Q&A for How to Build a Yu Gi Oh! Deck That Suits You

Shuffle the deck and draw a 5-card practice hand. See if you can play with that hand. Do this a few times and it should give you a good idea. The best way is to playtest with it.

If you want a deck with only dragon cards in it, then you need to find cards that go with dragon cards, such as dragon tactics and stamping destruction.

You will probably lose to a lot of people who have stronger monsters. It will put you more on the defensive rather than the offensive. Try to find some good trap cards that can destroy your opponents' monsters.

Collector's Cache is a really good place to find structure decks and other things like that.

Yes, you can use them in tournaments. They take a while to get used to, especially The Winged Dragon of Ra. Always remember to use Slifer The Sky Dragon's effect when an opponent summons a monster.

Take note of the "Archetype", the attribute and the type of the monster cards, find good spells and traps that support them. You can always add "staples" to your deck, like Torrential Tribute or Raigeki.

It depends on whether or not you feel that your deck needs them. Some can be very useful and powerful. Just look around at some XYZ cards and see if they suit your deck.

It probably isn't the deck for you then. Change to another deck.

It would be best to not make a deck with all of those cards, It is really hard to play with, as you're getting cards that you don't need.

Find cards that you think would be good for that type of deck. For example: light and darkness dragon, dark armed dragon, blackwings, etc.

Yes, one each.

If it was easy, do you think the guy would be a 10 year champion? It's clearly difficult.

Firstly, you should include your archetype's extra deck cards, if any. After that, use XYZ monsters. They're the easiest to use, as you can summon them simply by stacking 2 monsters of the same level, and they have powerful effects. If you have even 1 Tuner, you can include some Synchro monsters. Only include Fusion monsters if your deck is built around them, or if you're using a card like Instant Fusion or Brilliant Fusion.

Yes, but only if you build a deck specifically around level 4 monsters.

Yes. The name was changed long ago.

Yes, a lot of the current meta decks use all three. If you're looking for a good deck example to use, I suggest visiting yugiohtopdecks.com.

You can trade cards, or you can ask around to see if anyone has cards they don't want anymore. Trading is useful since you can get rid of any unwanted cards, or duplicates in exchange for other cards. Make sure both parties agree on the trade before making it final.

Yes you can, because Obelisk isn't a forbidden card just yet. None of the gods are forbidden just yet.

In my opinion, it isn't deck healthy to run a deck just to beat a specific opponent, but 'll answer your question. Venom cards have naturally low attack points, the only one with good attack being venominion. You can use monsters that have high attack points to destroy those monsters, or use something like mystical space typhoon to destroy venom swamp. You shouldn't be having trouble with a venom deck, I haven't seen a duelist use that in a while.

If you run a blue eyes deck, then that is okay because in a blue eyes deck, you need all three.

Go on the internet. There are simulators you can download. You can check with your library to see if there is a group that meets there or look for meetup locations on the Yo Gi Oh! website.

Never copy someone's deck! If you're new to dueling, you could buy a structure deck; they are only $10 and come with really powerful card. Everyone loses a lot in the beginning. Don't give up - keep practicing!

In casual duels, you can play by whatever rules and banlist you desire. You can choose to ignore the banlist or make up your own, as you please, so long as the other person agrees.

You can with your friends, but you cannot in tournaments and locals, it is not allowed.

Try to buy the latest structure deck, they usually have the latest rules and how to do everything.

If you want insta win cards, go with Final Countdown or Exodia.

Try using a Starter Pack/Deck to find support. Then, get a few boosters to add to those cards. Recently, Xyz are popular, while Pendulum and new support for older decks are being made. It depends on what style you want to try. Maybe even base your choice on a Deck used by one of the characters!

Look up top decks online and learn how to use those strategies.

There are several of the best traps: Seven tools of the bandit, magic jammer, torrential tribute, dust tornado, negate attack, mirror force, scrap-iron scarecrow, sakuretsu armor and malfunction. It's just what you think are the best for you and if you're thinking of any other traps other than those, they'd be good too.

You need at least 40 cards in your main deck, and could have up to 60. You don't have to, but you can have up to 15 extra deck cards and 15 side deck cards.