Tenyi Swordsoul has been wrecking the ranked ladder for about 2 months now and is clearly Tier one. It is consistent, powerful, great going first AND second, and to top it off, the art is amazing. But, Swordsoul doesn't only help the Tenyi monsters make a Non-effect monster and win, they also help every other deck that uses the Wyrm typing. One such deck is Yang Zing, but more specifically, Zefraniu, Secret of the Yang Zing, and Denglong, First of the Yang Zing (AKA Ding Dong). Ding Dong on its own is amazing for more reasons, but they both search Nine Pillars of Yang Zing, an Omni-Negate that Shuffles into the Deck and procks the Floating effects of the Yang Zing (which notoriously miss timing). On top of this, Zefraniu searches Zefra War, a quick effect pop on the opponent's turn, and Ding Dong can Foolish any Wyrm (Like the Tenyis), is a tuner and can be made off of Adhara + any 4. to facilitate this play, we are playing a Zefra package to help use this and go second. Below is an explanation of each card used in the list and the ratios chosen
<!--more-->
The Zefra package includes 3 Zefra Providence, which is a Search Spell that searches a Search Spell and can protect your Pendulum Scales. Oracle of Zefra is the second Search Spell and can theoretically stack your deck after Synchro with your Zefra, but that effect never matters and you always pop the card with war. For Zefra Monsters other than Zefraniu, we are playing Zefraxi, Treasure of the Yang Zing for a Low Scale searchable off of Emergence, otherwise is the worst card in the Deck. We are also playing 1 Satellarknight Zefrathuban and Stellarknight Zefraxciton as extra scales that also help us go second. And finally, 2 Zefraath, the glue that holds the Zefra package together. It allows you to basically foolish your Zefraniu for summoning and can complete your scales extremely easily. the one bad part about the card is that it is horrid in multiples, so we are only playing two. With the Tenyis, I opted to use less, due to the size of the deck becoming just too big. As for the ratios, Ashuna represents any other of your Tenyi monsters, so we play three. Adhara and Vishuda are both at two just for space, but they are always available to you, so it isn't that big of a deal. Tenyi Spirit - Shthana is at one, is amazing, and should be standard in every build. There have been many games that I have won because of the control game that this card, Shaman of the Tenyi, and Monk of the Tenyi allow. It truly is amazing. Notably, I am not playing Vessel for the Dragon Cycle. In all honesty, I think that Vessel is superfluous for the deck, due to Ding Dong and Taia being better Foolishes for the deck, and you do not generally need the Tenyi search. The Swordsoul engine in this deck is standard so this part isn't as in-depth. The only interesting this here is the 1 Taia, instead of the standard two. This is due to the number of Pendulum monsters in the deck (Reminder that Pendulum monsters only go to the grave if discarded or detached via Xyz Material) conflicting with its effect. The non-archetype cards in this are quite standard. Ash, Maxx "C", and Called By is just the Master Duel tax. Halq is just in there because I already had him, but you can easily cut him. The rest of this will be a quick overview of the interactions and things to know in the deck to play optimally.
- If the chain that Nine Pillars is activated, Destroying Zefraniu, has more activations of cards earlier in the chain, even if they are negated, Zefraniu will miss the timing, not searching War. Don't you just LOVE timing rules :)
- Using the Zefra Yang Zing monsters as a Mo Ye reveal is extremely crucial for some plays, and if you need to search for one, ALWAYS search for Zefraxil. This is due to Zefraniu being almost useless in the hand, unless for a Pendulum Summon (You do need to play 2 just in case you lose access), and Zefraxi being the opposite scale.
- You will most likely not end on an 8 Synchro AND a 10 Synchro, but you will most likely end on one OR the other + Nine Pillars + Monk. Which is most likely better.