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Introduction

Swordsoul is a Synchro-based archetype from the Refined Blade Selection Pack, making an impact on the Master Duel metagame immediately upon release after having previously been a top contender in both the TCG and OCG formats.

But why is the deck considered so strong one may ask, well, in this guide I hope to provide a good explanation on why that is, as I'll look at the cards and explain the basics of how Swordsoul works, along with a sample decklist and a brief combo guide.


Swordsoul Core Cards

Main Deck

Swordsoul of Mo Ye

Your most basic of starters, Mo Ye serves as a showcase for the main theme of Swordsoul: Token generation. In particular, Tuner Tokens, something that up to this point had never been done before.

Mo Ye is the Swordsoul name 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 the strongest GY effect out of all Swordsoul monsters. Never go with less than 3.

Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan

If Mo Ye was your most basic starter, then Longyuan is your most basic extender. The discard is basically null since you'll send something that either has a GY effect or can be grabbed back from it, and the 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 versitile toolbox.

Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous

Having more ways to access Mo Ye is simply put fantastic, on top of having a somewhat versitile Special Summon condition AND a Tuner, makes Ecclesia a pretty good card. The only downside is that she is neither a Swordsoul Monster or a Wyrm, making her completly unsearchable and unusable for the effects of your other Swordsoul monsters, which can occasionally be problematic, but that really should not sway you from maxing out on the card whenever Deck space makes it possible.

Swordsoul of Taia


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3 years ago

I have a few combos not mentioned (I'll post the others when I have time):

Ashuna + Vessel

  1. Activate the ability of Tenyi Spirit - Ashuna to summon itself.
  2. Link Summon Monk of the Tenyi using the Ashuna.
  3. Activate the spell Vessel for the Dragon Cycle to discard Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan to your GY and add Tenyi Spirit - Adhara to your hand.
  4. Activate the effect of Tenyi Spirit - Adhara to Summon itself.
  5. Link Summon Crystron Halqifibrax using the two Summoned Monsters.
  6. Use Halqifibrax's effect to Special Summon a Deskbot 001 from Deck.
  7. Link Summon Mecha Phantom Beast Auroradon using Halqifibrax and Deskbot 001.
  8. Activate Auroradon's effect, Summon 3 Level 3 Tokens.
  9. Activate Deskbot 001's GY effect to Special Summon itself.
  10. Synchro Summon Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing using Deskbot 001 and two Tokens.
  11. Activate Auroradon's second effect, tributing itself (and only itself) to destroy the Yazi.
  12. Using Yazi's GY effect, Summon from Deck a Swordsoul of Taia.
  13. Activate Taia's effect, banishing Longyuan from the GY to Summon a Token.
  14. Activate Tenyi Spirit -Ashuna's GY effect to special summon Tenyi Spirit - Adhara from your deck.
  15. Activate Tenyi Spirit - Adhara's GY effect to add Longyuan from your banished pile to your hand.
  16. Synchro summon Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing using Taia and token as material.
  17. Use Tai's GY effect to send Swordsoul of Mo Ye to the GY.
  18. Use Baxia's effect to destroy the token on the field to summon Swordsoul of Mo Ye to the field.
  19. Use Mo Ye's effect to reveal Longyuan in your hand to special summon a token.
  20. Syncro Summon Chaofeng, Phantom of the Yang Zing using Baxia and Adhara as material.
  21. Syncro Summon Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao using Mo Ye and Token as material.
  22. Activate Chixiao's summoned effect to add Swordsoul Blackout to your hand
  23. Chain 2 Mo Ye's effect to draw a card.
  24. Activate Longyuan's effect to discard Swordsoul Blackout from your hadn to special summon itself.
  25. Syncro Summon Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying using Longyhuan and the token.
  26. Use Longyhuans effect to deal damage to opp.

ENDBOARD Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao, Chaofeng, Phantom of the Yang Zing, Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign-Chengying.

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Ashuna + Adhara

  1. Activate the effect of Tenyi Spirit - Ashuna to Summon itself.
  2. Link Summon Monk of the Tenyi using the Ashuna.
  3. Activate the effect of Tenyi Spirit - Adhara to Summon itself.
  4. Link Summon Crystron Halqifibrax using the two Summoned Monsters.
  5. Use Halqifibrax's effect to Special Summon a Deskbot 001 from Deck.
  6. Link Summon Mecha Phantom Beast Auroradon using Halqifibrax and Deskbot 001.
  7. Activate Auroradon's effect, Summon 3 Level 3 Tokens.
  8. Activate Deskbot 001's GY effect to Special Summon itself.
  9. Synchro Summon Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing using Deskbot 001 and two Tokens.
  10. Activate Auroradon's second effect, tributing itself (and only itself) to destroy the Yazi.
  11. Using Yazi's GY effect, Summon from Deck a Swordsoul of Taia.
  12. Activate Tenyi Spirit -Ashuna's GY effect to special summon Tenyi Spirit - Adhara from your deck.
  13. Activate Taia's effect, banishing Monk of the Tenyi from the GY to Summon a Token.
  14. Synchro summon Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing using Taia and token as material.
  15. Use Tai's GY effect to send Swordsoul of Mo Ye to the GY.
  16. Activate Tenyi Spirit - Adhara's GY effect to add Tenyi Spirit - Ashuna from your banished pile to your hand.
  17. Use Baxia's effect to destroy the remaining token on the field to summon Swordsoul of Mo Ye to the field.
  18. Use Mo Ye's effect to reveal Ashuna in your hand to special summon a token.
  19. Syncro Summon Chaofeng, Phantom of the Yang Zing using Baxia and Adhara as material.
  20. Syncro Summon Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao using Mo Ye and Token as material.
  21. Activate Chixiao's summoned effect to add Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan to your hand.
  22. Chain 2 Mo Ye's effect to draw a card.
  23. Activate Longyuan's effect to discard Ashuna from your hand to special summon itself.
  24. Syncro Summon Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying using Longyhuan and the token.
  25. Use Longyhuans effect to deal damage to opp.

ENDBOARD Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao, Chaofeng, Phantom of the Yang Zing, Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign-Chengying.

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Adhara + Tenyi (Vishuda in this Example)

  1. Activate the effect of Tenyi Spirit - Vishuda to Summon itself.
  2. Link Summon Monk of the Tenyi using the Vishuda.
  3. Activate the effect of Tenyi Spirit - Adhara to Summon itself.
  4. Link Summon Crystron Halqifibrax using the two Summoned Monsters.
  5. Use Halqifibrax's effect to Special Summon a Deskbot 001 from Deck.
  6. Link Summon Mecha Phantom Beast Auroradon using Halqifibrax and Deskbot 001.
  7. Activate Auroradon's effect, Summon 3 Level 3 Tokens.
  8. Activate Deskbot 001's GY effect to Special Summon itself.
  9. Synchro Summon Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing using Deskbot 001 and two Tokens.
  10. Activate Auroradon's second effect, tributing itself (and only itself) to destroy the Yazi.
  11. Using Yazi's GY effect, Summon from Deck a Swordsoul of Taia.
  12. Activate Taia's effect, banishing Tenyi Spirit - Vishuda from the GY to Summon a Token.
  13. Synchro summon Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing using Taia and token as material.
  14. Use Tai's GY effect to send Swordsoul of Mo Ye to the GY.
  15. Activate Tenyi Spirit - Adhara's GY effect to add Tenyi Spirit - Vishuda from your banished pile to your hand.
  16. Use Baxia's effect to destroy the remaining token on the field to summon Swordsoul of Mo Ye to the field.
  17. Use Mo Ye's effect to reveal Vishuda in your hand to special summon a token.
  18. Syncro Summon Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao using Mo Ye and Token as material.
  19. Activate Chixiao's summoned effect to add Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan to your hand.
  20. Chain 2 Mo Ye's effect to draw a card.
  21. Activate Longyuan's effect to discard Vishuda from your hand to special summon itself.
  22. Syncro Summon Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying using Longyhuan and the token.
  23. Use Longyhuans effect to deal damage to opp.

ENDBOARD Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao, Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign-Chengying.

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3 years ago

Nice guide, there is more possible play with halqifibrax because denglong, o-lion and jet synchron are not ban in master duel you can make crazier combo.

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3 years ago

*** i wish someone fixed this guide

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3 years ago

Chaofeng Line is wrong, I just tried it in a duel and it fails at step 12: If you summon Chixiao then you no longer have a normal monster on field to be able to activate Adhara. That step needs to be done between steps 9 & 10.

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3 years ago

I didn't see anyone mention this before so I will say it while I have the chance;

If you activate Swordsoul Blackout to "pop" Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying, you can activate it's protection effect as the chain is resolving, and after the chain you can activate the banish effect, making Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying a powerful board breaker.

Also I would like to point out that yes having and seeing 2 Chengyings on your end board for double stat reduction over 1 Baronne de Fluer + Chengying is a win more situation but why wouldn't you want to win more...?

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3 years ago

I never even thought of using the protection for blackout thank you for this knowledge

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3 years ago

The deck is good... I see it win.. But I must be dumb as **** cause I can almost never win with it...

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3 years ago

Definitely needs an update to include qixing

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3 years ago

Is there a reason to play 2 baxia instead of just 1?

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3 years ago

The first Baxia is important in your main combo for getting Mo Ye out of grave after you got her there by whatever means. Tai Ya dump, vessel dump, normal summon to go into Halq without using her effect, etc. The second is just utility going second; bouncing cards, or recovering later in the duel

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3 years ago

Great guide. Although I feel the synergy of Ecclesia's eff in the gy and DPE should have be mentioned.

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3 years ago

What if Ecclesia is the combo starter? Nothing changes? what makes it so good? its a tuner that can be special summoned if you're on the backfoot?

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3 years ago

from what I understood: you can special summon her and tribute immediately to search a mo ye to do all your lines -without using your normal

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3 years ago

Awesome guide ๐Ÿ’ฏ

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3 years ago

i also think denglong would make the auroradon lines way stronger but it will require about 3/4 garnets chiwen,lion-o,9 paths, maybe the water yang zing but you will be able to add at least 1 more omni negate probab;y replace 1 baxia with borreload savage

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3 years ago

I know Tenyi is overall the best option, but I've seen people mess with Zefra instead when it came out in TCG. Opinions on it for master duel?

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3 years ago

Bro I read all Samuel's guides even if I don't like the deck. So clean

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3 years ago

Sometimes I can pull the end board such as Chixiao + Baronne/Chengying + Archnemeses Protos (this guy is so useful as well)

though I did it randomly lol can anyone give us a clear the step by step?

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3 years ago

Ive been running a turn two swordsoul deck and ive been having tons of success with it, howcome people dont run turn two swordsoul (lightning storm, dark ruler no more, etc.)

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3 years ago

The next META deck, swordsoul + Tenyi

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3 years ago

I made a Swordsoul Tenyi Deck. Thanks Samuel!

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