Instructions for playing and using Tenyi Swordsoul

Swordsoul - an archetype that is quite familiar to Duelists, it must be said that it is very familiar. The card line has also ranked at the top of the meta across many platforms such as OCG, Master Duel and now TCG! If you are a newbie and really want to build yourself a delicious Swordsoul set, I hope you will follow this article to the end!

Sections covered in this guide:

Core

Almost nothing has changed compared to other formats... Maybe it's the Longyuan part that didn't get hit...

Swordsoul of Mo Ye (3x)

Your most basic starter, Mo Ye serves as an introduction to Swordsoul's main theme: Token Generation. Especially Tuner Token, which up to this point has never existed.

Mo Ye is the Swordsoul you'll want to see most often due to its Token spawn effect being the easiest way to get into your level 8 Synchro plays, requiring virtually no setup and also having a strong GY effect Best among all Swordsoul monsters. Never go with less than 3 copies.

The only weakness of this card is that it is susceptible to Infinite and Veiler ! Therefore, you need to be careful when using it!

Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan (2-3x)

If Mo Ye is your most basic starter, then Longyuan is your most basic extender. The discard effect is basically pretty harmless since you'll be sending something that has a GY effect or can be taken back from it, and that effect itself combined with Longyuan's level makes for a very simple Baronne de Fleur Or any Level 10 Synchro Monster in the game, giving you ample space for a flexible toolbox.

In Master Duel, we are used to using only 2 Longyuan, but in other formats, this card is not hit so I think deckslot should optimize 3 cards to make it easier to access bosses early!

Swordsoul of Taia (2x)

Although less desirable as a drawn card than any of your other cards, Taia is a good card and a potential agent in play, especially since it is searchable (like any other card). anything in the Deck) and special GY effects that work very well with Tenyi's effects. In general, there can be 1 or 2 copies in the Main Deck, preferably 2 to avoid bricking...

Incredible Ecclesia the Virtuous (2-3x)

Giving you more ways to access Mo Ye, in addition to having a pretty versatile Special Summon condition AND a Tuner, makes Ecclesia a pretty good card. The only downside is that she is neither a Swordsoul nor a Wyrm Monster, making her completely unsearchable and unusable because of the effects of your other Swordsoul monsters, which can sometimes be a problem. topic, but that doesn't really cost you maximum Deck space .

Archnemeses Protos (0x - Ban)

I like to put it in there already??? :v said but you're already here, just put it in for display...

That said, if you are released, you also need to know the abilities of this card! This card has the ability to completely lock your opponent out of the match thanks to its effect. Even if said effect doesn't end the fight, such as if you choose to be DARK, as you usually do, it can still lock your opponent out of generic OTK activations like Accesscode Talker or Borrelsword Dragon , keep you able to float a turn before you hit your opponent again. It's unbelievable that Konami was able to come up with this card, if I'm being honest. Note that Protos does not need to destroy a monster to apply its floodgate effect (but that Attribute must still be on the field). Since it is immune to destruction, you can always choose DARK for at least no cost.

Tenyi line

Tenyi is the Wyrm line that is easiest to swarm the field with bodies to build Synchro, very suitable for Swordsoul!

To clarify, one of the main drawbacks of pure Swordsoul is that the Deck can sometimes feel a bit weak, lacking both power and even a bit in extended plays (this is compensated for by large number of handtraps), Tenyis overcomes those problems by turning Swordsoul into an almost aggressive combo deck, acting as a starter, extender, and bait for handtraps. The sheer number of things they enable makes them the go-to engine, allowing for more Extra Deck possibilities. The only downside this brings is that the main Tenyi, Ashuna , locks you into Wyrms for the rest of the turn, forcing you to end up on the occasional sub-optimal field set (Also because of this, in some builds won't use Ashuna much...)

Swordsoul Blackout, Swordsoul Emergence and Swordsoul Sacred Summit (Spell&Trap)

We'll talk a bit about Swordsoul Spell&Trap...

Emergence is the Deck's main searcher. At the same time, a great starter with Mo Ye, a great extender with Longyuan and even a potential addition to the endgame deck when used to search Archnemeses Protos , these are 3 very obvious duplicates in any Which build of Swordsoul.
Blackout is an Icarus Attack archetype. Due to its ease of access, it is mostly only used with 1 copy in the game, but it cannot avoid the fact that this is a very stable card when used as a main end-of-court set. you in most of the deck's spread.
And finally there is Sumit, a card you will want to consider using. Being a searchable recycler itself proves to be quite good, however Swordsoul already has quite a few ways to get resources back from GY so that's not a huge priority, its best trading element is that it can increase the level of escalation to synchro in some cases where you need to bring out good monsters.

Extra Deck

Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao (2x)

When it comes to Swordsoul, this is the Extra Deck card that NEEDS to be created. Thanks to Swordsoul Emergence (if not already in use), Chixiao can search any Swordsoul OR Wyrm card in the game when summoned. The second effect is a relatively free disruption to the deck and cannot be chain-blocked, as it does not need to respond directly to activations. Remember that you can only use one of Chixiao's effects per turn .

Note : When summoning Chixiao using Taia or Mo Ye, arrange Chixiao chain link 1, Taia/Mo Ye chain link 2. By doing so, Chixiao will not be affected by Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring while deploying his effect.

Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign - Qixing Longyuan (1x)

Qixing Longyuan is not necessarily a good card, but it is an annoying target and causes opponents to discard first in some situations due to its effect: the ability to completely subtract from opp's life points every time they summon Special recovery, Spell/Trap activation up to 3600 (if used correctly). Not to mention, during that time, you can also banish a card that is being summoned/activated

A small point in this card will help you expand your hand every time you summon another Wyrm Synchro to the field.

Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying (1x)

Chengying is less important, but still a strong monster. In terms of level 10 Synchro, it is superior to Baronne de Fleur , however it is almost always your second best choice. Good protection, a strong banish effect (even if it's not always the easiest to use), and a stat manipulation effect that can get pretty big in the late game make for a great card. Overall article is great.

Baronne de Fleur (1x)

This is the second most important card in the Extra Deck. A generic level 10 Synchro negate is quite easy to create, it can even replace Swordsoul to continue after you're done negating. If you haven't already then this might be a good time to get your hands on Baronne, the card only gets better from this point on.

Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing, Yazi and Evil of the Yang Zing (Yang Zing_s)

Baxia is easily one of your main forms of removal, for both monsters and backrows. It can rarely act as a next extender / extended play by destroying itself (or any of your other cards) to revive monsters in the GY, this is often used as a result. works well with Taia's GY effect, as you can Summon any level 4 or lower Wyrm Monster from your Deck.
And Yazi can be called onto the field with Taia + Emergence/Sacred Summit. Yazi helps you bombard the opp field, then you can jump 1 Swordsoul (usually Mo Ye) to flood the field again.

Chaofeng Phantom of the Yang Zing (1x)

Chaofeng is an auto-win card against Decks that rely on LIGHT Monsters like Invoked (by turning off Invoked Mechaba ) or Drytron (By turning off pretty much everything), or Blue-Eyes, Golden Boy, Cyber Dragon, GE ,.... As Yang Zing's boss, I think I should probably mention it last.

The reason is that you will be summoning this card primarily using Baxia and Adhara, which means your opponent will be completely unable to use any LIGHT effects in your hand, field, GY, anywhere. where. This is especially important because it means that Nibiru, the Primal Being becomes unusable once Chaofeng hits the field, so you always force your opponent to use it, usually before you are Normal Summoned.

However, Chaofeng should never be your primary target, and you should only summon it knowing that you can continue playing with some other cards you have.

Draco Berserker of the Tenyi (1x)

Draco Berserker proves his worth quite well with Swordsoul, being a generic level 8 Wyrm (which is an important factor in synergy with the Tenyi version of the deck) with effects that make it a pretty good card to end and the second effect that makes it up deals the second most damage. You're not really tight on space in the Extra Deck anyway, so in any build I'd recommend using it in one copy.

Toolbox Synchro

There are also other mercenary Synchros that I think are worth adding to your own Extra Deck (not to mention their cost is quite cheap). They are all level 8 and 10, so don't worry too much about their suitability in the deck.

Shaman of the Tenyi and Monk of the Tenyi (Tenyi_s)

Combos MUST go together!

Monk is a body to easily trigger other Tenyi's effs, and is also a 1000ATK beater that punches opp every time you need a push for the game.
Shaman is a good recycle for Swordsoul or Tenyi, due to its ability to continuously bring Wyrms back into the field every time they are sent to the GY!

Tech & Engine

Fusion Package

A small package of this popular Fusion line won't do much harm to your existing card slots. Normally, they will not be used very much because by now Verte Anaconda has been banned, so putting them on the field will also make your combo not very smooth but it is still worth considering to stay on the field. (After all, I'm a child of Master Duel, so I thought I should include her in the article :v)

Crystron Halqifibrax, Deskbot 001 and Mecha Phantom Beast Auroradon (Halqifibrax Auroradon Engine)

An add-on for the Tenyi Engine, this small package adds consistency, power, and resilience to the Deck. Tenyi Monsters will usually be able to go into Halqifibrax before you Normal Summon, and from there by Summoning Deskbot 001 into Auroradon, you'll be able to spawn Baronne de Fleur before being locked into anything important , can remove nibiru or any other handtrap. In addition, this engine also allows for better use of Level 7 Synchro Monsters, especially Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing and since Auroradon can destroy any of your own cards via a second effect , you can get access to the Swordsoul engine with just one play of Halqifibrax, even without a Normal Summon.

But it seems that by now this Engine is no longer useful and has been banned

Pot of Desires (3x)

Your staple pot for consistency. Outside of very rare cases, you hardly have anything you don't want to banish, and when you do, you can take it out of the Deck at a time when you wish to use it or are too tempted to play it. You probably won't care about it, your main engine doesn't rely on any one of these.

There's also a bit of interesting synergy with Chengying, as using Desires will give it a 1000 ATK/DEF boost and knock everything the opponent controls by 1000 ATK/DEF. This is also the reason why we trust using Pot more than Assessment :v Spell is better than Trap, right?

General Tech

:v What else is there to say about these Techs? Too necessary in the current meta. Therefore, if you want to build a deck, you first need to prepare these techs!

Combo

Swordsoul's combos tend to be different from each other but end up relying on similar results, in the end you're always looking for an optimal ending deck that features something around the Chi Xiao , Baronne combo lines de Fleur , Blackout , other Synchro or Protos , now obviously there will be stronger decks than that but they will be a very rare exception.

Most of my featured combos will only show 2 card combos, so you won't see any big ending decks, this is just to get a general feel for the deck and how to act on what you have withdrawn.

Swordsoul of Mo Ye and Tenyi Spirit - Adhara (Mo Ye + Wyrm)

Normal Summon Swordsoul of Mo Ye .
Activate Mo Ye's effect, revealing a Wyrm Monster in your hand to Summon Tokens.
Synchro Summon Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao , using Mo Ye and Token.
Activate Chixiao's effect as Chain Link 1 to search Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan , then use Mo Ye's effect as Chain Link 2 to draw a card.
Activate Longyuan's effect in hand, discarding 1 Wyrm monster you previously revealed to Summon itself and a Token.
Summon Synchro Baronne de Fleur , using Longyuan and Token.
Use Longyuan's GY effect to deal 1200 damage to your opponent.

Yard staging:

Tenyi Spirit - Vishuda and Tenyi Spirit - Ashuna (2 Tenyi)

Activate the effect of Tenyi Spirit - Ashuna to Summon yourself.
Link summons Monk of the Tenyi using Ashuna.
Activate the effect of Tenyi Spirit - Vishuda to Summon yourself.
Activate Ashuna's GY effect, Special Summon from Deck Tenyi Spirit - Adhara . You are now locked into the Wyrms for the rest of the turn
Synchro Summon Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao , using Vishuda and Adhara.
Activate Chixiao's effect, search Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan .
Activate Adhara's GY effect, adding back your banished Ashuna.
Activate Longyuan's effect in hand, discard Ashuna to Summon yourself and Token.
Synchro Summon Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying , using Longyuan and Token.
Use Longyuan's GY effect to deal 1200 damage to your opponent.

Finished pitch:

Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan, Swordsoul of Taia and Swordsoul of Mo Ye (3 Swordsoul)

Normal summon Moye, click eff to reveal 1 Taia from hand and summon 1 Token to the field.
Synchro to Chixiao = Token + Mo Ye. Activate the effect Chixiao chain link 1, Mo Ye chain link 2. Mo Ye grants draw 1, Chixiao allows Sacred Summit.
Go to Longyuan by sending Taia down. Then spawn more Tokens.
Synchro to Baronne de Fleur = Token + Longyuan. Click on Longyuan eff, burn opp 1200 points.
Use Summer Summit, call Taia again. Taia activates eff, banishes any Swordsoul, spawns 1 token.
Synchro to Dragite = Token + Taia. In this step, you can activate the Taia effect to "bury" a Wyrm, here Ashuna goes to the grave to have goods in the next turn.

At the end of the combo, we have 3 negates: 1 negate monster from Chixiao, 1 negate all from Baronne, 1 negate Spell/Trap from Dragite.

Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan and Tenyi Spirit - Ashuna (Longyuan + Ashuna)

Activate the effect of Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan , discard Ashuna to Summon yourself and Token.
Activate Ashuna's GY effect, Special Summon from Deck Tenyi Spirit - Shthana . You are now locked into the Wyrms for the rest of the turn
Synchro Summon Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao , using Shthana and Token.
Activate Chixiao's effect, banishing your copy of Swordsoul Blackout from your Deck.
Activate Blackout's second effect, gain Token.
Synchro Summon Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying , using Longyuan and Token
Use Longyuan's GY effect to deal 1200 damage to your opponent.

Finished pitch:

Swordsoul of Taia, Tenyi Spirit - Ashuna and Tenyi Spirit - Adhara (Chaofeng Line)

Activate the effect of Tenyi Spirit - Ashuna to Summon yourself.
Link summons Monk of the Tenyi using Ashuna.
Activate the effect of Tenyi Spirit - Adhara to Summon itself.
Activate Ashuna's GY effect, Special Summon from Deck Tenyi Spirit - Vishuda . You are now locked into the Wyrms for the rest of the turn
Synchro Summon Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing , uses Vishuda and Adhara.
Using Baxia's resurrection effect, destroy the Monk of the Tenyi to revive Adhara.
Synchro summon Chaofeng, Phantom of the Yang Zing , using Baxia and Adhara. Your opponent is currently not allowed to use LIGHT monster effects , meaning Nibiru is no longer usable after this point.
Normal Summon Swordsoul of Taia .
Activate Taia's effect, banish Baxia from the GY to Summon Tokens.
Synchro Summon Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao , using Taia and Token.
Activate Chixiao's effect, search Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan . (At your option, you can use Taia's GY effect to send any Wyrm you want from the Deck to GY)
Activate Adhara's GY effect, adding back your banished Ashuna.
Activate Longyuan's effect in hand, discard Ashuna to Summon yourself and Token.
Synchro Summon Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying , using Longyuan and Token.
Use Longyuan's GY effect to deal 1200 damage to your opponent.

Finished pitch:

Tenyi Spirit - Ashuna and Swordsoul of Mo Ye (Smallest summon combo)

This combo is intended to be used when you want to play around Nibiru and don't have enough resources to do so effectively, or when you get hit by Maxx "C" and still want to end up based on 1 thing what.

Normal Summon Swordsoul of Mo Ye .
Activate Mo Ye's effect, revealing a Wyrm Monster in your hand to Summon a Token.
Synchro Summon Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao , using Mo Ye and Token.
Activate Chixiao's effect as Chain Link 1 to search for a Swordsoul Blackout , then use Mo Ye's effect as Chain Link 2 to draw a card.

Finished pitch: