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Want the best possible shot to climb the ranked ladder of Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel's World Championship Qualifier this year? Check out our more condensed tier list of Decks that can let players climb the ladder to the Regional Qualifier Round of the 2025 Qualifiers!
List of Contents
| Best Decks for WCS Qualifiers 2025 | |
|---|---|
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★ Fiendsmith Decks ★ Primite Blue-Eyes ★ Bystial Branded ★ Kashtira ★ Rescue-ACE |
★ Sky Strikers ★ Atlantean Mermail ★ Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon ★ Tenpai Dragon ★ Memento |
| Honorary Mentions | |

The Fiendsmith Engine is so versatile in its nature, that it can be used by just about every Deck there is in the game. Expect cards like Fiendsmith's Tract and Fiendsmith Engraver to be a consistent appearance throughout the Qualifiers.
However, there are some that make the most out of the LIGHT Fiend monsters better!
There is sure to be more cards that will make use of the Fiendsmith Engine. Below are some of the most notable Fiendsmith users we have managed to cover!
| All Decks that Use Fiendsmith Cards | |
|---|---|
| Magical Musketeer | Kashtira |
| Snake-Eyes Azamina | Evil HERO |
| Yubel | - |

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If not for the existence of the Fiendsmith-using Decks, there can certainly be clause for Primite Blue-Eyes being the best Deck to play for the World Championship Qualifiers. Primite Dragon Ether Beryl is a one-card combo starter for the Deck, which also searches Drillbeam as an omni-negate for effects on the field.
The effects of Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon not being once-per-turn means it can bring out the boss monsters like Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon and Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon with ease. However, at this point, some Decks will have countermeasures, like Super Polymerization or Alba-Lenatus the Abyss Dragon. Be prepared to see a lot of this Deck.

| Main Deck: 50 cards | ||||
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| Extra Deck: 15 cards | ||||
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Master Duel seems to have favored the Bystial Branded Deck just before the Qualifiers, with the release of the Branded packages and the New Frontier Secret Pack that recently came out.
Newer cards that have come out since have only made the Deck even stronger, like the addition of Light and Darkness Dragonlord, and Khaos Starsource Dragon to make use of your Bystial Dragons. This Deck is also a great counter to all the current Decks that are heavily using Dragon-type monsters.

| Main Deck: 40 cards | ||||
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| Extra Deck: 15 cards | ||||
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When it comes to grind games, there has been no archetype that does it better than the simple Kashtira Deck. Most of the effects of the Main Deck Monsters will handily punish any monster effects they will try to trigger, with the most notable being Kashtira Unicorn for their ability to rip cards from the Extra Deck.
Then comes the ace monster, Kashtira Arise-Heart. Paired with a Kashtira Shangri-Ira, the banish effect becomes a zone lock that can trigger multiple times along with the Main Deck monsters.

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Rescue-ACE may need less reliance on the Sinful Spoils engine since Original Sinful Spoils - Snake-Eye became Limited for this format, but it is still a powerful Control Deck to consider. All it needs is to get Rescue-ACE Turbulence on the field, and it can set up to four Spells or Traps--all of which can be interruptions against the opponent.
The Deck also has access to both Salamangreat Raging Phoenix and Accessode Talker, which are game-ending monsters through their respective effects.

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| Extra Deck: 15 cards | ||||
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The release of the Sky Striker animations is not just all for show; they remain untouched in the format, especially with Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage! now fully unlimited at three copies. With a plethora of Spell Cards meant to interrupt the opponent and clear the board monsters, an unprepared Duelist will be easily overwhelemed against this Deck.
Key cards for this Deck include Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage! which can swap out the Sky Striker Link monsters, which will often be Hayate into Kagari; Widow Anchor doubles as a negate and a monster steal, and Hornet Drones can substitute for both Raye and Roze.

| Main Deck: 42 cards | ||||
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| Extra Deck: 15 cards | ||||
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The Atlanatean Mermails finally reach full power with the release of the Wrath of the Tyrants Selection Pack. This Water-centric Deck has a nasty side-effect of ripping cards away from the opponent's starting hand, forcing them to start their turn with less resources than normal.
Another reason why this Deck is as good as it is currently is the presence of Barrier Statue of the Torrent, which floodgates both players from Special Summoning non-WATER monsters.

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The addition of Seventh Tachyon made the Galaxy-Eyes have a small focus on the Tachyon sub-archetype. This is on top of getting Divine Golden Shadow Dragon Dragluxion, which is an amazing combo extender for Galaxy-Eyes.
Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon is balanced in its extremes; offensively, it can go for an OTK by going into Numeron Dragon. Defensively, it has one of the best Counter Traps in the game in Tachyon Transmigration.
Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Deck Guide

| Main Deck: 40 cards | ||||
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Tenpai Dragon is nowhere near its full strength at the moment, with key cards like Chundra and Sangen Kaimen now being Limited. However, this gave the Deck more space to load up on interruptions and board wipes.
All the Deck needs to win is one opening to go into Paidra or Chundra to go into the powerful Synchro Monsters. By the time the combo reaches and summons Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion, the Duel is more or less already won.

| Main Deck: 42 cards | ||||
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Memento may very well be the dark horse for the World Championship Qualifiers, with a Deck that can pivot strategies but still land into its two Mementomictlan Tecuhtlica boss monsters.
It helps that one of the boss monsters is from the Main Deck, has 5000 ATK/DEF, and can launch attacks against all monsters, once each per turn.

The ten Decks mentioned above are not the only viable Decks, though they do have a clear edge against all others. The following Decks below also stand a good chance to take you far in the event, and even reach DLv. MAX if you are skilled and lucky enough!
| Rogue Tier Decks for WCS Qualifiers 2025 | |
|---|---|
Centur-Ion |
Red-Eyes Metalmorph |
Voiceless Voice |
Ice Barrier |
Yubel |
Fire King Snake-Eyes |
Raidraptors |
Gishki Spright |
Evil☆Twin Spright |
Horus Tearlaments |
Altergeist |
Labrynth |
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