Lightsworn Deck Breakdown

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If your opponent Special Summons a Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and/or Link Monster(s) (except during the Damage Step): You can Tribute 1 other LIGHT or DARK monster, then target 1 of those Special Summoned monsters; banish it. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Baldrake" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls; send it to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Druiswurm" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If this card is Special Summoned: You can activate this effect; during the End Phase of this turn, add 1 Dragon monster from your Deck or GY to your hand, except "Bystial Magnamhut". You can only use each effect of "Bystial Magnamhut" once per turn.

DARK 6

You can target 1 LIGHT or DARK monster in either GY; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. This is a Quick Effect if your opponent controls a monster. If this card is sent to the GY: You can send 1 "Bystial" monster or 1 "Branded" Spell/Trap from your Deck to the GY, except "Bystial Saronir". You can only use each effect of "Bystial Saronir" once per turn.

LIGHT 6

You can discard this card; add 1 "Fiendsmith" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can target 1 "Fiendsmith" Equip Card you control and 1 monster on the field; send them to the GY. If this card is in your GY: You can shuffle 1 other LIGHT Fiend monster from your GY into the Deck/Extra Deck; Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith Engraver" once per turn.

WIND 8

If you control "King's Sarcophagus", you can Special Summon this card (from your GY). You can only Special Summon "Hapi, Guidance of Horus" once per turn this way. If another card(s) you control leaves the field by an opponent's card effect, while this card is in your Monster Zone (except during the Damage Step): You can target 2 cards that are banished and/or in the GYs; either add both to the hand or shuffle both into the Deck. You can only use this effect of "Hapi, Guidance of Horus" once per turn.

DARK 8

If you control "King's Sarcophagus", you can Special Summon this card (from your GY). You can only Special Summon "Imsety, Glory of Horus" once per turn this way. You can only use each of the following effects of "Imsety, Glory of Horus" once per turn. You can send 2 cards from your hand to the GY, including this card; add 1 "King's Sarcophagus" from your Deck to your hand, then you can draw 1 card. If another card(s) you control leaves the field by an opponent's card effect, while this card is in your Monster Zone (except during the Damage Step): You can send 1 card on the field to the GY.

LIGHT 4

If you have a "Lightsworn" monster in your GY: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Lightsworn" card from your Deck to the GY, except "Lightsworn Dragonling". If this card is sent to the GY: You can add 1 Dragon monster with 3000 ATK/2600 DEF from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Lightsworn Dragonling" once per turn.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, or if this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Aramasa". If another Reptile monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can Tribute this card instead. You can only use each effect of "Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Aramasa" once per turn.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, or if this card is Tributed: You can target 1 "Mitsurugi" card in your GY or banishment, except "Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Kusanagi"; add it to your hand. If another Reptile monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can Tribute this card instead. You can only use each effect of "Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Kusanagi" once per turn.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, or if this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "Mitsurugi" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. If another Reptile monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can Tribute this card instead. You can only use each effect of "Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Saji" once per turn.

WATER 4

If this card is sent to the GY by a card effect: You can Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use this effect of "Night Sword Serpent" once per turn.

LIGHT 8

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand or GY) by Tributing 1 Level 6 or higher DARK Dragon monster. You can only Special Summon "The Bystial Lubellion" once per turn this way. You can send this card from your hand to the GY; add 1 "Bystial" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "The Bystial Lubellion". During your Main Phase: You can place 1 "Branded" Continuous Spell/Trap from your Deck face-up on your field. You can only use each effect of "The Bystial Lubellion" once per turn.

LIGHT 4

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by a card effect. If this card is sent from your Deck to the GY: Special Summon it.

DARK 6

1 monster equipped with a Monster Card + 1 Fiend Monster Card Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the above cards from your hand and/or field to the GY. You can only control 1 "Necroquip Princess". If a monster(s) is sent from the hand to the GY to activate a card or effect: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Equip 1 of those monsters to this card as an Equip Spell that gives it 500 ATK. ● Draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Necroquip Princess" once per turn.

LIGHT

1 LIGHT Fiend monster You can only Special Summon "Fiendsmith's Requiem(s)" once per turn. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Fiendsmith" monster from your hand or Deck. You can target 1 LIGHT non-Link Fiend monster you control; equip this card from your field or GY to that monster you control as an Equip Spell that gives it 600 ATK. You can only use this effect of "Fiendsmith's Requiem" once per turn.

DARK

2 non-Link Monsters During your opponent's Main Phase, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 Link Monster using materials you control, including this card. You can only use this effect of "I:P Masquerena" once per turn. A Link Monster that used this card as material cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects.

DARK

2 Effect Monsters If this card is Link Summoned using a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster as material: You can target 1 card on the field or in either GY; banish it, also your monsters cannot attack directly this turn. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can target 2 face-up monsters on the field, including a monster you control; banish both until the End Phase. You can only use each effect of "S:P Little Knight" once per turn.

DARK 8

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Mitsurugi Ritual". Monsters your opponent controls lose 800 ATK. You can reveal this card in your hand; Special Summon 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your Deck, then Tribute 1 monster you control. You can only use this effect of "Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi" once per Duel. If this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "Mitsurugi" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi", then you can Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of "Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi" once per turn.

DARK 8

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Mitsurugi Ritual". If this card is Special Summoned: You can destroy all monsters your opponent controls. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can activate this effect; your opponent can discard 1 card, or that effect is negated. If this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "Mitsurugi" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi", then you can Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi" once per turn.

DARK 8

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Mitsurugi Ritual". If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 Reptile monster in your GY, except "Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi"; Special Summon it. You can only activate this effect of "Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi" once per Chain. If this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "Mitsurugi" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi", then you can Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of "Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi" once per turn.

DARK 10

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner Dragon monsters You can target 1 banished LIGHT or DARK monster; Special Summon it to your field. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can target 1 banished card; shuffle it into the Deck, then if you shuffled it into your Deck, destroy that monster, or if you shuffled it into your opponent's Deck, negate that activated effect. You can only use each effect of "Bystial Dis Pater" once per turn.

DARK 10

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner LIGHT or DARK monsters For this card's Synchro Summon, you can treat 1 LIGHT or DARK monster you control as a Tuner. If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 card on the field; banish it. This card gains these effects based on the original Attributes of materials used for its Synchro Summon. ● LIGHT: Synchro Monsters you control are unaffected by monster effects activated by your opponent. ● DARK: Monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle.

LIGHT 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters "Lightsworn" monsters you control cannot be banished by card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Minerva, the Athenian Lightsworn" once per turn. If this card is Synchro Summoned: You can send "Lightsworn" monsters with different Types from your Deck to the GY, up to the number of "Lightsworn" monsters used as this card's material. You can banish up to 4 "Lightsworn" monsters from your GY; send that many cards from the top of your Deck to the GY.

LIGHT 8

1+ Tuners + 1 LIGHT monster This card's name becomes "Visas Starfrost" while on the field. You can only use each of the following effects of "Visas Amritara" once per turn. If this card is Synchro Summoned: You can add 1 Spell/Trap that mentions "Visas Starfrost" from your Deck to your hand. During your Main Phase: You can destroy 1 monster you control, also all Synchro Monsters you control will gain 800 ATK this turn.

LIGHT 4

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by a card effect. If this card is sent from your Deck to the GY by a monster effect: Special Summon it. You can Tribute this card, then target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy that target, then send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the GY.

LIGHT 4

During your Main Phase: You can send the top 2 cards of your Deck to the GY, then if any "Lightsworn" monsters were sent to the GY by this effect, this card gains 200 ATK until the end of your opponent's turn. You can only use this effect of "Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn" once per turn. Once per turn, during your End Phase: Send the top 2 cards of your Deck to the GY.

LIGHT 4

You can place 1 other "Lightsworn" card from your hand on top of the Deck; Special Summon this card from your hand, then send the top 2 cards of your Deck to the GY. If this card is sent from the Deck to the GY: You can target 1 "Lightsworn" monster in your GY, except "Weiss, Lightsworn Archfiend"; Special Summon it. You can only use each effect of "Weiss, Lightsworn Archfiend" once per turn.

WATER

2 Level 6 Fiend monsters When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, then you can make 1 other "D/D" monster you control and this card gain 1800 ATK until the end of this turn. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can add 1 "Dark Contract" card from your Deck to your hand.

LIGHT

2 Level 4 monsters Once per chain, during your Main Phase or your opponent's Battle Phase, if your opponent has more total cards in their hand and field than you do (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; destroy all other cards on the field, also your opponent takes no further damage this turn.

LIGHT

2 Level 4 monsters You can detach 1 material from this card; send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the GY, then draw cards equal to the number of "Lightsworn" cards sent to the GY by this effect. If this card is destroyed by battle, or if this card in its owner's possession is destroyed by an opponent's card effect: You can send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the GY, then you can destroy cards on the field up to the number of "Lightsworn" cards sent to the GY by this effect. You can only use each effect of "Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn" once per turn.

EARTH

2 Level 4 monsters Once per turn, during your Standby Phase, detach 1 material from this card. If you cannot, destroy it. This Attack Position card cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. Your opponent cannot target this Attack Position card with card effects. While this card is in face-up Defense Position, change all face-up monsters on the field to Defense Position, also negate the activated effects of monsters that were in Defense Position when that effect was activated.

FIRE

2 Level 4 monsters You can detach 2 materials from this card, then activate 1 of the following effects; ● Skip your next Draw Phase, also draw 2 cards, then discard 1 card. ● Skip your next Main Phase 1, also Special Summon 1 monster from your GY in Defense Position. ● Skip the Battle Phase of your next turn, also double the ATK of 1 monster you control until the end of this turn. You can only use this effect of "Number 60: Dugares the Timeless" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 Level 8 monsters If this card has a "Photon" card as material, it cannot be destroyed by card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Number 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord" once per turn. ● When an opponent's monster activates its effect (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate that monster's effect, and if the detached material was a "Galaxy" card, destroy that card. ● During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can take 1 "Photon" or "Galaxy" card from your Deck, and either add it to your hand or attach it to this card as material.

DARK

2+ Level 8 monsters If you use a monster(s) with a Level that is owned by your opponent for the Xyz Summon of this card, treat it as Level 8. Neither player can target this card with effects of Special Summoned monsters, except those Special Summoned from the GY. You can detach 1 material from this card; each player sends the top 4 cards from their Deck to the GY, then if any monsters were sent to either GY by this effect, you can Special Summon 1 of those monsters to your field. You can only use this effect of "The Zombie Vampire" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

If a LIGHT or DARK monster(s) is banished (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 of those monsters; place that monster on the bottom of the Deck, and if you do, draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Branded Regained" once per turn. Once per turn, if your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 "Bystial" monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only activate this effect of "Branded Regained" once per Chain.

Spell Normal

Send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the Graveyard; add 1 Level 4 or lower "Lightsworn" monster from your Deck to your hand.

Spell Normal

Add 1 LIGHT Fiend monster from your Deck to your hand, then discard 1 card. You can banish this card from your GY; Fusion Summon 1 "Fiendsmith" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field. You can only use each effect of "Fiendsmith's Tract" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

"Horus" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by card effects that do not target them. You can send 1 card from your hand to the GY; send 1 "Horus" monster from your Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "King's Sarcophagus" up to four times per turn. Once per turn, at the start of the Damage Step, if your "Horus" monster battles an opponent's monster: You can send that opponent's monster to the GY.

Spell Normal

This card can be used to Ritual Summon any Reptile Ritual Monster from your hand or GY. You must also Tribute Reptile monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster. If "Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi", "Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi", or "Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi" you control is Tributed, while this card is in your GY: You can shuffle this card into the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Mitsurugi Mirror" once per turn.

Spell Quick

When you activate this card, you can also Tribute 1 Reptile monster in your hand or field; apply 1 of these effects, or if you Tributed a monster at activation, you can apply both effects in sequence. ● Add 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your Deck to your hand. ● Take 800 damage, then you can Special Summon 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your hand or GY, but it cannot attack directly. You can only activate 1 "Mitsurugi Prayers" per turn.

Spell Normal

This card can be used to Ritual Summon any Reptile Ritual Monster. Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each effect of "Mitsurugi Ritual" once per turn); ● Ritual Summon 1 Reptile Ritual Monster from your Deck, by Tributing Reptile monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal the Level of the Ritual Monster. ● Ritual Summon 1 Reptile Ritual Monster from your hand, by Tributing up to 2 Reptile monsters from your hand, Deck, or field, whose total Levels equal the Level of the Ritual Monster.

Spell Normal

Add 1 Ritual Spell from your Deck to your hand, and add 1 Ritual Monster from your Deck or GY to your hand whose name is listed on that Ritual Spell. You can only activate 1 "Pre-Preparation of Rites" per turn.

Spell Normal

Discard 1 "Lightsworn" monster; draw 2 cards, then send the top 2 cards of your Deck to the GY.

Trap Normal

Target face-up cards your opponent controls, up to the number of "Lightsworn" monsters you control; negate their effects until the end of this turn. If this card is sent from the Deck to the GY: You can Set this card. You can only use each effect of "Lightsworn Aegis" once per turn.

Trap Counter

When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated while you control a Synchro Monster: Negate the activation, then if you have "Visas Starfrost", or a monster with 1500 ATK/2100 DEF, on your field or in your GY, you can destroy that negated card. You can banish this card from your GY, then target up to 3 "Mannadium" monsters in your GY; shuffle them into the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Mannadium Reframing" once per turn.

Trap Normal

When your opponent activates a card or effect: Tribute 1 Level 5 or higher Reptile monster; negate that effect, and if you do, destroy that card. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 Reptile monster in your GY; Special Summon it, and if you do, Tribute 1 other monster you control. You can only use 1 "Mitsurugi Great Purification" effect per turn, and only once that turn.