Flame Swordsman Deck List & Card Guide

Flame Swordsman is an Aggro deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, featuring one of the original Fusion Monsters in the card game and its retrains to become a fully-fledged Deck of its own. 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!

Flame Swordsman Deck List

Main Deck: 42 cards
x3	x3	x3	x3	x2
x2	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x3	x3	x2	x2
x2	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	x2
Extra Deck: 15 cards
x2	x2	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	x1

Flame Swordsman Breakdown

Monsters

Spells

Traps

Extra

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Maxx "C"	3
	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring	3
	Kashtira Unicorn	2
	Effect Veiler	1
	Kashtira Fenrir	1
	Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion	1
	Fighting Flame Swordsman	3
	Salamandra, the Flying Flame Dragon	3
	Infernoble Knight - Renaud	2
	Droll & Lock Bird	1
	Mirage Swordsman	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Super Polymerization	2
	Called by the Grave	2
	Fighting Flame Sword	3
	Flame Swordsrealm	3
	Salamandra Fusion	2

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Ultimate Flame Swordsman	2
	Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights	1
	I:P Masquerena	1
	S:P Little Knight	1
	Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames	1
	Worldsea Dragon Zealantis	1
	Salamangreat Raging Phoenix	1
	Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess	1
	Knightmare Phoenix	1
	Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze	1
	Amphibious Swarmship Amblowhale	1
	Flame Swordsman	2

Flame Swordsman Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

Core Combos and Interactions

Boss Monsters

	Ultimate Flame Swordsman
	Ultimate Flame Swordsman has a targeted monster destruction effect, deals burn damage when it succeeds, and it becomes a Quick Effect while an Equip Card is equipped to this Fusion Monster. It also has the option to go all out and boost its ATK by double, at the cost of being destroyed by the End Phase.
	Mirage Swordsman
	Mirage Swordsman is more of a conditional boss monster, being able to Special Summon itself from the GY or hand if a FIRE Fusion monster you control (which is most likely your Flame Swordsman or Ultimate Flame Swordsman) is destroyed. Once it launches an attack, it can take itself and the monster it battles out via effect.
	Worldsea Dragon Zealantis & Salamangreat Raging Phoenix
	These two monsters are peas in a pod, and make up for quite a combo for FIRE monsters. Getting into Salamangreat Raging Phoenix first, then use it by itself as material for Worldsea Dragon Zealantis to send it to the GY and reset the field, where it waits until it can use its own effect to revive itself from the GY if a FIRE monster you control is destroyed by battle or card effect.

Flame Swordsman Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Flame Swordsman

Centur-Ion

Centur-Ion going first might be a little problematic, as its combo will almost always end up with a set-up featuring Centur-Ion Auxila, the ends up summoning Cosmic Blazar Dragon during your own turn.

If you can bypass or bait out the omni-negate, and perhaps a Centur-Ion Phalanx if the opponent has it, then the Flame Swordsman player has a chance to beat down this Deck with a powerful Ultimate Flame Swordsman. Otherwise, this is a rough match-up for the Deck.

Centur-Ion Deck List & Card Guide

Fire King Snake-Eyes

Fire King Snake-Eyes is one of the strongest Decks in the meta, especially if it goes first and manages to set up its monsters properly. Any card destruction effect is also welcomed by this archetype, which makes cards like Legendary Fire King Ponix, Sacred Fire King Garunix unleash into combos during even your own turn.

Do not give this Deck a chance to get into Garunix Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings through the effect of Fire King Sanctuary. Be prepared to either grind out the game, or end things as quick as possible with overwhelming offense once it's your turn.

Fire King Snake-Eyes Deck List & Card Guide

Buster Blader

In theory, Flame Swordsman and Buster Blader should have some really good synergy, as both archetypes make use of Warrior and Dragon-type monsters in their archetype. However, Buster Blader has a little more power in it because of its combo involving Buster Dragon and Buster Blader, The Dragon Destroyer Swordsman.

Once those two monsters are out on the field, all of your monsters become Dragon-type, which makes them easy pickings for Buster Blader. However, if it manages to brick itself long enough, you can win by rushing the early game.

Buster Blader Deck List & Card Guide

Kashtira

Kashtira is a nightmare for Flame Swordsman to go up against due to the fact that Kashtira Shangri-Ira messes with the card zones. Do it enough times, and it can block off all card zones on your field. Especially dangerous are its Main Deck monsters, whose effects banish cards from you face-down--which in turn trigger Shangri-Ira's zone-blocking effect.

Kashtira Fenrir, Kashtira Unicorn and Kashtira Arise-Heart are especially punishing due to their effects coming from situations on the field. The former two monsters in particular punish monster effects--which this Deck often relies on.

Kashtira Deck List & Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Flame Swordsman

	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
	Most of the strategy of Flame Swordsman involves getting the cards needed on hand in order to pull off even its simplest combo. A well-timed Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring would automatically mean the end of their combo, if they do not have any other way to extend combos.
	Clockwork Night
	For very controlling Decks like Anti-Meta Stun, or perhaps any Machine-type Deck like Ancient Gear would be happy to run Clockwork Night onto the field. It turns the monsters on the field into Machine-type monsters, gives an ATK boost to the opponent's monsters, and decreases your own.
	Yubel
	The entire Yubel Deck would probably be a worthy addition here, but a special shoutout has to be mentioned. So long as Yubel is on the field, any monster you control will only reflect back battle damage to your own LP if they try to attack this monster. Try to destroy it, and it gets replaced with a better version of itself in Yubel - Terror Incarnate. Get that off the field, and The Ultimate Nightmare is even worse to deal with.
	Skill Drain
	So long as Skill Drain is face-up and active on the field, both players' monsters are effectively negated once they are on the field. This is especially dangerous for Flame Swordsman Decks as a number of their Main Deck monsters need to resolve their effects on the field.

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