**Staples**

Most decks nowadays run:

Monsters:
3/2 Effect Veiler

Spells:
1 Book of Moon
1 Dark Hole
1 Heavy Storm
1 Monster Reborn
3/2 Mystical Space Typhoon

Traps:
1 Solemn Judgment
2 Solemn Warning
2 Torrential Tribute

In today's meta, most decks will attempt to clear your backrow before the Battle Phase, so cards such as **Mirror Force** and **Dimensional Prison** have lost a lot of power and are rarely included in the main deck.

Other card that work well in many decks are **Cardcar D**, **Gorz, the Emissary of Darkness**, and, to some extent, the **Tour Guide From the Underworld** and **Sangan** combo.

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**Meta**

The current meta consists mainly of **Dino Rabbit** and **Chaos Dragon** decks.

**Inzektors** and **Wind-Ups** have been losing popularity, but still are a force to be reckoned with. **Hieratics** have become extremely popular in the OCG, and are expected to perform well in the TCG, too.

Other good, budget deck options:
* Dark World
* Gravekeeper's
* Hero variants
* Lightsworn variants
* Six Samurai

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**Extra Deck**

Current decks run mostly Xyz monsters. Here is a list of some of the most popular generic cards, by rank:

Rank 3:
* Leviair, the Sea Dragon
* Number 17: Leviathan Dragon
* Number 20: Giga-Brilliant
* Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction
* Wind-Up Zenmaines

Rank 4:
* Daigusto Emeral
* Maestroke the Symphony Djinn
* Number 39, Utopia
* Number C39, Utopia Ray
* Steelswarm Roach

Rank 5:
* Adreus, Keeper of Armageddon
* Number 61: Volcasaurus
* Tiras, Keeper of Genesis
* Wind-Up Arsenal Zenmaioh

When making your Extra Deck, be sure to check for type/attribute/deck-specific Xyz monsters your deck is able to summon, such as **Evolzar Dolkka** and **Evolzar Laggia** in Dino Rabbit, and **Blade Armor Ninja** and **Heroic Champion Excalibur** in any deck that includes a variety of Level 4 Warrior monsters.

It is a good idea to include a few good synchro monsters such as **Ally of Justice Catastor**, **Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier**, **Black Rose Dragon**,  **Stardust Dragon**, and **Mist Wurm**, even if your deck isn't focused on synchro summons; at times you may find performing one with **Effect Veiler** or a Reborned Tuner monster may win you the game or give you an upper hand.

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**Side Deck**

Section is incomplete.