Black Luster Soldier Deck Breakdown

DARK 6

While you control "Shining Sarcophagus", you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. Other monsters you control gain 500 ATK, during your turn only. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; take control of it until the End Phase, but that monster cannot attack unless you controlled "Shining Sarcophagus" when this effect was activated. You can only use this effect of "Archfiend's Advent" once per turn.

DARK 8

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

LIGHT 4

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

DARK 6

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by discarding 1 card, and if you do, this card's name becomes "Dark Magician Girl". You can only Special Summon "Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice" once per turn this way. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Shining Sarcophagus" from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice" once per turn. Gains 300 ATK for each monster that mentions "Shining Sarcophagus" in the GYs.

DARK 7

This card's name becomes "Dark Magician" while on the field. You can only use each of the following effects of "Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic" once per turn. If "Shining Sarcophagus" is on the field: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is destroyed by card effect and a Level 5 or higher monster is on the field: You can Special Summon this card, then you can Set 1 Spell/Trap from your Deck that mentions "Dark Magician".

DARK 8

Gains 300 ATK for each banished card. You can only use each of the following effects of "Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction" once per turn. If you control "Shining Sarcophagus": You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can pay half your LP; destroy as many other cards on the field as possible, and if you do, banish them, then Special Summon 1 Level 7 or lower monster that mentions "Shining Sarcophagus" from your Deck, and increase its Level by the number of cards destroyed by this effect.

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 "Light and Darkness Ritual" from your Deck. It can be activated this turn. You can only use this effect of "Griffoh" once per turn. If you Ritual Summon exactly 1 Level 8 Ritual Monster with a card effect that requires use of monsters, this card can be used as the entire Tribute.

DARK 1

You can send up to 2 Spells/Traps from your hand and/or field to the GY; draw that many cards. If this card is in your hand: You can send 1 Level 6 or higher Spellcaster monster from your Deck to the GY, then activate 1 of these effects; ● Special Summon this card. ● Send this card to the GY, then, you can Special Summon 1 "Dark Magician" or 1 "Dark Magician Girl" from your GY. You can only use each effect of "Magicians' Souls" once per turn.

DARK 8

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

LIGHT 6

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) to your opponent's field in Defense Position, by Tributing 1 monster they control. If Summoned this way, once, during the End Phase of this turn: You can draw 1 card.

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 "Light and Darkness Ritual"; 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 whose name is 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 6

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.

DARK 4

1 Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster + 1 Spellcaster monster Must first be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the correct Fusion Material Monster Cards you control to the GY. Once per turn, when a monster declares an attack: You can target it; negate the attack, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to that monster's ATK (until the end of this turn), then you can return that monster to the hand.

DARK 8

"Dark Magician" + 1 "Chaos" or "Black Luster Soldier" Ritual Monster If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can Tribute 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster; banish all monsters your opponent controls. If this Fusion Summoned card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can target 1 Spell in your GY; add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Master of Chaos" once per turn.

WATER 4

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 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 10

"Dark Magician" or "Dark Magician Girl" + 1 Dragon or Spellcaster monster After this card is Special Summoned, it is unaffected by other cards' effects until the end of your next turn. You can only use each of the following effects of "Timaeus the United Magical Dragon" once per turn. If this card battles, during damage calculation: You can make this card gain 100 ATK for each Spell in the GYs and banishment. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Spell/Trap on the field; destroy it.

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.

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.

EARTH 8

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Light and Darkness Ritual". Unaffected by your opponent's activated effects, unless they target this card, also cannot be destroyed by battle. 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 8

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Light and Darkness Ritual". Unaffected by your opponent's activated effects, unless they target this card, also Spells/Traps you control cannot be destroyed, or banished, by your opponent's card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Magician of Dark Chaos - Black Chaos" once per turn. If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 Spell from your GY to your hand. You can target 1 card your opponent controls; banish it face-down.

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 11

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters While your LP are less than or equal to your opponent's, this Synchro Summoned card is unaffected by your opponent's activated effects. Once per turn: You can pay 1000 LP, then target 1 monster you control and 1 card your opponent controls; banish them. At the start of the Battle Phase: You can make this card gain ATK equal to the difference in your LP and your opponent's.

DARK 11

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuners Your opponent cannot target this card with card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Storm-Bane Dragon Destorbim" once per turn. You can banish any number of DARK monsters from your GY that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set; banish that many cards your opponent controls. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls more cards than you do. If this card is sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 of your banished Dragon monsters.

FIRE 9

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters Once per turn: You can banish 1 Tuner from your hand, GY, or face-up field, then target 1 card on the field; destroy it. If this Synchro Summoned card is destroyed by card effect and sent to the GY: You can target 1 of your banished Tuners; add it to your hand.

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.

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.

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 your Deck and 1 monster in your Main Monster Zone that mentions "Light and Darkness Ritual". Special Summon the Spells/Traps as Normal Monsters (Spellcaster/DARK/Level 8/ATK 0/DEF 0) in face-down Defense Position (their names become "Chaos Magical Hats" even while face-down), Set the chosen monster if it is face-up, and shuffle them on the field. Then your opponent's activated effect becomes "Destroy 1 monster your opponent controls in face-down Defense Position".

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 can be used to Ritual Summon "Magician of Dark Chaos - Black Chaos" 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 its Level. If this card is in your GY: You can add this card and 1 card that mentions "Light and Darkness Ritual" from your GY to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Light and Darkness Ritual" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Draw cards equal to the number of cards your opponent controls, then if you drew 2 or more cards, place cards from your hand on the bottom of the Deck in any order, equal to the number you drew -1. For the rest of this turn after this card resolves, you cannot activate "Pot of Sloth".

Spell Continuous

Neither player can Special Summon monsters with 1000 or less ATK.

Spell Normal

Reveal 1 Ritual Spell from your hand or Deck, and if you do, add 1 monster from your Deck to your hand that mentions that Spell's name. If a face-up Ritual Monster(s) you control leaves the field by card effect while this card is in your GY, and you do not control any face-up monsters, other than Ritual Monsters (except during the Damage Step): You can add this card from your GY to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Ragged Records of Rites" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

Cannot be destroyed by monster effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Shining Sarcophagus" once per turn. During your Main Phase: You can add 1 card that mentions "Shining Sarcophagus" from your Deck to your hand, except "Shining Sarcophagus". If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the GY (except during the Damage Step): You can discard 1 Spell, then target 1 of those monsters; send it to the GY.

Spell Quick

Discard 1 card; Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from either field as Fusion Material. Neither player can activate cards or effects in response to this card's activation.

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.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during your Main Phase this turn: Activate 1 of these effects; ● Draw 2 cards. ● Take control of 1 monster your opponent controls until the End Phase. ● Look at your opponent's hand, and choose 1 card from it to shuffle into the Deck. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Talent" per turn.

Trap Continuous

During either player's turn: You can add 1 monster that mentions "Light and Darkness Ritual" 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 that mentions "Light and Darkness Ritual" from your hand, with a different name than the returned monster, ignoring its Summoning conditions. You cannot activate these effects of "Mind Shuffle" in the same Chain.

Trap Counter

You can activate this card the turn it was Set, by revealing 1 other face-down Trap you control. When a Spell/Trap Card is activated: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Pay 1500 LP; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it, and if you do that, neither player can activate cards, or the effects of cards, with the same original name as that destroyed card for the rest of this turn. ● Pay 3000 LP; negate the activation, and if you do, banish it, then your opponent banishes all cards from their hand and Deck with the same original name as that banished card.