With the new Support card that combines boss monsters, recovery abilities, and instant spell cards from other archetypes, Sky Striker not only has the potential to draw cards, maintain stability, and recover resources, but can also perform well on turn 1 or 2.

Sky Striker Gameplay Guide
Sections covered in this guide:
CORE
Sky Striker's spellcasting and instant spellcasting both share the same line: "If there are no monsters in the Main Monster Zone, you will activate this card."
Sky Striker Ace - Raye (x3)




DARK
4Sky Striker Ace - Raye
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1500
(Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. While this card is in your GY, if a face-up "Sky Striker Ace" Link Monster you control is destroyed by battle, or leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Sky Striker Ace - Raye" once per turn.
It has the ability to dodge targets and pull one Sky Striker Ace monster from the Extra Deck into the Extra Monster Zone by sacrificing itself as a quick effect.
Sky Striker Ace - Roze (x1-2)




LIGHT
4Sky Striker Ace - Roze
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1500
If a "Sky Striker Ace" monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned, except "Sky Striker Ace - Roze" (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If an opponent's monster in the Extra Monster Zone is destroyed by battle, or leaves the field because of your card effect, while this card is in your GY: You can Special Summon this card, then you can negate the effects of 1 face-up monster your opponent controls, until the end of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Sky Striker Ace - Roze" once per turn.
Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage! (x3)
not once per turn
Sky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones (x1 (limited))




Spell
QuickSky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones
If you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone: Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace Token" (Warrior/DARK/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) in Defense Position, which cannot be Tributed, and if you have 3 or more Spells in your GY when this effect resolves, the Token's ATK/DEF become 1500 instead.
The ultimate mercenary for all decks (actually, due to the new support, Sky Striker can pull 2 Level 4 bodies, and for some reason, these tokens also link to 1, then connect to Yummy and a bunch of other devious decks).
Sky Striker Mecha - Widow Anchor (x3)




Spell
QuickSky Striker Mecha - Widow Anchor
If you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone: Target 1 face-up Effect Monster on the field; negate that face-up monster's effects until the end of this turn, then, if you have 3 or more Spells in your GY, you can take control of that monster until the End Phase.
Not once per turn, negate 1 monster effect that has an enemy effect. If you have 3 or more spells in your graveyard, steal that monster's effect.
Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage! (x3)




Spell
QuickSky Striker Mobilize - Linkage!
If you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone: You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, except "Sky Striker Ace" monsters, also send 1 other card you control to the GY, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone, and if you have at least 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK "Sky Striker Ace" monsters on your field and/or in your GY, the Summoned monster gains 1000 ATK.
Not once per turn, but locks Sky Striker Ace Monster from the Extra Deck.
Sky Striker Special Maneuver - Lemnisgate! (x1-2)




Spell
QuickSky Striker Special Maneuver - Lemnisgate!
Target an equal number of "Sky Striker Ace" monsters and "Sky Striker" Spells in your GY; shuffle them into the Deck, then, for every 3 shuffled cards, you can return up to 1 card on the field to the hand. If a "Sky Striker" monster(s) is Special Summoned to your field, while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can banish this card; immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace" Link Monster. You can only use each effect of "Sky Striker Special Maneuver - Lemnisgate!" once per turn.
This new support is too high.
Sky Striker Ace - Kagari (x3)




FIRESky Striker Ace - Kagari
ATK:
1500
LINK-1
Link Arrow:
Top-Left
1 non-FIRE "Sky Striker Ace" monster If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 "Sky Striker" Spell in your GY; add it to your hand. Gains 100 ATK for each Spell in your GY. You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Kagari(s)" once per turn.
Pick up 1 Sky Striker spell from the graveyard when Special Summoned (and you can only Special Summon this card once per turn).
Sky Striker Ace = Zero (x2-3)




LIGHTSky Striker Ace = Zero
ATK:
2000
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
2 "Sky Striker Ace" monsters You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace = Zero(s)" once per turn. Cannot be used as Link Material. If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Sky Striker" Spell from your Deck or GY to your hand. (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace - Raye" and 1 "Sky Striker Ace - Roze" from your Deck and/or GY, then you can destroy 1 card on the field. You can only use 1 "Sky Striker Ace = Zero" effect per turn, and only once that turn.
Upgrade using 2 Sky Striker Ace monsters (or simply use Raye or similar cards to upgrade faster).
Sky Striker Ace - Zeke (x1)




DARKSky Striker Ace - Zeke
ATK:
1500
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Top
Bottom
2 monsters, including a "Sky Striker Ace" monster Must be Link Summoned. You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Zeke(s)" once per turn. If this card is Link Summoned: You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; banish it until your opponent's next End Phase. Once per turn: You can target 1 other card you control; this card gains 1000 ATK, then, send the targeted card to the GY.
That's not a funny joke, banish it.
Sky Striker Ace - Hayate (x1)




WINDSky Striker Ace - Hayate
ATK:
1500
LINK-1
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
1 non-WIND "Sky Striker Ace" monster You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Hayate(s)" once per turn. This card can attack directly. After damage calculation, if this card battled: You can send 1 "Sky Striker" card from your Deck to the GY.
hit straight at the origin point
Sky Striker Ace - Shizuku (x1)




WATERSky Striker Ace - Shizuku
ATK:
1500
LINK-1
Link Arrow:
Top-Right
1 non-WATER "Sky Striker Ace" monster Monsters your opponent controls lose 100 ATK/DEF for each Spell in your GY. Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card was Special Summoned this turn: You can add 1 "Sky Striker" Spell from your Deck to your hand, with a name different from the cards in your GY. You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Shizuku(s)" once per turn.
At the end of the turn where this card is Special Summoned, search for a Sky Striker spell from your deck to your hand, provided the card you search has a different name than the cards in your graveyard. You can also search for backup cards for the next turn or instant spell cards, then toggle the switch on and use them at the end of your phase, immediately after they are searched.
Prototype Sky Striker Ace - Amatsu (x1)




DARKPrototype Sky Striker Ace - Amatsu
ATK:
1500
LINK-1
Link Arrow:
Bottom
1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster You can only Special Summon "Protoype Sky Striker Ace - Amatsu" once per turn. When a monster your opponent controls with 2000 or more ATK activates its effect (Quick Effect): You can make the activated effect become "Destroy 1 "Sky Striker Ace" Link Monster your opponent controls". When an attack is declared involving this card and an opponent's monster: You can target 1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster you control and 1 card your opponent controls; destroy them. You can only use each effect of "Prototype Sky Striker Ace - Amatsu" once per turn.
Harassing the enemy can aid in OTK because other Link monsters, including this card, are only summoned once per turn. If summoning all the others doesn't deal enough damage for an OTK, you can summon this card to finish them off.
Sky Striker Ace - Azalea (x1)




DARKSky Striker Ace - Azalea
ATK:
1500
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Top-Left
Bottom-Right
2 LIGHT and/or DARK monsters Must be Link Summoned. You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Azalea(s)" once per turn. If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it, then, if you have 3 or less Spells in your GY, send this card to the GY. Once per turn, at the start of the Damage Step, if this card battles an opponent's monster: You can banish 1 Spell from your GY; destroy that opponent's monster.
Link must be summoned using 2 LIGHT and/or DARK materials.
Sky Striker Ace - Camellia (x1)




DARKSky Striker Ace - Camellia
ATK:
1500
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Top-Right
Bottom-Left
2 Effect Monsters Must first be Link Summoned. You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Camellia(s)" once per turn. Once per turn, if you have 3 or less Spells in your GY: You can send 1 "Sky Striker" card from your Deck to the GY. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; Special Summon this card to your opponent's field (but shift control to its owner during the End Phase of this turn), and if you do, send that targeted monster to the GY.
It's super easy to summon with just 2 effect monsters (possibly from 2 monster bodies = Sky Striker Ace Monster), but you must summon Link first, then Special Summon afterwards.
x0-1




Spell
ContinuousSky Striker Mecha Modules - Multirole
Once per turn: You can target 1 other card you control; send that card to the GY, also your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to your Spell Card activations for the rest of this turn (even if this card leaves the field). (You can only gain the previous effect once per turn.) Once per turn, during the End Phase: You can Set "Sky Striker" Spells with different names from your GY, up to the number of "Sky Striker" Spell Cards you activated this turn while this card was face-up on your field, but banish them when they leave the field.




DARK
8Surgical Striker - H.A.M.P.
ATK:
2500
DEF:
2500
(This card is always treated as a "Sky Striker" card.) If you control a "Sky Striker Ace" monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) to either field by Tributing 1 monster from that field. You can only Special Summon "Surgical Striker - H.A.M.P." once per turn this way. When this card is destroyed by battle: You can target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it.




Spell
FieldSky Striker Airspace - Area Zero
You can target 1 other card you control; excavate the top 3 cards of your Deck, and if you do, you can add 1 excavated "Sky Striker" card to your hand, also shuffle the rest into the Deck, then, if you excavated a "Sky Striker" card, send the targeted card to the GY. If this card in the Field Zone is sent to the GY by a card effect: You can Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster from your Deck. You can only use each effect of "Sky Striker Airspace - Area Zero" once per turn.




LIGHT
1Pillar of the Future - Cyanos
ATK:
500
DEF:
1500
(This card is always treated as a "Sky Striker" card.) You can discard 1 Spell; Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace - Roze" from your Deck or GY, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except Machine monsters. You can banish this card from your GY; take 1 of your "Sky Striker Ace - Roze" that is banished or in your GY, and either add it to your hand or Special Summon it. You can only use each effect of "Pillar of the Future - Cyanos" once per turn.




Spell
EquipSky Striker Mecharmory - Hercules Base
Activate this card only if you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone. The equipped monster cannot attack directly. It can make a second attack on monsters during each Battle Phase. If the equipped monster destroys a monster by its attack while you have 3 or more Spells in your GY: Draw 1 card. If this card is sent from the field to the GY by a card effect: You can target up to 3 "Sky Striker" cards in your GY, except "Sky Striker Mecharmory - Hercules Base"; shuffle them into the Deck.




Spell
NormalSky Striker Maneuver - Vector Blast
If you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone: Each player sends the top 2 cards of their Deck to the GY (or as many as possible, if less than 2), then, if you sent at least 1 card to the GY, and have 3 or more Spells in your GY, you can shuffle all your opponent's monsters from the Extra Monster Zones into the Deck.
Too many options and support cards? Depending on your playstyle, a deck should ideally be limited to a maximum of 40 cards to optimize card drawing and make it easier to draw the cards you need (handtraps and staples), for example, cards drawn by Engage! or Radiant Typhoon Vision (or Maxx "C" , Mulcharmy maybe).
Sky Striker Ace - Azalea Temperance (x0-1)




DARKSky Striker Ace - Azalea Temperance
ATK:
2500
LINK-3
Link Arrow:
Left
Right
Bottom
2+ monsters, including a Link Monster Must first be Link Summoned. If this card is Special Summoned: You can banish 1 Spell from your hand or GY, then target 1 monster your opponent controls with 2500 or less ATK; equip that face-up monster to this card as an Equip Spell. You can only use this effect of "Sky Striker Ace - Azalea Temperance" once per turn. When this card is destroyed by battle: You can Special Summon 1 other "Sky Striker" monster from your hand or GY.
Link 3 is a bit expensive (because the link needs to be retrieved first).
Handtrap & Staple
Radiant Typhoon




WIND
3Radiant Typhoon Eldam
ATK:
1300
DEF:
800
If you have "Mystical Space Typhoon" in your GY, or your opponent controls no Spells/Traps, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Radiant Typhoon Eldam" once per turn this way. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Radiant Typhoon" monster (except "Radiant Typhoon Eldam") or 1 "Mystical Space Typhoon" from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Radiant Typhoon Eldam" once per turn.




Spell
QuickRadiant Typhoon Chant
If this card is destroyed by the effect of "Mystical Space Typhoon": You can Set this card. Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each of these effects of "Radiant Typhoon Chant" once per turn); ● Add 1 Level 4 or lower "Radiant Typhoon" monster from your Deck to your hand. ● Add 1 "Mystical Space Typhoon" from your Deck or GY to your hand.




WIND
3Radiant Typhoon Swen
ATK:
1600
DEF:
400
If you have "Mystical Space Typhoon" in your GY, or your opponent controls no Spells/Traps, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Radiant Typhoon Swen" once per turn this way. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Radiant Typhoon" Spell/Trap or 1 "Mystical Space Typhoon" from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Radiant Typhoon Swen" once per turn.




Spell
QuickRadiant Typhoon Vision
If this card is destroyed by the effect of "Mystical Space Typhoon": You can Set this card. Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each of these effects of "Radiant Typhoon Vision" once per turn); ● Draw 2 cards, then if you have a "Radiant Typhoon" card or a Quick-Play Spell in your hand, discard 1 of them, or your entire hand if you don't. ● Add 1 "Mystical Space Typhoon" from your Deck or GY to your hand.
It offers the ability to draw 2, discard 1, to find resources. Cards sent to the graveyard aren't wasted, as many Sky Striker cards have graveyard effects, or you can pick them up and continue playing.
break board quick-play spell




WATER
4Mudragon of the Swamp
ATK:
1900
DEF:
1600
2 monsters with the same Attribute but different Types Your opponent cannot target this card, or monsters on the field with the same Attribute as this card, with card effects. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can declare 1 Attribute; this card becomes that Attribute until the end of this turn.




DARK
6Garura, Wings of Resonant Life
ATK:
1500
DEF:
2400
2 monsters with the same Type and Attribute, but different names Any battle damage your opponent takes from battles involving this card is doubled. If this card is sent to the GY: You can draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Garura, Wings of Resonant Life" once per turn.




Spell
QuickForbidden Droplet
Send any number of other cards from your hand and/or field to the GY; choose that many Effect Monsters your opponent controls, and until the end of this turn, their ATK is halved, also their effects are negated. In response to this card's activation, your opponent cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with the same original type (Monster/Spell/Trap) as the cards sent to the GY to activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Forbidden Droplet" per turn.
Use both turn 1 (after stacking, disrupt the opponent's next turn) and turn 2 to destroy the opponent's field effectively (the opponent cannot respond when these are activated).
Handtrap & Staple




FIRE
3Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
ATK:
0
DEF:
1800
When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that effect. ● Add a card from the Deck to the hand. ● Special Summon from the Deck. ● Send a card from the Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" once per turn.




EARTH
3Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
ATK:
0
DEF:
1800
When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that activation. ● Add a card(s) from the GY to the hand, Deck, and/or Extra Deck. ● Special Summon a Monster Card(s) from the GY. ● Banish a card(s) from the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion" once per turn.




WIND
4Mulcharmy Fuwalos
ATK:
100
DEF:
600
If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.
S:P Little Knight and Super Starslayer TY-PHON - Sky Crisis (mercenaries)




DARKS:P Little Knight
ATK:
1600
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Left
Right
2 Effect Monsters If this card is Link Summoned using a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster as material: You can target 1 card on the field or in either GY; banish it, also your monsters cannot attack directly this turn. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can target 2 face-up monsters on the field, including a monster you control; banish both until the End Phase. You can only use each effect of "S:P Little Knight" once per turn.




DARK
Super Starslayer TY-PHON - Sky Crisis
ATK:
2900
DEF:
2900
2 Level 12 monsters During the turn, or turn after, your opponent Special Summoned 2 or more monsters from the Extra Deck, you can also Xyz Summon this card by using 1 monster you control with the highest ATK (your choice, if tied). (Transfer its materials to this card.) If you do, you cannot Normal or Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn. While this Xyz Summoned monster is on the field, neither player can activate the effects of monsters with 3000 or more ATK. Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; return 1 monster from the field to the hand.
If the deck has slots, you can insert it.
Combo
Sky Striker Ace - Raye (one card cumbo)




DARK
4Sky Striker Ace - Raye
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1500
(Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. While this card is in your GY, if a face-up "Sky Striker Ace" Link Monster you control is destroyed by battle, or leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Sky Striker Ace - Raye" once per turn.
I> Normal Raye , activate effect to Zero , search Engage!
Sky Striker Ace - Roze (one card cumbo)




LIGHT
4Sky Striker Ace - Roze
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1500
If a "Sky Striker Ace" monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned, except "Sky Striker Ace - Roze" (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If an opponent's monster in the Extra Monster Zone is destroyed by battle, or leaves the field because of your card effect, while this card is in your GY: You can Special Summon this card, then you can negate the effects of 1 face-up monster your opponent controls, until the end of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Sky Striker Ace - Roze" once per turn.
Requires 2 Roze cards in the deck to maximize power.
Sky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones (1 card cumbo)




Spell
QuickSky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones
If you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone: Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace Token" (Warrior/DARK/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) in Defense Position, which cannot be Tributed, and if you have 3 or more Spells in your GY when this effect resolves, the Token's ATK/DEF become 1500 instead.
I> Activate Hornet Drones to generate tokens and then link them to Kagari
Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage! (OTK (Linkage + 1 spell/trap))




Spell
QuickSky Striker Mobilize - Linkage!
If you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone: You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, except "Sky Striker Ace" monsters, also send 1 other card you control to the GY, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone, and if you have at least 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK "Sky Striker Ace" monsters on your field and/or in your GY, the Summoned monster gains 1000 ATK.
I> Set spell/trap face down, use Linkage! to pull out Amatsu (DARK), then link up Kagari , pick up Linkage! again, then link up Hayate , enter Battle Phase
Sky Striker Ace - Raye (OTK with Raye only)




DARK
4Sky Striker Ace - Raye
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1500
(Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. While this card is in your GY, if a face-up "Sky Striker Ace" Link Monster you control is destroyed by battle, or leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Sky Striker Ace - Raye" once per turn.
I> Normal Raye punch, go to Zero , search for Linkage! and punch, use Linkage! Go to Kagari , pick up Linkage! and punch, use Linkage! Go to Shizuku and punch


































