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Yugioh: Staples Every Duelist Should Own 2023

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Ryan McKenna
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No matter what deck you run, every archetype and strategy needs some staples backing them up.

These cards are incredible, able to fit into almost any deck and instantly upgrading them after doing so.

A list of generic cards takes a long, long time to make.

I’ve done it though, in the hope that new and/or returning players know exactly which cards they can afford.

Overall, every player should own every card on this list. Budget-wise, I’ve made it easy to know what to get if you’re short on money.

Or if you’re an experienced player looking to separate your staples from your useless commons, this list contains every staple of every card type to make your life easier!

If you acquire every budget staple on this list, you’ll be right as rain to start dueling casually and being successful.

If you acquire literally every card on this list, you’ll just need a meta archetype and you’ll be winning tournaments!

Updated for 2023. Cards with (B) next to them signify cheap budget options

Also, check out the Ultimate List of Budget Decks!

Engines/Toolboxes

Engines/Toolboxes are a series of cards you can tech into almost any deck.

They work independently to boost the power of your deck, even if the rest of the deck is unrelated to the engine in terms of archetype/attribute/type etc.

The Brilliant Engine for example gets you a Fusion monster easily and an extra Normal Summon, allowing you to make your Link plays a lot faster and/or tribute summon if needed!

  • Danger!
  1. 2 x Danger! Bigfoot!
  2. 1 x Danger! Nessie!
  3. 2 x Danger!? Jackalope?
  4. 2 x Danger!? Tsuchinoko?
  • Interrupted Kaiju Slumber Package
  1. Interrupted Kaiju Slumber
  2. 4 Kaiju monsters
  • Brilliant Engine
  1. Brilliant Fusion (currently banned but may return in future)
  2. Gem-Knight Garnet
  3. Gem-Knight Seraphinite
  • (B) Predaplants
  1. Lonefire Blossom
  2. Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio
  3. Predaplant Darlingtonian Cobra
  • Toon Chimeratech
  1. Toon Table of Contents
  2. Toon Cyber Dragon
  3. Chimeratech Megafleet Drago
  • Spellbook
  1. Spellbook Magician of Prophecy
  2. Spellbook of Secrets
  3. Spellbook of Knowledge
  • Windwitch
  1. Windwitch Ice Bell
  2. Windwitch Glass Bell
  3. Windwitch Snow Bell
  4. Level 7 WIND Synchro
  5. Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon
  • Lightsworn Mill
  1. Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn
  2. Charge of the Light Brigade
  3. Solar Recharge
  • (B) Symphonic Warriors (for an extra Normal Summon and nice pendulum scales)
  1. Symphonic Warrior Guitar x 3
  2. Symphonic Warrior Miccs x 2
  • Frog Level 2 Engine
  1. Swap Frog x 3
  2. Ronintoadin x 2
  3. Dupe Frog x 3
  • Bamboo (extra draw power)
  1. Cursed Bamboo Sword x 3
  2. Golden Bamboo Sword x 3
  3. Broken Bamboo Sword x 1
  4. Foolish Burial Goods x 3
  • Artifacts
  1. Artifact Sanctum x 3
  2. Artifact Scythe x 1-2
  • Super Polymerisation & targets
  1. Starving Venom Fusion Dragon
  2. Mudragon of the Swamp
  • Invoked (Very strong. Which cards you choose depend on the deck you’re putting them in, look up Invoked engines for your archetype)

Monsters

Hand-Traps

Other

Spells

Traps

XYZ

Rank 1

Rank 2

Rank 3

Rank 4

Rank 5

Rank 6

Rank 7

Rank 8

Rank 9

Rank 10

Synchro

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Level 8

Level 9

Level 10

Level 11

Level 12

Link

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

Link 4

Fusion

Comments

30 responses to “Yugioh: Staples Every Duelist Should Own 2023”

  1. Avatar
    Sir Emanon

    Should add Dinowrestler Pankratops in my opinion.

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    1. Ryan McKenna
      Ryan McKenna

      Added, thank you!

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    Alessandro

    Hey Ryan McKenna tnk u so much 4 all u make 4 us! Please continue to help us ever! I was desactualized , but tnks u, ‘m ready to play again my favorite game of all.

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    Robert

    Thanks for this list, but the link for “Clear Wing Synchro Dragon” on the list points to the page for “Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon”, just so you know.

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    1. Ryan McKenna
      Ryan McKenna

      Ahh thanks for finding that, I’ve updated it 🙂

      Reply
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    Frederik Erskov Krogh

    Isolde should be on the list
    Is a generic link 2 monster for Warriors
    And some summer summoner should not
    Stand on this list 2 times Summon Sorceress
    Should be on the list its a generic link 3 monster

    Reply
    1. Ryan McKenna
      Ryan McKenna

      Thanks for the suggestions, I’ve added them!

      Some Summer Summoner definitely should be mentioned though 🙂

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    Robert

    “Extra-Foolish Burial” is currently listed twice.

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    Robert

    Hmm, maybe “Marauding Captain” should be added, as it lets you Special Summon a Level 4 or lower monster from your hand as soon as it’s Normal Summoned. After all, “Goblindbergh” is already on this list.

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    1. Ryan McKenna
      Ryan McKenna

      Great shout! I’ll add it immediately 🙂 thank you

      Reply
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    Ian Strom

    Im.super new to yugioh and I was looking to start a small collection from which i can build decks. This was a great list and I’ll def be using it one question though, what is the (B) for in front of some of the card names.

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    1. Ryan McKenna
      Ryan McKenna

      It says at the top but they’re budget cards. Meaning they don’t cost much 🙂

      Reply
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    Frederik Erskov Krogh

    Super Polymerization in group of spells its at 3 now and everyone should own a playset of it

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    Frederik Erskov Krogh

    add starving venom fusion dragon Salamangreat violet chimera yazi evil of the yang zing level 7 synchro
    Salamangreat Almiraj Psy-framelord lambda sky striker engine to the list

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    Robert

    “Summon Limit” is currently listed twice.

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    Benamrouche

    @Ignister.

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      Benamrouche

      And very important: Creeping Darkness

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    Benamrouche

    Also Cross Over (maybe)

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      Benamrouche

      And Crossout Designator?

      Reply
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    Wilson

    Nice list! I like that you included “Storming Mirror Force” as it works well with “Trickstar Lycoris”. If I can make a small suggestion, I would add “Exchange” and “Trickstar Reincarnation”. The former is great to mess with any opponent who runs an archetype-themed Deck midway through a duel, and the latter is perfect in any Mill Deck, or Draw Engine, especially when combined with the underestimated “Appropriate”.

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    Mike

    Great list, Tenyi Toolbox would be a nice inclusion

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    Robert

    Any generic Pendulum Monsters for this list?

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    Malek

    how many of each card should i own and is there a site where i can find this information?

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    among us man

    most of these cards are either banned or not staples anymore lmao

    Reply
    1. Ryan McKenna
      Ryan McKenna

      They’re always still good to have 🙂

      Any banned/outdated cards will be remarkably cheap to acquire and could very well reach relevance in the future.

      Reply
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    Kaen

    Good Work.
    I would recommend adding the punk and adventure engines
    Also Miradora, Kshatri-la fenrir(when it comes to TCG), Fairy tail – snow, Change of heart, Ultimate Slayer and Icy Dragon’s Prison
    Would also be nice to clean up and remove some of the older staples which have been powercrept (like grand mole).

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    Blaukay

    Love the list! One small package that I’m seeing a lot is the mini frightfur package:

    2x Edge Imp Chain
    2x Frightfur Patchwork

    Really good for grabbing a normal poly in branded, but I’m not super sure if that would be considered a staple set

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    Frederik Erskov Krogh

    Pot of prosperity should be added

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    Elias

    Is an update for 2024 planned?

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      Filip Lescan

      Coming soon!

      Reply

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