Staples usable in every Deck

This is a list of staples you can use in every Deck or Side Deck.

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Double Lightning
Normal Spell Card
You can only activate 1 "Double Lightning" per turn. Target 2 Spell/Trap Cards your opponent controls; destroy both those targets. You must control no monsters to activate and to resolve this effect.

The Needs of the Few
Normal Trap Card
If you control a monster, and your opponent controls 2 or more monsters than you: Target monsters your opponent controls equal to the difference; destroy those targets. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase during the turn you activate this card.

The Needs of the Many
Normal Spell Card
Tribute 1 monster; Special Summon 2 or more monsters from your hand and/or Graveyard whose combined Levels are less than or equal to the Levels of the Tributed monster's Level in the Graveyard.

Betrayal
Quick-Play Spell Card
Tribute 1 monster; Special Summon 1 monster from your opponent's Graveyard.

Brain Over Brawn
Equip Spell Card
Equip only to a Defense Position Effect Monster. It gains 1000 DEF and cannot be destroyed by card effects, but its effects are negated.

Brawn Over Brain
Equip Spell Card
Equip only to an Attack Position Effect Monster. It can make a second attack during each Battle Phase, but its effects are negated.

Arrow Volley
Normal Trap Card
If an opponent's monster declares a direct attack: Destroy 1 monster your opponent controls.

Shining Shield
Counter Trap Card
When a card or effect is activated that Special Summon 2 or more monsters to your opponent's side: Pay 2000 LP; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card.

Diabolical Plan
Continuous Trap Card
During each of your Standby Phases: Discard 1 card. Your opponent cannot add cards from their Deck or Graveyard to their hand, except during the Draw Phase. If this card is destroyed: You can destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card you control. You can only control 1 "Diabolical Plan".

A Fool's Errand
Normal Trap Card
When your opponent Normal or Special Summons exactly 1 monster: Target that monster; shuffle it to the Deck, then the owner of that monster draws 1 card.

Fall of Kings
Counter Trap Card
When a Tribute Summoned monster activates an effect: Negate the activation, and if you do, shuffle that monster into the Deck.

Stand-by for Eternity
Counter Trap Card
When a Continuous Spell/Trap card is activated: Negate the activation and if you do, destroy that card, and if you do, cards with the same name as the destroyed card cannot be activated for the rest of the turn.

The Dead Never Rest
Normal Trap Card
When exactly 1 monster you control is destroyed by your opponent's card (either by battle or by card effect) and sent to the Graveyard: Target that monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it in Attack Position.

Ancient Judgment
Counter Trap Card
When your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card or monster effect: Discard 1 card, then pay 2000 LP; negate the activation and destroy that card.

Dead on Arrival
Counter Trap Card
When a card or effect is activated when a monster(s) is Summoned: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card.

Escape Plan
Counter Trap Card
When your opponent targets a monster you control for an attack or monster effect: Negate that attack or effect, and if you do, destroy that card, also return the targeted monster to your hand.

Temporary Escape Device
Continuous Trap Card
Once per turn, during either player's Battle Phase, except during the Damage Step: You can target 1 monster you control; banish it. If this card leaves the field: Special Summon any number of monsters banished by this card's effect.

Pain Split
Normal Trap Card
Activate when your opponent's monster declares an attack: During damage calculation, both players take damage equal to half the damage you would have taken from that battle.

Survive the Round
Quick-Play Spell Card
Target 1 face-up monster you control; its ATK becomes 0, also this turn, it cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects.

Satellight
Field Spell Card
Neither player can Set monsters. Monsters you control gain 100 ATK for each face-up monster on the field.

Clone Army
Continuous Trap Card
Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up monster you control; Special Summon 1 Token with the same name, ATK, DEF, Attribute, Level and effects as that target, then destroy the targeted monster.

Trip Trap
Normal Trap Card
When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Negate the attack and inflict damage to your opponent equal Level of the attacking monster x 300.

Greatly Exaggerated
Normal Trap Card
Tribute 1 monster, then target 1 monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target in Defense Position.

Couldn't Miss!
Counter Trap Card
If your opponent Summons a Level 7 or higher monster: Tribute 1 monster, then target that monster; negate that targets effects, and if you do, send it to the Graveyard.

Coil Reflection
Counter Trap Card
When a Spell/Trap Card or monster effect is activated that targets a face-up monster(s) you control: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, then take damage equal to 1 of the targets ATK halved.

Cinderalla Cage
Continuous Spell Card
Activate by targeting 1 monster on the field; while this card is face-up, that monster cannot attack. If that monster leaves the field, destroy this card. You can send this face-up card to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 monster from hand whose Level is less than or equal to that target's Level.

Bubble Block
Normal Trap Card
Target 1 face-up monster you control; it cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects until the end of this turn, but all damage you take from battles involving that face-up monster is doubled.

Flicker of Darkness
Fiend-Type/DARK
Level 1
If this card you control is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by your opponent's card (either by battle or by card effect): You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy that target.
0/0

Godslayer
Warrior-Type/EARTH
Level 4
This card cannot be destroyed by effects that do not target it. At the start of the Damage Step, if this card attacks a monster with a higher level than it: Destroy that monster.
1800/1000

Metropolis
Field Spell Card
If a monster(s) is Summoned: Its controller's opponent adds 1 card from their Deck to their hand with the same name as 1 of those monsters, otherwise that monster's controller can draw 1 card. Both players can only use this effect of "Metropolis" once per turn.

Cinderella Cage
Continuous Spell Card
Activate by targeting 1 monster on the field; while this card is face-up, that monster cannot attack. If that monster leaves the field, destroy this card. You can send this face-up card to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 monster from hand whose Level is less than or equal to that target's Level.

Lunatic Eyes
Equip Spell Card
A monster equipped with this card must attack if able. If the equipped monster attacks, it is unaffected by other card effects until the end of the Damage Step. If the equipped monster would be destroyed, this card is destroyed instead.

Today is a Good Day to Die
Normal Trap Card
Activate only during your opponent's Main Phase 1: This turn, each time a monster(s) you control is destroyed by battle, draw 1 card.

Hidden Away
Normal Trap Card
You can only activate each effect of "Hidden Away" once per turn. Activate 1 of these effects.
● Target 1 face-up Spell/Trap Card on the field; banish that target face-down until the end of this turn.
● Discard 1 card, then target 1 monster on the field; banish that target face-down until the end of this turn.

The Determinator
Warrior-Type/WIND
Level 1
If this card is in Attack Position, it cannot be destroyed by battle. When you take damage from an attack involving this card: This card gains ATK equal to half the damage you took.
100/100

One-Shot Hammer
Equip Spell Card
The equipped monster gains 1200 ATK. During the End Phase, if the equipped monster attacked or was attacked: Send this card to the Graveyard. You can only control 1 "One-Shot Hammer".

Pouncing Panda
Beast-Type/FIRE
Level 4
While your opponent controls 2 or more face-up monsters, this card gains 800 ATK for each monster your opponent controls.
1200/0

Nova
Normal Spell Card
Discard 1 monster; inflict damage to your opponent equal to half that card's ATK.

Supernova
Normal Spell Card
Send all other cards from your hand and side of the field to the Graveyard; inflict damage to your opponent equal to the amount of cards sent x 300.

Jackalope
Beast-Type/EARTH
Level 2
During either player's turn, if your opponent controls more monsters than you: You can Special Summon this card from your hand in Attack Position, then change all monsters your opponent controls to Defense Position.
500/800

Against all Odds
Normal Spell Card
If you control exactly 1 monster: Target 1 face-up monster you control; it gains 700 ATK for each monster your opponent controls until the end of the Damage Step of its next battle.

Phoenix Purification
Quick-Play Spell Card
Target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field; destroy it. During your turn: You can banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field; destroy it. You can only use 1 effect of "Phoenix Purification" once per turn, and only once that turn.

Nothing Special
Normal Trap Card
Discard 1 card, then target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; its effects are negated.

The Scythe of Sealing
Equip Spell Card
Equip only to a monster you control. It gains 100 ATK for each monster in both players' Graveyards, also any monster it destroys by battle is banished instead of being sent to the Graveyard.

Forbidden Item - Scripture
Equip Spell Card
The equipped monster's ATK and DEF become it's original ATK and DEF. Negate the effects of other cards equipped to that monster.

Forbidden Item - Lance
Equip Spell Card
The equipped monster loses 800 ATK, also it is unaffected by the effects of other Spell/Trap Cards.

Forbidden Item - Dress
Equip Spell Card
The equipped monster loses 600 ATK, also it cannot be targeted or destroyed by other card effects.

Forbidden Item - Chalice
Equip Spell Card
The equipped monster gains 400 ATK, also its effects are negated.

Bottle of Cards
Normal Spell Card
Banish 1 card from your hand; draw 2 cards. If the banished card is a monster, it cannot be moved, except by its own effect. You can only activate 1 "Bottle of Cards" per turn.

Rotting Land
Field Spell Card
During the End Phase, the turn player must send 1 card they control to the Graveyard or pay 800 LP. If this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard: Both players take 800 damage.

Supreme Soul Charge
Normal Spell Card
Target any number monsters in your opponents Graveyard; Special Summon them, and if you do, you lose 3000 LP for each monster Special Summoned by this effect. You can only activate 1 "Supreme Soul Charge" per Duel.

Aim of the Huntress
Quick-Play Spell Card
When a monster declares an attack: Destroy the attack target, then end the Battle Phase.

Floodgate
Continuous Spell Card
If a card or effect is activated: Send this face-up card to the Graveyard; negate the activation, and if you do, shuffle that card into the Deck.

A Little Pain, A Lotta Gain
Normal Spell Card
Destroy 1 card you control, then draw 2 cards.

Reckless Battlefield
Continuous Spell Card
All monsters must attack, if able.

Inner Strength
Quick-Play Spell Card
When a monster declares an attack: Target the battling monster with the lowest ATK; it gains ATK equal to its DEF until the end of the Battle Phase, but its destroyed during the End Phase of this turn.

Final Burst
Normal Trap Card
Target 1 face-up monster you control; destroy that target, then all monsters your opponent control lose ATK equal to half that target's ATK on the field until the end of this turn.

Live to See Another Day
Normal Trap Card
When a face-up monster you control is targeted for an attack: Negate the attack, then return both the attacking monster and the attack target to the hand, and if you do, Special Summon them, or monsters with the same name, from the hand(s) at the end of of the Battle Phase.

Cease-Fire
Normal Trap Card
Discard 1 card; both players skip their next Battle Phase.

Peace Treaty
Normal Spell Card
Draw 2 cards and your opponent Special Summons 1 monster from their Deck.

Gift of the Creator
Normal Spell Card
Both players gain 1000 LP, then draw 1 card and reveal it.

Binding Ropes
Continuous Trap Card
Activate this card when your opponent Normal Summons a monster or activates a monster effect on the field: That monster's effects are negated and it cannot attack while this card is on the field.

Unexpected Play
Normal Spell Card
Both players send 1 card from their hand, Deck and Extra Deck to the Graveyard.

Bad Faith
Normal Trap Card
When an opponent's monster declares an attack: That monster loses 1000 ATK until the end of this turn.

Vilify
Normal Trap Card
If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) with 3000 or more ATK: The original ATK of that monster(s) become 1900.

OBJECTION!
Counter Trap Card
If your opponent activates a card or effect: Discard 1 card; toss a coin, then apply the appropriate effect depending on the result.
● Heads Negate the activation of that card or effect, and if you do, destroy that card.
● Tails: Destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card you control.

Turncoat Goblin
Fiend-Type/DARK
Level 4
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it, then give control of this card to your opponent.
1800/300

Blizzard Dragun
Dragon-Type/WATER
Level 4
If this card is banished: Draw 1 card.
1900/0

Skin Shedder
Reptile-Type/FIRE
Level 2
If this card is sent to the Graveyard: Add it to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Skin Shedder" once per turn.
200/200

Sabertooth Komodo
Reptile-Type/FIRE
Level 6
When this card is Tribute Summoned: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it, and if you do, draw 1 card.
2100/1300

Infection
Equip Spell Card
Equip only to an opponent's monster. It cannot be Tributed or attack. If the equipped monster leaves the field: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; equip this card to that target. If this card is destroyed: Destroy all Insect-Type monsters you control.

Spiders' Trap
Normal Trap Card
If you opponent Summons a monster(s): Toss a coin and call it. If you call it right, that monster(s) cannot attack this turn and its battle position cannot be changed until the end of your next turn.

Draseal The Destroyer II
Warrior-Type/DARK
Level 4
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) if you control no monsters.
1400/1100

Death-wish
Normal Spell Card
Tribute 1 monster with a Level; gain LP equal to its Level on the field x 400.

Grey Dragon of Glaciers
Level 7
Aqua-Type/WATER
Once per turn: You can banish 1 monster from your Graveyard, then target 1 Effect Monster on the field; it cannot activate its effects until your next Standby Phase.
2600/1800

The Desert of the Real
Field Spell Card
The ATK and DEF of all monsters on the field become their original ATK and DEF.

Creativity Free Zone
Continuous Spell Card
Neither player can add cards to their hand, except during their Draw Phase.

The Darkness Rises
Normal Spell Card
Change all face-up monster to face-down Defense Position, then your opponent changes up to 2 face-down monsters on the field to face-up Defense Position.

Foreshadowing
Continuous Spell Card
Pay 3000 LP; banish 1 monster from your Deck, then discard monsters from your hand whose combined Levels equal to the banished monster's Level. During your next Standby Phase after activation: Destroy this card, then Special Summon that banished monster. This effect cannot be negated.

Primer
Warrior-Type/LIGHT
Level 1
During either player's turn: You can discard this card, then target 1 monster on the field; it is unaffected by other card effects until the end of this turn.
0/0

Attribute Discrepancy
Continuous Spell Card
Activate this card by declaring 1 Attribute. Both players must pay 500 LP to Normal Summon monsters with the declared Attribute. You can only control 1 "Attribute Discrepancy".

The Champion of Ruin
Fairy-Type/LIGHT
Level 6
If this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 monster on the field; banish it. Banish any monster destroyed by battle with this card.
2300/1600

Last Rites
Normal Spell Card
Tribute 1 monster, then Tribute Summon 1 Level 5 or 6 monster from your Deck. You cannot activate other cards or effects during the turn you activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Last Rites" per turn.

Lunar Alignment
Counter Trap Card
Activate as a Chain Link 4 or higher; negate the activation and effects of each card in the same Chain then Set all cards on the field, except "Lunar Alignment". After this card resolves, if you activated it during your turn: It becomes the End Phase.

Nonbeliever
Psychic-Type/EARTH
Level 1
While this card is in Attack Position, neither player can activate Set Spell/Trap Cards.
0/0

Justice of Light
Fairy-Type/LIGHT
Level 7
When this card is Summoned: You can target any number of monsters on the field; change their battle positions. When this card target's an opponent's face-up monster for an attack: You can switch that monster's ATK and DEF.
2500/2100

Curse of a Thousand Seals
Quick-Play Spell Card
Flip 1 banished card face-down, then your opponent can flip 1 banished card face-down, then repeat this effect until your opponent cannot flip anymore banished cards face-down or chooses not to apply this effect anymore.

Let's Try That Again
Normal Spell Card
Place 1 card from your hand, field, or Graveyard on top of the Deck.

Break the Seal
Normal Trap Card
Shuffle all banished monsters into the Deck, then for the rest of the turn, all cards that would be sent to your Graveyard are banished instead.

Earth-2.HAKER
Machine-Type/EARTH
Level 1
If there are no monsters on the field: You can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard to your opponent's side of the field. During the End Phase: Your opponent draws 1 card for each card you control. If this card leaves the field: The controller of this card discards 1 card.
800/1100

Equalizer
Continuous Spell Card
If this card is activated: Both players target 1 face-up monster they control. While this card is on the field, the targeted monsters gain ATK and DEF equal to the total ATK and DEF of all monsters that player controls, but other monsters that player controls cannot attack. If 1 of the targeted monster's leaves the field, that player targets another monster they control for this effect, if they cannot, send this card to the Graveyard.

Dullahan under the Willows
Fiend-Type/DARK
Level 6
You can banish 1 other card from your Graveyard; Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. If this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent: Draw 1 card. You can only control 1 "Dullahan under the Willows".
2200/2000

Dimension Blader
Warrior-Type/LIGHT
Level 4
If this card is Summoned: Add 1 of your banished cards to your hand. During either player's turn: You can banish 1 card from your Graveyard; banish this card you control until your next Standby Phase. You can only use this effect of "Dimension Blader" once per turn.
1800/1600

Out of Stock
Counter Trap Card
When a card or effect is activated that would place a counter(s) on a card is activated: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it.

Lock-On Enchanged
Counter Trap Card
When a card or effect is activated that targets exactly 1 card: Pay 1000 LP, then target another card that would be an appropriate target for that card/effect; that card/effect now targets that target.

Beast Lockdown
Continuous Trap Card
If an opponent’s monster declares an attack: Target the attacking monster; that target cannot attack, also change its battle position. During each of your opponent’s End Phases while that target is on the field: Your opponent either sends the targeted monster to the Graveyard or sends 1 other monster they control to the Graveyard. If that target leaves the field, destroy this card. You can only control 1 “Beast Lockdown”.

Massive Explosion
Normal Trap Card
When a card(s) in your possession is destroyed by your opponent’s card effect: Destroy all Set Spell/Trap Cards on the field, then discard 1 card.

Ancient Book of Runes
Normal Spell Card
Discard 2 Spell/Trap Cards; add 1 Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.

Asura's Miracles
Normal Spell Card
Tribute 1 monster, then target 1 Level 4 or lower monster you control; it can make a second attack during each Battle Phase this turn. If this card is destroyed by your opponent's card effect: You can target 1 Level 4 or lower monster in your Graveyard; add that target to your hand.

Reverse Formula
Quick-Play Spell Card
Target 1 face-up Spell/Trap Card on the field, except a Normal Spell/Trap Card; Set that target face-down, and if you do, it cannot be activated for the rest of this turn.

Broken Magic
Quick-Play Spell Card
During your opponent's turn, when a Spell Card is activated: Draw 1 card, then you can place 1 Spell Card from your Graveyard on the top of your Deck. You can only activate 1 "Broken Magic" per turn.

Reverse Trap Hole
Normal Trap Card
When a Special Summoned monster your opponent controls activates its effect: Negate that effect, and if you do, change that monster to face-down Defense Position.

Vanity's Cloak
Normal Trap Card
When your opponent Special Summons a monster(s): Negate the effects of 1 of those monsters, also neither player can Special Summon for the rest of this turn.

Quarantine
Continuous Trap Card
Activate by targeting 1 Effect Monster on the field; its effect are negated, also it cannot be Tributed, or be used as Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Material for a Summon. When that monster leaves the field, destroy this card. During each of your End Phase, pay 700 Life Points or destroy this card.

Ritualistic Frenzy
Quick-Play Spell Card
Discard 1 card; Ritual Summon a Ritual Monster from your hand by Tributing monsters from either side of the field whose total Levels are equal to the Level of the Ritual Monster you Ritual Summon.

Counter Attack!
Normal Trap Card
When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Target the attacking monster; send that target to the Graveyard.

Emergency Excavation
Quick-Play Spell Card
When your opponent declares a direct attack while you control no monsters: Excavate the top card of your Deck and if it is a monster that can be Normal Summoned/Set, Special Summon it in Defense Position, otherwise send the excavated card to the Graveyard.

Power Split
Quick-Play Spell Card
Target 1 face-up monster you control and 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; switch the ATK and DEF of those 2 targets with the other monster's ATK and DEF.

Power Trick
Quick-Play Spell Card
Target 1 face-up monster on the field; switch its ATK and DEF.

Death Gamble
Normal Trap Card
Target 1 monster each side of the field; toss a coin, and if the result is Heads, destroy the opponent's monster. If the result is Tails, destroy your monster. During your End Phase: You can shuffle this card from your Graveyard into your Deck.