Rotation inspired by MBT's own rotation Yugioh Series, but with a lower power level and less of an empathsis on the Yugioh Anime. Our choice of cover card may intially seem strange, but we thought it would help to demonstrate our goals for the format and its direction. 

The core set contains multiple decks to represent yugioh's multiple summoning mechanics and phases in its history.

There are multiples of certain cards to support 4 person drafts

Ritual: Nephthys- Wind deck with an emphasis on destruction. It also has level 2 synergy so look for cards like Soul Scissors and Onibimaru Soul Sweeper.

Fusion: Gem-knight - An infamous deck from Yugioh's history minus the frustrating parts (brilliant fusion and FTKs).

Synchro: T.G. - An archetype of various types and attributes, that combines its original control game plan with its modern combo focus.

Xyz: Time Theif - Our love letter to a lost TCG exclusive archetype. Unfortunately, we found that Time Theif Redoer, their most famous card, was too powerful for the format.

Pendulum: Aggro Pendulum - a combination of various archetypes and pieces, all coming together to create beginner-friendly introduction to the pendulum mechanic. As the name suggests the focus of the deck is taking the aggressive approach, breaking the opponent's board with the powerful  Aether, the Evil Empowering Dragon.

Link: Banish Cyberse - a midrage deck based around gaining card advantage by manipulating cyberse monsters in the banished zone, through use of cards like Dual Assembwurm and Cynet Rollback

Earth-Machine is the core sets most adaptable and fluid deck it is our aim that it will change significantly with upcoming expansion sets based on the cards it gains access to. Potential examples of this include, adding Karakuri to give the deck a synchro slant or Machina to place more weight on the main deck

Removal notes:

As of 15th January 2024- we elected to remove Fissure, Smashing ground and the associated Manticore of Smashing from the core set. This was because we came to the consensus that unconditional removal with no cost was against the design goals of the format. As this was represented by the aforementioned cards, they have been removed. We did not choose to remove monsters such as Mimicking Man-eater Bug at this time as we currently consider the requirement of your normal summon and the need to be set first a significant hinderance. We are currently working on suitable replacements.

As of January 30th 2024. 

Additions: Powered Crawler, Ventdra the Empowered Warrior, Degrade Buster, Time Thief Regulator.

Removed: Dual Assembwurm 

Explanation: Dual Assembwurm has been removed as we had misread it previously. For the Cyberse strategy to function they require a monster which can be summoned by banishing cyberse monsters from the GY. Degrade Buster fits this Criteria.

Powered Crawler and Ventdra have been added to increase the speed of games. As the slow speed of some duels in this format can be a problem for spectators.

Time Thief Regulator has been added to improve the power of the time thief strategy. 

Trap Cards trail period: High Rate Draw, Defense Draw, Bad Aim, Needle Ceiling

If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments of our Rotation deck lists.