Bamboo Sword Deck Breakdown

LIGHT 4

1 Synchro Monster + 1 Xyz Monster Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the above cards you control to the GY. (You do not use "Polymerization".) Once per turn: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from your hand. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it. You can only Special Summon "Elder Entity N'tss(s)" once per turn.

DARK 6

2 monsters with the same Type and Attribute, but different names Any battle damage your opponent takes from battles involving this card is doubled. If this card is sent to the GY: You can draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Garura, Wings of Resonant Life" once per turn.

FIRE 1

2 "Infernoid" monsters If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can banish 1 "Infernoid" monster from your GY; send "Infernoid" monsters with different names from your Deck to the GY equal to the banished monster's Level. If this card is sent to the GY or banished: You can add 1 "Void" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Infernoid Evil" once per turn.

DARK

1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster You can only Special Summon "Protoype Sky Striker Ace - Amatsu" once per turn. When a monster your opponent controls with 2000 or more ATK activates its effect (Quick Effect): You can make the activated effect become "Destroy 1 "Sky Striker Ace" Link Monster your opponent controls". When an attack is declared involving this card and an opponent's monster: You can target 1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster you control and 1 card your opponent controls; destroy them. You can only use each effect of "Prototype Sky Striker Ace - Amatsu" once per turn.

WIND

1 non-WIND "Sky Striker Ace" monster You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Hayate(s)" once per turn. This card can attack directly. After damage calculation, if this card battled: You can send 1 "Sky Striker" card from your Deck to the GY.

FIRE

1 non-FIRE "Sky Striker Ace" monster If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 "Sky Striker" Spell in your GY; add it to your hand. Gains 100 ATK for each Spell in your GY. You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Kagari(s)" once per turn.

EARTH

1 non-EARTH "Sky Striker Ace" monster If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; it cannot attack until the end of your opponent's turn. Each time you activate a "Sky Striker" Spell Card, or its effect, gain 100 LP immediately after the card or effect resolves. You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Kaina(s)" once per turn.

WATER

1 non-WATER "Sky Striker Ace" monster Monsters your opponent controls lose 100 ATK/DEF for each Spell in your GY. Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card was Special Summoned this turn: You can add 1 "Sky Striker" Spell from your Deck to your hand, with a name different from the cards in your GY. You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Shizuku(s)" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 "Sky Striker Ace" monsters You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace = Zero(s)" once per turn. Cannot be used as Link Material. If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Sky Striker" Spell from your Deck or GY to your hand. (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace - Raye" and 1 "Sky Striker Ace - Roze" from your Deck and/or GY, then you can destroy 1 card on the field. You can only use 1 "Sky Striker Ace = Zero" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

DARK

3+ Beast, Beast-Warrior, and/or Winged Beast monsters Cannot be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck unless you have 3 or more "Tri-Brigade" Spells/Traps in your GY. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects when you Special Summon a monster(s). When a monster declares an attack: You can banish this card, also banish all cards your opponent controls. If this card is sent to the GY: You can send 1 Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast monster from your Extra Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Tri-Brigade Arms Bucephalus II" once per turn.

EARTH

2 Beast, Beast-Warrior, and/or Winged Beast monsters During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast monster from your hand, also you cannot use monsters as Link Material for the rest of this turn, except Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast monsters. If this card is sent to the GY: You can draw 1 card, then place 1 card from your hand on the bottom of the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Tri-Brigade Ferrijit the Barren Blossom" once per turn.

LIGHT 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters Once per turn, during the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can banish both this face-up card from the field and 1 random card from your opponent's hand, face-up, until your next Standby Phase. Once per turn, during your opponent's Standby Phase: You can target 1 banished card; return it to the GY. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 other card in the GY; shuffle both that card and this card from the GY into the Deck.

LIGHT 6

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters If this card is Special Summoned: You can increase or decrease its Level by 1. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; return it to the hand. You can only use this effect of "Golden Cloud Beast - Malong" once per turn.

DARK

2+ Level 9 monsters If this card is Xyz Summoned: You can send 1 monster from your Extra Deck to the GY. You can target monsters in your GY, up to the number of materials this card has; detach materials from this card equal to the number of those targets in the GY, and if you do, attach those targets to this card. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 face-up card on the field; negate its effects until the end of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Mereologic Aggregator" once per turn.

DARK

2 Level 5 monsters During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card, then target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; change it to face-down Defense Position. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 face-down card on the field; destroy it. You can only use each effect of "Vallon, the Super Psy Skyblaster" once per turn.

Spell Equip

The equipped monster gains 0 ATK.

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.

Spell Normal

Each player chooses 1 card from their Deck, then each player combines it with 4 additional random cards chosen from their Deck by their opponent, then randomly selects 1 of those 5 cards to reveal and add to their hand. Shuffle the rest back into the Decks. You can only activate 1 "Card of Fate" per turn.

Spell Continuous

Once per turn: You can declare 1 card type (Monster, Spell, or Trap); both players reveal the bottom card of their Decks, and if it was the declared card type, they add it to their hand. Otherwise, they place it on top of their Deck. If this face-up card in its owner's Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed by an opponent's card effect: You can make your opponent place 1 card from their hand on the bottom of the Deck.

Spell Equip

The equipped monster gains 0 ATK. You can target 1 other "Bamboo Sword" card you control; return it to the hand, and if you do, the equipped monster can attack your opponent directly this turn. You can only use this effect of "Cursed Bamboo Sword" once per turn. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can add 1 "Bamboo Sword" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Cursed Bamboo Sword".

Spell Normal

Pay half your LP; send 1 monster from your Extra Deck to the GY. You can only activate 1 "Extra-Foolish Burial" per turn. You cannot Set Spells/Traps during the turn you activate this card.

Spell Normal

If you control a "Bamboo Sword" Equip Spell: Draw 2 cards.

Spell Quick

Each player sends 2 cards from their hand to the GY, then draws 2 cards.

Spell Normal

If you have 3 or more cards in your hand: Draw 1 card, and if you do, during the End Phase of this turn, discard your entire hand.

Spell Quick

Target 1 Link Monster you control or in your GY; return it to the Extra Deck, and if you do, draw cards equal to its Link Rating, then place cards from your hand on the bottom of the Deck, in any order, equal to the number of cards you drew. You can only activate 1 "Link Bound" per turn.

Spell Equip

The equipped monster gains 0 ATK. When the equipped monster inflicts battle damage by a direct attack: You can destroy all monsters your opponent controls. You can send this equipped card to the GY; equip 1 "Bamboo Sword" Equip Spell from your Deck to 1 face-up monster on the field, except "Original Bamboo Sword".

Spell Normal

Target 5 monsters in your GY; shuffle all 5 into the Deck, then draw 2 cards.

Spell Quick

If this card is destroyed by the effect of "Mystical Space Typhoon": You can Set this card. Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each of these effects of "Radiant Typhoon Vision" once per turn); ● Draw 2 cards, then if you have a "Radiant Typhoon" card or a Quick-Play Spell in your hand, discard 1 of them, or your entire hand if you don't. ● Add 1 "Mystical Space Typhoon" from your Deck or GY to your hand.

Spell Quick

For the rest of this turn, each time a card(s) is added from the Main Deck or GY to your opponent's hand, except by drawing them, you immediately draw 1 card. You can only activate 1 "Shared Ride" per turn.

Spell Continuous

Once per turn: You can target 1 other card you control; send that card to the GY, also your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to your Spell Card activations for the rest of this turn (even if this card leaves the field). (You can only gain the previous effect once per turn.) Once per turn, during the End Phase: You can Set "Sky Striker" Spells with different names from your GY, up to the number of "Sky Striker" Spell Cards you activated this turn while this card was face-up on your field, but banish them when they leave the field.

Spell Normal

If you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone: Add 1 "Sky Striker" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage!", then, if you have 3 or more Spells in your GY, you can draw 1 card.

Spell Quick

If you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone: You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, except "Sky Striker Ace" monsters, also send 1 other card you control to the GY, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone, and if you have at least 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK "Sky Striker Ace" monsters on your field and/or in your GY, the Summoned monster gains 1000 ATK.

Spell Normal

Discard 1 card; send cards from the top of your Deck to the GY, equal to the number of cards your opponent controls, then draw 1 card and show it. Then, if it was "Slash Draw", send it to the GY, and if you do, destroy as many cards on the field as possible, then inflict 2000 damage to your opponent for each card destroyed and sent to the GY by this effect. If the card you drew was not "Slash Draw", shuffle cards from your GY into your Deck, equal to the number of cards sent from your Deck to the GY by this effect. You can only activate 1 "Slash Draw" per turn.

Spell Quick

Activate only as Chain Link 2 or higher; apply the following effects, depending on the Chain Link number of this card, in sequence (skip over any that do not apply). You cannot activate this card if multiple cards/effects with the same name are in that Chain. ● 2+: Excavate the top cards of your Deck, equal to the Chain Link number of this card, then place them on the top of your Deck in any order. ● 3+: Send the top card of your Deck to the GY. ● 4+: Draw 1 card. You can only activate 1 "Surprise Chain" per turn.

Spell Quick

If you control a Link Monster: Send 1 "Tri-Brigade" card from your Deck or Extra Deck to the GY, then target 1 Effect Monster on the field; apply the following effect based on the type of card sent to the GY. ● Monster: Change the targeted monster's ATK to 0 until the end of this turn. ● Spell: Negate that monster's effects until the end of this turn. ● Trap: Return that monster to the hand. You can only activate 1 "Tri-Brigade Roar" 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.

Spell Normal

Your opponent cannot activate monster effects in response to this card's activation. Send 1 monster from your Extra Deck to the GY, then target 1 monster your opponent controls with the same card type (Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, or Link); shuffle it into the Deck.

Spell Field

When this card is activated: Place 1 "Vaylantz" Field Spell from your Deck face-up in your opponent's Field Zone, except "Vaylantz World - Konig Wissen". If there are 2 cards in the Field Zones: The turn player can target 1 Effect Monster in the opponent's Main Monster Zone, in the same column as one of the monsters they control; they place that opponent's monster face-up as a Continuous Spell in their Spell & Trap Zone in its same column. (If the zone is occupied, destroy the occupying card.) The turn player can only use this effect of "Vaylantz World - Konig Wissen" once per turn.

Spell Field

When this card is activated: Place 1 "Vaylantz" Field Spell from your Deck face-up in your opponent's Field Zone, except "Vaylantz World - Shinra Bansho". If there are 2 cards in the Field Zones: The turn player can target 1 Monster Card in their own Spell & Trap Zone; they Special Summon that card to their own Main Monster Zone in its same column. The turn player can only use this effect of "Vaylantz World - Shinra Bansho" once per turn.

LIGHT 4

1 Synchro Monster + 1 Xyz Monster Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the above cards you control to the GY. (You do not use "Polymerization".) Once per turn: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from your hand. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it. You can only Special Summon "Elder Entity N'tss(s)" once per turn.

DARK 6

2 monsters with the same Type and Attribute, but different names Any battle damage your opponent takes from battles involving this card is doubled. If this card is sent to the GY: You can draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Garura, Wings of Resonant Life" once per turn.

FIRE

1 non-FIRE "Sky Striker Ace" monster If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 "Sky Striker" Spell in your GY; add it to your hand. Gains 100 ATK for each Spell in your GY. You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace - Kagari(s)" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 "Sky Striker Ace" monsters You can only Special Summon "Sky Striker Ace = Zero(s)" once per turn. Cannot be used as Link Material. If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Sky Striker" Spell from your Deck or GY to your hand. (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace - Raye" and 1 "Sky Striker Ace - Roze" from your Deck and/or GY, then you can destroy 1 card on the field. You can only use 1 "Sky Striker Ace = Zero" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

DARK

3+ Beast, Beast-Warrior, and/or Winged Beast monsters Cannot be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck unless you have 3 or more "Tri-Brigade" Spells/Traps in your GY. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects when you Special Summon a monster(s). When a monster declares an attack: You can banish this card, also banish all cards your opponent controls. If this card is sent to the GY: You can send 1 Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast monster from your Extra Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Tri-Brigade Arms Bucephalus II" once per turn.

LIGHT 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters Once per turn, during the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can banish both this face-up card from the field and 1 random card from your opponent's hand, face-up, until your next Standby Phase. Once per turn, during your opponent's Standby Phase: You can target 1 banished card; return it to the GY. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 other card in the GY; shuffle both that card and this card from the GY into the Deck.

DARK

2 Level 5 monsters During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card, then target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; change it to face-down Defense Position. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 face-down card on the field; destroy it. You can only use each effect of "Vallon, the Super Psy Skyblaster" once 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.

Spell Normal

Each player chooses 1 card from their Deck, then each player combines it with 4 additional random cards chosen from their Deck by their opponent, then randomly selects 1 of those 5 cards to reveal and add to their hand. Shuffle the rest back into the Decks. You can only activate 1 "Card of Fate" per turn.

Spell Equip

The equipped monster gains 0 ATK. When the equipped monster inflicts battle damage by a direct attack: You can destroy all monsters your opponent controls. You can send this equipped card to the GY; equip 1 "Bamboo Sword" Equip Spell from your Deck to 1 face-up monster on the field, except "Original Bamboo Sword".

Spell Quick

If this card is destroyed by the effect of "Mystical Space Typhoon": You can Set this card. Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each of these effects of "Radiant Typhoon Vision" once per turn); ● Draw 2 cards, then if you have a "Radiant Typhoon" card or a Quick-Play Spell in your hand, discard 1 of them, or your entire hand if you don't. ● Add 1 "Mystical Space Typhoon" from your Deck or GY to your hand.

Spell Normal

If you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone: Add 1 "Sky Striker" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage!", then, if you have 3 or more Spells in your GY, you can draw 1 card.

Spell Quick

If you control no monsters in your Main Monster Zone: You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, except "Sky Striker Ace" monsters, also send 1 other card you control to the GY, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Sky Striker Ace" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone, and if you have at least 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK "Sky Striker Ace" monsters on your field and/or in your GY, the Summoned monster gains 1000 ATK.

Spell Normal

Discard 1 card; send cards from the top of your Deck to the GY, equal to the number of cards your opponent controls, then draw 1 card and show it. Then, if it was "Slash Draw", send it to the GY, and if you do, destroy as many cards on the field as possible, then inflict 2000 damage to your opponent for each card destroyed and sent to the GY by this effect. If the card you drew was not "Slash Draw", shuffle cards from your GY into your Deck, equal to the number of cards sent from your Deck to the GY by this effect. You can only activate 1 "Slash Draw" per turn.

Spell Quick

Activate only as Chain Link 2 or higher; apply the following effects, depending on the Chain Link number of this card, in sequence (skip over any that do not apply). You cannot activate this card if multiple cards/effects with the same name are in that Chain. ● 2+: Excavate the top cards of your Deck, equal to the Chain Link number of this card, then place them on the top of your Deck in any order. ● 3+: Send the top card of your Deck to the GY. ● 4+: Draw 1 card. You can only activate 1 "Surprise Chain" 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.

Spell Normal

Your opponent cannot activate monster effects in response to this card's activation. Send 1 monster from your Extra Deck to the GY, then target 1 monster your opponent controls with the same card type (Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, or Link); shuffle it into the Deck.

Spell Field

When this card is activated: Place 1 "Vaylantz" Field Spell from your Deck face-up in your opponent's Field Zone, except "Vaylantz World - Konig Wissen". If there are 2 cards in the Field Zones: The turn player can target 1 Effect Monster in the opponent's Main Monster Zone, in the same column as one of the monsters they control; they place that opponent's monster face-up as a Continuous Spell in their Spell & Trap Zone in its same column. (If the zone is occupied, destroy the occupying card.) The turn player can only use this effect of "Vaylantz World - Konig Wissen" once per turn.

Spell Field

When this card is activated: Place 1 "Vaylantz" Field Spell from your Deck face-up in your opponent's Field Zone, except "Vaylantz World - Shinra Bansho". If there are 2 cards in the Field Zones: The turn player can target 1 Monster Card in their own Spell & Trap Zone; they Special Summon that card to their own Main Monster Zone in its same column. The turn player can only use this effect of "Vaylantz World - Shinra Bansho" once per turn.