Buster Blader Deck Breakdown

Spell Continuous

The activation of your cards and effects that include an effect that Fusion Summons a Fusion Monster cannot be negated, also your opponent cannot activate cards or effects when a monster is Fusion Summoned this way. If you Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster: You can add 1 "Fallen of Albaz", or 1 monster that mentions it, from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Branded Lost" once per turn.

WIND 12

1 Tuner Synchro Monster + 2+ non-Tuner Synchro Monsters Must be Synchro Summoned. (Quick Effect): You can banish this card until the End Phase to activate 1 of these effects; ● When your opponent activates a card or effect: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. ● When your opponent would Summon a monster(s): Negate the Summon, and if you do, destroy that monster(s). ● When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Negate the attack, then end the Battle Phase.

Trap Normal

Send 1 "Destruction Sword" card and 1 "Buster Blader" monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, except "Prologue of the Destruction Swordsman"; Special Summon 1 "Buster Dragon" from your Extra Deck or Graveyard, but destroy it during the End Phase of the next turn. You can banish this card from your Graveyard; this turn, "Destruction Sword" cards you control cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects. You can only activate 1 "Prologue of the Destruction Swordsman" per turn.

LIGHT 8

"Fallen of Albaz" + 1 LIGHT Spellcaster monster Cannot be used as Fusion Material. Your opponent cannot target this card with card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Albion the Sanctifire Dragon" once per turn. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can target 2 monsters in any GY(s); Special Summon both monsters, 1 to each field. If this card is in your GY: You can Tribute 4 monsters, the 2 in the Extra Monster Zones and the 2 in the central Main Monster Zones, and if you do, Special Summon this card.

Trap Normal

Target 1 "Despia" monster or 1 Level 8 or higher Fusion Monster in your GY; Special Summon it, then you can apply this effect. ● Fusion Summon 1 Level 8 or higher Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by banishing Fusion Materials listed on it from either field. You can only activate 1 "Branded Banishment" per turn.

DARK 4

When your opponent activates a monster effect, while you control a Fusion Monster that mentions "Fallen of Albaz" as material (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand or face-up field to the GY; negate that effect. If this card is banished: You can add from your Deck to your hand, 1 "Fallen of Albaz", or 1 monster that mentions it, except "Tri-Brigade Mercourier". You can only use each effect of "Tri-Brigade Mercourier" once per turn.

DARK 8

This card's name becomes "Fallen of Albaz" while on the field or in the GY. If this card is in your hand or GY: You can send 1 "Fallen of Albaz" or 1 "Branded" Spell/Trap from your hand or Deck to the GY; apply the following effect based on where you sent it from. ● Hand: Special Summon this card. ● Deck: Place this card on the bottom of the Deck, then, if you placed this card from your hand, draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Albion the Shrouded Dragon" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Discard 1 card, then take 1 "Despia" monster from your Deck, and either add it to your hand or Special Summon it in Defense Position, also for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck, except Fusion Monsters. If a Fusion Monster(s) you control would be destroyed by card effect, you can banish this card from your GY instead. You can only use each effect of "Branded Opening" once per turn.

Spell Normal

If you control no face-up cards: Activate 1 of these effects; ● Destroy all Attack Position monsters your opponent controls. ● Destroy all Spells and Traps your opponent controls. You can only activate 1 "Lightning Storm" per turn.

LIGHT 8

1 "Despia" monster + 1 LIGHT or DARK monster During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can change the ATK of all monsters currently on the field to 0 until the end of this turn, except Level 8 or higher Fusion Monsters. If this face-up card in its owner's control leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can add to your hand, or Special Summon, 1 "Fallen of Albaz" or 1 "Despia" monster, from your Deck. You can only use each effect of "Despian Quaeritis" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Send 1 monster from your hand to the GY; Special Summon 1 Level 1 monster from your hand or Deck.

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.

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.

DARK 8

"Fallen of Albaz" + 1 LIGHT monster If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can Fusion Summon 1 Level 8 or lower Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, except "Albion the Branded Dragon", by banishing Fusion Materials mentioned on it from your hand, field, and/or GY. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there this turn: You can add to your hand or Set 1 "Branded" Spell/Trap directly from your Deck. You can only use each effect of "Albion the Branded Dragon" once per turn.

LIGHT 12

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 Spell/Trap that mentions "Crimson Dragon" from your Deck to your hand. (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Level 7 or higher Synchro Monster on the field, except "Crimson Dragon"; return this card to the Extra Deck, and if you do, Special Summon 1 Dragon Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck with the same Level as the targeted monster. (This is treated as a Synchro Summon.) You can only use each effect of "Crimson Dragon" once per turn.

Trap Counter

When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster(s): Return to the Extra Deck, 1 face-up Fusion Monster you control, or 2 Fusion Monsters in your GY, that mention "Fallen of Albaz" as material, and if you do, negate the activation, and if you do that, destroy that card. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 "Branded" Spell/Trap in your GY, except "Branded Retribution"; add it to your hand. You can only use 1 "Branded Retribution" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

Spell Quick

Discard 1 card; Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from either field as Fusion Material. Neither player can activate cards or effects in response to this card's activation.

Spell Quick

Target 1 "Despia" monster or "Fallen of Albaz" in your GY; add it to your hand, then you can apply the following effect. ● Fusion Summon 1 Level 8 or higher Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by banishing Fusion Materials mentioned on it from your hand or field, but it cannot attack directly this turn. You can only activate 1 "Branded in Red" 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.

LIGHT 12

1 Level 4 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters Once per turn, if a card(s) leaves the Extra Deck (except during the Damage Step): You can make all monsters you currently control gain 500 ATK (permanently), then you can negate the effects of 1 face-up card on the field, until the end of this turn. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there this turn: You can Special Summon 1 LIGHT Spellcaster monster from your hand or Deck whose ATK equals its own DEF. You can only use this effect of "Despian Luluwalilith" 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 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.

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.

DARK 88

[ Pendulum Effect ] You can target any number of "Dark Contract" cards you control; destroy them, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your Pendulum Zone, then you can increase or decrease its Level by the number destroyed. You can only use this effect of "D/D/D Vice King Requiem" once per turn. [ Monster Effect ] You cannot Special Summon monsters, except "D/D/D" monsters. A "D/D/D" monster that was Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Summoned using this card on the field as material gains this effect. ● Once per turn: You can target 1 card on the field; shuffle 1 "Dark Contract" card from your field or GY into the Deck, and if you do, destroy that target, then gain 1000 LP. You can only use this effect of "D/D/D Vice King Requiem" once per turn.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Branded" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. If a face-up Fusion Monster you control is destroyed by battle, or leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect, while this card is in your GY: You can target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls; Special Summon this card, and if you do, negate the targeted monster's effects until the end of this turn. You can only use 1 "Aluber the Jester of Despia" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

DARK 11

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 3 monsters with different Attributes from your GY and/or face-up field. Cannot be destroyed by card effects. You can declare 1 monster Attribute on the field; destroy all monsters on the field with that Attribute, also until the end of the next turn, neither player can Special Summon monsters with that Attribute. You can only use this effect of "Archnemeses Protos" once per turn.

LIGHT 8

1 DARK monster + "Fallen of Albaz" If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can discard 1 card; Fusion Summon 1 Level 8 or lower Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, except "Lubellion the Searing Dragon", by shuffling Fusion Materials mentioned on it into the Deck, from your monsters on the field, GY, and/or face-up banished cards. For the rest of this turn, this card cannot attack, also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck, except Fusion Monsters. You can only use this effect of "Lubellion the Searing Dragon" once per turn.

DARK 8

1 "Fallen of Albaz" + 1+ Dragon monsters Cannot be used as Fusion Material. Must be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned by sending the above cards from any Monster Zones to the GY. This card can attack monsters a number of times each Battle Phase, up to the number of materials used for it. Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there this turn: You can add 1 "Polymerization" Normal Spell or "Fusion" Normal Spell from your Deck to your hand.

DARK 4

If you have a Fusion Monster that mentions "Fallen of Albaz" as material on your field or in your GY: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add to your hand, 1 of your "Branded" Spells/Traps that is banished or in your Deck or GY, then place 1 card from your hand on the bottom of the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Springans Kitt" once per turn.

Spell Normal

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

LIGHT

4+ Effect Monsters You can also use 1 monster your opponent controls as material to Link Summon this card. If this card is Link Summoned: You can negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls. This Link Summoned card is unaffected by your opponent's activated effects, unless they target this card. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a card or effect that Special Summons a monster(s) from the GY (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation.

Spell Normal

Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as material, including a Dragon monster. You can also banish monsters from your GY as material, if you use "Fallen of Albaz" as Fusion Material from your hand, field, or by banishing itself from your GY. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there to activate the effect of "Fallen of Albaz" this turn: You can Set this card. You can only use each effect of "Branded in White" once per turn.

LIGHT 8

1 "Buster Blader" + 1 Dragon-Type monster Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. This card cannot attack directly. This card gains 1000 ATK and DEF for each Dragon-Type monster your opponent controls or is in their Graveyard. Change all Dragon-Type monsters your opponent controls to Defense Position, also Dragon-Type monsters in your opponent's possession cannot activate their effects. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

DARK 8

"Fallen of Albaz" + 1 Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster You can only control 1 "Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon". Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can send 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck to the GY that mentions "Fallen of Albaz" as material; banish 1 monster on the field, also this card cannot use this effect next turn. If this Fusion Summoned card in its owner's control leaves the field because of an opponent's card: You can destroy all monsters your opponent controls during the End Phase of this turn.

DARK 8

1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters All monsters your opponent controls become Dragon-Type. Once per turn, if you do not control a "Buster Blader" monster: You can target 1 "Buster Blader" in your Graveyard; Special Summon it. Once per turn, during your opponent's turn: You can target 1 "Buster Blader" monster you control; equip it with 1 "Destruction Sword" monster from your Graveyard (this is a Quick Effect).

LIGHT 1

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can add 1 "Destruction Sword" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Buster Whelp of the Destruction Swordsman". You can only use 1 of the following effects of "Buster Whelp of the Destruction Swordsman" per turn, and only once that turn. ● You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Buster Blader" from your hand or Graveyard. ● If this card is in your Graveyard and you control "Buster Blader": You can discard 1 "Destruction Sword" card; Special Summon this card.

Trap Normal

Tribute 1 face-up monster; Special Summon 1 monster that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set and mentions "Max Metalmorph" from your hand, Deck, or GY, then you can equip this card to it with the following effect. ● The equipped monster gains 400 ATK/DEF, it cannot be destroyed by Spell or monster effects, also your opponent cannot target it with monster effects or Spell Cards or effects. You can only activate 1 "Max Metalmorph" per turn.

Spell Normal

Send 1 monster from your Deck to the GY.

DARK 8

"Fallen of Albaz" + 1 monster with 2500 or more ATK Gains ATK equal to the combined original Levels of the monsters used for its Fusion Summon x 100. After this card is Fusion Summoned, for the rest of this turn, it is unaffected by the activated effects of any other monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there this turn: You can add to your hand, or Special Summon, 1 "Fallen of Albaz" or "Dogmatika" monster from your Deck. You can only use this effect of "Titaniklad the Ash Dragon" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 monsters If this card is Link Summoned: You can send 1 "Destruction Sword" card from your Deck to the GY, then, you can Special Summon 1 "Buster Blader" monster from your hand. At the end of your Battle Phase, if your opponent controls no monsters: You can target 1 "Buster Blader" monster you control that did not declare an attack this turn; inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK. You can only use each effect of "Protector Whelp of the Destruction Swordsman" once per turn.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned (except during the Damage Step): You can discard 1 card; Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters on either field as Fusion Material, including this card, but you cannot use other monsters you control as Fusion Material. You can only use this effect of "Fallen of Albaz" once per turn.

DARK 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters This card's name becomes "Red Dragon Archfiend" while it is on the field or in the GY. Once per turn: You can destroy as many Special Summoned Effect Monsters on the field as possible with ATK less than or equal to this card's (other than this card), then inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each monster destroyed.

EARTH 7

Gains 500 ATK for each Dragon monster your opponent controls or is in their GY.

DARK 4

This card's name becomes "Fallen of Albaz" while on the field or in the GY. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can discard 1 card, then target 1 Dragon monster your opponent controls or in their GY, and activate the appropriate effect; ● Send this card to the GY, and if you do, take control of that monster on the field until the End Phase. ● Send this card to the GY, and if you do, Special Summon that monster from the GY to your field. You can only use this effect of "The Bystial Aluber" once per turn.

DARK 8

"Fallen of Albaz" + 1 Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast monster When a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster's effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can negate that effect, then you can return 1 monster from the field to the hand. During your opponent's turn, while this card is in your GY (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Fallen of Albaz" in your GY; Special Summon either that monster or this card, and banish the other. You can only use each effect of "Rindbrumm the Striking Dragon" once per turn.

DARK 8

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned with "Max Metalmorph" that was activated by Tributing a Level 5 or higher Dragon monster. You can reveal this card in your hand; Set 1 "Metalmorph" Trap from your Deck, and if you do, shuffle this card into the Deck. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, then you can inflict damage to your opponent equal to the original ATK of 1 Attack Position monster your opponent controls. You can only use each effect of "Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal Dragon" once per turn.

DARK 1

You can target 1 "Buster Blader" you control; equip this monster from your hand or your side of the field to that target. While this card is equipped to a monster, your opponent cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck. While this card is equipped to a monster: You can Special Summon this equipped card. You can only use this effect of "Dragon Buster Destruction Sword" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster that mentions "Fallen of Albaz" as material from your Extra Deck, using 2 monsters from your hand, Deck, or field as Fusion Material. You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck, except Fusion Monsters, the turn you activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Branded Fusion" per turn.

Trap Continuous

During either player's turn, you can: Immediately after this effect resolves, Synchro Summon 1 Synchro Monster, using monsters you control as material, including a Dragon monster. You can only use this effect of "Etude of the Branded" once per turn. While you control a "Bystial" monster, banish any monsters that would be sent to your opponent's GY as Tributes for their Ritual Summon, or as material for their Fusion, Synchro, or Link Summon.

DARK 7

When your opponent Special Summons a monster (except during the Damage Step): You can discard 1 card; Special Summon this card from your hand. Your opponent cannot banish cards.

LIGHT 8

"Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous" + 1 LIGHT or DARK monster If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can send 1 Level 6 or higher LIGHT or DARK monster from your Deck or Extra Deck to the GY. If a monster is Special Summoned by your opponent's activated monster effect (except during the Damage Step): You can banish this card from your field or GY; Special Summon 1 "Dogmatika" monster from your Deck or 1 "Despia" monster from your Extra Deck. You can only use each effect of "Granguignol the Dusk Dragon" once per turn.

LIGHT 4

If you control "Fallen of Albaz" or it is in your GY: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Fusion Summon 1 Level 8 or higher Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as material. During the End Phase, if a Fusion Monster(s) was sent to your GY this turn: You can add this card from the GY to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous" 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.

WIND 9

3 Link Monsters Must first be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned from your Extra Deck by Tributing the above cards you control (in which case you do not use "Polymerization"). This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls once each. When an attack is declared involving this card and an opponent's Link Monster: You can banish 1 Link Monster with the same Link Rating as that monster from your field or GY; destroy that opponent's monster, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK.

Trap Normal

Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; negate its effects (until the end of this turn), then, if this card was Set before activation and is on the field at resolution, for the rest of this turn all other Spell/Trap effects in this column are negated. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from your hand.

LIGHT 4

(This card is always treated as a "Dogmatika" and "Despia" card.) If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Fallen of Albaz" or 1 card that mentions it from your Deck to the GY. If a card(s) leaves the Extra Deck (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 "Fallen of Albaz", or 1 monster that mentions it, in your GY, except "Guiding Quem, the Virtuous"; Special Summon it. You can only use each effect of "Guiding Quem, the Virtuous" once per turn.

DARK

3+ Effect Monsters Neither player can target this card with monster effects. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; it loses 500 ATK/DEF. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to this effect's activation. At the start of the Damage Step, if this card attacks an opponent's monster: You can place that opponent's monster in a zone this card points to and take control of it, but send it to the GY during the End Phase of the next turn.

DARK 8

2 DARK Dragon monsters (Quick Effect): You can target 1 monster you control and 1 card your opponent controls; destroy them. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 DARK Link Monster in your GY; Special Summon it, but it cannot activate its effects this turn. You can only use each effect of "Borreload Furious Dragon" once per turn.

Trap Normal

Discard 1 "Destruction Sword" card; Special Summon 1 "Buster Blader" monster from the Deck. You can banish this card from your Graveyard; Fusion Summon 1 "Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman" from your Extra Deck, by banishing Fusion Materials listed on it from your Graveyard.