Black Luster Soldier Deck Breakdown

DARK 8

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by shuffling 1 Ritual Monster (Spellcaster or Warrior) from your hand or GY into the Deck. You can only Special Summon "Black Chaos the Ultimate Magical Swordsman" once per turn this way. You can discard this card; place 1 Continuous Trap that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness" from your Deck or GY, face-up on your field. Unaffected by your opponent's activated effects while you have a Ritual Spell in your GY. Once per turn: You can banish 2 cards your opponent controls.

DARK 1

If a "Kuriboh" Monster Card is on the field: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. When your opponent activates a monster effect on the field (Quick Effect): You can equip this card you control to that opponent's monster as an Equip Spell with the following effect. ● The equipped monster's effects are negated. You can only use each effect of "Detonating Kuriboh" once per turn.

WIND 1

If a card(s) is added from the Main Deck to your opponent's hand, except during the Draw Phase (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; for the rest of this turn, cards cannot be added from either player's Main Deck to the hand.

DARK 1

(Quick Effect): You can discard this card, then activate 1 of these effects; ● The next battle or effect damage you take this turn will become 0. ● Set 1 Quick-Play Spell or Trap that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness" from your Deck. It can be activated this turn. You can only use this effect of "Gurifoh" once per turn. For the Ritual Summon of exactly 1 Level 8 Ritual Monster with a card effect that requires use of monsters, this card can be used as the entire Tribute.

EARTH 2

During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn.

WIND 4

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.

WATER 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster(s) from the hand, 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.

DARK 1

When your opponent activates a monster effect, or an opponent's monster declares an attack (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can only use this effect of "Multiplying Kuriboh!" once per turn. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a monster effect on the field, or during damage calculation, when an opponent's monster attacks (Quick Effect): You can add to your hand, or Special Summon, 1 "Dark Magician" or 1 monster with 300 ATK/200 DEF from your Deck or GY, then you can change that opponent's monster's ATK to 0.

LIGHT 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can activate this effect; you can only Special Summon from the Extra Deck once for the rest of this turn, also reveal your entire hand, and if there is a card that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness" in it, you can draw 3 cards, then discard 2 cards. You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 Ritual Monster that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness" from your hand. You can only use each effect of "Mystical Celtic Sage" once per turn.

DARK 8

You can reveal this card and 1 Spell/Trap in your hand; neither player can activate cards or effects in response to the card or effect activation of a card with the same name as the revealed Spell/Trap until the end of the next turn. If this card is sent from the hand or field to the GY by Spell/Trap effect: You can Special Summon this card. If this card is Special Summoned from the GY: You can take control of the 1 monster your opponent controls with the highest ATK (your choice, if tied). You can only use each effect of "Phara, the Goddess of the Beginning" once per turn.

DARK 5

A "Red Dragon Archfiend" that was Synchro Summoned using this card as material cannot be destroyed by battle. You can only use each of the following effects of "Power Vice Dragon" once per turn. If you control no monsters, or all monsters you control are DARK Synchro Monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Resonator" monster from your Deck to your hand, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except DARK Synchro Monsters.

DARK 6

If this card is in your hand or GY: You can target 3 other cards in the GYs and/or face-up banishment, including a card that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness"; place them on the bottom of the Deck in any order, and if you do, Special Summon this card. If this card is sent to the GY: You can send 1 Ritual Spell from your hand or Deck to the GY; add 1 Ritual Monster mentioned on that card from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Skull Archfiend of Chaos" once per turn.

DARK 8

"Dark Magician" + 1 LIGHT or DARK monster Must be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) during the turn a Spell Card or effect is activated, by banishing 1 Level 6 or higher DARK Spellcaster monster you control as material. You can only Special Summon "Dark Magician of Destruction" once per turn this way, no matter which method you use. This card's name becomes "Dark Magician" while on the field or in the GY. If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Dark Magician" or 1 card that mentions it from your Deck to your hand.

DARK 8

"Dark Magician" + "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" or 1 Dragon Effect Monster Cannot be destroyed by card effects. Neither player can target this card with card effects. During your Main Phase: You can destroy 1 monster your opponent controls, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's original ATK. You can use this effect a number of times per turn up to the number of Normal Monsters used as Fusion Material for this card. Once per turn, when a card or effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can discard 1 card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, and if you do that, this card gains 1000 ATK.

LIGHT

2+ monsters Gains 300 ATK for each different Attribute on the field. Once, while this card is face-up on the field, during the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can target 2 monsters in your GY with the same Attribute but different Types, or with the same Type but different Attributes; Special Summon both, also until the end of the next turn, this card and the Special Summoned monsters cannot be used as material for a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Summon. You can only use this effect of "Charmer Quartet in Bloom" once per turn.

DARK

2 non-Link Monsters During your opponent's Main Phase, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 Link Monster using materials you control, including this card. You can only use this effect of "I:P Masquerena" once per turn. A Link Monster that used this card as material cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects.

EARTH

1+ Link Monsters If this card is Link Summoned, or at the end of the Damage Step if this card battled: Destroy as many monsters your opponent controls as possible, then inflict 300 damage to your opponent for each Link Monster in your GY. While face-up on the field, this card is also LIGHT, WATER, FIRE, and WIND-Attribute. Unaffected by the activated effects of monsters that share an Attribute with this card. If this card with 1000 or more ATK would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can make its ATK become reduced by 1000 instead.

DARK

1 Level 1 monster, except a Token You can target 1 face-up monster this card points to; equip that face-up monster to this card (max. 1). You can only use this effect of "Relinquished Anima" once per turn. This card gains ATK equal to that equipped monster's.

DARK

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.

FIRE

1 Normal Summoned monster with 1000 or less ATK (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card, then target 1 monster you control; it cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects this turn. When a Normal Summoned monster you control is destroyed by battle, while this card is in your GY: You can Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of "Salamangreat Almiraj" once per turn.

LIGHT

4+ Effect Monsters You can also use 1 monster your opponent controls as material to Link Summon this card. If this card is Link Summoned: You can negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls. This Link Summoned card is unaffected by your opponent's activated effects, unless they target this card. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a card or effect that Special Summons a monster(s) from the GY (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation.

DARK

2+ Effect Monsters When your opponent activates a monster effect on the field or GY (Quick Effect): You can banish this card that was Special Summoned this turn until the End Phase; negate that effect, and if you do, banish it. During your opponent's Main Phase, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 Link Monster, and if this card you control would be used as material for that Link Summon, you can also use 1 Link-2 or lower monster your opponent controls. Neither player can activate the effects of Link Monsters in response to this effect's activation. You can only use each effect of "W:P Fancy Ball" once per turn.

EARTH 8

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Ritual of Light and Darkness". Cannot be destroyed by battle. Unaffected by your opponent's activated effects, unless they target this card. You can only use each of the following effects of "Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Light and Darkness" once per turn. If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 card your opponent controls; banish it. When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle: You can make this card gain 1500 ATK, and if you do, it can make a second attack in a row.

DARK 10

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner LIGHT or DARK monsters For this card's Synchro Summon, you can treat 1 LIGHT or DARK monster you control as a Tuner. If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 card on the field; banish it. This card gains these effects based on the original Attributes of materials used for its Synchro Summon. ● LIGHT: Synchro Monsters you control are unaffected by monster effects activated by your opponent. ● DARK: Monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle.

DARK 8

1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters After damage calculation, if this card attacks a Defense Position monster your opponent controls: Destroy all Defense Position monsters your opponent controls. During your End Phase: Destroy all other monsters you control that did not declare an attack this turn. This card must be face-up on the field to activate and to resolve this effect.

DARK 12

2 Tuners + 1 non-Tuner Must be either Synchro Summoned, or Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing 2 Tuners and 1 "Red Dragon Archfiend" from your GY. If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 card from your GY to your hand, and if you do, this card gains 2000 ATK. You can only use this effect of "Red Nova Dragon - Burning Soul" once per Duel, and only during a Duel you Synchro Summoned "Red Dragon Archfiend". Cannot be destroyed by card effects.

DARK 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner DARK monsters If this card is Synchro Summoned: You can add 1 card that mentions "Red Dragon Archfiend" from your Deck to your hand. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can banish this card you control; Special Summon 1 "Red Dragon Archfiend" from your Extra Deck (this is treated as a Synchro Summon), and if you do, its ATK becomes doubled, also it cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. You can only use each effect of "The Crimson King" once per turn.

FIRE 3

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.

LIGHT 3

When a monster on the field activates its effect, or when a Spell/Trap that is already face-up on the field activates its effect (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand or field to the GY; destroy that card on the field. You can only use this effect of "Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit" once per turn.

FIRE 3

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 Level 4 or lower Fiend monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Soul Resonator", also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except DARK Synchro Monsters. If a card(s) you control would be destroyed by card effect, while you control "Red Dragon Archfiend" or a Synchro Monster that mentions it, you can banish this card from your GY instead. You can only use each effect of "Soul Resonator" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; banish it, and if you do, until the end of the next turn, its effects are negated, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of monsters with the same original name.

Spell Quick

When your opponent activates a monster effect, or a Normal Spell/Trap Card: Choose 3 Spells/Traps with different names from each other from your Deck and 1 monster in your Main Monster Zone that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness". Special Summon the chosen Spells/Traps in face-down Defense Position as Normal Monsters (Spellcaster/DARK/Level 8/ATK 0/DEF 0) and their names become "Chaos Hats" (even while face-down), Set the chosen monster, and shuffle them on the field, then your opponent's activated effect becomes "Destroy 1 face-down Defense Position monster your opponent controls".

Spell Normal

Reveal 1 Ritual Spell in your hand or Deck, and add 1 monster that mentions it from your Deck to your hand. If a face-up Ritual Monster(s) you control leaves the field by card effect while this card is in your GY, and you control no face-up non-Ritual Monsters (except during the Damage Step): You can add this card to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Corrupted Ritual Records" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls.

Spell Normal

Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the field.

Spell Quick

When your opponent activates a card or effect that targets another card(s) you control: Return 1 of those cards you control to the hand (if face-down, reveal it), and if you do, destroy 1 card on the field, then you can Special Summon 1 monster that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness" from your hand, with a different name than the returned card, ignoring its Summoning conditions. If this card in its owner's possession is destroyed by an opponent's card: You can Special Summon 1 Ritual Monster that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness" from your hand or Deck.

Spell Normal

This card can be used to Ritual Summon "Black Chaos the Dark Chaos Magician" or "Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Light and Darkness". You must also Tribute monsters from your hand or field and/or banish monsters from your GY, whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the monster you Ritual Summon. If this card is in your GY: You can add both it and 1 other card that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness" from your GY to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Ritual of Light and Darkness" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Target 1 "Dark Magician" or "Dark Magician Girl" in your field or GY; Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck that mentions that monster as material, by shuffling it into the Deck as material (this is treated as a Fusion Summon with "The Eye of Timaeus"), but banish it during the End Phase of the next turn. You can only activate 1 "The Gaze of Timaeus" per turn.

Trap Normal

Declare 1 monster card type (Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Pendulum); for the rest of this turn, neither player can Special Summon monsters of the declared type, also negate the effects of all monsters of that type while they are on the field. You can only activate 1 "Dimensional Barrier" per turn.

Trap Normal

Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; negate its effects (until the end of this turn), then, if this card was Set before activation and is on the field at resolution, for the rest of this turn all other Spell/Trap effects in this column are negated. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from your hand.

Trap Continuous

During either player's turn: You can add 1 monster that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness" from your Deck to your hand, then discard 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Mind Shuffle" once per turn. When your opponent activates a card or effect: You can return 1 Level 7 or higher monster you control to the hand; Special Summon 1 monster with a different name from your hand that mentions "Ritual of Light and Darkness", ignoring its Summoning conditions. You cannot activate these effects of "Mind Shuffle" in the same Chain.

Trap Counter

When your opponent activates a Trap Card: Negate the activation, and if you do, Set that card face-down, then they can Set 1 other Trap directly from their Deck. For the rest of this turn after this card resolves, your opponent cannot activate Trap Cards. You can activate this card from your hand by paying half your LP.

Trap Counter

When a monster(s) would be Summoned, OR a Spell/Trap Card is activated: Pay half your LP; negate the Summon or activation, and if you do, destroy that card.

Trap Normal

If this Set card in its owner's control has left the field because of an opponent's effect, and is now in the GY or banished: You can Special Summon 1 monster from your Deck or Extra Deck.