondary resource, limiting the access to it greatly slows down the deck.

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