Chimera Illusion is an Aggro deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, featuring the first set of Illusion-type monsters added to the game! Check out the core deck list, key combos, as well as how to play & counters!

Chimera Illusion Deck List

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

Chimera Illusion Breakdown

Monsters

Spells

Traps

Extra

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Effect Veiler	3
	Maxx "C"	3
	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring	3
	Mirror Swordknight	3
	Big-Winged Berfomet	3
	Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws	3
	Cornfield Coatl	3
	Edge Imp Chain	3

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Super Polymerization	2
	Called by the Grave	2
	Crossout Designator	1
	Chimera Fusion	3
	Frightfur Patchwork	2
	Polymerization	2

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Infinite Impermanence	3
	There Can Be Only One	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Guardian Chimera	2
	Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts	2
	Garura, Wings of Resonant Life	1
	I:P Masquerena	1
	Underworld Goddess of the Closed World	1
	Chimera the Illusion Beast	1
	Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts	1
	Predaplant Dragostapelia	1
	Starving Venom Fusion Dragon	1
	Muckraker From The Underworld	1
	Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy	1
	Muddy Mudragon	1
	Magnum the Reliever	1

Tier List Evaluation

Tier Ranking
Tier 2
Deck Archetype		Deck Difficulty
Aggro		Medium
Deck Evaluation
Fusion-centric archetype that introduces the Illusion-type monsters, which supports Beasts and Fiends Most of the boss monsters can attack but not destroy monsters, and can trigger effects when successful Can be pretty strong with proper use, but lacks power compared to current top Decks in the meta

Best Decks Meta Tier List

Chimera Illusion Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

Core Combos and Interactions

Boss Monsters

	Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts
	One of the key monsters needed for this Deck to work properly, Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts is often the first Fusion Monster players will summon when using this Deck Recipe. On Special Summon, it forces the opponent to discard a card by the End Phase, and it can banish itself from the GY to Special Summon a Beast-type, Fiend-type, or Illusion-type monster.
	Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts
	Summoning Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts needs two different monsters between Beast, Fiend or Illusion-type monsters; and on Fusion Summon it has a Foolish Burial-esque effect. Much like the first Fusion Monster, it can banish itself from the GY to Special Summon a Beast, Fiend or Illusion-type monster.
	Chimera the Illusion Beast
	Depending on the number of Fusion Materials used to summon Chimera the Illusion Beast, it can attack monsters up to that many times. It does not destroy itself nor the other monster whenever it battles, and when it does battle, the attacked monster has its effects negated and ATK drained to 0.
	Guardian Chimera
	Another key Fusion Monster to bring out, Guardian Chimera can draw cards and destroy cards on the field, depending on whether the materials came from the field or from the hand. More importantly, if Polymerization is in the GY, this monster can no longer be targeted for effects.

Chimera Illusion Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Chimera

Kashtira

A lot of the strengths of the Chimera Deck come from activating monster effects--something Kashtira Decks easily punish using most of their Main Deck monsters. It gets especially worse once Kashtira Arise-Heart, as the Chimera Deck does use the GY as a secondary resource pool.

Kashtira Deck List & Card Guide

Unchained

The Unchained archetype has a penchant for destroying cards and using the opponent's monsters as materials for Link Summons. The boss monsters of a Chimera Deck are at their strongest when they have presence on the field, which is something Unchained can easily deny.

Unchained Deck List & Card Guide

Snake-Eyes

The current state of the game still has Snake-Eye as the best Deck to run when climbing up the Ranked Ladder or participating in Duelist Cups. It has it all; from interruptions, to searches, to Special Summons, to beatdowns, stealing monsters, and even turning some into Continuous Spells/Traps.

Luck will be a big factor when going against any variation of a Snake-Eye Deck, but the current one that runs the Diabellstar Deck Engine is by far the most consistent Deck version for now.

Snake-Eyes Deck List & Card Guide

Anti-Meta Stun

A Deck solely built to slow the state of the Duel to a crawl, an Anti-Meta Stun Deck will most likely run every single interruption, hand trap and negate it can possibly have to stop aggressive Decks from gaining advantage, or control Decks from using their monsters to set up their Field.

Anti-Meta Stun Deck List & Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Chimera Illusion

	Necrovalley
	Necrovalley locking the GY from moving cards out of there means the boss monsters' effect that banishes themselves are pretty much useless. Special Summon effects that involve the GY are also usuable so long as this Field Spell floodgate is active and face-up on the Field.
	Dimension Shifter
	Another way to deny the Chimera Deck advantage is to deny them the GY, and on the first turn using Dimension Shifter will punish whatever play a Chimera player will do. Bonus points if the Deck that uses this hand trap also gets advantages when cards are banished.
	Dimensional Barrier
	For Trap Decks like Labrynth and Traptrix, they can use Dimensional Barrier once they manage to sniff out that you use mostly Fusion Monsters as a Chimera Deck user. This prevents the summon of any and all Fusion Monsters, as well as negate the effects of Fusion Monsters on the field if the user chooses Fusion as the Extra Deck card type to mess with.
	Maxx "C"
	As with all Decks that rely on Special Summons to garner advantage, a well-timed Maxx "C" will easily generate massive card advantage. Once this hand trap successfully resolves, the Duel can go either of two ways: the Chimera user stops their combo of Special Summons, or they play through it and give their opponent massive card advantage.

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