Monarch Deck Breakdown

DARK 8

You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Tribute Summoned monster. If this card is Tribute Summoned: Target 1 card on the field; banish it, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent, then, if it is a DARK Monster Card, banish all cards with that name from the hand, Main Deck, Extra Deck, and GY of the player who controlled it. If this card was Tribute Summoned by Tributing a DARK monster, add this additional effect. ● You can target 2 cards, instead.

LIGHT 1

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 monster with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF from your Deck in Defense Position, except "Edea the Heavenly Squire", also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 of your banished "Monarch" Spell/Trap Cards; add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Edea the Heavenly Squire" once per turn.

LIGHT 8

You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Tribute Summoned monster. If this card is Tribute Summoned: You can send 2 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Cards with different names from your hand and/or Deck to the Graveyard, and if you do, Special Summon 1 monster with 2400 or more ATK and 1000 DEF from your Deck, but return it to the hand during the End Phase. During your opponent's Main Phase, if this card is in your hand: You can banish 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card from your Graveyard; immediately after this effect resolves, Tribute Summon this card (this is a Quick Effect).

DARK 6

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap or 1 monster with 2800 ATK/1000 DEF from your Deck or GY to your hand. You can declare 1 Attribute; make 1 face-up monster on the field become that Attribute. If you Tribute Summon a monster with 2400 or more ATK and 1000 DEF, while this card is in your GY: You can add this card to your hand or Special Summon it. You can only use each effect of "Eidos the Underworld Monarch" once per turn.

DARK 2

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: During your Main Phase this turn, you can Tribute Summon 1 monster, in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) You can banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 monster with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF in your Graveyard, except "Eidos the Underworld Squire"; Special Summon it in Defense Position, also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn. You can only use this effect of "Eidos the Underworld Squire" once per turn.

DARK 8

You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Tribute Summoned monster. If this card is Tribute Summoned: You can send 2 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Cards with different names from your hand and/or Deck to the Graveyard, and if you do, shuffle 1 card from your opponent's hand (at random), Graveyard, or their side of the field into the Deck. Once per turn, during either player's Main Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard: You can discard 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card, then target 1 monster in your Graveyard with 2400 or more ATK and 1000 DEF; add it to your hand.

LIGHT 6

Cannot be Special Summoned. Neither player can activate monster effects.

LIGHT 2

If this card is in your hand: You can activate this effect; you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, also Special Summon this card, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Vassal Token" (Thunder-Type/LIGHT/Level 1/ATK 800/DEF 1000) to your opponent's field in Defense Position. If this card is Tributed for a Tribute Summon: You can activate this effect; you can Tribute Summon 1 monster during your Main Phase this turn, in addition to your Normal Summon/Set this turn. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) You can only use each effect of "Mithra the Thunder Vassal" once per turn.

LIGHT 6

You can Normal Summon/Set this card without Tributing, but its original ATK becomes 1500. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can target 1 monster your opponent controls with ATK less than or equal to this card; return this card to the hand, and if you do, take control of that opponent's monster until the End Phase. You can only use this effect of "Seleglare the Luminous Lunar Dragon" once per turn.

LIGHT 1

If this card is in your hand or GY: You can reveal 1 Level 5 or higher monster in your hand, then activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each effect of "Steel-Stringed Sacrifice" once per turn); during the End Phase of this turn, lose 1000 LP if you did not Normal Summon the revealed monster, or a monster with the same original name, after activating this effect. ● Special Summon this card from your hand. ● Add this card from your GY to your hand. ● Banish this card from your GY, and if you do, add 1 Level 5 or higher monster from your GY to your hand.

DARK 5

Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of any monster effect activated by a monster that was Normal Summoned/Set.

LIGHT 1

You can reveal 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap in your hand; Special Summon this card from your hand. During your Main Phase, you can: Immediately after this effect resolves, Tribute Summon 1 monster. If this card is sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 monster with 800 ATK/1000 DEF from your Deck, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Tessera the Primal Squire" once per turn.

FIRE 10

You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 monster your opponent controls and 1 Tribute Summoned monster you control. If this card is Tribute Summoned: You can banish 1 random card from your opponent's hand, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent, then, if this card was Tribute Summoned by Tributing a Level 8 or higher Tribute Summoned monster, you can apply this effect. ● Banish 1 card on the field, and if it was a FIRE or DARK Monster Card, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original Level x 200.

DARK 6

Cannot be Special Summoned. Neither player can Special Summon monsters.

LIGHT 8

Cannot be Special Summoned. Your opponent cannot Special Summon monsters.

LIGHT 8

You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Tribute Summoned monster. If this card is Tribute Summoned: Target 1 monster on the field; destroy it, then, if it was a LIGHT monster, both players send as many cards as possible from their Extra Deck to the GY, but not more than the original Level/Rank of that destroyed monster. If this card was Tribute Summoned by Tributing a LIGHT monster, add this additional effect. ● You choose the cards your opponent sends to the GY.

LIGHT 4

Cannot be Special Summoned. Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card was Normal Summoned or flipped face-up this turn: Return this card to the hand. You can only use each of the following effects of "Sakitama" once per turn. You can reveal this card in your hand; immediately after this effect resolves, Normal Summon 1 Spirit monster from your hand. If this card is Tributed: Target 1 Spirit monster in your GY; add it to your 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 Field

While you have no cards in your Extra Deck and you are the only player that controls a Tribute Summoned monster, your opponent cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck. If a Tribute Summoned monster you control attacks an opponent's monster, it gains 800 ATK during damage calculation only. Once per turn: You can reduce the Level of 1 monster with 2800 ATK and 1000 DEF in your hand by 2 until the end of this turn (even after they are Summoned/Set, and even if this card leaves the field).

Spell Normal

If you control a monster with 2400 or more ATK and 1000 DEF: Target 1 Set card on the field; destroy it. You can banish this card and 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card from your Graveyard, then target 1 Set card on the field; destroy it.

Spell Continuous

Tribute Summoned monsters you control cannot be targeted by, or destroyed by, card effects. You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck.

Spell Normal

Send 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card from your hand to the Graveyard; draw 2 cards. You can banish this card from your Graveyard; reveal 3 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Cards from your Deck, your opponent chooses 1 for you to add to your hand, and you shuffle the rest back into your Deck. You can only use this effect of "Pantheism of the Monarchs" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck. When you Tribute Summon a monster: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Add, from your Deck to your hand, 1 monster with 2400 ATK and 1000 DEF with a different name from that Tribute Summoned monster. ● Add, from your Deck to your hand, 1 monster with 2800 ATK and 1000 DEF with a different name from that Tribute Summoned monster. The Tribute Summoned monster must be face-up on the field to activate and to resolve this effect. You can only use this effect of "Return of the Monarchs" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Reveal 1 monster in your hand with 2400 ATK & 1000 DEF, or 2800 ATK & 1000 DEF; add 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand, except "Tenacity of the Monarchs". You can only activate 1 "Tenacity of the Monarchs" per turn.

Spell Normal

Send 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap from your Deck to the GY, except "The Monarchs Masterplan". If this card is banished: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; add 1 monster with the same Attribute that has 2400 ATK/1000 DEF, from your Deck or GY to your hand, then you can apply this effect. ● Immediately after this effect resolves, Normal Summon 1 "Zaborg the Thunder Monarch", "Mobius the Frost Monarch", "Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch", "Granmarg the Rock Monarch", "Raiza the Storm Monarch", or "Caius the Shadow Monarch". You can only use this effect of "The Monarchs Masterplan" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Discard 1 card; reveal 3 monsters from your Deck, with 2400 or more ATK and 1000 DEF, and/or 800 ATK/1000 DEF, your opponent chooses 1 for you to add to your hand, and you send the rest to the GY, also for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck. You can banish this card from your GY; Special Summon 1 monster with 800 ATK/1000 DEF from your hand. You can only use each effect of "The Monarchs Revolt" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Once during this turn, if you would Tribute a monster for a Tribute Summon, you can Tribute 1 monster your opponent controls even though you do not control it. You can only activate 1 "The Monarchs Stormforth" per turn. During the turn you activate this card, you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck.

Trap Continuous

Activate by discarding 1 card, then target up to 2 monsters in your GY; Special Summon them. When any of those monsters leaves the field, destroy this card. When this card leaves the field, destroy those monster(s). You can only activate 1 "Double Hooking" per turn.

Trap Continuous

Once per turn, during your opponent's Main Phase or your opponent's Battle Phase, you can: Immediately after this effect resolves, Tribute Summon 1 monster.

Trap Continuous

Once per Chain, if your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), and you control a Tribute Summoned monster (except during the Damage Step): You can banish 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap from your GY, then activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each effect of "Monarchic Perfection" once per turn); ● Destroy 1 monster on the field. ● Destroy up to 2 Spells/Traps on the field. ● Discard 1 random card from your opponent's hand. ● Destroy 1 face-down card on the field. ● Place 1 card from the field on top of the Deck. ● Banish 1 card on the field.

Trap Continuous

Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Fiend-Type/DARK/Level 6/ATK 1000/DEF 2400). (This card is also still a Trap Card.) If Summoned this way: You can discard 1 card, then declare 1 Attribute; this card becomes that Attribute, and can be treated as 2 Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a monster with the same Attribute as this card. If this card was Summoned this way, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except monsters with this card's Attribute.

Trap Continuous

Activate this card only if you have no cards in your Extra Deck and control a Tribute Summoned monster. Negate the effects of all face-up monsters on the field, while those monsters are face-up on the field, except Tribute Summoned monsters'. During your End Phase, if you control no Tribute Summoned monsters, send this card to the Graveyard.

Trap Continuous

Once per turn: You can target 2 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Cards in your Graveyard; shuffle them into the Deck, then draw 1 card. If this card is in your Graveyard: You can banish 1 other "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card from your Graveyard; Special Summon this card in Defense Position as a Normal Monster (Fairy-Type/LIGHT/Level 5/ATK 1000/DEF 2400). (This card is NOT treated as a Trap Card.) You can only use this effect of "The Prime Monarch" once per turn.