Yu-gi-oh! Duel Links: discover the 5 best decks of 2018!

In Yu-gi-oh! Duel Links, in addition to a good strategy, it is essential that the player knows how to build a quality deck. Even with countless card combinations and so many balance updates, some decks are so good that they still stand on top of the metagame. Based on the results of ranked matches and the placement in official championships, some decks gain prominence over others and have seen a trend among novice players and also among more experienced players. Check below, in descending order, the list of the top 5 Yu-gi-oh decks! Duel Links in 2018!

5. Ultra Athlete (UA)

The monsters in this deck allow the player to Special Summon any UA monster (from the hand) when returning another monster from the deck to the hand. This characteristic added to the individual effects of each UA monster makes this deck one of the most dynamic in the game.

Deck suggestion

1x UA Dreadnought Burial
2x UA Powerful Hitter
2x UA Rival Rebounder
3x UA Midfield
3x Kuriboh Sphere
3x Cosmic Cyclone
3x UA Stadium
1x Treacherous Trap Hole
2x UA Punishment Room

Suggested Skill: Cybernetic Style In case you don't have some of the suggested cards, some alternatives that fit well in the deck are: Dinatério, Gilassauro, Mithra, Vassalo do Thunder, Hey, Trunade !, Forbidden Chalice and Controller of Enemies.

Tips

A Powerful Hitter is extremely useful for trapping monster and spell effects. This card prevents effects such as the Silent Mage Special Invocation or LV8 Silent Mage, the banishment or Special Invocation of the Amazoness Charge, or hand traps such as the Kuriboh Sphere.
UA Midfield allows you to rotate monsters in the battle phase and get multiple consecutive attacks. If a monster is something of a Treacherous Trap Hole or Offering of the Damned, A Midfielder can save it by returning it to the hand.
Summoning monsters like The Deceiver, Dinatério and Paleozoic Canadia by Special Summoning can be useful in the UA deck as the Cyber ??Style ability can be circumvented by good opponents.
UA Rival Rebounder can easily fill the field and choke his opponent, especially when used in conjunction with UA Midfield.

4. SpellBook (Book of Magic)

The focus of this deck is to control the field through the constant use of Destiny's Magic Book each turn to disrupt any move your opponent tries to make. This is one of the most consistent decks in the game as the Book of Magic of Secrets and the Book of Prophecy Magic Wizard gives the player access to the entire deck and creates an advantage that, once established, is difficult to break. For that same reason it is also one of the few decks in the game that is competitively viable with 30 cards. The spellbook deck also has a lot of potential for turning with the Book of Life Magic, and Destroyer of Prophecy to bring monsters back into the game.

Deck suggestion

1x Silent Wizard V8
3x Silent Mage
3x Magician of the Book of Magic of Prophecy
2x Cosmic Cyclone
1x Sort Magic Book
2x Book of Magic of Eternity
2x Destiny Magic Book
1x Power Magic Book
3x Book of Magic of Secrets
2x Master's Magic Book
1x Treacherous Trap Hole
1x Book of the Crescent Magic Book
1x Fool of Prophecy
1x Reaper of Prophecy

Suggested Ability: Surprise Turn.

Tips

Organizing your graveyard so that the level 3 Spell Book effect is available is very important.
When to start with Magician of the Prophecy Magic Book: Summon it> search for Book of the Book of Crescent Magic (choose Secrets, Destiny and Eternity)> Activate Secrets and search for Master's Magic Book and activate it> Copy Secrets and search for Destination.
When you start with Book of Secrets Magic: Activate it> search for Magician from the Book of Magic of Prophecy and summon it> search for Master's Magic Book and activate it> copy Secrets and search for Destiny, Power or Classify Book of Magic.

3. Peluguel

Peluguel's deck is very focused on monsters and fills the field quickly. Basically the deck consists of monsters from level four down that, once per turn, can Special Summon another Peluguel monster from the hand. When this happens, if you control another Peluguel monster, it also receives an additional effect, such as destroying or searching for cards. Peluguel monsters can fill the field or renew themselves very consistently.

Deck suggestion

1x Dyna the Plush Hero
3x Seal the Plush Strategist
2x Wiz the Plush Sage
3x Beat the Peluguel Fencer
1x Recon, the Plush Scout
2x Donpa the Peluguel Shooter
3x Kuriboh Sphere
2x Hey, Trunade!
2x Furry Disorder
1x Treacherous Trap Hole
1x Paleozoic Canadia
1x Trap Hole Gate

Suggested skill: The Bond that Unites

Tips

In general, it is extremely important to play around cards like Paleozoico Canadia, Comporta Buraco Tramadilha and Buraco Tramadilha Traíceiro.
Activating Peluguel's Pertubation at the end of your opponent's move will allow you to touch your monsters' position on your turn.
Sea Sneak Attack can be very useful. Wiz the Peluguel Sage can dominate many decks as the Sneak Attack of the Sea can destroy monsters on the Amazoness deck before Amazoness Charge can banish it.

2. Vampires

This deck usually starts by placing a Vampire Familiar or Vampire Servant in the graveyard (via Gozuki, Samurai Skull or even Enemy Controller), and reliving them from the graveyard to look for cards. The main way to win matches with this deck is to combine Graça Vampira with the Vampire Kingdom effects.

Deck suggestion

2x Vampire Grace
1x Vampire Reaper
1x Vampire Vamp
1x Gozuki
3x Samurai Skull
2x Created Vampire
2x Familiar Vampire
2x Enemy Controller
2x Vampire Kingdom
1x Vampire's Wish
2x Vampire Mastery
2x Simultaneous Loss
1x Vampire Domination

Suggested skill: Cyber ??style

Tips

Vampire dominance has an effect that lasts even after the card leaves the field. So you can: activate it> summon a Gozuki to get rid of a Familiar> revive a Familiar by sending the Domain to the graveyard> search for Graça Vampira and summon her.
If your opponent also has Vampire Realm and uses it, this will activate the effects of your Gozuki or Samurai Skull. If both players use the card, the effect will remain for everyone until the two leave the game.

1. Amazoness

Currently, the best deck in the game. It revolves around the Princess Amazoness cards looking for Amazoness Charge and filling the field with monsters. The Princess added the missing consistency to the deck and her Special Summon allows the player to search for the card they need in each situation.

Deck suggestion

1x Queen Amazoness
1x Amazoness Paladin
3x Amazoness sword
3x Princess Amazoness
1x Amazoness Tiger
1x Amazoness Scouts
1x Galaxy Cyclone
2x Amazoness charge
1x Amazoness Willpower
1x Drowning Mirror Strength
3x Paleozoic Canadia
2x Wall of Disruption

Suggested skill: Parasite infestation In case you don't have some of the suggested cards, some alternatives that fit well in the deck are: Cosmic Cyclone, Forbidden Chalice, Wise Amazoness.

Tips

Princess Amazoness can be used to summon Queen Amazoness, who avoids battle destruction of any Amazoness monster. Thus, you can force your opponent to attack an Amazoness Tiger in a defensive position that is still protected by the Queen.
It is often better to use Special Summons in the battle phase than to normally summon to get the ATK boost. Special Summons can also occur during an opponent's turn, so it is possible to summon a monster to protect its hit points.
Amazoness Willpower can be sought out by Princess Amazoness and can still revive Queen Amazoness.

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