Battleguard Deck Breakdown

EARTH 1

All "Battleguard" monsters you control gain 500 ATK. You can only use each of the following effects of "Battleguard Cadet" once per turn. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Feast of the Wild LV5" from your Deck to your hand. You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 Level 8 Warrior monster from your hand.

EARTH 5

If only your opponent controls a monster, or if you control a LIGHT monster, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 5 LIGHT Warrior monster from your hand. You can only use this effect of "Hayate the Earth Star" once per turn. Once per turn, when your Warrior monster is targeted for an attack: You can make this card lose exactly 500 ATK, and if you do, negate the attack.

EARTH 6

(This card is always treated as a "Millennium" and "Gaia The Fierce Knight" card.) If a Level 5 or higher Monster Card is on the field, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. The Level of any monster your opponent Normal or Special Summons in Attack Position, while this card is in your Monster Zone, is increased by 7. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can send 1 other face-up Level 5 or higher Monster Card you control to the GY; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. You can only use this effect of "Heart of Gaia" once per turn.

LIGHT 5

If this card is Special Summoned (except during the Damage Step): You can pay 500 LP; Fusion Summon 1 Warrior Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as Fusion Material. During your opponent's turn, if this card is in your GY and you control a Level 5 or higher Warrior monster whose current ATK is different from its original ATK (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Kaiki the Unity Star" once per turn.

EARTH 5

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by Tributing 1 LIGHT or EARTH Warrior monster, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to the Tributed monster's original ATK. You can only Special Summon "Kaiza the Hidden Star" once per turn this way. You can banish 1 Warrior monster from your GY; send 1 LIGHT or EARTH Warrior monster from your Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Kaiza the Hidden Star" once per turn.

LIGHT 7

If an EARTH monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned to your field (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 Level 5 or higher Warrior monster you control and 1 Attack Position monster your opponent controls; your monster loses exactly 1500 ATK, and if it does, destroy that opponent's monster. You can only use each effect of "Senko the Skybolt Star" once per turn.

EARTH 5

Cannot be destroyed by Spell/Trap effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Shield of the Millennium Dynasty" once per turn. If this card is in your hand: You can place it in your Spell & Trap Zone as a face-up Continuous Spell. While this card is a Continuous Spell: You can either pay 2000 LP, or reveal 1 "Millennium Ankh" in your hand; Special Summon this card, then you can add 1 "Millennium Ankh" from your Deck to your hand.

LIGHT 5

If only your opponent controls a monster, or if you control an EARTH monster, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 5 EARTH Warrior monster from your hand. You can only use this effect of "Tenma the Sky Star" once per turn. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a card or effect that targets a Warrior monster you control (Quick Effect): You can make this card lose exactly 500 ATK, and if you do, negate the activation, and if you do that, destroy that card.

EARTH 6

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by sending 1 other monster from your hand to the GY, but this card loses 500 ATK. You can only Special Summon "Todoroki the Earthbolt Star" once per turn this way. During the Battle Phase (Quick Effect): You can pay 500 LP; Fusion Summon 1 Warrior Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as material. You can only use this effect of "Todoroki the Earthbolt Star" once per turn.

LIGHT 10

1 LIGHT monster + 2 monsters, except on the field or in the GY This Fusion Summoned card cannot be destroyed by battle. As long as no monsters on your field or GY share an original name with any monster on your opponent's field or GY, monsters you control cannot be destroyed by card effects. You can send from your hand, Deck, or Extra Deck to the GY, 1 monster with the same original name as a monster on your opponent's field or GY, then target 1 monster on their field or GY; banish it.

LIGHT 8

2 Warrior monsters with different Attributes Once per turn, when a card or effect is activated that targets this card (Quick Effect): You can negate that effect, and if you do, destroy 1 card on the field. If this card was Fusion Summoned using only monsters on the field as material, it can make a second attack during each Battle Phase. Once per turn, if this card battles an opponent's monster, during damage calculation (Quick Effect): You can banish 1 Spell from your GY; this card gains ATK equal to half its current DEF, until the end of this turn.

LIGHT 10

2 Level 5 or higher Warrior monsters If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can add 1 Level 5 Warrior monster from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Idaten the Conqueror Star" once per turn. Once per turn: You can discard any number of cards; this card gains 200 ATK for each card discarded. Once per battle, during damage calculation, if this card battles an opponent's monster with an equal or lower Level (Quick Effect): You can make that opponent's monster's ATK 0 during that damage calculation only.

LIGHT 10

1 Level 5 or higher LIGHT Warrior monster + 1 EARTH Warrior monster If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage. If this card battles a monster without a Level, any battle damage this card inflicts to your opponent is doubled. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was destroyed by battle or card effect and sent there this turn: You can target 2 Level 7 or lower Warrior monsters in your GY; Special Summon them. You can only use this effect of "Raijin the Breakbolt Star" once per turn.

DARK 12

"Idaten the Conqueror Star" + 1 Level 5 or higher Warrior monster Once per turn, during the Battle Phase (Quick Effect): You can make the ATK of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls 0. Once per battle, if a monster battles another monster, during damage calculation (Quick Effect): You can make each battling monster gain ATK equal to its own Level x 200, during that damage calculation only. If this Fusion Summoned card you control is destroyed by an opponent's card and sent to your GY: You can Special Summon 1 "Idaten the Conqueror Star" from your Extra Deck. (This is treated as a Fusion Summon.)

FIRE

2 monsters with different names All Warrior monsters on the field gain 500 ATK. If this Link Summoned card is destroyed by battle, or by an opponent's card effect while in its owner's Monster Zone: You can target 1 non-Link Warrior monster in your GY; Special Summon it, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use this effect of "Ferocious Flame Swordsman" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 Level 5 monsters Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 face-up monster on the field and 1 Xyz Monster or "Chronomaly" monster in your GY; that monster on the field gains half the ATK of that monster in the GY (until the end of this turn), then attach that monster from the GY to this card as material. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can detach 2 materials from this card; negate the activation.

LIGHT

2 Level 5 LIGHT monsters Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 card on the field; return that target to the hand.

WIND

2 Level 7 monsters You can also Xyz Summon this card by using a Rank 5 or 6 Xyz Monster you control as material. (Transfer its materials to this card.) If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage.

DARK

2 Level 5 monsters You can detach 1 material from this card, then target 1 Level 5 monster in either GY; Special Summon it to either field. If a face-up Level 5 monster you control is destroyed by battle, or leaves the field by an opponent's card effect, while you control this monster: You can add to your hand or Special Summon, 1 Level 5 monster from your Deck. You can only use each effect of "Imperial Princess Quinquery" once per turn.

DARK

2 Level 12 monsters During the turn, or turn after, your opponent Special Summoned 2 or more monsters from the Extra Deck, you can also Xyz Summon this card by using 1 monster you control with the highest ATK (your choice, if tied). (Transfer its materials to this card.) If you do, you cannot Normal or Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn. While this Xyz Summoned monster is on the field, neither player can activate the effects of monsters with 3000 or more ATK. Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; return 1 monster from the field to the hand.

Spell Continuous

When this card is activated: You can add 1 Level 5 EARTH Warrior monster from your Deck to your hand, then discard 1 card. Once per turn, if a monster(s) is returned from the field to the hand, even during the Damage Step: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Add 1 "Battleguard Rage" or "Battleguard Howling" from your Deck to your hand. ● Change 1 face-up monster on the field to face-down Defense Position. You can only activate 1 "Battleguard Echoes" 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

Special Summon up to 2 Level 5 Warrior-Type monsters from your hand and/or Graveyard, but their effects are negated, also, for the rest of this turn, they cannot attack.

Spell Normal

Send 1 monster from your Deck to the GY.

Spell Normal

Target 1 monster in either GY; Special Summon it.

Spell Normal

Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as Fusion Material.

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.

Trap Normal

Neither player can activate the effects of monsters without a Level in response to this card's activation. Target 1 face-up monster without a Level on the field; for the rest of this turn, any battle damage from battles involving that target is halved, it cannot activate its effects or be destroyed by battle, also its ATK becomes 0.

EARTH 6

(This card is always treated as a "Millennium" and "Gaia The Fierce Knight" card.) If a Level 5 or higher Monster Card is on the field, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. The Level of any monster your opponent Normal or Special Summons in Attack Position, while this card is in your Monster Zone, is increased by 7. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can send 1 other face-up Level 5 or higher Monster Card you control to the GY; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. You can only use this effect of "Heart of Gaia" once per turn.

LIGHT 8

2 Warrior monsters with different Attributes Once per turn, when a card or effect is activated that targets this card (Quick Effect): You can negate that effect, and if you do, destroy 1 card on the field. If this card was Fusion Summoned using only monsters on the field as material, it can make a second attack during each Battle Phase. Once per turn, if this card battles an opponent's monster, during damage calculation (Quick Effect): You can banish 1 Spell from your GY; this card gains ATK equal to half its current DEF, until the end of this turn.

LIGHT

2 Level 5 monsters Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 face-up monster on the field and 1 Xyz Monster or "Chronomaly" monster in your GY; that monster on the field gains half the ATK of that monster in the GY (until the end of this turn), then attach that monster from the GY to this card as material. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can detach 2 materials from this card; negate the activation.

LIGHT

2 Level 5 LIGHT monsters Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 card on the field; return that target to the hand.

DARK

2 Level 12 monsters During the turn, or turn after, your opponent Special Summoned 2 or more monsters from the Extra Deck, you can also Xyz Summon this card by using 1 monster you control with the highest ATK (your choice, if tied). (Transfer its materials to this card.) If you do, you cannot Normal or Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn. While this Xyz Summoned monster is on the field, neither player can activate the effects of monsters with 3000 or more ATK. Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; return 1 monster from the field to the hand.

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

Send 1 monster from your Deck to the GY.

Spell Normal

Target 1 monster in either GY; Special Summon it.

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.