Bamboo Sword Deck Breakdown

DARK 4

(Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY, then target 1 Fusion Monster you control; it gains 1000 ATK/DEF until the end of this turn. If this card is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up: You can add 1 "Invocation" from your Deck to your hand.

FIRE 3

If this card is not equipped with an Equip Card, you take no damage from battles involving this card. If this card is equipped with an Equip Card, it cannot be destroyed by battle and your opponent takes any battle damage you would have taken from battles involving this card. If an Equip Card becomes equipped to this card: You can add 1 "Mikanko" Equip Spell from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Ha-Re the Sword Mikanko" once per turn.

WIND 3

If this card is not equipped with an Equip Card, you take no damage from battles involving this card. If this card is equipped with an Equip Card, it cannot be destroyed by battle and your opponent takes any battle damage you would have taken from battles involving this card. While you control an Equip Card, your opponent cannot target "Mikanko" cards you control with card effects. If either player equips an Equip Card(s) to this card: You can add 1 "Mikanko" Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Hu-Li the Jewel Mikanko" once per turn.

EARTH 2

During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn.

WATER 3

If this card is not equipped with an Equip Card, you take no damage from battles involving this card. If this card is equipped with an Equip Card, it cannot be destroyed by battle and your opponent takes any battle damage you would have taken from battles involving this card. During your opponent's turn, while this card is equipped with an Equip Card (Quick Effect): You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; take control of it until the End Phase. You can only use this effect of "Ni-Ni the Mirror Mikanko" once per turn.

DARK 3

When your opponent activates a monster effect on the field (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the GY. If this card is sent to the GY by card effect (except during the Damage Step): You can Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by placing Fusion Materials mentioned on it from your hand, field, and/or GY, including this card from your GY, on the bottom of the Deck in any order. You can only use each effect of "Tearlaments Havnis" once per turn.

WATER 7

During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, banish 1 "Kashtira" or "Tearlaments" card from your hand or GY. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send the top 3 cards of either player's Deck to the GY. If this card is sent to the GY by card effect: You can send the top 2 cards of your Deck to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Tearlaments Kashtira" once per turn.

DARK 2

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the GY. If this card is sent to the GY by card effect (except during the Damage Step): You can Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by placing Fusion Materials mentioned on it from your hand, field, and/or GY, including this card from your GY, on the bottom of the Deck in any order. You can only use each effect of "Tearlaments Merrli" once per turn.

WATER 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Tearlaments" monster from your Deck to the GY, except "Tearlaments Reinoheart". If this card is sent to the GY by card effect: You can Special Summon this card (but banish it when it leaves the field), and if you do, send 1 "Tearlaments" card from your hand to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Tearlaments Reinoheart" once per turn.

DARK 4

During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, send 1 monster from your hand to the GY, then, send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the GY. If this card is sent to the GY by card effect (except during the Damage Step): You can Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by placing Fusion Materials mentioned on it from your hand, field, and/or GY, including this card from your GY, on the bottom of the Deck in any order. You can only use each effect of "Tearlaments Scheiren" once per turn.

LIGHT 6

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Mikanko Kagura". Cannot be destroyed by battle, also your opponent takes any battle damage you would have taken from battles involving this card. You can only use each of the following effects of "Ohime the Manifested Mikanko" once per turn. You can reveal this card in your hand; add 1 "Mikanko" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Ohime the Manifested Mikanko", then discard 1 card. (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Equip Spell in your GY; equip it to 1 appropriate monster on the field.

FIRE 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that effect. ● Add a card from the Deck to the hand. ● Special Summon from the Deck. ● Send a card from the Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" once per turn.

LIGHT 2

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 Fairy monster from your Deck or Extra Deck to the GY, and if you do, increase this card's Level by that monster's Level, until the end of this turn. If this card is Tributed: You can Special Summon 1 Level 2 or lower Fairy monster from your hand or Deck, except "Diviner of the Herald". You can only use each effect of "Diviner of the Herald" once per turn.

EARTH 3

If you Synchro Summon a "Power Tool" monster or a Level 7 or 8 Dragon monster, this card in your hand can also be used as material. You can only use this effect of "Revolution Synchron" once per turn. If you control a Level 7 or higher Synchro Monster while this card is in your GY: You can send the top card of your Deck to the GY, and if you do, Special Summon this card, also its Level becomes 1. You can only use this effect of "Revolution Synchron" once per Duel.

Spell Continuous

If you activate a "Bamboo Sword" card while this card is already face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone: You can skip your opponent's next Main Phase 1.

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 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

Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand as Fusion Material. If Summoning an "Invoked" Fusion Monster this way, you can also banish monsters from your field and/or either player's GY as Fusion Material. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 of your banished "Aleister the Invoker"; shuffle this card into the Deck, and if you do, add that card to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Invocation" once per turn.

Spell Field

When this card is activated: You can add 1 "Aleister the Invoker" from your Deck to your hand. The activation of your cards and effects that include an effect that Fusion Summons a Fusion Monster cannot be negated, also your opponent's cards and effects cannot activate when a monster is Fusion Summoned this way. You can only activate 1 "Magical Meltdown" per turn.

Spell Equip

The equipped monster cannot be destroyed by card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Mikanko Dance - Mayowashidori" once per turn. At the end of the Damage Step, if your "Mikanko" monster battled: You can target 1 card on the field; return it to the hand. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 "Mikanko" monster in your GY; Special Summon it, and if you do, equip it with this card, but banish it when it leaves the field.

Spell Equip

Special Summon 1 "Mikanko" monster from your hand or GY, and if you do, equip it with this card, then you can Special Summon 1 monster from your opponent's GY to their field, but negate its effects. The equipped monster cannot be destroyed by card effects. You can only activate 1 "Mikanko Fire Dance" per turn.

Spell Equip

Equip only to a "Mikanko" monster. The equipped monster cannot be destroyed by card effects. If a monster(s) is Special Summoned to your opponent's field (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 monster you control and 1 monster your opponent controls; return them to the hand. You can only use this effect of "Mikanko Purification Dance" once per turn.

Spell Equip

The equipped monster cannot be destroyed by card effects. During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon 1 "Mikanko" monster from your hand or Deck, with a different original name than the equipped monster, and if you do, equip it with this card, then return the monster that was previously equipped with this card to the hand. You can only use this effect of "Mikanko Water Arabesque" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Add 1 Level 7 or lower Ritual Monster from your Deck to your hand, then you can add 1 Ritual Spell from your GY to your hand.

Spell Field

When this card is activated: You can add 1 "Tearlaments" monster or 1 "Visas Starfrost" from your Deck to your hand. Fusion Monsters and "Tearlaments" monsters you control gain 500 ATK. If a "Tearlaments" monster(s) you control or in your GY is shuffled into the Deck or Extra Deck (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it. You can only use this effect of "Primeval Planet Perlereino" once per turn. You can only activate 1 "Primeval Planet Perlereino" per turn.

Spell Quick

Special Summon 1 "Mikanko" monster from your hand, ignoring its Summoning conditions, but return it to the hand during your opponent's End Phase. During your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your GY; send 1 "Mikanko" card from your Deck to the GY, except "The Great Mikanko Ceremony". You can only use each effect of "The Great Mikanko Ceremony" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Add 1 "Synchron" Tuner from your Deck to your hand, then send the top card of your Deck to the GY.

Trap Normal

Special Summon 1 "Mikanko" monster from your hand or Deck, then you can equip it with 1 Equip Spell from your hand or GY that can equip to that monster. Banish that monster when it leaves the field. You can only activate 1 "Mikanko Promise" per turn.

Trap Normal

If you control a "Mikanko" monster: Target 1 face-up monster on the field; equip it with 1 Equip Spell from your Deck that can equip to it. If an Equip Spell(s) is sent to your GY, while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can banish this card, then target 1 Equip Spell in your GY; add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Mikanko Rivalry" once per turn.

Trap Normal

Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; equip that face-up monster to 1 "Mikanko" monster you control as an Equip Spell, then if a Ritual Monster Card is on the field, you can inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each Equip Spell you control. You can banish this card from your GY; Special Summon 1 of your "Mikanko" monsters that is banished or in your hand. You can only use each effect of "Mikanko Spiritwalk" once per turn.

Trap Continuous

If you control a "Tearlaments" monster or "Visas Starfrost": You can target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls; negate its effects, then send 1 monster you control to the GY. If this card is sent to the GY by card effect: You can add 1 "Tearlaments" monster from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Tearlaments Sulliek" 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.

DARK 4

"Aleister the Invoker" + 1 DARK monster If a player's monster effect attempts to activate, none of that player's monsters can activate their effects for the rest of this turn while this card is face-up on the field. Each player can attack with only 1 monster during each Battle Phase.

EARTH 8

"Aleister the Invoker" + 1 EARTH monster

LIGHT 9

"Aleister the Invoker" + 1 LIGHT monster Once per turn, when a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated (Quick Effect): You can send the same type of card (Monster, Spell, or Trap) from your hand to the GY; negate the activation, and if you do, banish that card.

FIRE 7

"Aleister the Invoker" + 1 FIRE monster This card gains 200 ATK for each card your opponent controls. This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, once each. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

WIND 5

"Aleister the Invoker" + 1 WIND monster Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; change it to face-down Defense Position.

LIGHT 7

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this effect. During your Main Phase: You can destroy as many cards in the Field Zones as possible (min. 1), and if you do, gain 1000 LP, then you can add 1 Field Spell with a different name than the destroyed card(s), from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Ancient Fairy Dragon" once per turn.

WIND 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner Synchro Monsters Once per turn, when another monster's effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that monster, and if you do that, this card gains ATK equal to the destroyed monster's original ATK until the end of this turn. If this card battles an opponent's Level 5 or higher monster, during damage calculation: This card gains ATK equal to the current ATK of the opponent's monster it is battling during that damage calculation only.

LIGHT 4

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters Any monster sent from the hand or Main Deck to the GY is banished instead. When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. If this card is sent to the GY: You can add 1 Ritual Monster or 1 Ritual Spell from your Deck to your hand.

EARTH 9

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters If this card is Special Summoned: You can equip up to 3 Equip Spells with different names from your Deck and/or GY to this card. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can send 1 of your Equip Spells equipped to this card to the GY, then target 1 Effect Monster on the field; either change its battle position, or until the end of this turn, negate its effects. You can only use each effect of "Power Tool Braver Dragon" once per turn.