How to play Battlin' Boxer

By Ljkad Published Feb 18, 2025 Updated Feb 25, 2025

Experience the feeling of your entire floor being Indestructible + Untargetable

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Introduce

A crazy deck that is fun and easy to build. Buying packs in the shop will give you more special cards and packs from the latest set, including Boxers. This deck was okay before, but with Dempsey it became much stronger. Now all that's missing is Cross Counter, Konami please!

Extremely powerful skill , basically a Promoter when going first, or a Promoter/Chief when going later. When you have 105, you can rank up BF and FC for free if they are still in your deck. Don't always use it right away, you can keep it if you have a good hand.

I think this deck is extremely strong and has a huge advantage against almost every meta deck, with the exception of Predaplant to be exact. Salad is almost impossible to lose when going first, and Hero is a high skill matchup but still winnable if played correctly (I highly recommend playing 3 Promoters , as it greatly increases HERO's chances of clearing the board .

You can play this deck without backrow , except for MST to deal with Necrovalley —which is annoying but not too important if you can OTK it. Backrow is only really important in long games .) I believe this deck can only get stronger, especially with Cross Counter coming soon.

Castell and Hope Ray Lancer don't appear in every match, but when they do, they're very useful. If you don't have them, there's no need to rush to find them, just skip Lancer.

Skill

Barian Battlemorph! Shooting Star Fist (Skill Card) (100%)

The Skill name sounds quite similar to Barian Battlemorph! The Barian's White Shield.

The first line of Skill is just a small limitation that almost every deck's unique Skill has, which is to lock us down with Battlin' Boxer.

The second skill helps us to summon face down (can be changed to attack) 1 Battlin' Boxer from the DECK, if the enemy HAS cards on the field, you can even summon 2 cards from the Deck. This brings a huge advantage if we go 2nd.

At the end, I don't want to mention the effect again, it's written like that :v

What we're missing from this deck is Battlin' Boxer Cross Counter. If we had this card with Skill it would be VERY VERY powerful.

Beast

Battlin' Boxer Chief Second (x2)

This card is limited to 2 because it has the effect of a Handtrap. It is mainly used with its 2nd Ability to stop 1 attack, banish 1 enemy monster until the end of the turn and + 1 Body on the field.

In addition, the first effect of adding 1 normal summon will also combine very well if used with Promoter and Skill.

Battlin' Boxer Uppercutter (x3)

The main Searcher of Archetype, it searches almost everything except Spells. Since it searches Counter traps with the word "Counter" in their name, we combine this deck with the Flamvell Counter card.

When going to the grave, we only need to care about the first effect, the second one will not be used. When going to the grave, this will give us 1 more body.

How to use this card is to summon with Promoter -> then search for 1 Battlin' Boxer (mainly Chief Sound ). Note that this card can only be used once per turn.

Battlin' Boxer Promoter (x3)

This is probably the most important card in the deck, it is the starter that kickstarts our entire gameplay. If the opponent has a monster on the field, we can special summon this card without spending a Normal Summon turn, from there it will sacrifice itself to summon 2 Battlin' Boxer FROM THE DECKKK.

In addition, when going to the grave, banishing this card can increase the level of Battlin' Boxer by 1 and this will be the main way for us to summon Battlin Boss XYZ Rank 5. Hearing the 2 effects, we can also understand that this is the soul of the whole gameplay.

Battlin' Boxer Switchitter (x3)

1 very good card to help us flood the field with monsters. If we use this card to revive Chief Second, we will get a bonus of 1 Normal summon, which means +2 cards on the field. Good and not One Per Turn, x3

Battlin' Boxer Shadow (x1)

1 extra card to add body to the field. Because of its effect, it is quite easy to special summon, just draw 1 material from 1 XYZ Battlin' Boxer card. Otherwise, there is nothing, sometimes we just need to summon this card with Promoter

Battlin' Boxer Glassjaw (x1)

This card is only summoned as a body to XYZ, the effect has nothing special.

Battlin' Boxer Veil (x1)

This card has been quite famous since ancient times, Being punched -> Heal Restores base points + 1 body on the field. However, to get 1 body on the field with this card, we have to wait for the enemy to attack us, it's quite slow so we only need x1

Battlin' Boxer Sparrer (x0-1)

This card is really good on turn 1, giving us a free body extremely easily with almost 0 conditions. However, on turn 2 it is a pain because we will not be able to enter the Battle Phase during the turn, not suitable for the Battlin' Boxer deck.

Do not use

Too useless and out of meta, also belongs to the archetype so I put it in but don't use it guys

Spell/Trap & Tech

Battlin' Boxing Spirits (x1)

1 Extender is quite simple, resurrecting 1 Battlin' Boxer from the grave but exchanging 1 card from the top of the deck.

Ring Announcer (x1)

This card, although not having Battlin' Boxer in its name, is still considered an Archetype due to its effect, and can therefore be searched with King Dempsey . It is both an Extender that helps us add bodies to the field and helps us clear enemy Spells/Traps.

Flamvell Counter (x1)

Although it is not an Archetype, it seems to be born for Battlin' Boxer, with the effect of banishing a FIRE monster with 200 DEF (Perfect when paired with UpperCutter), from there we have a 96.69% unblockable Counter Negate Spell/Trap.

As an indispensable part of EndBoard, remember to search it with UpperCutter

Xyz Block (x1-2)

Since our deck is purely XYZ, this card will be quite effective. However, we need to consider whether it is worth drawing 1 material from XYZ Bosses.

Popular tech cards

Wherever you go, Veiler is the most important thing

Extra Deck

Number C79: Battlin' Boxer General Kaiser (x1)

This card can be summoned by Rank-up from Skill. This card is part of Endboard because it has an effect that negates the opponent's special summon (This effect is similar to Steelswarm Roach 's effect, so we cannot negate Fusion & Ritual Summon).

In addition, when Rank-up from Number 79: Nova Kaiser , it will have the effect of stealing enemy monsters as XYZ fuel if they attack. Very strong, making the enemy have to find a way to destroy this card with card effects.

Number C105: Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus (x1)

The 2nd boss of the deck. Can also be Ranked up with Skills. However, its initial effect is not as good as General Kaiser , only has a little burn damage if it destroys an enemy monster with an attack.

If it is Rank-Up from Number 105: Star Cestus , it will have an additional common removal effect: exchange 1 fuel = 1 destroy turn (also burns damage)

Battlin' Boxer Lead Yoke (x2)

This card's effect is not One Per Turn so it can +1600 ATK quite quickly, while also protecting the Battlin' Boxers. 3800 ATK is not a small number in this Duel Links Format, right?

Battlin' Boxer King Dempsey (x2)

KING DEMPSEY Here it is!!. This card is extremely good because it fixes many weaknesses of the deck. First, when summoned, it will immediately search or send to the grave 1 Battlin Monster, Trap or even Spell (something UpperCutter cannot do)

What makes King Dempsey even more special is his ability to protect ALL Battlin' Boxers on the field from being Targeted for the rest of his turn. You don't have to worry about getting Disruption, just Punch freely.

Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus (x1)

Requiring 3 level 4 monsters is a bit much but it's quite easy to summon since we have Skill. It's almost just a stepping stone for us to Rank-Up.

Number 79: Battlin' Boxer Nova Kaiser (x1)

Like number 105, it's just a stepping stone to Rank-Up, no need to care much

Combo

Basic Combo

Combo mockup: Click here to view

Summary

Main combo:

Promoter → GlassJaw and Uppercutter (look for Chief/Switchhitter, but Chief is preferred). Then Dempsey will look for the remaining piece. If you already have the above two, look for something else. Dempsey splits GlassJaw, providing protection, and GlassJaw will restore Promoter or whatever was removed by the ability.

Summon Chief → Switch → GlassJaw → Summon 105 → Use Skill → Get Barian/Counter.
What happens next depends on the match.

Important Note:

Don't always rank up immediately. 105 can beat Hero just by attacking weaker Boxers like Veil .
Rank Up can be used as a feint or rank up on Dempsey .
Promoter can summon from hand if opponent has monster , don't forget the beginning of this effect to extend combo.
Sparrer is useful when going first , but it locks the Battle Phase , so be careful when using it on other turns.
Announcer helps force opponents to use Super Poly .
Turn on "Always Mode ON" to be able to split the King as soon as the opponent draws a card.
Against Hero Rainbow , it is possible to keep King to separate Uppercutter, helping to have monsters on the field after being cleared.
Counter Neos Fusion.

Extra Deck Options:

Castel is not very useful, Exicton is more useful because it can clear the opponent's field.
Nova doesn't appear much , but having it will help trigger C79's second effect when ranking up.
1x Dempsey is enough.

Why should you play 3 Veil sometimes?

This card is so awesome, it's the MVP of the deck.
Sometimes just skipping a turn , the opponent thinks it will win easily and attacks, but Veil can block 2 attacks .
Always try to have Chief on hand to combine with Veil .
Many people forget the second effect of Chief , which helps summon/remove if there is a Warrior (Veil).
If your opponent has 3 monsters on the field and a full Extra Monster Zone , you can banish a monster in the Extra Zone , creating an opportunity to counterattack.

Popular matchups:

LL/Salad → Caesar GG, try to stop Mirage with Veiler as soon as it enters the field .
Hero → Hardest, win by letting 105 commit suicide on their big monster . Caesar is useless, should not be summoned .

How to play Battlin&#39; Boxer