ABC-XYZ is an Aggro deck in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, featuring the combination of the ABC and the newer versions of XYZ Union Monsters. Check out the core deck list, key combos, how to play & beat as well as F2P, budget and alternate options!

ABC-XYZ Deck List

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

ABC-XYZ Breakdown

ABC-XYZ Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

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Core Combos and Interactions

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Boss Monsters

	XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon
	XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon is the newest boss monsters among the Union sub-archetypes. It has card destruction for a quick effect, and can Special Summon the Fusion Materials for a listed Level 8 LIGHT Machine-type Fusion Monster. This effect is best used in tandem with its fellow Union Fusion Monster, ABC-Dragon Buster.
	ABC-Dragon Buster
	ABC-Dragon Buster is the more crucial boss monster to summon, so much so that this card is at 2 copies instead of 1 in the Deck Recipe. For its quick effect, it can banish a card off the field. Also unique as a Union Fusion, this card can tribute itself to Special Summon three different LIGHT Machine-type Union monsters in the Banishment.
	Cyber Dragon Infinity
	Cyber Dragon Infinity can be cheated out with the help of using Cyber Dragon Nova as its overlaying material. This monster might be the only source of negation in the entire Deck Recipe outside of Infinite Impermanence, being able to negate Spell Cards and absorb them as part of material.
	Knightmare Gryphon
	Knightmare Gryphon was banned for a long time in Master Duel for a reason. It can Set Spell/Trap Cards from the GY once per turn, and if this card is co-linked when this effect resovles, it also grants a draw. On top of that, Special Summoned monsters on both sides cannot activate effects unless they are Linked.

ABC-XYZ Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against ABC-XYZ

Cyber Dragon

What makes Cyber Dragon so innately strong against any Deck that heavily uses Machine-type monsters, ABC-XYZ monsters included, is the fact that its got Fusion Monsters that can make use of their opponent's monsters on the field as material.

One copy of any monster that takes the name of Cyber Dragon can whisk away all Machine-type monster for Chimeratech Fortress Dragon or even Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon.

Cyber Dragon Deck List

Anti-Meta Stun

All it takes for one Duelist is one bad day for them to run an Anti-Meta Stun Deck. This recipe is loaded with traps, floodgates and interruptions to grind the game down to a halt, until the opponent cannot play their own strategy.

Monsters like Fairy Tail - Luna and Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo; Spells like Moon Mirror Shield and Clockwork Night; Traps like Macro Cosmos and Crackdown; all of these will interrupt a game plan one way or another.

Anti-Meta Stun Deck List

Yubel

A good starting hand from Yubel can mess around with the ABC-XYZ's strategy, and can even take advantage of some of their effects. The card destruction effect from ABC-Dragon Buster might benefit the Yubel mosnters if they get destroyed, and Banishment does not matter due to the lingering effect of Nightmare Throne ready to retrieve them back.

This is especially dangerous if the Quick Effects were expended way before they can deal with Nightmare Pain. Crashing to the Deck's boss monsters using two or three different Yubels is already a game over.

Yubel Deck List

Fiendsmith Snake-Eyes Azamina

The best Deck in the current format, Fiendsmith Snake-Eyes Azamina is far more combo-intensive compared to the ABC-XYZ Deck. Their end boards are enough to win games due to multiple negates set up, and various interruptions that can mess with this Deck's game plan.

Silvera, Wolf Tamer of the White Forest flips all the opponent's monsters face-down, and provides double piercing battle damage. Snake-Eyes Flamberge Dragon can force a monster to be placed in the Spell/Trap Zone. Azamina Sol Erysichthon sends a card on the field to the GY for free on Fusion Summon. Fiendsmith's Desirae can negate multiple cards in one sitting. So many options are available to them, it is too overwhelming for the ABC-XYZ Deck to deal with.

Fiendsmith Snake-Eyes Deck List

Best Cards to Tech Against ABC-XYZ

	Dark Ruler No More
	Dark Ruler No More negates all effect monsters the opponent controls. This effectively neutralizes both ABC-Dragon Buster and XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon, as well as the passive effect of Knightmare Goblin.
	Nibiru, the Primal Being
	With how many Special Summons are needed for the Union Monsters to get their boss monster out, Nibiru, the Primal Being is an effective counter against this Deck. It rarely does have any counterplay against this Deck, since most of the monsters do not have any monster effects that can stop this card's resolution.
	Maxx "C" and Mulcharmy Fuwalos
	With Maxx "C" now being Semi-Limited to 2 copies, it now has a new best friend in Mulcharmy Fuwalos. If there are no cards on your side on the field, the latter can be activated. This can serve as both a warning shot to the ABC-XYZ player from summoning any further, but also to bait out the Ash Blossom or Called by the Grave before using the iconic hand trap.
	Board Clearers like Raigeki, Dark Hole and Lightning Storm
	Besides Cyber Dragon Infinity and its specific negation effect against Spell Cards, there is not much this Deck can do against board wipes. For Decks that favor little to no resistance, loading up on these cards is crucial. Cards like Raigeki, Dark Hole and Lightning Storm can definitely clear a path against the ABC-XYZ player.

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The Forbidden Liberated	The Ultimate Sparkle

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World Champion Decks

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Aggro Decks

List of All Aggro Decks
D/D/D Aggro	Code Talker / Prank Kids	Zoodiac
Blue-Eyes	Virtual World	SPYRAL Control
Toon Kingdom	Red-Eyes	Blue-Eyes
Zoodiac	Prank-Kids	Zoodiac Tri-Brigade
Pure Tri-Brigade	Ancient Gear	Dragonmaid
Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc (Bird Up)	Dinosaur	Raidraptor
HERO	Dragon Link	Despia
Magikey	Adamancipator	Black Luster Soldier
Pendulum Magician	Stardust Dragon	Tenyi Swordsoul
Cyberdark	@Ignister	Cyber Dragon
The Winged Dragon of Ra	Despian Predaplant	Despia Darklord
Odd-Eyes Performapal	Numeron FTK	Six Samurai
ABC	Trickstar Windwitch	Blackwings
Fluffal	Cupid Pitch Turbo	Lunalight
Vampire	Ultra Athletes	Thunder Dragon
Z-ARC Pendulum Magician	Adventurer Rose Dragon Tenyi	Adventurer P.U.N.K.
Suship	Pure D/D/D	Numeron Egyptian Gods
Galaxy Eyes OTK	Borrelend Dragon Link	Vaylantz
Beetrooper	Icejade Ra	Therion ABC
Libromancer	Mathmech	Spright Evil☆Twin
Spright Tri-Brigade	Ishizu Chaos	Slifer Arcana Knights
Gaia OTK	Vernusylph	Ancient Warriors
Ghoti	Springans	8-Axis Gizmek Orochi
Danger! Dark World	Mikanko	Scareclaw Kashtira
Zombie World P.U.N.K.	Hungry Burger Nouvelles	Obelisk the Tormentor
Mannadium	Gate Guardian	Gold Pride P.U.N.K.
Superheavy Samurai	Nemleria	Dragon Rulers
Snake-Eye	T.G. Diabellstar	Skull Servant
Kaiju	Resonators	Earthbound
Malefic	Kozmo	Armored Xyz Shark
Unchained	Battlin' Boxer	Chimera Illusion
Fire King Snake-Eyes	Vaalmonica	Memento
Horus Tearlaments	Centur-Ion	Dragon Master Magia
Ice Barrier	Infernoid	Lightsworn
Ogdoadic Ragnaraika	Genex	Tenpai Dragon
Goblin Biker	Infernoble	Armed Dragon
Flame Swordsman	Melodious	Gimmick Puppet
Ashened	White Forest	Mekk-Knight
Fiendsmith Snake-Eyes	White Forest Azamina	Millennium

Control Decks

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Invoked Shaddoll	Eldlich Control	Drytron Fairy
True Draco	Dark Magician	Traptrix
Phantom Knights	Madolche	Relinquished
P.U.N.K.	DPE Scythe	Evil★Twin
Paleozoic Frog	Salamangreat	Gravekeepers
Monarch	Tellarknight	Agent
Exosisters	Darklord	Plunder Patrol
Rikka	Floowandereeze	Adventurer Phantom Knights
Dinomoprhia	Tri-Brigade Gladiator Beast	Adventurer Witchcrafter
Dark Magician Gravekeeper	Branded Tri-Brigade	Branded Despia
Zombie Vampire	Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon	Spellbook
Branded Cyber Dragon	Branded Zombies	Pure Scareclaw
Dinomorphia	Runick	Labrynth
Harpies	Buster Blader	Umi Control
Endymion	Nekroz	Spright
Spright Runick	Ishizu Runick	Branded Ishizu
Crystal Beasts	Orcust	Altergeist
Witchcrafter	Subterror Krawler	Mayakashi
Ishizu Tearlaments	Evilswarm	Melffy Spright
Bystial Branded	Dogmatika Bystial	Naturia Runick
Generaiders	Kashtira	Purrely
Ninja	Rescue-ACE	Gishki Spright
Prediction Princess	Vanquish Soul	Jinzo
Egyptian God	Ojama Control	Aromage
Ghostrick	Kuriboh	Anti-Meta Stun
Runick Spright Fur Hire	Horus Control	Toy Box Dark Magician
Yubel	Voiceless Voice	Rikka Ragnraika
Ritual Beast	Shining Sarcophagus	Fiendsmith Magical Musketeer

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Red-Eyes Burn	Timelord Burn	Chain Burn
D.D. Dynamite	Igknight OTK	Cubic
Dinosaur Bishbaalkin FTK	Volcanic Snake-Eyes	Transaction Rollback Burn

Alt-Win Decks

List of All Alternate Win Decks
Crooked Cook Exodia	Flower Cardian Exodia	Treasure Panda Exodia
Suicide	Defense OTK

All Budget Decks

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Budget Despia	Budget F.A. Metalfoes	Budget Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Budget Chain Burn	Budget Majespecter	Budget Yosenju
Budget Flower Cardian	Budget True Draco	Budget Amorphage
Budget Ishizu Tearlaments

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