Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Tier List! | POST-Dec 2024 Duelist Cup

[@GlacierMoonDragon]

40 card Tear still goes crazy imo and nothing changed about it since last banlist. I put it at it takes a really good pilot.

[@ramus93]

@@GlacierMoonDragon yeah ive seen it pop up in the duelist cup pretty often it can still go crazy in the right persons hands but then again im playing dark magician so who am i to say if its strong or not 🤣

[@AnotherCasualPlayer]

I agree, that's the only deck my chimera yubel deck consistantly struggles to beat and the gimmick ftk if i have no handtraps.

[@hey_its_branden]

not having rescue ace on the list is crazy

[@luizfa17]

Rescue ace is good , but the best deck of the format IS tenpai , and tenpai destroys r ace

[@kellyd1910]

Ummm 🫤

[@ruizhang3578]

​ @luizfa17 RACE is amazing, but this format is basically dealing with board wipes and back rows. Also you can’t deal with the field spell of tenpai, really doubt how you will win against them

[@hey_its_branden]

@@luizfa17 didnt say it was the best just that it should be on the list

[@luizfa17]

@hey_its_branden and i didnt say that shouldnt, did I?

[@seph2686]

No mathmech is crazy lol

[@greenecarlos93]

He never mentions math mech

[@seph2686]

@greenecarlos93 exactly that's the point lol I was saying no mathmech on the tier list is crazy

[@greenecarlos93]

@@seph2686 I’m hip I’m just letting you know I’ve been leaving this same comment for months and he had in one tier list I believe but generally just goes right over it which is weird because majority of mathmech is also maliss

[@joaquinchua3348]

​@@greenecarlos93 why does he not mention mathmech? Does he hate the deck?

[@seph2686]

@greenecarlos93 ah I'm with ya now I thought u were confused with how I put it in the post. I'm pretty sure cali knows its a strong deck I'm positive he's given it high praise before but I'm surprised it's not on the list. Yeah in comparison to maliss the main differences I think is the fact maliss cards can play through shifter and get a bit more follow up out of their combo lines but no matter what mathmech is still strong af in md

[@chisquare5701]

Labyrinth is only 'balanced' against the other 7 decks on this list (ANTHING that makes a MD tierlist is definitionally imbalanced.) Labyrinth makes more moves on my turn than me, All The Time.... It's not balanced.

[@kimjung-un8204]

Right, how dare they play traps 😅

[@bossanova3292]

It's a floodgates deck, that's all they run.

[@chisquare5701]

@kimjung-un8204 I don't see how your logic flows🤨. I play traps, too. The original comment still stands.

[@ayham613]

yeah that's what traps are , interact with opponent .

[@bigredwhale]

Lab is a whacko-deck that does nothing but make duels painfully lingering. Their interactions are no better than stun decks

[@ejstephens7918]

Forget the tier list. I'm getting to DLV max with the Hungry Burger

[@iCoNAmp]

That’s dope, what’s your lvl rn? Just started it yesterday at 17 w/ DM .. so close

[@ejstephens7918]

@iCoNAmp I think I'm at 17 too. I just haven't gotten to play a ton yet, I've been cruising through so far

[@thacool101]

damn flame swordsman didn't even make the cut 😂 ill just be over here

[@Loli_Miku39]

Your not a real deck... keep your 60 card pile bs outta here.

[@thacool101]

@@Loli_Miku39lol guess you don't like fun🤷🏿‍♂️

[@ramus93]

Just crafted it for the duelist cup lol its a struggle but i love it lol

[@kimjung-un8204]

​@@thacool101fun is subjective 😅

[@bossanova3292]

It's more of am infernoble deck, which should be on the list.

[@obskewerd3992]

Tear isn’t dead no way. My Turn Skip Tearlaments goes insane 🤙

[@isaacx2718]

Branded is a pretty good board breaker and can work pretty good with tears, and I even seen some branded white forest that somehow worked.

[@hubrisir7646]

What's the deck on the left of the Top tier? I am a returning player after like 12 years so I still don't know all the decks name lol

[@nullanvoid7215]

Tear being in crossplay off with the amount of negates & interruptions it puts up is wild. 40/41 card Tear just takes a good pilot

[@davidvelasco6385]

Been using scareclaw kashtira and it got me to master V easily. It destroys tenpai easily

[@Chris-CC]

Im glad to see yugi's deck here it actually can fight back against meta when you combine horus and shining sarc.

[@NightyKnight09]

I think white forest centurion is really solid but requires you to really know both archetypes really really well. There’s still cards missing in MD that’s out in the tcg and ocg so hopefully it’ll improve because the biggest weakness I’m feeling with the deck is it’s clunkiness if you open two normal summons from either archetype

[@onyxguardian5122]

Im sad that dinos is so low. That was the second deck I ever made in MD when it first came out

[@ramus93]

@@onyxguardian5122 i mean they are still strong in the right hands but they like all of the decks when md first came out have been powercrept

[@timaeus22222]

I'm surprised at where you put Purrely, but also happy because it's one of my favorite decks. :-)

[@DTR81475]

Everyone should play Gimmick Puppets for a bit, and see how fragile the standard FTK combo is. Bystials, Droll, DD Crow and Grave Yard hate stops it. You do however get lots of unearned wins. People quit all the time right before you run out of extension

[@kimjung-un8204]

They always have called by when I try to droll them 😅

[@CSavoy1595]

Lots of things stop them, the problem is that not always you have the necessary cards on your hand or they can negate it with a Called By or Crossout. In a BO1 or a BO3 w/o a side deck they can win a lot because of that.

[@kimjung-un8204]

@@CSavoy1595 just draw the out 🤣🤣

[@jawhongeralds]

That's why they have so many ways to still burn you or win with attacks. Don't let a few wins on people learning the deck that you would get the same play on those who know the deck.

[@JollyHaku]

Branded definitely takes a good pilot. Mirrorjade pass isn't something I've done unless it's my only option. Depending on the branded deck i play (yes I've built like a couple on MD), and those options are Branded Chimera (current), Branded Shaddoll (current), Branded True Draco (current), Branded Darklords (when Fusion was at 3) So yeah, branded definitely takes a good pilot if you're going to use branded with another archetype which is probably the preferred way to play and it's why you see it in Master Rank because pure branded isn't as good as having branded with another archerype.

[@user-ib4vp3ju7z]

I had to go back crawling to Kashtira after my Vanquish Soul failed to make a dent in Duelist Cup

[@Ponticus]

Hey man iam Sorry iam New Player and not Familiar with all the Decks whats the 2nd Deck after Voicelesse Voice ? Can you put all Deck Names in the Description or at the End of Video ?

[@Snom_on_a_Bench]

Marincess got Aqua Angel from the new pack and it still didn't even make the list. Imma go cry in the corner rq.

[@Noobscodee]

It’s an underrated deck I compare it to ice barrier it’s a combo deck that can blast through negate but then what? A boss monster that does something once?

[@muhammeddiab723]

New player here using Salamangreat. Surprised you put it high. I have seen some people make it to master with it so It does take a good pilot. This gives me confidence to keep playing it and master it.

[@ayham613]

every deck in this list can reach master but it's not easy and will take a lot of time if you like play style of salad then sure but ultimately it's not a good option

[@muhammeddiab723]

@ayham613 the three decks I am interested in is Yubel (but afraid it will get hit next banlist), SEFK (looks very expensive), and Ritual beasts (but heard it's difficult to pilot). Don't know what route to take after salamangreat. I need a long-term, consistent deck

[@ayham613]

​@@muhammeddiab723 the best out of those 3 is SEFK , ritual beast is hard to pilot and with the release of mulcharmy the deck loses to any one of them yubel plays a lot of bricks and currently it's bad going 2nd SEFK is really good going 2nd , it plays couple bricks but not as yubel , and the deck will get support soon so I don't think they will kill it anytime soon

[@muhammeddiab723]

@ayham613 this is good info. Thanks for you time. I'll work on SEFK.

[@Hype177487]

Thank you for addressing the elephant in the room with gimmick puppets

[@Loli_Miku39]

When you say Live Twins is bad, are you referring to the pure version? Or the Spright version? Cuz to me the Spright version seems good. But then again i was clapping in Gold...

[@hey_its_branden]

@@Loli_Miku39 pure isnt that good. Spright version isnt too bad. it probably should be experimental or takes a good pilot if its the spright version

[@Adrik623]

Branded getting dragoon is nuts, and im excited for when we get light and darkness dragon lord

[@Cheerful_Bliss]

Chimera going first I had like 12 win streak but man going second against white forest/centurion is pain personified book of eclipse was def mvp of my deck.

[@CarurossTheSecond218]

I’m over here playing PUNKS and beating a lot of these decks😂 No one expects the water dragon psychic end wombo combo

[@Vic_Garland]

Gimmick can get a limit on the high rank XYZ that burns. Regardless of inconsistency FTK capabilites off one or two cards should be mitigated period. Side note: Might be time to bump Branded Fusion back to two and ban Verte.

[@gamercaliberie6374]

What about archfiend and horus

[@isaacx2718]

I could be wrong, but white forest gives me the feeling like it's tearlaments, but for synchro, if that makes any sense.

[@mainaime2566]

As someone who plays it, I think it’s more like Mathmech for synchros 😹 Their main deck monsters let you synchro climb for free all the way up to 12

[@isaacx2718]

@mainaime2566 I never played mathmech so i wouldn'tknow, but I believe you

[@latarious1347]

What about raid raptor ?

[@5278ryan]

What about dinomorph?

[@ixenqidansecor5412]

The issue with gimmick puppet is that a lot of people simply dont want to be literally ftk'ed even though they do get essentially ftk'ed by the top decks if those decks go first. So, a lot of people are playing specifics outs for gimmick puppet even if those cards arent great versus the rest of the meta. Which is why in my opinion the deck is not great. People are like I'm going to do everything i can to not get ftk'ed by gimmick puppet but then they get steam rolled by sefk because the dd crow in their hand doesnt really do anything. Also half the time they just ash rouge doll and you kinda just lose on the spot.

[@MasterHyoko]

Purrely, Salad, Goblin too high, Gimmick, Live/Sprite, Labrynth, Chimera, Centurion too low. As for Gimmick, I think it really takes a good pilot, it get's shit-on by so many cards where a deck like Infernoble (my favorite deck), even if you're able to see your turn, he can't lose if the main line isn't touched and can set up handtraps negates before the main combo even starts. I feel like it's more unfair this way :'D ...

[@dark3176]

Where should Labyrinth be in your opinion?

[@MasterHyoko]

@@dark3176 Top of tier 2 (Really good) in my opinion. Just like Chimera, I don't think there's a world where White forest or Purrely is better than those two decks.

[@ayham613]

centur-ion is in the right place it's not the meta for it and spright should be next to centur-ion

[@richardquintero1980]

Dragoon in yubel is crazy going first is almost a auto-win

[@tashanregiste5280]

So many cross play off decks but no Vanquish soul at all? Mathm? R ace?

[@bossanova3292]

I play centurion, I never lose to tenpai, yubel or SEFK. I have to be going second, with no handtraps and a band hand to lose to those decks. That deck performs better than all those decks on top of it, especially voiceless.

[@luckoftheunderdog]

White forest can search out five rainbow magician. It's crazy how duel I've won because players can't read.

[@danielwindle7441]

I'm not a live twin fan at all but u dueled a live twin spright yesterday and they played through 3 handtraps and still ended on a good board. Was really my fault for using handtraps in not the best spots thinking they wouldn't be able to deal with 3 and got proven wrong

[@Zencho639]

labrynth difficult? how difficult is flip a floodgate and recycle from the graveyard...

[@alexandergeorgiev74]

Lightning storm red reboot harpies and you are dead

[@timaeus22222]

It's the furniture interactions and the time you have to resolve all the trigger effects as a result.

[@ayham613]

it is difficult , it is all about decision making and when to activate certain traps and when not . try playing it in high ranks you will understand

[@ayham613]

@@timaeus22222 not really furniture lab is worse than pure trap and I think it takes less skill

[@timaeus22222]

@@ayham613 How does flipping traps take more skill than discarding from the hand and having to click more prompts?

[@brandonclevenger1580]

Do you think there is a strategy that will let plunder become playable in current meta? I want my pirates to pillage!

[@timaeus22222]

I'm tempted to say Runick, but only because I know a guy who would back it up like it's his job.

[@alphawolfsrs3802]

Ashend deck whatever its called the dyaked just leak looks like it will deal with fire decks

[@233gemini]

Breh the dark souls level difficulty to get masters killed me XD

[@Gabriel45206]

This is what real people expect nowadays

[@ratthew2843]

Where is my resonator love at

[@lazarusbooth8898]

Rikka is still really strong and has great recovery

[@YungOtaku]

White Forest is crazy, and the fact that it's getting more support and Azamina? 2025 Tier 1 deck let's go.

[@ayham613]

white forest is not bad but not that crazy lmao and won't be tier 1 ever lmao

[@datchiman0952]

I don’t think I’ve ever summoned mirror jade with branded fusion

[@ceobe108]

Tear winning worlds 2 times now going for number 3

[@bigreice3570]

I can’t lie I’ve beatin every one of these decks multiple times wit fur hire spright runick they either quit or can’t do anything

[@zaraki9713]

People will put some respect on Infernoble one Day 😤 Yeah it loose to MaxxC, like many other Deck, but one of the best Turn 1 Endboard in town.

[@ayham613]

just play tear ftk it plays a lot less bricks , doesn't care about maxx c , and way better going 2nd lmao

[@zaraki9713]

Sorry ftk deck doesn't deserve to be mentioned 🤐

[@ayham613]

​@@zaraki9713 infernoble boards are ftk but with extra steps no one surviving going 2nd vs full infernoble board

[@zaraki9713]

@ayham613 FTK means your opponent loose before having his turn to play so no it's not FTK. Cheese angelica ring than go Droplet or superpoly, did it many times

[@rentozzzzz]

where is mathmech on this list man

[@plabcentral630]

There is no way you didn’t put mathmech on there.

[@PresidentJackBauer]

I don't use copium as at term but that gimmick puppet take is copium.

[@adityajalan5556]

No it isn't, gp is not good enough, their only condition is ftk, need to go first which is 50:50, field spell is not searchable, and any one negate in hand could very well stop ftk

[@supersmily5811]

Ay Blue-Eyes is on here and Ghoti isn't. I'm ruined. :{

[@AnimeNewsRadio101]

You get your blue eyes the new support when it comes. 👍 I believe blue eyes are fun to play.

[@PunpunRen]

Missed Toon top deck

[@Noobscodee]

People say Yubel is good but its not i'll literally will build a 7 monster negate board and die to Forbidden droplet, Lightning storm etc etc every single time i play the deck im serious no spell negates makes it F tier ive played the deck. ive only had one person beat me playing yubel ngl he was cracked though i got mad and nuked my board to stall and he gave me monsters with 3k attack

[@chriswiedenmann7]

funny story I tried the same idea. Droplet to clear my board when I learned it was yubel. They put some monster on my side as well to clear me lmao

[@danfoxdude]

It’s good cause it’ll get that board like 70% of the time and even if you draw those specific boardbreakers thats not necessarily your win since the board is kinda layered

[@michaeludoye1484]

No dinomorphia?

[@greenace3223]

Never see ancient gear in these lists 😢

[@Rubyredacted]

Gimmick puppet is more annoying to play against than tenpai by far its a massive glass cannon that enables ftk

[@firej77]

Floo players(i am one): what about meeeeeee~

[@ayham613]

every deck is playing solemn for the dc floo won't survive lmoa

[@ramus93]

Dam unchained didnt even make the cut 😢

[@epicpatatostar6350]

No rescue is crazy

[@ayham613]

yubel is ass this format and I'm surprised no one noticed this it's 1st turn board uninterrupted are crazy yeah but : it runs way too many bricks it dies to 2 hts most of the times unless you open godly going 2nd is really really bad ritual beast , labrynth , chimera , 60c tear piles are all better than yubel for the dc cup

[@BlitzOverride]

My guys fire king Dino deck smacks

[@leanendz]

UCT is the best card in the game nothing will ever change my mind lmao

[@galanda17]

Vanquish Souls actually cooks most of these decks you've selected.

[@kimjung-un8204]

That's cuz must people don't know how it works.

[@julianmorgan79]

​@@kimjung-un8204 I'm playing salads and I can tell if I'm playing well or people just have no idea what the fuck I'm doing lol, they ash the first card they see then are surprised pikachu faced when I link 1. Then some quit, I'm sitting dvl 17 atm, work killed my chance to get to 20, just too busy :(

[@yzf.r1nick]

I agree. I climb with VS no problem. Some hands lose to an ash blossom and other hands play through 4 hand traps that's its only problem lol. I'd put it at the middle bottom of takes a really good pilot if I'm being unbiased about it though.

[@ayham613]

no it doesn't VS is too fair

[@galanda17]

@ayham613 No, I disagree. it plays under Maxx C, Summon limit, their can only be one. Special summon from GY meaning, Discard broad breakers starts the engine. Just a few of examples of why I disagree. Outside of the main deck

[@Toast-cc7gr]

Played alot of white forest/centurion, probably the highest ceiling of any deck in the format, also just flipping skill drain and having a board of 4k beat sticks will never not be funny.

[@coolmannyo3992]

Saying that gimmick puppet does not take a good pilot is crazy honestly. Yes ofc there is the FTK line you can pick up easily, but as soon the opponent interrupts you, it takes a lot of skill to keep going. There are nearly unlimited choices you can take and this can overwhelm unexperienced players. Also playing going 2nd is really hard and takes a lot of skill to navigate through all interruptions to OTK or at least break the board.

[@Bigpeenjanine]

Tbf that’s something you can only learn after playing gimmick puppet for a while, and Cali doesn’t play it lol

[@12mannation]

He said labryth is one of the hardest decks to play.😂.. cough cough D/D/D

[@kitvrenwa3129]

Cali you're hella sleeping on dragon link

[@GoddeKnows]

Sarcophagus sucks. I beat it by just getting out dragoon or invoked caliga

[@laughwithjamal]

I climbed up with ice barriers

[@Noobscodee]

Add runick spells to it. Draw 6 extra cards with croko and fountain turn 1 and another 3 turn 2 the deck is good I wish it could fit more hand traps I had my fun with the deck I wouldn’t play ice barrier alone without runick it’s way too weak

[@Wombo-u6b]

I hate Mathmech but my guy it is a top deck in MD

[@chrishowell1417]

Nah bro gimmick puppet orcust! To much gas

[@IzzieGonzalez]

Dinomorphia?

[@SoapRope4421]

Tempi is tier 0 for sure

[@vitovlasimsky9370]

My bad cali this the worst list I ever saw you make

[@communitylo3313]

Every tier list forgets SPYRAL

[@lucqq3792]

Been playing a list that tries to play into going second (if tenpai lets u go first u get full board regardless) and it cooks

[@communitylo3313]

@ do you have a decklist?

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

For good reason. Stop the simp, turn on your brain.

[@lucqq3792]

@@communitylo3313 its the usual snake eye / spyral but u all in on droplet, thrust, talents, heavy storm - ken and gen is p good too cus u can proc talents off it but thats optional

[@KixMusaid]

this format is really rough

[@GrimmShark]

Pls add madolche

[@jawhongeralds]

You being a real hypocrite now. You watched gimmicks get a 21-1 victory. Said how that one person would've won if he knew the deck better. So you know gimmicks puppets take a good pilot. Yet you place it lower? You letting your personal feelings interfere in your choices. Thats not good.

[@Intuos-]

I played pure live twins when i started the game during eldlich swordsould meta, and now with spright. I liked the way the deck played but yeah that shit if ur not going first with enough extenders or ways to protects that livetwin special summon ur gonna get fucked

[@rE41L]

Yubel clear this list bro. Let's be real here any deck here is strong in first turn but unchain-yubel-scythe, stops you from playing the game.