Ritual Beast is a Control deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, and is one of the hardest Decks to pilot with the usage of Contact Fusion and different versions of Ritual Best monsters to build a powerful board. 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!

Ritual Beast Deck List

Main Deck: 40 cards
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Extra Deck: 15 cards
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Ritual Beast Breakdown

Ritual Beast Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

Work in Progress - Information Available Soon!

Core Combos and Interactions

Cannahawk One-Card Combo

A basic Ritual Beast combo can be quite imposing, but mastering this combo starting with Spiritual Beast Cannahawk can branch out into different options, depending on what other cards you have on hand.

Cards on Hand
Step	Description
1	Normal Summon Spiritual Beast Cannahawk. Then, activate its effect; banish Spiritual Beast Tamer Lara from the Deck. This triggers Lara's effect upon being banished; Special Summon Ritual Beast Tamer Lara straight from the Deck.
2	With Ritual Beast Tamer Lara and Spiritual Beast Cannahawk on the field, send them to the GY to Contact Fuse Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawk.
3	Activate Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawk's two effects in a chain link. Chain Link 2: Return this monster to the Extra Deck, then target both Spiritual Beast Tamer Lara and Spiritual Beast Cannahawk from banishment; Special Summon them. Chain Link 1: Target both Spiritual Beast Tamer Lara and Ritual Beast Tamer Lara; return to the GY to search for Ritual Beast Tamer Wen. But because of Chain Link 2, Spiritual Beast Tamer Lara is already on the field.
4	Activate Spiritual Beast Cannahawk's effect to banish Spiritual Beast Rampengu from the Deck.
5	Using Spiritual Beast Tamer Lara and Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawkas materials, Link Summon Ritual Beast Ulti-Kimunfalcos. Then, activate its effect; banish Spiritual Beast Cannahawk from the GY to Normal Summon Ritual Beast Tamer Wen. On summon, activate Wen's effect; Special Summon the banished Spiritual Beast Rampengu.
6	Activate Spiritual Beast Rampengu's effect; banish Ritual Beast Ulti-Gaiapelio, then send Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda from the Deck to the GY.
7	Banish Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda and Ritual Beast Tamer Lara from the Graveyard to Contact Fusion Summon Ritual Beast Ulti-Nochiudrago.
8	With Spiritual Beast Cannahawk and Ritual Beast Tamer Wen on the field, send them to the GY to Contact Fuse Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawk.
9	Activate Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawk's two effects in a chain link. Chain Link 2: Return this monster to the Extra Deck, then target both Ritual Beast Tamer Wen and Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda from banishment; Special Summon them. Chain Link 1: Target both Ritual Beast Tamer Wen and Spiritual Beast Rampengu; return to the GY to search for Ritual Beast Tamer Elder. But because of Chain Link 2, Ritual Beast Tamer Wen is already on the field.
10	Link Summon Ritual Beast Ulti-Reirautari by using Ritual Beast Tamer Wen, Ritual Beast Ulti-Nochiudrago and Ritual Beast Ulti-Kimunfalcos as materials. Then activate its effect; retrieve the banished Spiritual Beast Cannahawk to add to the hand, then Normal Summon Ritual Beast Tamer Elder.

No Field Spell Active
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Step	Description
11	Because of Ritual Beast Ulti-Reirautari's effect, you can Normal Summon one additional time. Normal Summon Spiritual Beast Cannahawk, and activate its effect; banish Spiritual Beast Apelio from the Deck.
12	With Spiritual Beast Cannahawk and Ritual Beast Tamer Elder on the field, send them to the GY to Contact Fuse Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawk.
13	Activate Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawk's two effects in a chain link. Chain Link 2: Return this monster to the Extra Deck, then target both Ritual Beast Tamer Elder and Spiritual Beast Apelio from banishment; Special Summon them. Chain Link 1: Target both Spiritual Beast Cannahawk and Ritual Beast Tamer Elder; return to the GY to search for Ritual Beast Steeds. But because of Chain Link 2, Ritual Beast Tamer Elder is already on the field.
14	Using Spiritual Beast Apelio and Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda on the field as materials, Xyz Summon Infernal Flame Banshee. Then, activate the Xyz Monster's effect; detach a material to search out Nemeses Flag and add to hand.
15	Activate the effect of Nemeses Flag; target Ritual Beast Ulti-Gaiapelio and return it to the Extra Deck, then Special Summon Nemeses Flag back onto the field. Then, activate its second effect while on the field; search out a copy of Archnemeses Protos.
16	Banish Ritual Beast Ulti-Nochiudrago, Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda, and Infernal Flame Banshee to Special Summon Archnemeses Protos. Afterwards, set Ritual Beast Steeds.

No Field Spell ACtive
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Boss Monsters

	Ritual Beast Ulti-Nochiudrago
	The player can only Special Summon Ritual Beast Ulti-Nochiudrago once per turn, but it is well worth it. This monster provides a taunt towards all targeted card effects to protect others. It can also Special Summon a “Ritual Beast” monster by returning this card to the Extra Deck as a Quick Effect.
	Ritual Beast Ulti-Gaiapelio
	Ritual Beast Ulti-Gaiapelio has the hardest material requirements out of all the Ritual Beast Extra Deck monster, but its omni-negate effect outweighs the difficulty of its summoning condition. This effect does not have any once-per-turn clause either; so long as you have "Ritual Beast" monsters to banish from the hand, the player can negate effects as much as it can.
	Ritual Beast Ulti-Reirautari
	While Ritual Beast Ulti-Reirautari is on the field, this card will prevent both players from tributing cards to activate effects. This card also comes as a combo piece, with its ability to provide an additional Normal Summon by returning a banished "Ritual Beast" monster.
	Thunder Dragon Colossus
	With a little help from Nemeses Corridor, Thunder Dragon Colossus can be easily summoned from the Extra Deck. So long as this card is face-up and active on the field, the opponent cannot add any more cards to the hand except via drawing.

Ritual Beast Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Ritual Beast

Floowandereeze

As per usual, when it comes to going up against Extra Deck-centric Decks, there is no other Deck that does it better than Floowandereeze.It only gets harder for Ritual Beast once it manages to pull out Floowandereeze & Empen, which is especially strong against Special Summoned monsters in Attack Position.

Floowandereeze Deck List & Card Guide

Anti-Meta Stun

Even with some nerfs in the most recent Banlist Update with Jowgen getting banned and Pachycephalo now Limited, the Anti-Meta Stun Deck is still pretty valid, and has options on stopping any heavy play from happening.

Anti-Meta Stun Deck List & Card Guide

Altergeist

The Altergeist Deck can actually evade the Protos lock because of how varied the Attributes of all the archetype's monsters are. The most the player can do is lock down one Attribute, allowing the others to be freed up. This Deck is also a Control Deck as well, which can safely set up against Ritual Beast due to being unaffected by Trap Cards once their set-up is complete.

Altergeist Deck List & Card Guide

Mikanko

Yet another Deck that is safe from the Protos lock available in Ritual Beasts, Mikanko can reflect back battle damage once it has its monsters equipped with certain Equip Spell Cards crash onto any monster. Dangerous among which is Mikanko Water Arabesque, which can tribute away the monster equipped to, to summon a Mikanko monster and get the Equip Spell to boot.

Mikanko Deck List & Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Ritual Beast

	Maxx "C"
	A regular combo from a Ritual Beast includes a ridiculous amount of Special Summons, inclusive of which are Contact Fusions from the Extra Deck. A well-timed, uninterrupted Maxx "C" can result in a massive card advantage that not even a full complete board can hold up against.
	Forbidden Droplet
	Currently powerful with the rise of the Tenpai Dragons, Forbidden Droplet is also just as powerful of a counter against the Ritual Beasts. It also halves that ATK of monsters as many as the number of cards discarded to activate this Quick-Play Spell.
	Imperial Iron Wall
	A lot of the combo pieces for this Deck require Ritual Beast monsters to be banished from various places--in the Deck, from the GY, even from the hand. While Imperial Iron Wall is active on the field, neither player can banish monsters, which effectively stops the combos that can be performed by this Deck.

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