Gate Guardian Deck Breakdown

LIGHT 5

You can Set this card from your hand to your Spell & Trap Zone as a Spell. During your opponent's turn, if this Set card in the Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed and sent to your GY: Special Summon it. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card from your hand or face-up field; neither player can banish cards for the rest of this turn.

LIGHT 7

Your opponent cannot target Level 6 or lower "Artmage" monsters you control with card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Artmage Finmel" once per turn. If you control an "Artmage" card: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then you can draw 1 card. During the Main Phase, if you have 3 or more different Monster Types on your field (Quick Effect): You can negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls, also until the end of this turn, their ATK's become halved.

LIGHT 5

The first time this card would be destroyed by battle each turn, it is not destroyed. You can only use each of the following effects of "Artmage Graflare" once per turn. If you control an "Artmage" card: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then you can Set 1 "Artmage" Spell from your Deck. You can target 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls; destroy it. This is a Quick Effect if you have 3 or more different Monster Types on your field.

LIGHT 3

You take no damage from battles involving this card. You can only use each of the following effects of "Artmage Litera" once per turn. If you control an "Artmage" card: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then you can add 1 "Artmage" card from your GY to your hand. During your opponent's Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon 1 "Artmage" monster from your hand or GY, except "Artmage Litera", then return this card from the field to the hand.

EARTH 1

You cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck, except Fusion Monsters. You can only use each of the following effects of "Artmage Power Patron" once per turn. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Fusion Summon 1 "Artmage" Fusion Monster or 1 "Nerva the Power Patron of Creation" from your Extra Deck, using this card you control and monsters from your hand or field. If this card is sent from the hand or field to the GY: You can add 1 "Artmage" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand, with a different name from the cards in your GY.

WIND 1

If a card(s) is added from the Main Deck to your opponent's hand, except during the Draw Phase (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; for the rest of this turn, cards cannot be added from either player's Main Deck to the hand.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add to your hand, or Special Summon, 1 "Power Patron" monster from your Deck. If this card is in your GY: You can shuffle 1 monster from your hand or face-up field into the Deck, and if you do, Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use each effect of "Medius the Pure" once per turn.

WIND 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

LIGHT 8

"Medius the Pure" + 1 "Artmage" monster You can target 1 monster on the field; change its battle position. When your opponent activates a card or effect on the field, if you have 3 or more different Monster Types on your field (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. If this Fusion Summoned card is destroyed: You can Special Summon 1 "Medius the Pure" from your hand, Deck, or banishment. You can only use each effect of "Artmage Diactorus" 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.

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.

DARK 9

3 monsters with different names Must first be Fusion Summoned using only Fusion Materials from your hand and field, with at least 1 monster from each. If this card is Fusion Summoned by a Spell Card or effect: You can draw cards equal to the number of cards used as material from the hand, and if you do, destroy cards your opponent controls equal to the number of cards used as material from the field. You can only use this effect of "Guardian Chimera" once per turn. While "Polymerization" is in your GY, your opponent cannot target this card with card effects.

DARK 4

1 Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster + 1 Spellcaster monster Must first be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the correct Fusion Material Monster Cards you control to the GY. Once per turn, when a monster declares an attack: You can target it; negate the attack, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to that monster's ATK (until the end of this turn), then you can return that monster to the hand.

WATER 4

2 monsters with the same Attribute but different Types Your opponent cannot target this card, or monsters on the field with the same Attribute as this card, with card effects. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can declare 1 Attribute; this card becomes that Attribute until the end of this turn.

EARTH 10

3 "Artmage" monsters Must first be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) in Defense Position by Tributing 3 monsters with different Types. You can only Special Summon "Nerva the Power Patron of Creation(s)" once per turn. While a card is in the Field Zone, this card cannot be destroyed by card effects. Once per turn, when you activate an "Artmage" monster's effect (Quick Effect): You can make the activated effect become "Destroy all cards your opponent controls".

LIGHT 8

1 Dragon monster + 1 Spellcaster monster This card loses 100 ATK for each of your banished cards. While you control this Fusion Summoned card, your opponent cannot activate the effects of Special Summoned Dragon or Spellcaster monsters they control. You can target 1 Dragon and 1 Spellcaster monster in your GY; Special Summon 1, and if you do, place the other on the bottom of the Deck. You can only use this effect of "Secreterion Dragon" once per turn.

DARK 8

2 DARK monsters on the field, except Tokens If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can make this card gain ATK equal to 1 opponent's Special Summoned monster, until the end of this turn. Once per turn: You can target 1 Level 5 or higher monster your opponent controls; until the End Phase, this card's name becomes that monster's original name, and replace this effect with that monster's original effects. If this Fusion Summoned card is destroyed: You can destroy all your opponent's Special Summoned monsters.

DARK

2+ Effect Monsters Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to this card's effect activations. If this card is Link Summoned: You can target 1 Link Monster that was used as material for its Link Summon; this card gains ATK equal to that monster's Link Rating x 1000. You can banish 1 Link Monster from your field or GY; destroy 1 card your opponent controls, also for the rest of this turn, you cannot banish monsters with that same Attribute to activate this effect of "Accesscode Talker".

EARTH

2 monsters with different names If a monster is Special Summoned to a zone this card points to: You can apply the following effects, in sequence, based on the card types of the monster(s) this card points to. ● Ritual: Draw 2 cards, then discard 2 cards. ● Fusion: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your GY. ● Synchro: All monsters you control gain 700 ATK. ● Xyz: All monsters your opponent controls lose 700 ATK. You can only use this effect of "Cross-Sheep" 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.

LIGHT

2+ monsters, including a Spellcaster monster If this card is Link Summoned: Place Spell Counters on this card, equal to the number of Spells on the field and in the GYs. While an "Endymion" card(s) is on the field, your opponent's monsters cannot target this card for attacks. Once per turn, during the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can remove 3 Spell Counters from your field; Special Summon 1 Spellcaster monster from your hand or GY in Defense Position, to your zone this card points to.

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.

Spell Field

During your Main Phase, you can Normal Summon 1 "Medius the Pure", in addition to your Normal Summon/Set (you can only gain this effect once per turn). You can discard 1 Spell/Trap, and declare 1 "Artmage" Monster Card name that is not among the monsters you control and has not been declared for "Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis" this turn; add that monster from your Deck to your hand, also you cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn, except "Artmage" monsters, "Medius the Pure", or from the Extra Deck.

Spell Quick

During the Main Phase: Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field, including an "Artmage" monster, and if a card is in the Field Zone, that monster gains 500 ATK. During your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 3 "Artmage" cards with different names in your GY; shuffle them into the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Artmage Masterwork -Succession-" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

When this card is activated: You can add 1 "Medius the Pure" from your Deck to your hand. You can target 1 face-up monster you control; if that face-up monster would be used as Fusion Material this turn, it can be treated as an "Artmage" monster. You can only use this effect of "Artmage Vandalism -Assault-" once per turn. If "Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis" you control would be destroyed by card effect, you can send this card you control to the GY instead. You can only activate 1 "Artmage Vandalism -Assault-" per turn.

Spell Normal

Place 1 "Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis" from your Deck or GY, face-up in your Field Zone, or if you control "Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis", add 1 "Artmage" card from your Deck to your hand instead, except "Artmage Varnish -Alteration-". When your "Artmage" monster is targeted for an attack: You can banish this card from your GY; negate that attack, then you can Special Summon 1 "Medius the Pure" from your hand. You can only use each effect of "Artmage Varnish -Alteration-" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Change all face-up monsters on the field to face-down Defense Position. During the End Phase of this turn, change as many face-down Defense Position monsters your opponent controls as possible to face-up Defense Position, then your opponent draws cards equal to the number of monsters changed face-up by this effect.

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 Quick

Declare 1 card name; banish 1 of that declared card from your Main Deck, and if you do, negate its effects, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of cards with the same original name, until the end of this turn. You can only activate 1 "Crossout Designator" per turn.

Spell Quick

Send any number of other cards from your hand and/or field to the GY; choose that many Effect Monsters your opponent controls, and until the end of this turn, their ATK is halved, also their effects are negated. In response to this card's activation, your opponent cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with the same original type (Monster/Spell/Trap) as the cards sent to the GY to activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Forbidden Droplet" per turn.

Spell Normal

Reveal 1 Fusion Monster in your Extra Deck and Special Summon, from your hand or Deck, 1 of the Fusion Materials whose name is specifically listed on that card, also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck, except Fusion Monsters, the turn you activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Fusion Deployment" per turn.

Spell Normal

Banish 3 or 6 cards of your choice from your Extra Deck, face-down; for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, any damage your opponent takes is halved, also excavate cards from the top of your Deck equal to the number of cards banished, add 1 excavated card to your hand, place the rest on the bottom of your Deck in any order. You can only activate 1 "Pot of Prosperity" per turn. You cannot draw cards by card effects the turn you activate this card.

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 Normal

Add 1 Field Spell from your Deck to your hand.

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.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during this turn: Set 1 Normal Spell/Trap directly from your Deck, except "Triple Tactics Thrust", or if your opponent controls a monster, you can add it to your hand instead. That Set card cannot be activated this turn. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Thrust" per turn.

Trap Normal

Special Summon 1 "Artmage" monster or 1 "Medius the Pure" from your Deck, also for the rest of this turn, 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. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 "Artmage" monster you control; return that monster to the hand/Extra Deck, and if you do, destroy 1 card your opponent controls. You can only use 1 "Artmage Pact -Awakening-" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

Trap Normal

This turn, any monster sent to the GY is banished instead.

Trap Normal

Declare 1 monster card type (Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Pendulum); for the rest of this turn, neither player can Special Summon monsters of the declared type, also negate the effects of all monsters of that type while they are on the field. You can only activate 1 "Dimensional Barrier" per turn.

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.

Trap Continuous

Each player can only control 1 monster of each Type. If a player controls 2 or more monsters of the same Type, they must send some to the GY so they control no more than 1 monster of that Type.