Rikka Ragnaraika is a Control deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, making use of multiple Plant-type archetypes supported with the new Ragnaraika Deck Engine. Check out the core deck list and key combos, as well as tips on how to play, alternative card options & counters against this specific Deck!

Rikka Ragnaraika Deck List

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

Rikka Ragnaraika Breakdown

Monsters

Spells

Traps

Extra

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Maxx "C"	3
	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring	3
	Ragnaraika the Evil Seed	1
	Therion "King" Regulus	1
	Mudan the Rikka Fairy	2
	Therion "Lily" Borea	2
	Rikka Princess	3
	Ragnaraika Samurai Beetle	1
	Snowdrop the Rikka Fairy	1
	Hellebore the Rikka Fairy	1
	Sunseed Genius Loci	3
	Rikka Petal	2

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Called by the Grave	2
	Therion Discolosseum	1
	Crossout Designator	1
	Unexpected Dai	3
	Rikka Glamour	3
	Rikka Konkon	3
	Ragnaraika Bloom	1
	Sunvine Sowing	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Rikka Tranquility	1
	Rikka Sheet	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Rikka Queen Strenna	1
	Teardrop the Rikka Queen	1
	Aromaseraphy Jasmine	2
	Sylvan Dancepione	1
	Sunavalon Melias	1
	Sacred Tree Beast, Hyperyton	1
	Sunvine Thrasher	1
	Ragnaraika Skeletal Soldier	1
	Benghalancer the Resurgent	1
	Ragnaraika Chain Coils	1
	Sunavalon Dryas	3
	Sunvine Healer	1

Rikka Ragnaraika Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

Rikka Cards

As this Deck Recipe is primarily a Rikka Deck, all of the classic cards of the archetype are available here. Rikka Princess and Rikka Petal are crucial to get the combo going, alongside Rikka Glamour and especially Rikka Konkon, who enables the Deck's tributing shenanigans.

Hellebore and Snowdrop is for access to Teardrop or any Rank 8 Xyz Monster, while Sheet and Tranquility serve as further interruptions to protect this Deck.

Ragnaraika Engine

The Ragnaraika Engine provides an alternative strategy to fall back into if the cards are ready and the Rikka cards have been interrupted in the middle of the combo. It helps that Ragnaraika Bloom provides a stat boost for Plant-type monsters, and being a one-card combo starter with Evil Seed and Samurai Beetle.

Ragnaraika Skeletal Soldier is the main monster to start with this engine, but ideally you'd want to have at least Chain Coils out, as its effect is specifically designed against hand traps.

Support Cards

Much like a usual Rikka Plant Deck, Sunseed Genius Loci is can be a combo starter of its own, especially with how easy it is to bring out on the field using Unexpected Dai. Sunvine Sowing further extends that combo once into a stronger Link monster play.

The Therion Engine also get a spot in the Deck Recipe, thanks to Therion Lily Borea being a Plant-type monster itself. It is searchable with Therion Discolosseum, and together with Therion King Regulus it creates a once-per-turn omni-negate.

Core Combos and Interactions

Sample Hand 1

Cards on Hand
Step	Description
1	Activate Unexpected Dai to Special Summon Sunseed Genius Loci from the Main Deck.
2	Using Sunseed Genius Loci as material, Link Summon into Sunavalon Dryas. Upon being Link Summoned into the Extra Monster Zone, activate its effect; add Sunvine Sowing to your hand.
3	Activate Sunvine Sowing; Special Summon another Sunseed Genius Loci from the Main Deck to the field, paying 1000 LP as part of the cost.
4	Activate Rikka Glamour from the hand; tribute the Sunseed Genius Loci, then add Rikka Petal and Ragnaraika the Evil Seed.
5	Activate the effect of Ragnaraika the Evil Seed; discard Hellebore the Rikka Fairy from the hand, and Special Summon itself onto the field. Then, activate its effect upon being Special Summoned; add Ragnaraika Bloom and Ragnaraika Samurai Beetle from the Deck to the hand, then banish Samurai Beetle as cost.
6	Activate Ragnaraika Bloom.
7	Chain Link 2: Activate the on-field effect of Ragnaraika Bloom; Special Summon the banished Ragnaraika Samurai Beetle to the field. Make sure this is Summoned to a monster zone pointed to by Aromaseraphy Jasmine. Chain Link 1: Trigger the effect of Hellebore the Rikka Fairy; tribute Ragnaraika the Evil Seed, then Special Summon itselfr from the GY.
8	Acitvate the effect of Aromaseraphy Jasmine; tribute Samurai Beetle placed on one of the Monster Zones pointed by its link marker, then Special Summon Snowdrop the Rikka Fairy from the Main Deck.
9	Acitvate the effect of Rikka Princess from the hand; Special Summon itself onto the field. Then, Normal Summon Rikka Petal. Activate its effect upon Normal Summon; add Mudan the Rikka Fairy from the Deck to the hand.
10	Acitvate the effect of Mudan the Rikka Fairy from the hand; tribute Rikka Petal from the field to Special Summon itself from the hand. Afterwards, activate its effect upon being Special Summoned; add Rikka Konkon from the Deck to the hand. Activate it afterwards.

Field Spell: Rikka Konkon
			X
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Field Spell: Rikka Konkon
			X
-	(Set)		-	-

Boss Monsters

	Teardrop the Rikka Queen
	Once Teardrop the Rikka Queen has a Plant-type monsters attached to it as material, its ability to Tribute a monster from either side of the field becomes a Quick Effect. This can safely bypass trigger effects that specify they have to be destroyed to activate them.
	Sacred Tree Beast, Hyperyton
	A little help from Rikka Queen Strenna can get Sacred Tree Beast, Hyperyton onto the field despite not having a Level 9 Monster anywhere in the Deck Recipe. It can claim one card of each type into itself as material, and use it to negate the activation of the same card once per turn, once per card type.
	Ragnaraika Chain Coils
	The crucial Ragnaraika card you need to get to as soon as possible, as one of Ragnaraika Chain Coils's effects can effectively deal with hand traps and effects that trigger from the hand. It can Special Summon itself from the GY, as the card it shuffles back from the Deck also include Plant-type monsters.
	Benghalancer the Resurgent
	One of the typical boss monsters to run in a Rikka Sunavalon Deck, and this Ragnaraika variant is no different. Benghalancer the Resurgent can bounce back a monster to the hand by taking damage equal to the targeted monster's ATK. It can also Special Summon itself

Rikka Ragnaraika Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Rikka Ragnaraika

Tearlaments

All that matters for a Tearlaments Deck is to have their key monsters be sent to the Graveyard--and that includes Rikka's way of tributing monsters. Any variant of the Tearlaments Deck will greatly appreciate having their cards sent to the GY, and trigger multiple effects one after another because of it.

Tearlaments Deck List & Card Guide

Purrely

Purrely Decks often end with only one monster on the field, but it is one of the most immovable monsters out there: Expurrely Noir. It cannot be affected by any activated card effect so long as has 5 or more materials to it, and its ability to spin cards back to the Deck becomes a Quick Effect while it has a Level 1 "Purrely" monster attached to it.

Yubel Deck List & Card Guide

Rescue-ACE

A normal Rescue-ACE combo has them setting up to 4 Spells and Traps on their turn, allowing them to interrupt any play as much as they can. What makes this Deck even more dangerous is the fact that it is currently splashable against the Snake-Eyes Deck Engine in lieu of this Deck being predominantly FIRE Attribute.

Rescue-ACE Deck List & Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Rikka Ragnaraika

	Droll & Lock Bird
	Rikka Decks need quite a lot of searching to get certain key cards ready on hand. Droll & Lock Bird deals with them for the rest of the turn by preventing any further addition to the hand for the rest of the turn, and can even stop the resolution of Maxx "C"'s effects!
	Summon Limit
	Despite being a Control Deck, a Rikka Deck has a rather powerful combo that almost always guarantees full combo so long as they can keep coming back to Loci and Dryas. Summon Limit bottlenecks all type of summons to just two overall summons in a turn, effectively stopping the combo power of this Deck.
	Thunder Dragon Colossus
	An alternative to Droll & Lock Bird if players can slot in a Thunder-type monster or play a Thunder Dragon Deck, Thunder Dragon Colossus acts as a floodgate. While present on the field, the only way to add cards to the hand is by drawing them.
	Skill Drain
	While Skill Drain is face-up and active on the field, all monsters on the field will have their effects negated. The "Rikka" monsters cannot bypass this effect unless they somehow get their respective monsters off the field by the time the effect resolves.

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