Borrow the power of magic and nature with Naturia Runick in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel! Check out the core deck list, key combos, as well as how to play & counters!

Naturia Runick Deck List

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

Naturia Runick Breakdown

Tier Evaluation

Tier Ranking
God Tier]
Deck Archetype		Deck Difficulty
Control		Easy
Deck Evaluation
Deck composed of Earth Attribute monsters via Naturia Engine Limit your opponent's actions through multiple interruptions Continously negate Spells and Traps with Synchro monsters

Naturia Runick Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

Naturia is an archetype composed of EARTH Attribute monsters with various types. Its playstyle revolves around crippling the opponent's actions and being more of a reactive type to the cards your opponent activates.
In conjunction with the Runick archetype, this deck offers myriads of ways to establish strong control on the board.

Naturia Mole Cricket's effect lets yoou tribute itself to Special Summon 1 "Naturia" from the deck. Mole Cricket will be your primary combo starter to search Naturia Camellia.

Naturia Camellia sends any "Naturia" card from the Deck to the GY upon Summon. It also changes the Tribute costs of your "Naturia" monsters to sending 2 cards from the Deck to the GY instead.

Naturia Sunflower provides another layer of disruptions as it can negate monster effects. Do note that this effect is not once per turn, and with conjunction with Naturia Camellia, this combo can be used multiple times in a turn.

Naturia Blessing and Naturia Sacred Tree are the primary Spell/Trap of the deck. Naturia Blessing is a Quick-Play Spell that lets you Special Summon any "Naturia" monster from hand or GY. While Naturia Sacred Tree lets you search for any "Naturia" card when it is sent to the GY.

All the Runick Quick-Play Spells share the same secondary effect: to Special Summon 1 Runick Monster from the Extra Deck. As for their primary effects, they all have various effects but they all share the effect of Banishing cards from the top of your opponent's deck.

• Runick Freezing Curses negates a monster's effects until the end of the turn, and banish three cards;
• Runick Destruction destroys a Spell or Trap the opponent controls, and banishes four cards;
• Runick Golden Droplet lets the opponent draw one card, at the cost of four cards being banished.

Hugin the Runick Wings is your primary Extra Deck Monster to Special Summon using Runick Spell Cards. It searches the Field Spell as well as it can be used in pair with Naturia Camellia to perform Level 6 Synchro Plays.

Geri the Runick Fangs lets you add the Runick Fountain from the Graveyard, making it easier to recycle the Field Spell if it was destroyed by the opponent.

Munin the Runick Wings main role for this deck is to provide a threat to the opponent, as Munin can negate any card activation that targets any "Runick" cards you control.

Runick Fountain will be your resource management friend, with its absurd recycling abilities, you can draw up to 3 cards per turn thanks to its effect. This also makes your Runick Quick-Play Spells activatable from hand during your opponent's turn.

Naturia Beast and Naturia Barkion are your primary go-to boss monster on the field as they can easily be Summoned using Naturia Camellia combo.

Stardust Charge Warrior is used to connect the combo from "Naturia " and "Runick " by tuning it with Naturia Camellia to Summon cards like Baronne de Fleur or Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying.

The Xyz Monsters of the Deck are very flexible as you don't rely on them that much. Abyss Dweller and Number 41: Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir acts as a way to stall decks when things go south.

Evilswarm Exciton Knight is there to impose a board wipe when the field's too much to handle.

This small Ishizu engine serves as a disruptor for the opponent's GY effect. Although there's no reliable way to send this to the GY, cards like Naturia Beast and Naturia Camellia can easily mill cards and you might find the Ishizu cards along with the milled cards from time to time.

Core Combos and Interactions

1-Card Mole Cricket Combo

This Combo only needs 1 copy of Naturia Mole Cricket to setup the board.

Cards like Naturia Sacred Tree plus any discarders in hand can search for a copy of Naturia Mole Cricket.

Required Cards
Step	Description
1	Normal Summon Naturia Mole Cricket and activate its effect to Special Summon Naturia Camellia from the Deck.
2	Activate Naturia Camellia's effect upon Summon to send Naturia Sacred Tree from the Deck to the GY.
3	Activate Naturia Sacred Tree's effect in the GY to add Naturia Blessing from the Deck to the hand.
4	Activate Naturia Blessing to Special Summon Naturia Mole Cricket from the GY.
5	Synchro Summon Naturia Beast using Naturia Mole Cricket and Naturia Camellia as materials. Activate Mole Cricket's effect in the Graveyard to Special Summon itself.

During the next turn's Main Phase, Activate Mole Cricket's effect to Special Summon a "Naturia" Monster from the deck

2 Card Runick-Naturia Combo

Similar to the first combo, this Combo offers more pressure on the field thanks to the Runick engine.

Any Runick Quick-Play Spell can be used for this combo as long as Hugin is Summoned. Naturia Mole Cricket can also be used as a starter for this combo.

Required Cards
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Step	Description
1	Activate Runick Tip to Special Summon Hugin the Runick Wings.
2	Activate Hugin's effect upon Summon by discarding Naturia Sacred Tree to add Runick Fountain from the Deck to the hand, and activate it afterward.
3	Activate Naturia Sacred Tree's effect in the GY to add Naturia Mole Cricket from the Deck to the hand.
4	Normal Summon Naturia Mole Cricket and activate its effect to Special Summon Naturia Camellia from the Deck.
5	Activate Naturia Camellia's effect upon Summon to send Naturia Sacred Tree from the Deck to the GY. Then activate Sacred Tree's effect to add Naturia Blessing from the Deck to the hand.
6	Activate Naturia Blessing to Special Summon Naturia Mole Cricket from the GY.
7	Synchro Summon Naturia Beast using Mole Cricket and Camellia as materials. Activate Mole Cricket's effect in the Graveyard to Special Summon itself.

Your End Board will look like this:

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During the next turn's Main Phase, activate Mole Cricket's effect to Special Summon a "Naturia" Monster from the deck

Boss Monsters

	Naturia Beast
	Despite not having high ATK points, Naturia Beast boasts its strong non-once-per-turn effect that negates any Spell activation. This alone can win you games against decks that heavily rely on Spell cards.
	Naturia Barkion
	Naturia Barkion is similar to Naturia Beast. But instead of Spell cards, Naturia Barkion negates any Trap cards.
	Hugin the Runick Wings
	Even with its minuscule stat points, Hugin the Runick Wings is integral to the win condition of the deck. It searches for Runick Fountain which lets you recycle "Runick" Quick-Play Spell in your GY.

Naturia Runick Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Naturia Runick

Branded Decks

The Branded decks can fight the war of attrition with Naturia Runicks. As they don't rely on Spell Cards that much to Fusion Summon their boss monsters, cards like Naturia Beast can easily be run over by this deck.

Branded Fusion Decks
Branded Tri-Brigade	Branded Despia
Branded Cyber Dragon	Branded Zombies
Branded Ishizu	Branded Dragonmaids

Tearlaments

The current strongest deck of the format, Ishizu Tearlaments can easily wipe your board and control your GY as well. Tearlaments can also play during your turn, so even going second is not a problem for the Tearlament.
Ishizu Tearlaments Deck List & Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Naturia Runick

	Chaos Hunter
	Runick's main gimmick of banishing cards can easily be shut down by cards like Chaos Hunter as it prevents cards from getting banished. Chaos Hunter also has high ATK points, making it harder for Naturia Runick to out this card.
	Artifact Lancea
	Similar to Chaos Hunter, Artifact Lancea can stop cards from getting banished, but can only be used during the opponent's turn and only lasts for 1 turn.
	Anti-Spell Fragrance
	Since Runicks rely on multiple Spell Activation, facing decks with Anti-Spell Fragrance can almost instant-kill the deck. Anti-Spell Fragrance will cripple Naturia Runicks for 1 turn just to activate a single Spell Card like Runick Fountain
	Gameciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju
	Kaijus, in general can easily remove Naturia Beast from the field. Effectively removing one of Naturia Runick's strong boss monsters.

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