Temple of the Kings Deck Breakdown

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.

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.

Trap Continuous

Special Summon this card as a Normal Monster (Reptile/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 1600/DEF 1800) (this card is also still a Trap), then you can Set 1 "Apophis" Trap from your Deck, except "Apophis the Serpent". It can be activated this turn. If this card is sent to the GY: You can add 1 "Embodiment of Apophis" from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Apophis the Serpent" once per turn.

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.

EARTH 6

2 monsters that mention "Temple of the Kings" Must be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned by Tributing 2 "Apophis" monsters. Once per turn: You can target up to 3 "Apophis" Traps with different names in your GY; Set them. Once per turn, if a Trap Card is activated (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it.

Trap Continuous

During either player's Main Phase: Special Summon this card as a Normal Monster (Reptile-Type/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 1600/DEF 1800). (This card is also still a Trap Card.)

Trap Counter

When your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card, while you control 3 or more other Spells/Traps: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, then if you control "Temple of the Kings", you can destroy as many monsters your opponent controls as possible, then inflict damage to your opponent equal to half the total original ATK of those destroyed monsters. You can only activate 1 "Verdict of Anubis" per turn.

LIGHT

2 Effect Monsters You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls this card points to; this turn, if you Link Summon a Link-5 monster using this card you control, you can also use that monster your opponent controls as material. You can only use this effect of "Moon of the Closed Heaven" 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 6

1 monster equipped with a Monster Card + 1 Fiend Monster Card Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the above cards from your hand and/or field to the GY. You can only control 1 "Necroquip Princess". If a monster(s) is sent from the hand to the GY to activate a card or effect: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Equip 1 of those monsters to this card as an Equip Spell that gives it 500 ATK. ● Draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Necroquip Princess" once per turn.

LIGHT

2+ monsters, including a LIGHT Fiend monster Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 LIGHT non-Link Fiend monster in your GY; Special Summon it, and if you do, equip this card you control to that monster as an Equip Spell with the following effects. ● The equipped monster gains ATK equal to the total Link Rating of Link Monsters equipped to it x 600. ● If the equipped monster attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

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

Neither player can banish cards.

Trap Normal

At the end of the Battle Phase, if your opponent controls more cards than you do: You can make your opponent banish cards from their field face-down so they control the same number of cards as you do. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from your hand.

EARTH

2 Level 4 monsters You can detach 1 material from this card, then activate 1 of these effects; ● Add 1 Rock monster from your Deck to your hand. ● Special Summon 1 Rock monster from your hand in face-down Defense Position. You can only use this effect of "Gallant Granite" once per turn.

Trap Continuous

During the Main Phase: Special Summon this card as a Normal Monster (Reptile/EARTH/Level 6/ATK 2000/DEF 2200) (this card is also still a Trap), then, you can negate the effects of face-up cards your opponent controls, up to the number of other Continuous Traps you control, until the end of this turn.

Spell Field

When this card is activated: You can Set 1 "Apophis" Trap from your Deck. This card's name becomes "Temple of the Kings" while in the Field Zone. Once per turn, if you have 2 or more Set cards on your field, or a Trap in your GY: You can add 1 monster that mentions "Temple of the Kings" from your Deck to your hand. You can only activate 1 "Treasures of the Kings" per turn.

Spell Continuous

You can activate 1 Trap Card the turn it was Set. You can send 1 "Mystical Beast of Serket" in your Monster Zone and this card you control to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 monster from your hand or Deck, or 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck. You can only use each effect of "Temple of the Kings" once per turn.

LIGHT 11

During the Main Phase, if your opponent Normal or Special Summoned 5 or more monsters this turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute as many face-up monsters on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, then Special Summon 1 "Primal Being Token" (Rock/LIGHT/Level 11/ATK ?/DEF ?) to your opponent's field. (This Token's ATK/DEF become the combined original ATK/DEF of the Tributed monsters.) You can only use this effect of "Nibiru, the Primal Being" once per turn.

EARTH 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can take 1 "Temple of the Kings", or 1 Spell/Trap that mentions it, from your Deck and either add it to your hand or send it to the GY. You can only use this effect of "The Man with the Mark" once per turn. While you control "Temple of the Kings", this card and "Apophis" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects. "Temple of the Kings" you control cannot be destroyed by card effects.

DARK 10

During your Main Phase: You can activate this effect; this card in your hand becomes revealed until the end of your opponent's turn. While this card is revealed by this effect, Set cards on the field cannot be destroyed by card effects. If a Set Spell/Trap Card is activated (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then, if you activated this effect while this card was revealed, you can reveal and Set 1 Spell/Trap directly from your Deck, but banish it during the End Phase of the next turn. You can only use 1 "Lord of the Heavenly Prison" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

EARTH 6

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 1 Level 10 or higher monster from your hand or Deck, while you control "Temple of the Kings". You can only Special Summon "Merciless Scorpion of Serket" once per turn this way. Once per turn, during your Main Phase: You can add 1 "Temple of the Kings", or 1 Spell that mentions it, from your Deck to your hand. At the start of the Damage Step, if this card battles an opponent's monster: You can destroy that opponent's monster, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to half the destroyed monster's original ATK.

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.

Spell Normal

Banish 3 or 6 cards of your choice from your Extra Deck, face-down; for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, any damage your opponent takes is halved, also excavate cards from the top of your Deck equal to the number of cards banished, add 1 excavated card to your hand, place the rest on the bottom of your Deck in any order. You can only activate 1 "Pot of Prosperity" per turn. You cannot draw cards by card effects the turn you activate this card.

Trap Normal

If your opponent controls a card, you can activate this card from your hand. When a card or effect is activated that includes an effect that adds a card(s) from the Deck to the hand: Negate that effect, then if you have a Trap in your GY, destroy that card. If you activated this card from your hand, you cannot activate the effects of DARK, WATER, and FIRE monsters for the rest of this Duel. You can only activate 1 "Dominus Purge" per turn.

Trap Normal

This turn, any monster sent to the GY is banished instead.

EARTH 10

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand or GY) while you have 3 or more cards in your GY with different names that are "Temple of the Kings" and/or Traps, by placing 2 of them on the bottom of the Deck in any order. You can send this card from your hand to the GY; add 1 "The Man with the Mark" from your Deck to your hand. If a Spell/Trap(s) you control is destroyed by card effect: You can target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it. You can only use each effect of "Anubis the Last Judge" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Add 1 Field Spell from your Deck to your hand.

LIGHT

2 Effect Monsters If this card battles a monster, neither can be destroyed by that battle. You can only use each of the following effects of "Silhouhatte Rabbit" once per turn. If this card is Link Summoned: You can Set 1 Continuous Trap from your Deck with an effect that Special Summons itself as a monster, also this card cannot be used as Link Material this turn. If a card in the Spell & Trap Zone is Special Summoned to the Monster Zone (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls; destroy it.

LIGHT 5

You can Set this card from your hand to your Spell & Trap Zone as a Spell. During your opponent's turn, if this Set card in the Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed and sent to your GY: Special Summon it. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card from your hand or face-up field; neither player can banish cards for the rest of this turn.

LIGHT 1

When this card is discarded to the Graveyard, Special Summon it.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during this turn: Set 1 Normal Spell/Trap directly from your Deck, except "Triple Tactics Thrust", or if your opponent controls a monster, you can add it to your hand instead. That Set card cannot be activated this turn. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Thrust" 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.

DARK 7

When your opponent Special Summons a monster (except during the Damage Step): You can discard 1 card; Special Summon this card from your hand. Your opponent cannot banish cards.

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.

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.

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

Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Rock-Type/EARTH/Level 7/ATK 0/DEF 2500). (This card is also still a Trap Card.) If Summoned this way, this card cannot be targeted by an opponent's card effects while you control another Trap Card that is a monster. If a card is Special Summoned from your Spell & Trap Zone to the Monster Zone while this card is a monster: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it.

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 Normal

Target 1 Level 7 or higher LIGHT Fiend monster you control; send all cards on the field to the GY that are not that monster. If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), while this card is in your GY: You can banish this card; send 1 "Fiendsmith" monster from your Deck or Extra Deck to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith in Paradise" once 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.

EARTH

1 Normal Monster Once per turn: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from your hand to your zone this card points to.

LIGHT 9

"Fiendsmith Engraver" + 2 LIGHT Fiend monsters (Quick Effect): You can negate the effects of a number of face-up cards on the field, up to the total Link Rating of Link Monsters equipped to this card, until the end of this turn. If this card is sent to the GY: You can shuffle 1 other LIGHT Fiend monster from your GY into the Deck/Extra Deck, then target 1 card on the field; send it to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith's Desirae" once per turn.

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.

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.