Black Luster Soldier Deck Breakdown

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.

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.

LIGHT 1

If this card is discarded to the GY: Special Summon it.

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.

LIGHT 6

You can discard this card; add 1 "Fiendsmith" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can target 1 "Fiendsmith" Equip Card you control and 1 monster on the field; send them to the GY. If this card is in your GY: You can shuffle 1 other LIGHT Fiend monster from your GY into the Deck/Extra Deck; Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith Engraver" 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 "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.

LIGHT 4

(This card is always treated as a "Fiendsmith" card.) If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Fiendsmith" card from your Deck to the GY, except "Lacrima the Crimson Tears". During your opponent's turn, if this card is in your GY (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Fiendsmith" Link Monster in your GY; shuffle this card into the Deck, and if you do, Special Summon that monster. You can only use each effect of "Lacrima the Crimson Tears" once per turn.

FIRE 8

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) to your opponent's field by Tributing 2 monsters they control. You cannot Normal Summon/Set the turn you Special Summon this card. Once per turn, during your Standby Phase: Take 1000 damage.

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 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

"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.

LIGHT 6

2 LIGHT Fiend monsters Monsters your opponent controls lose 600 ATK. You can only use each of the following effects of "Fiendsmith's Lacrima" once per turn. If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can target 1 of your LIGHT Fiend monsters that is banished or in your GY; add it to your hand or Special Summon it. If this card is sent to the GY: You can shuffle 1 other LIGHT Fiend monster from your GY into the Deck/Extra Deck; inflict 1200 damage to your opponent.

LIGHT

1 LIGHT Fiend monster You can only Special Summon "Fiendsmith's Requiem(s)" once per turn. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Fiendsmith" monster from your hand or Deck. You can target 1 LIGHT non-Link Fiend monster you control; equip this card from your field or GY to that monster you control as an Equip Spell that gives it 600 ATK. You can only use this effect of "Fiendsmith's Requiem" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 monsters, including a LIGHT Fiend monster During your Main Phase: You can Fusion Summon 1 Fiend Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by shuffling its materials from your GY into the Deck. You can target 1 LIGHT non-Link Fiend monster you control; equip this card from your field or GY to that monster you control as an Equip Spell with the following effect. ● Your opponent cannot target the equipped monster with card effects. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith's Sequence" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 monsters, including a LIGHT monster (This card is always treated as a "Familiar-Possessed" card.) You can target 1 LIGHT monster in your opponent's GY; Special Summon it to your zone this card points to. If this Link Summoned card is destroyed by battle, or is destroyed by an opponent's card effect while in its owner's Monster Zone: You can add 1 LIGHT monster with 1500 or less DEF from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Lyna the Light Charmer, Lustrous" once per turn.

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.

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 the activation of your opponent's card or 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.

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.

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

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 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 Normal

Add 1 LIGHT Fiend monster from your Deck to your hand, then discard 1 card. You can banish this card from your GY; Fusion Summon 1 "Fiendsmith" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith's Tract" once 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

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 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 "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

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 Counter

When a monster(s) would be Special Summoned, OR a monster effect is activated: Pay 1500 LP; negate the Summon or activation, and if you do, destroy that card.

Trap Counter

When a monster(s) would be Summoned, OR when a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster(s): Pay 2000 LP; negate the Summon or activation, and if you do, destroy it.