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Lots of Decks and Cards have been hit for the 2024 Theme Chronicle Event, which means a completely different meta game in this Master Duel event rerun! Read to learn about the various Decks players are using for the event!

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Theme Chronicle 2024 Plunder Patroll

Main Deck: 40 cards
Blackeyes, the Plunder Patroll Seaguide x3 Bluebeard, the Plunder Patroll Shipwright x3 Goldenhair, the Newest Plunder Patroll x3 Redbeard, the Plunder Patroll Matey x3 Whitebeard, the Plunder Patroll Helm x3
Danger! Bigfoot! x2 Danger! Thunderbird! x2 Danger! Chupacabra! x1 Danger! Mothman! x1 Danger! Nessie! x1
Plunder Patroll Shipyarrrd x3 Emblem of the Plunder Patroll x2 Plunder Patroll Shipshape Ships Shipping x2 Called by the Grave x2 Foolish Burial x1
Harpie x1 Lightning Storm x1 Infinite Impermanence x3 Pride of the Plunder Patroll x1 Plunder Patroll Booty x1
Plunder Patroll Parrrty x1 - - - -
Extra Deck: 15 cards
Plunder Patrollship Lys x3 Plunder Patrollship Brann x3 Plunder Patrollship Moerk x3 Blackbeard, the Plunder Patroll Captain x3 Plunder Patrollship Jord x2
Knightmare Phoenix x1 Knightmare Unicorn x1 - - -

Deck Explanation

The very same Loaner Deck players got from last year's the Theme Chronicle Event, this Plunder Patroll Deck is still good, and even got better thanks to Plunder Patrollship Jorn. Its ability to summon even on the opponent's turn can disrupt the opponent to victory.

Theme Chronicle 2024 Gold Pride

Main Deck: 42 Cards
Maxx "C" x3 Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring x3 Gold Pride - Captain Carrie x3 Gold Pride - Leon x3 Gold Pride - Roller Baller x3
Speedroid Terrortop x3 PSY-Framegear Gamma x2 Gold Pride - Nytro Head x1 Speedroid Taketomborg x1 Psychic Wheeleder x1
Joruri-P.U.N.K. Madame Spider x1 PSY-Frame Driver x1 Gold Pride - Better Luck Next Time! x3 Called by the Grave x2 Emergency Teleport x2
Gold Pride - The Crowd Goes Wild! x1 Crossout Designator x1 Gold Pride - Start Your Engines! x3 Infinite Impermanence x1 Joruri-P.U.N.K. Dangerous Gabu x1
Extra Deck: 15 Cards
Gold Pride - Pin Baller x2 Gold Pride - Star Leon x1 Gold Pride - Star Leon x2 Vulcan the Divine x1 Adamancipator Risen - Dragite x1
Draco Berserker of the Tenyi x1 PSY-Framelord Omega x1 Trishula, Zero Dragon of the Ice Barrier x1 Gold Pride - Chariot Carrie x3 Knightmare Phoenix x1
Knightmare Unicorn x1 - - - -

Deck Explanation

While it doesn't have access to the P.U.N.K. Engine, and not being featured at all in any Solo Mode Gate, Gold Star is relatively untouched for the Theme Chronicle Festival this year, allowing players that built Decks around it to fully test it out as they wish before bringing it to Ranked Duels.

Theme Chronicle 2024 Trickstar

Main Deck: 42 Cards
Effect Veiler x3 Maxx "C" x3 Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring x3 Nibiru, the Primal Being x3 Trickstar Candina x3
Trickstar Lycoris x3 Trickstar Corobane x2 Trickstar Lilybell x1 Trickstar Festival x3 Dark Room of Nightmare x3
Trickstar Light Stage x2 Trickstar Magical Laurel x2 Called by the Grave x2 Solemn Judgment x3 Trickstar Reincarnation x1
Gravedigger x1 Solemn Warning x1 - - -
Extra Deck: 15 Cards
Trickstar Bloom x3 Trickstar Bella Madonna x3 Trickstar Divaridis x2 Trickstar Holly Angel x2 Trickstar Foxglove Witch x2
Trickstar Black Catbat x1 Trickstar Crimson Heart x1 Knightmare Unicorn x1 - -

Deck Explanation

Trickstar might not be featured in a Solo Mode Gate of their own, but they are relatively untouched for the event-exclusive banlist. Players can play them at full power, allowing the Deck's burn strategy to annoy lots of players into losses.

Theme Chronicle 2024 Crusadia

Main Deck: 42 Cards
Crusadia Arboria x3 Crusadia Draco x3 Crusadia Leonis x3 Crusadia Maximus x3 Crusadia Reclusia x3
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring x3 Parallel eXceed x3 Maxx "C" x3 Droll & Lock Bird x2 Effect Veiler x2
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion x1 Nibiru, the Primal Being x1 Called by the Grave x2 Crusadia Revival x1 Crusadia Testament x1
Crossout Designator x1 Forbidden Droplet x1 Lightning Storm x1 Monster Reborn x1 Reinforcement of the Army x1
Infinite Impermanence x3 - - - -
Extra Deck: 15 Cards
Crusadia Magius x3 Crusadia Regulex x3 Crusadia Spatha x3 I:P Masquerena x1 Knightmare Phoenix x1
Crusadia Equimax x1 Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Chaos x1 Knightmare Unicorn x1 Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax x1 -

Deck Explanation

Crusadia was featured in one of the sub-gates of The Legend of the Star Heroes: The Secret Powers of the Planet. Their ability to Link Climb and continue to summon Link Monsters with higher Link Ratings lets them end Duels very quickly with their boss monsters with overwhelming ATK.

Theme Chronicle 2024 Gate Guardian

Main Deck: 42 Cards
Maxx "C" x3 Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring x3 Elemental HERO Prisma x3 Shadow Ghoul of the Labyrinth x3 Labyrinth Heavy Tank x3
Kazejin x2 Suijin x2 Sanga of the Thunder x1 Labyrinth Wall Shadow x3 Fusion Deployment x3
Double Attack! Wind and Thunder!! x2 Called by the Grave x2 Riryoku Guardian x1 Crossout Designator x1 Harpie x1
Reinforcement of the Army x1 Prey of the Jirai Gumo x3 Infinite Impermanence x3 - -
Extra Deck: 15 Cards
Gate Guardian of Thunder and Wind x3 Gate Guardian of Water and Thunder x3 Gate Guardian of Wind and Water x3 Gate Guardians Combined x1 Number 11: Big Eye x2
Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger x1 Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon x1 Voloferniges, the Darkest Dragon Doomrider x1 - -

Deck Explanation

Gate Guardians managed to slip past the event's exclusive banlist, allowing all of its Fusion Monsters variants to be played as the player sees fit. It is as full-power as it can get, allowing quick Contact Fusions and Xyz Summons to overwhelm the field with powerful monsters.

Theme Chronicle 2024 Suship

Main Deck: 40 Cards
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3x Maxx "C" 3x Gunkan Suship Shari 3x Gunkan Suship Ikura 3x Gunkan Suship Shirauo 3x
Gunkan Suship Shari Red 3x Gunkan Suship Uni 3x Gunkan Suship Catch-of-the-Day 3x Gunkan Sushipyard Seaside Supper Spot 3x Painful Choice 3x
Unexpected Dai 3x Called by the Grave 2x Harpie 1x The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine 2x Gunkan Suship Daily Special 1x
Infinite Impermanence 1x - - - -
Extra Deck: 15 cards
Gunkan Suship Ikura-Class Dreadnought 2x Gunkan Suship Shirauo-class Carrier 2x Gunkan Suship Uni-class Super-Dreadnought 2x Abyss Dweller 1x Evilswarm Exciton Knight 1x
Tellarknight Ptolemaeus 1x Time Thief Redoer 1x Number 39: Utopia 1x Number C39: Utopia Ray 1x Number S39: Utopia the Lightning 1x
Stellarknight Constellar Diamond 1x Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger 1x - - -

Deck Explanation

An unorthodox Xyz Monster-centric Deck that circles around a Normal Monster as a centerpiece of their strategy, Suships seem like a complicated Deck to play. It's gotten one more support card since last year and some adjustments in the Extra Deck to give it more firepower, but the playstyle is basically the same.

Theme Chronicle 2024 Harpie

Main Deck: 40 Cards
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3x Maxx "C" 3x Harpie Lady 1 3x Harpie Channeler 3x Harpie Perfumer 3x
Harpie Harpist 2x Harpie 2x Harpie Dancer 1x Harpie Queen 1x Harpie Oracle 1x
Elegant Egotist 3x Harpie’s Feather Rest 2x Hysteric Sign 2x Called by the Grave 2x Raigeki 2x
Alluring Mirror Split 1x Harpies 1x Harpie 3x Hysteric Party 2x -
Extra Deck: 15 cards
Cyber Slash Harpie Lady 2x Harpie 2x Tellarknight Ptolemaeus 1x Number 39: Utopia 1x Number C39: Utopia Ray 1x
Number S39: Utopia the Lightning 1x Constellar Pleiades 1x Stellarknight Constellar Diamond 1x Constellar Ptolemy M7 1x Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger 1x
Number 11: Big Eye 1x Harpie Conductor 2x - - -

Deck Explanation

Harpies might not have gotten a Solo Mode Gate in 2023 as well, but it somehow remained untouched for this event rerun. Its ease of access to Rank 4 Xyz monsters is now boosted with a few additions for more firepower, and it still has access to Cyber Slash Harpie Lady as one of the easiest Synchro Monsters to summon.

Theme Chronicle 2024 Ghoti

Main Deck: 40 Cards
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3x Maxx "C" 3x Mermaid Shark 3x Paces, Light of the Ghoti 3x Lifeless Leaffish 3x
Silent Angler 3x Abyss Shark 3x Shif, Fairy of the Ghoti 2x PSY-Framegear Gamma 2x PSY-Frame Driver 1x
Zep, Ruby of the Ghoti 1x Ixeep, Omen of the Ghoti 1x Snopios, Shade of the Ghoti 1x Called by the Grave 2x The Most Distant, Deepest Depths 2x
Crossout Designator 1x Evenly Matched 3x Infinite Impermanence 3x - -
Extra Deck: 15 cards
Arionpos, Serpent of the Ghoti 2x Askaan, the Bicorned Ghoti 2x Ghoti of the Deep Beyond 2x Guoglim, Spear of the Ghoti 1x Adamancipator Risen - Dragite 1x
Draco Berserker of the Tenyi 1x PSY-Framelord Omega 1x White Aura Whale 1x Crystron Quariongandrax 1x Stealth Kragen Spawn 2x
Number 4: Stealth Kragen 1x - - - -

Deck Explanation

Somehow, the entire Ghoti lineup of cards made it out unscathed from the event's banlist. This card takes advantage of cards being banished, Special Summoning them the next turn and then using them into Synchro Summons.

Theme Chronicle 2024 Machina

Main Deck: 40 Cards
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3x Maxx "C" 3x Machina Gearframe 3x Machina Unclaspare 3x Machina Soldier 2x
Machina Resavenger 2x Machina Air Raider 2x Machina Citadel 2x Machina Fortress 1x Machina Megaform 1x
Machina Redeployment 3x Urgent Schedule 3x Called by the Grave 2x Raigeki 2x Crossout Designator 1x
Harpie 1x Revolving Switchyard 1x Machina Overdrive 3x - -
Extra Deck: 15 cards
Abyss Dweller 1x Gear Gigant X 1x Heavy Armored Train Ironwolf 1x Number 27: Dreadnought Dreadnoid 1x Drill Driver Vespenato 1x
Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star 1x Springans Ship - Exblowrer 1x Skypalace Gangaridai 1x Superdimensional Robot Galaxy Destroyer 1x I:P Masquerena 1x
Knightmare Cerberus 1x Knightmare Phoenix 1x Platinum Gadget 1x Knightmare Unicorn 1x Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax 1x

Deck Explanation

Also not featured in any Solo Mode Gate, Machina opens up its strength now that most of the more powerful cards across different archetypes and popular strategies are currently held back. There is a variety of options for this Deck, from strong monsters in the Main Deck to game-ending bosses in the Extra Deck.

Theme Chronicle 2024 Rikka

Main Deck: 40 Cards
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3x Maxx "C" 3x Lonefire Blossom 3x Rikka Petal 3x Cyclamen the Rikka Fairy 3x
Rikka Princess 3x Mudan the Rikka Fairy 3x Snowdrop the Rikka Fairy 2x Erica the Rikka Fairy 1x Hellebore the Rikka Fairy 1x
Rikka Glamour 3x Rikka Konkon 3x Called by the Grave 2x Rikka Flurries 1x Crossout Designator 1x
Harpie 1x Pot of Prosperity 1x Rikka Sheet 1x Rikka Tranquility 1x Pollinosis 1x
Extra Deck: 15 cards
Rikka Queen Strenna 3x Teardrop the Rikka Queen 3x Kanzashi the Rikka Queen 2x Sacred Tree Beast, Hyperyton 2x Sylvan Princessprite 1x
Baromet the Sacred Sheep Shrub 1x Alsei, the Sylvan High Protector 1x Sylvan Dancepione 1x - -

Deck Explanation

Rikka is featured in the Solo Mode Gate The Rikka Fairies Descend, leting the players learn the archetype's unique penchant of tributing monsters for their effects. While Rikka Konkon is on the field, it allows the tributing of monsters the opponent controls.

Theme Chronicle 2024 Gladiator Beasts

Main Deck: 40 Cards
Gladiator Beast Andal 3x Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3x Maxx "C" 3x Test Tiger 3x Gladiator Beast Equeste 2x
Gladiator Beast Noxious 2x Gladiator Beast Augustus 2x Gladiator Beast Attorix 1x Gladiator Beast Bestiari 1x Gladiator Beast Darius 1x
Gladiator Beast Vespasius 1x Gladiator Rejection 3x Unexpected Dai 3x Gladiator Beast 2x Gladiator Proving Ground 2x
Called by the Grave 2x Fire Formation - Tenki 1x Monster Reborn 1x Gladiator Beast War Chariot 2x -
Extra Deck: 15 cards
Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor 2x Gladiator Beast Gyzarus 1x Gladiator Beast Heraklinos 1x Gladiator Beast Domitianus 1x Link Spider 2x
Gladiator Beast Dragases 2x Cross-Sheep 1x I:P Masquerena 1x Crusadia Equimax 1x Tri-Brigade Rugal the Silver Sheller 1x
Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax 1x - - - -

Deck Explanation

Featured in the Solo Mode Gate The Glory of the Gladiator Beasts, Gladiator Beasts now have a moment to shine, with their archetype's penchant of being able to do Contact Fusions and not need Fusion Spells like Polymerization to bring out powerful boss monsters.

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