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.

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 4

(This card is always treated as "Fallen of Albaz".) If this card is in your hand: You can send 1 monster that mentions "Fallen of Albaz" from your Extra Deck to the GY; Special Summon this card, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except Level 8 Fusion or Synchro Monsters. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 "Ecclesia" monster from your hand, Deck, or GY. You can only use each effect of "Fallen of the White Dragon" once per turn.

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.

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 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 9

During the Main Phase, if this card is in your hand (Quick Effect): You can target 1 card in a Field Zone; Special Summon this card to your opponent's field, and if you do, destroy that card, then you can add to your hand or Set 1 "Ashened" Continuous Trap from your Deck. If this card is sent from your opponent's field to your GY: You can destroy all monsters on the field. You can only use each effect of "Veidos the Eruption Dragon of Extinction" once per turn.

DARK 8

"Fallen of Albaz" + 1 LIGHT monster If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can Fusion Summon 1 Level 8 or lower Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, except "Albion the Branded Dragon", by banishing Fusion Materials mentioned on it from your hand, field, and/or GY. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there this turn: You can add to your hand or Set 1 "Branded" Spell/Trap directly from your Deck. You can only use each effect of "Albion the Branded Dragon" once per turn.

DARK 8

"Fallen of Albaz" + 1 LIGHT or DARK monster + 1 Effect Monster While an "Ecclesia" monster is on the field or in either GY, this card gains 500 ATK, also it is unaffected by other cards' effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "The Dragon that Devours the Dogma" once per turn. If this card is Special Summoned: You can shuffle up to 2 cards from any GY(s) and/or banishment into the Deck. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there this turn: You can add 1 "Dogmatika" or "Tri-Brigade" card from your Deck to your hand.

DARK 8

"Fallen of Albaz" + 1 monster with 2500 or more ATK Gains ATK equal to the combined original Levels of the monsters used for its Fusion Summon x 100. After this card is Fusion Summoned, for the rest of this turn, it is unaffected by the activated effects of any other monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there this turn: You can add to your hand, or Special Summon, 1 "Fallen of Albaz" or "Dogmatika" monster from your Deck. You can only use this effect of "Titaniklad the Ash Dragon" once per turn.

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.

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.

LIGHT 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuners During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can banish this card (until the End Phase), and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Fallen of Albaz" or 1 Level 4 or lower monster that mentions it from your Deck or GY. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 Level 8 Fusion Monster in your GY or banishment and 1 card on the field; shuffle both of those cards and this card into the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon" once per turn.

WATER 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters If this card is Synchro Summoned, or sent to the GY: You can target 1 monster in your GY, or 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; discard 1 card, and if you do, place that monster in its owner's Spell & Trap Zone as a face-up Continuous Trap. During either player's turn, if this card is a Continuous Trap: You can Special Summon 1 face-up Monster Card from your Spell & Trap Zone. You can only use each effect of "Enigmaster Packbit" once per turn.

LIGHT 4

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters Any monster sent from the hand or Main Deck to the GY is banished instead. When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. If this card is sent to the GY: You can add 1 Ritual Monster or 1 Ritual Spell from your Deck to your hand.

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.

WIND 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuners When your opponent activates a card or effect in response to your card or effect activation (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; negate that opponent's effect, and if you do, destroy that card. If a monster(s) in your possession was Tributed this turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this card from your GY; Special Summon 1 "Stardust" Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck. You can only use each effect of "Stardust Dragon - Victim Sanctuary" once per turn, and cannot activate more than 1 in the same Chain.

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.

WIND 7

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters During your Main Phase: You can destroy Spells/Traps your opponent controls, up to the number of "@Ignister" monsters you control. If another card(s) you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent's card effect, while this card is on the field or in the GY: You can banish this card, then target 1 card your opponent controls; shuffle it into the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Wind Pegasus @Ignister" once per turn.

LIGHT 6

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters If this card is Special Summoned: You can increase or decrease its Level by 1. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; return it to the hand. You can only use this effect of "Golden Cloud Beast - Malong" 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 1

During your opponent's Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY, then target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls; negate the effects of that face-up monster your opponent controls, until the end of this turn.

DARK 7

When a monster your opponent controls activates its effect (Quick Effect): You can reveal this card in your hand and up to 5 Synchro Monsters in your Extra Deck; apply all of these effects in sequence, based on the number revealed, also you cannot activate the effects of monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck until the end of your next turn after this effect resolves, except Synchro Monsters. ● 2+: Special Summon this card. ● 4+: Send 1 revealed Synchro Monster to the GY. ● 6: Destroy 1 monster your opponent controls. You can only use this effect of "Fydraulis Harmonia" 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.

LIGHT 4

If your opponent controls more monsters than you do, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous" once per turn this way. You can only use each of the following effects of "Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous" once per turn. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Swordsoul" monster or 1 "Fallen of Albaz" from your hand or Deck. During the End Phase, if a Fusion Monster(s) was sent to your GY this turn: Add this card from the GY to your hand.

DARK

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.

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 Quick

Pay 1000 LP, then target 1 Spell/Trap on the field; banish it.

Spell Normal

Add 1 Level 4 or lower Fiend monster from your GY to your hand, or if you control "Red Dragon Archfiend" or a Synchro Monster that mentions it, you can add 1 such monster from your Deck instead. At the end of the Damage Step, if your "/Assault Mode" monster or "Red Dragon Archfiend" attacked: You can banish this card from your GY; the attacking monster can make a second attack in a row. You can only activate 1 "Crimson Call" per turn.

Spell Quick

Apply these effects to 1 face-up monster on the field, until the end of this turn. ● Negate its effects. ● Cannot attack. ● Cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects. ● Unaffected by activated card effects, except its own. ● Cannot be Tributed. ● Cannot be used as material for a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Summon. Neither player can activate monster effects in response to this card's activation. You can only activate 1 "Forbidden Crown" per turn.

Spell Normal

This card's activation and effect cannot be negated. At the start of your Main Phase 1 or 2: Target any number of face-up cards on the field; for each targeted card, banish 1 card from your hand, or 6 cards from your Extra Deck, face-down, then return those targeted cards to the hand.

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

(This card is always treated as a "Branded" and "Dogmatika" card.) Activate 1 of these effects; ● Send 1 monster that mentions "Fallen of Albaz" from your Extra Deck to the GY, then target 1 face-up card on the field; destroy it. ● If you have an "Ecclesia" monster in your field or GY: Target 1 monster in either GY; Special Summon it to your field. You can only activate 1 "The Fallen & The Virtuous" 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 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 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.