Have you had One Bad Day, and want to absolutely play against the meta and just stop the opponent from playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel? Try out this Stun Deck meant to be an Anti-Meta build! Check out the core deck list and its key cards, as well as how to play & counters!

Anti-Meta Stun Deck List

Main Deck: 40 cards
x3	x3	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	x3	x3	x2
x2	x1	x1	x1	x3
x3	x3	x3	x3	x1
Extra Deck: 15 cards
Any Extra Deck Monster will do for this. Fill at your discretion.

Anti-Meta Stun Breakdown

Tier Evaluation

Tier Ranking
Rogue Tier
Deck Archetype		Deck Difficulty
Control		Easy
Deck Evaluation
Deck designed to counter most of the the meta decks Wipes the board to set-up multiple interruptions Prevents the opponent from starting their game plan

Anti-Meta Stun Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

The name of the Deck says it all: this Deck was built to be an anti-meta response against Decks that either define or follow the meta of constant effect activations and multiple summons in a single turn.

No combos to learn in this Deck; it is just all counterpunches that deny the opponent a chance to properly play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Main Deck Monsters

These three monsters act as floodgates while they remain face-up on the field, and it denies a usual Meta Deck chances to play out their strategy simply by Normal Summoning these cards.

Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo denies the opponent any chance to Special Summon at all. Inspector Boarder acts as a pseudo-Skill Drain, depending on the number of Monster Card types that was on the field.

Thunder King Rai-Oh prevents all search effects, only allowing players to add cards to their hand via drawing. If the player tries to Special Summon, tributing this card negates that Summon.

Jowgen the Spiritualist also helps out in stopping any Special Summons, but has the added benefit of destroying all Special Summoned monsters on the field. Gravekeeper's Commandant is here simply to get Necrovalley added to the hand as soon as possible.

Spell Cards

Since the Deck doesn't have a lot of ways to search out its key cards, you have to look somewhere else for resource management. Pot of Extravagance works here since you usually don't need to access the Extra Deck; it can just be used as resource fodder for this Spell Card. The same can be said for Pot of Prosperity.

Card of Demise should be used sparingly, especially if you have no more cards left on hand after activation. This can potentially let you draw up to 3 cards, and you can simply ignore the Special Summon effect demerit after activation.

Harpie's Feather Duster and Raigeki are the best field-clearing cards in the entire game, and if the opponent cannot protect their own cards, you may have basically won the Duel. As soon as you clear the field with these two cards, get your floodgates on the field as soon as possible.

Trap Cards

A lot of decks topping the current meta in Master Duel do not like it when their cards get banished. Try to take advantage of cards that send them to be banish pile instead of the Graveyard, especially cards that trigger when sent there.

Macro Cosmos punishes Decks that heavily focuses on sending cards to the GY; as long as this card is active, they're banished instead.

Meanwhile, Evenly Matched is a great card to have on hand when going second in a Duel. Activate this while you control no cards during the end of the Battle Phase, and the opponent is forced to banish all but 1 card from the field.

Crackdown lets you steal the opponent's monster so long as the Continuous Trap is active on the field. While you might not be able to attack with it or activate its effects, it is still a unique way of denying the opponent strong monsters.

Solemn Judgment is to deal with any Spell Card, Trap Card, or the summon of a Monster. At the cost of half your Life Points, you can negate something powerful from the opponent.

One of the best floodgate Trap Cards is There Can Be Only One, which can bottleneck a Deck that uses multiple monster types.

Core Combos and Interactions

Work in Progress - Information Available Soon

Boss Monsters

Do remember that this Anti-Meta Stun Deck doesn't use the Extra Deck as a resource pool. Your key mosnters are all in the Main Deck.

	Thunder King Rai-Oh
	So long as Thunder King Rai-Oh is on the field, the opponent cannot add cards to their hand outside of drawing them. Search effects are essentially nullified while this monster remains face-up.
	Inspector Boarder
	Inspector Boarder acts like a monster-card version of Skill Drain, so long as there are less monster types on the field compared to the previous turn.
	Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo
	Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo prevents both players from Special Summoning any monster, so long as this monster remains active and face-up on the field.

Anti-Meta Stun Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Anti-Meta Stun

Floowandereeze can run away with this battle of Control Decks, especially if it manages to go first or brings out the key monster that stops effects while monsters are in Attack Position.

Floowandereeze Deck List & Card Guide

Ghoti Decks benefits from having cards banished--which quite a number of alternate options in a Stun Deck work with. Ghoti Decks can end up with powerful monsters in the more unorthodox ways.

Ghoti Deck List & Card Guide

Umi Control can be very equal to a Stun Deck, and it all comes down to which Deck manages to get their key cards on the field as fast as possible. Just take note that Umi Control does have a couple of Special Summons, as some of their monsters have high ATK but high Levels.

Umi Control Deck List & Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Anti-Meta Stun

	Ash Blosom & Joyous Spring
	There are quite a number of draw and search effects in an Stun Deck, just to keep up its card advantage as much as possible. Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring can immediately put a stop to the Deck getting more resources on hand.
	Harpie's Feather Duster
	Unless Stun Deck has a negate set up to deal with this Spell Card, Harpie's Feather Duster will absolutely destroy any set-up the Deck will have in the Spell/Trap Zone.
	Raigeki
	Besides the negates, there's nothing to protect the monsters from any card destruction effect. Raigeki will clear the monsters and immediately remove the problematic monsters.
	Evenly Matched
	Evenly Matched is one of the more popular field-clearing effects, especially with all of the effects that trigger if a card gets destroyed. The most appropriate timing to activate it leaves the opponent with only one card on the field.
	Skill Drain
	So long as Skill Drain remains active and face-up on the field, all the monsters of the Stun Deck are simply monsters, not floodgates.
	Red Reboot
	Red Reboot negates a Trap Card, and prevents the opponent from activating any more Trap Cards for the rest of the turn.

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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
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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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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