Forum:List of cards to side in against common decks

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+	Can cripple, but that deck contains cards (or a strategy) to save itself.
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Cards to Side-in Against Common Decks

Deck		Sided Card	Reason
Tier 1
Chaos Dragon	+	Light-Imprisoning Mirror	Negates (and then prevents) the effects of half of the monsters in their deck.
Chaos Dragon	+	Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror	Negates (and then prevents) the effects of half of the monsters in their deck.
Dino Rabbit	>	Gozen Match	Prevents Sabersaurus and Kabazauls from making Evolzars. However, it does not affect Jurrac Guaiba.
Dino Rabbit	>	Rivalry of Warlords	No more Xyz Summons.
Dino Rabbit	>	Zombie World	Their monsters need to be Dinosaurs to make Laggia and Dolkka.
Dino Rabbit	+	Imperial Iron Wall	Prevents the effect of Rescue Rabbit, though the opponent can still use Jurrac Guaiba or just Normal Summon two Dinosaurs.
Dino Rabbit	+	Skill Drain	Prevents the effects of the Evolzars, Tour Guide, and Jurrac Guaiba, however it can be bypassed by Forbidden Lance.
Dino Rabbit	+	Stygian Dirge	Derails their Xyz Summons.
Dino Rabbit	+	Summon Limit	Summoning Rescue Rabbit and activating its effect uses up 2 Summons.
Dino Rabbit	+	Vanity's Fiend	Prevents Xyz Summons and is too big to run over with most of their monsters, however it can be bypassed by Forbidden Chalice.
Dino Rabbit	-	Bottomless Trap Hole	Destroys both monsters Summoned by Rescue Rabbit, or destroys Leviair before it can use its effect. Can also be used to either get rid of Laggia or waste its negation effect.
Dino Rabbit	-	Chain Disappearance	Banishes all 3 Rabbits or Tour Guides, however it can be bypassed by Forbidden Lance, and if you hit Rabbit they can use Leviair to get it back.
Dino Rabbit	-	Effect Veiler	Prevents the effects of Rabbit and Tour Guide. It can also be chained to a card like Compulsory Evacuation Device to get rid of Laggia.
Dino Rabbit	-	Lava Golem	Use it to Tribute an Evolzar and another monster. Best with monsters that can't be destroyed by battle like Gellenduo.
Dino Rabbit	-	Mirror of Oaths	Destroys the monster(s) Summoned by Rescue Rabbit or Tour Guide and draws 1 card.
Dino Rabbit	-	Chaos Hunter	Use it when Laggia is Summoned. Prevents the effects of Rescue Rabbit, Bottomless Trap Hole and Dimensional Prison.
Dino Rabbit	-	Tragoedia	Gets around the effect of Laggia.
Dino Rabbit	-	Volcanic Queen	Use it to Tribute an Evolzar. You cannot Normal Summon in the same turn, but you can Special Summon and then attack over her 1200 DEF.
Dino Rabbit	-	Wave-Motion Cannon	Laggia can't negate the effect of a card that has already been activated. Best with monsters that can't be destroyed by battle like Gellenduo.
Hieratic	>	Archlord Kristya	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
Hieratic	>	Vanity's Fiend	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
Hieratic	>	Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo	Their strongest monster will be Eset with 1000 ATK.
Hieratic	>	Testudo erat Numen	Their strongest monster will be Eset with 1000 ATK.
Hieratic	+	Ally of Justice Quarantine	Until they draw REDMD, they won't be doing much.
Hieratic	+	Dimensional Fissure	The deck relies on the Tribute effect that activates in the Graveyard, however it can be bypassed by A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon.
Hieratic	+	Macro Cosmos	The deck relies on the Tribute effect that activates in the Graveyard, however it can be bypassed by A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon.
Hieratic	+	Light-Imprisoning Mirror	Restricts basically every monster in this deck, however it can be bypassed by A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon.
Hieratic	+	Mask of Restrict	The deck relies on the Tribute effect that activates in the Graveyard, however it can be bypassed by A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon.
Hieratic	+	Soul Drain	The deck relies on the Tribute effect that activates in the Graveyard, however it can be bypassed by A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon.
Hieratic	+	Deck Lockdown	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons from the Deck.
Hieratic	+	Summon Limit	The deck needs several Special Summons to OTK, however it can by bypassed by A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon.
Hieratic	-	Absolute Crusader	Destroys a Level 5 or higher monster when it is Special Summoned.
Hieratic	-	Chain Disappearance	Banishes all of their Wattaildragon (when Summoned by the Tribute effect) or REDMD (when Summoned by Hieratic Dragon King of Atum).
Hieratic	-	Power Filter	Prevents the Special Summons of their monsters with an original ATK/DEF of 0, however it can be bypassed by A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon.
Hieratic	-	Chaos Trap Hole	Almost all Summons are Light or Dark.
Hieratic	-	Debunk	The deck relies on the Tribute effect that activates in the Graveyard, however it can be bypassed by A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon.
Hieratic	-	Different Dimension Ground	The deck relies on the Tribute effect that activates in the Graveyard.
Hieratic	-	Skull Meister	The deck relies on the Tribute effect that activates in the Graveyard.
Hieratic	-	The End of Anubis	The deck relies on the Tribute effect that activates in the Graveyard.
Hieratic	-	Thunder King Rai-Oh	Can negate the Special Summons of the big Hieratic monsters or the Xyz Monsters.
Hieratic	-	Hunter of Black Feathers	Destroys monsters.
Hieratic	-	Mirror of Oaths	Destroys Wattaildragon (when Summoned by the Tribute effect) or REDMD (when Summoned by Hieratic Dragon King of Atum) and draws you 1 card, however it can be bypassed by A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon.
Hieratic	-	Morphing Jar #2	The deck swarms with Xyz and high-Level monsters, chances are your opponent won't get anything.
Inzektor	>	Macro Cosmos	Prevents monsters treated as Equip Cards from being sent to the Graveyard and blocks the recycling effect of Zektkaliber.
Inzektor	>	Skill Drain	Restricts basically every monster in this deck.
Inzektor	>	Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror	Restricts basically every monster in this deck.
Inzektor	+	Chain Disappearance	Banishes all their Dragonflies, Hornets or Tour Guides. However, they can make Leviair to get them back.
Inzektor	+	Consecrated Light	Restricts basically every monster in this deck, however it can be bypassed by Fiendish Chain.
Inzektor	+	D.D. Crow	Chain this when they try to equip, and if there are no other Inzektors in the Graveyard, they have to equip one from the hand. It can also be used against Zektkaliber and Giga-Mantis.
Inzektor	+	Necrovalley	Prevents Inzektors from being equipped from the Graveyard and blocks the recycling effect of Zektkaliber, however it can be bypassed by equipping Inzektor Hornet from the hand.
Inzektor	-	Banisher of the Radiance	Prevents monsters treated as Equip Cards from being sent to the Graveyard and blocks the recycling effect of Zektkaliber.
Inzektor	-	Effect Veiler	Prevents the effect to equip a monster.
Inzektor	-	Doomcaliber Knight	Prevents the effect to equip a monster.
Inzektor	-	Safe Zone	When this is targeted by Hornet, chain it to destroy your opponent's monster.
Wind-Up	>	Archlord Kristya	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons, however it can be bypassed by Fiendish Chain.
Wind-Up	>	Gozen Match	This deck uses all different Attributes.
Wind-Up	>	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses on the Graveyard. Unlike Dimensional Fissure, this card also banishes monsters that are Xyz Material.
Wind-Up	>	Rivalry of Warlords	This deck uses many different Types.
Wind-Up	>	Skill Drain	This deck focuses heavily on the effects of face-up monsters.
Wind-Up	+	Big Burn	This deck focuses on the Graveyard.
Wind-Up	+	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses on the Graveyard.
Wind-Up	+	Necrovalley	This deck focuses on the Graveyard.
Wind-Up	+	King Tiger Wanghu	This deck relies on small monsters for Xyz Summons, however it can be bypassed by Fiendish Chain.
Wind-Up	+	Summon Limit	This deck Special Summons many times in a turn.
Wind-Up	-	Chain Disappearance	Banishes all of their Tour Guides, Rats, or Magicians, though they can make Leviair to get them back.
Wind-Up	-	Cyber Dragon	To be used with Chimeratech Fortress Dragon, since all of their Xyz Monsters are Machines.
Wind-Up	-	D.D. Crow	This deck focuses on the Graveyard.
Wind-Up	-	Doomcaliber Knight	This deck focuses heavily on the effects of face-up monsters.
Wind-Up	-	Effect Veiler	This deck focuses heavily on the effects of face-up monsters.
Wind-Up	-	Fiendish Chain	This deck focuses heavily on the effects of face-up monsters.
Wind-Up	-	Maxx "C"	Nullifies the loop that discards your hand, by drawing you more cards than you're forced to discard.
Wind-Up	-	Neko Mane King	If they hit this with Hunter, it ends their turn.
Wind-Up	-	Regenerating Mummy	If they discard it with Hunter, you'll get it back, and it has more ATK than most of their monsters.
Wind-Up	-	Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror	Prevents the effects of Wind-Up Hunter, Tour Guide and Tour Bus.
Wind-Up	-	Thunder King Rai-Oh	Stops Wind-Up Factory and can prevent a Special Summon, however it can be bypassed by Mind Control.
Tier 2
Agent	>	Light-Imprisoning Mirror	Negates (and then prevents) the effects of most of the monsters in their deck.
Agent	-	Dimensional Fissure	If there is nothing in the Graveyard, Hyperion and Sangan can't use it's effect, Kristya and BLS Envoy can't be Special Summoned.
Agent	-	Macro Cosmos	If there is nothing in the Graveyard, Hyperion and Sangan can't use its effect, Kristya and BLS Envoy can't be Special Summoned.
Agent	-	Grave of the Super Ancient Organism	Stops Hyperion, BLS Envoy, Kristya, Trishula, Brionac, Stardust, etc.
Agent	-	Ally of Justice Core Destroyer	Unless it is the Chaos version, this card is a Catastor and can be Normal Summoned easily. It also cannot be Bottomlessed. However, they can Synchro Summon or use Hyperion's effect to get around it.
Agent	-	Ally of Justice Cycle Reader	Acts as a double D.D. Crow.
Agent	-	Thunder King Rai-Oh	Prevents The Agent of Mystery - Earth and Sangan's effect. Can negate the summon and destroy Master Hyperion, Kristya and Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning.
Agent	-	Chain Disappearance	This is mainly used against The Agent of Mystery - Earth, leaving them with much less Agents to use to Special Summon Hyperion. You can also use it to banish all their T.G. Striker and Mystical Shine Balls if they use them.
Agent	-	Leeching the Light	Increases the ATK of all your monsters by a large amount, which can lead to an OTK.
Agent	-	Chaos Trap Hole	Almost all large Special Summons are Light or Dark.
Agent	-	Ally Salvo	If they don't blow it up with Hyperion, this card destroys any 2 of their cards.
Agent	-	Hunter of Black Feathers	Destroys monsters.
Chain Burn	>	Des Wombat	Prevents all Burn Damage, the Deck has few outs in Game 1.
Chain Burn	>	Prime Material Dragon	Requires a Tribute Summon but is more effective than Des Wombat as the Deck has even fewer outs.
Chain Burn	>	Royal Decree	Negates most of their draw cards and several of their burn cards.
Chain Burn	+	Vanity's Call	While costing half your Life Points, it negates every card in the chain, often leaving your opponent with no cards to use.
Chain Burn	-	Rainbow Life	Activate at the end of a chain to gain lots of Life.
Chain Burn	-	Lifeforce Harmonizer	Doesn't have to be set and doesn't cost as much but is less effective than Rainbow Life.
Dark World	>	Macro Cosmos	They can't be discarded from the hand to the Graveyard if there is no Graveyard. Works well if you chain this to cards such as Card Destruction.
Dark World	>	Dimensional Fissure	They can't be discarded from the hand to the Graveyard if there is no Graveyard.
Dark World	>	Banisher of the Radiance	They can't be discarded from the hand to the Graveyard if there is no Graveyard.
Dark World	>	Banisher of the Light	They can't be discarded from the hand to the Graveyard if there is no Graveyard.
Dark World	>	Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror	Negates pretty much every monster, preventing their Special Summons and effects.
Dark World	-	Different Dimension Ground	When they activate an effect to Discard, chain this and laugh.
Dark World	-	Debunk	Most effects activate in the Graveyard, this card will Negate their effects and Banish them.
Dark World	-	Gravekeeper's Watcher	This is to stop effects that Discard, such as Card Destruction and Dark World Dealings. However, note that it cannot be activated in the Damage Step, such as when Morphing Jar is flipped by an attack.
Dark World	-	Forbidden Graveyard	Similar to Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror, this card prevents their effects in the Graveyard, but is not Continuous.
Dark World	-	Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark World	The opponent will be using quite a few cards which make both players Discard, such as Card Destruction, Morphing Jar, Dark World Dealings.
Dark World	-	Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World	The opponent will be using quite a few cards which make both players Discard.
Dark World	-	Sillva, Warlord of Dark World	The opponent will be using quite a few cards which make both players Discard.
Dark World	-	Grapha, Dragon God of Dark World	The opponent will be using quite a few cards which make both players Discard.
Dark World	-	Marionette Mite	All Dark World monsters are Fiend types, so you can use this as a free Brain Control and take control of their monster to attack, tribute, Synchro Summon, etc. You could also Special Summon your Grapha if you had one, if you also have a way to stop it when the opponent tries to Special Summon the returned monster again later in the duel.
Dark World	-	D.D. Crow	If the Dark World monster is banished before its effect resolves, the effect will resolve without effect, but this can only stop 1 Dark World monster.
Dark World	-	Gemini Imps	Negates a card that makes both players discard and destroys it, stopping your opponent from activating the effect, and then lets you draw a card, giving you a +1.
Evol	>	Zombie World	Their monsters need to be Dinosaurs to make Laggia and Dolkka.
Evol	+	Skill Drain	Prevents the effects of the Evolzars, however it can be bypassed by Forbidden Lance.
HERO	>	Gozen Match	This deck uses all Attributes, so this card would greatly hinder the deck.
HERO	+	Non-Fusion Area	Cuts off all Fusions, though beware of Elemental HERO Stratos and Elemental HERO Neos Alius as pure beatsticks, as well as Gemini Spark.
Lightsworn	>	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Lightsworn	>	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Lightsworn	>	Necrovalley	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Lightsworn	>	The End of Anubis	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Lightsworn	>	Light-Imprisoning Mirror	Restricts basically every monster in this deck, however it doesn't stop Honest's main effect.
Lightsworn	-	Skill Drain	Only if you think you can overpower their attacks; or if you're not affected by it, it would be similar to Light-Imprisoning Mirror.
Lightsworn	-	D.D. Crow	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Lightsworn	-	Big Burn	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Lightsworn	-	Soul Release	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Lightsworn	-	Crevice Into the Different Dimension	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Lightsworn	-	My Body as a Shield	Stops Judgment Dragon, Celestia, Ryko (if it was Flip Summoned), etc.
Lightsworn	-	Starlight Road	Stops Judgment Dragon, Celestia, etc.
Lightsworn	-	Ally of Justice Cycle Reader	Acts as a double D.D. Crow, which can make Wulf and Lumina resolve without effect and also stalls Judgment Dragon from being Special Summoned.
Lightsworn	-	Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard. Cannot be blocked by Necro Gardna.
Six Samurai	>	Gozen Match	This deck uses all Attributes, so this card would greatly hinder the deck.
Six Samurai	+	Skill Drain	Although they can still swarm a bit, they can't maintain their field as easily. It leaves them with nothing bigger than a 1800 beatstick for the most part. Since Gateway of the Six is now Limited, their ATK can't be boosted much, and then can't maintain advantage as easily.
Six Samurai	-	Puppet Plant	Against this deck, this card is a Brain Control.
Six Samurai	-	Warrior Elimination	No cost and destroys all your opponent's monsters.
Six Samurai	-	Kinetic Soldier	All their monsters will be Warriors, who doesn't like a no tribute 3350 ATK monster?
Six Samurai	-	Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo	Destroys most of their monsters (since they'll have a swarm of Special Summoned monsters).
Six Samurai	-	Dust Tornado	Mainly used to destroy Gateway of the Six and Six Samurai United.
Six Samurai	-	Fairy Wind	Mainly used to destroy Gateway of the Six and Six Samurai United.
Six Samurai	-	Spell Shattering Arrow	Mainly used to destroy Gateway of the Six and Six Samurai United.
Twilight	+	Light-Imprisoning Mirror	Negates (and then prevents) the effects of half of the monsters in their deck.
Twilight	+	Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror	Negates (and then prevents) the effects of half of the monsters in their deck.
Tier 3
Blackwing	+	Consecrated Light	Restricts basically every monster in this deck, however it can be bypassed by cards like Book of Moon, Smashing Ground, Fissure, Lightning Vortex, Icarus Attack, etc.
Blackwing	+	Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror	Restricts basically every monster in this deck, however it can be bypassed by cards like Icarus Attack, or they can just play by Swarm and Synchro without using Effects. It also doesn't stop Kalut.
Blackwing	-	Black Return	You can activate this card when your opponent Special Summons a Blackwing monster. This is best used against their Synchro Monsters.
Blackwing	-	Imperial Iron Wall	Mainly against Graveyard Black Feathers (Vayu Turbo) build, stops cards including DAD, Necro Gardna, Vayu and Allure of Darkness.
Blackwing	-	Trap Hole	Screws with their Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn and Black Whirlwind xD
Blackwing	-	Compulsory Evacuation Device	Similar to Trap Hole (above), but also stops their Synchro Monsters.
Blackwing	-	Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn	Note how you can use the Opponent's Blackwings to power up your own Sirroco.
Blackwing	-	D.D. Crow	You can discard this to the Graveyard so you can Remove from play your opponent's Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor before they Synchro Summon another Blackwing Synchro Monster.
Blackwing	-	Mind Crush	They search for cards quite a lot, use this after they search for something.
Blackwing	-	Starlight Road	Stops Icarus Attack, Delta Crow - Anti Reverse, Dark Hole, Black Rose Dragon, etc.
Blackwing	-	Nobleman of Extermination	Stops Icarus Attack, Delta Crow - Anti Reverse, Solemn Warning, Bottomless Trap Hole, etc.
Blackwing	-	Seven Tools of the Bandit	Stops Icarus Attack, Delta Crow - Anti Reverse, Solemn Warning, Bottomless Trap Hole, etc.
Blackwing	-	Trap Stun	Stops Icarus Attack, Delta Crow - Anti Reverse, Solemn Warning, Bottomless Trap Hole, etc.
Blackwing	-	Hunter of Black Feathers	Destroys monsters.
Exodia OTK	>	Skill Drain	Most of these types of decks rely on Royal Magical Library, so stopping that would most likely stop their draw engine.
Exodia OTK	>	Light-Imprisoning Mirror	Most of these types of decks rely on Royal Magical Library, so stopping that would most likely stop their draw engine.
Exodia OTK	>	Dragged Down into the Grave	You get to choose the card you discard from your opponent's hand. Try and banish it once it gets to the grave with D.D. Crow, Macro Cosmos, Dimensional Fissure, etc.
Exodia OTK	>	D.D. Designator	Exodia decks don't have cards that can return their pieces from the RFP zone, so if you're lucky enough (or if they Sarc'd a piece), then you've basically won.
Exodia OTK	-	Thunder King Rai-Oh	Stops The White Stone of Legend, Sangan, Emissary of the Afterlife, Toon Table of Contents, etc.
Exodia OTK	-	Protector of the Sanctuary	Stops any draw power they may use, such as Trade-In, Royal Magical Library, Super Rejuvenation, Cards of Consonance, Upstart Goblin, etc. Also is strong enough that the Deck normally cannot take it out through brute force.
Exodia OTK	-	Macro Cosmos	If they don't FTK you, these cards can mess their strategies up a bit; e.g. Broww, Huntsman of Dark World, Pot of Avarice, etc.
Exodia OTK	-	Dimensional Fissure	If they don't FTK you, these cards can mess their strategies up a bit; e.g. Broww, Huntsman of Dark World, Pot of Avarice, etc.
Exodia OTK	-	Droll & Lock Bird	These are to stop the deck's FTK. Best if used against Into the Void.
Exodia OTK	-	Effect Veiler	These are to stop the deck's FTK, it would be used against Royal Magical Library.
Exodia OTK	-	Herald of Orange Light	These are to stop the deck's FTK, it would be used against Royal Magical Library.
Exodia OTK	-	Hand Destruction	Quite a few Exodia decks don't use cards to return pieces to their hand and focus more on a FTK. These cards work well against those. Generally, Pot of Avarice, Backup Soldier, Dark Eruption and Dark Factory of Mass Production are the only cards to can use to return the pieces, so be sure to be prepared with another card of they actually do have those in their deck.
Exodia OTK	-	Card Destruction	Quite a few Exodia decks don't use cards to return pieces to their hand and focus more on a FTK. These cards work well against those. Generally, Pot of Avarice, Backup Soldier, Dark Eruption and Dark Factory of Mass Production are the only cards to can use to return the pieces, so be sure to be prepared with another card of they actually do have those in their deck.
Exodia OTK	-	Mind Crush	Quite a few Exodia decks don't use cards to return pieces to their hand and focus more on a FTK. These cards work well against those. Generally, Pot of Avarice, Backup Soldier, Dark Eruption and Dark Factory of Mass Production are the only cards to can use to return the pieces, so be sure to be prepared with another card of they actually do have those in their deck.
Exodia OTK	-	Exchange	Now, this is hilarious. Grab a piece beforehand and then laugh when they get their 5th (now 4th) piece.
Exodia OTK	-	Heavy Slump	They'll be drawing a bunch of cards, so hit them with this and they have to start all over again.
Gadgets / Machina Gadget	>	Skill Drain	This deck relies on their Effect when being Summoned to gain card advantage. Stops the Gadgets and Machina Gearframe from doing this.
Gadgets / Machina Gadget	+	King Tiger Wanghu	The monsters in this deck as mostly weak Gadgets. This card kills all Gadgets, however can be destroyed by cards like Smashing Ground, Fissure, etc.
Gadgets / Machina Gadget	+	Thunder King Rai-Oh	This deck relies on adding cards to their and from the Deck to gain card advantage, however can be destroyed by cards like Smashing Ground, Fissure, etc.
Gadgets / Machina Gadget	-	Deck Devastation Virus	Kills all Gadgets for a while.
Gadgets / Machina Gadget	-	System Down	Removes them from play all their monsters on both the field and Graveyard. It does not Destroy. It's hilarious when used at the right moment.
Gadgets / Machina Gadget	-	Cyber Dragon	To be used with Chimeratech Fortress Dragon. It clears your opponent's monsters and allows you to gain a potentially strong monster.
Gadgets / Machina Gadget	-	Pulling the Rug	Works well against Machina Gearframe or the Gadgets.
Gadgets / Machina Gadget	-	Electric Virus	Acts as a Brain Control, allowing you do get rid of a monster and then Synchro or Tribute it for one of your own.
Gadgets / Machina Gadget	-	4-Starred Ladybug of Doom	Destroys all Gadgets and Machina Gearframe
Gravekeeper's	+	Consecrated Light	Disables Spies, Descendants, Recruiters Etc. This card can be attacked with Gravekeeper's Commandant because its Attribute is EARTH.
Gravekeeper's	+	Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell	Permanently shut down Necrovalley (which also shuts down Royal Tribute) or Gravekeeper's Stele.
Gravekeeper's	+	Field Barrier	Prevents Necrovalley from being played.
Gravekeeper's	-	4-Starred Ladybug of Doom	Destroys all commonly used Gravekeeper's monsters other than Recruiter.
Gravekeeper's	-	Nobleman of Crossout	Gets rid off all their Spies and Guards.
Gravekeeper's	-	Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror	Stops Descendant, Spy, Assailant and Recruiter.
Gravekeeper's	-	Skill Drain
Gravekeeper's	-	Closed Forest	Seals off Necrovalley for a long while.
Gravekeeper's	-	Dimensional Prison	Stops Visionary and Recruiter.
Gravekeeper's	-	Puppet Plant	Against this deck, this card is a Brain Control.
Gravekeeper's	-	Dust Tornado	If you have problems with Necrovalley.
Gravekeeper's	-	Gemini Imps	If you often get hit by Royal Tribute during the first turn or so, you could try some of these.
Gravekeeper's	-	Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World	If you often get hit by Royal Tribute during the first turn or so, you could try some of these.
Gravekeeper's	-	Sillva, Warlord of Dark World	If you often get hit by Royal Tribute during the first turn or so, you could try some of these.
Gravekeeper's	-	Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark World	If you often get hit by Royal Tribute during the first turn or so, you could try some of these.
Gravekeeper's	-	Ceasefire	Stops Spy and Guard, then takes out a large chunk of the opponent's Life Points.
Gravekeeper's	-	Last Day of Witch	Probably works best if comboed with the above card. But be aware that they could regain advantage with Gravekeeper's Stele, and Visionary can be protected against this card.
Scrap	>	Necrovalley	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Scrap	>	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Scrap	>	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Scrap	-	Crevice into the Different Dimension	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Scrap	-	Mind Crush	They search for cards quite a lot, use this after they search for something.
Scrap	-	Caius the Shadow Monarch	Banishes Scrap Dragon.
Scrap	-	Big Burn	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Scrap	-	D.D. Crow	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Scrap	-	Different Dimension Ground	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard. Works well when chained to Scrapstorm.
Scrap	-	The Huge Revolution is Over	Stops Scrap Dragon.
X-Saber	>	Archlord Kristya	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
X-Saber	+	Ancient Forest	This deck focuses on Battle, however it can be bypassed by cards like Saber Slash.
X-Saber	+	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, however it can be bypassed by cards like Saber Slash.
X-Saber	+	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, however it can be bypassed by cards like Saber Slash.
X-Saber	+	Necrovalley	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, however it can be bypassed by cards like Saber Slash.
X-Saber	+	The End of Anubis	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, however it can be bypassed by cards like Saber Slash.
X-Saber	-	Chain Disappearance	Removes all 3 XX-Saber Darksouls.
X-Saber	-	Prohibition	Call XX-Saber Faultroll to hinder their general tactics.
X-Saber	-	Gottoms' Emergency Call	You can Special Summon from either player's Graveyard.
X-Saber	-	Thunder King Rai-Oh	Stops their XX-Saber Darksoul, and stops their XX-Saber Gottoms/XX-Saber Hyunlei if they choose to Synchro Summon.
X-Saber	-	D.D. Crow	This deck focuses on the Graveyard.
X-Saber	-	Crevice Into the Different Dimension	This deck focuses on the Graveyard.
X-Saber	-	Sillva, Warlord of Dark World	XX-Saber Gottoms/X-Saber Airbellum just got owned!
X-Saber	-	Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World	XX-Saber Gottoms/X-Saber Airbellum just got owned!
X-Saber	-	Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark World	XX-Saber Gottoms/X-Saber Airbellum just got owned!
X-Saber	-	Gemini Imps	It's more reliable that Goldd but packs less of a punch (although you do draw 1 card as well)).
X-Saber	-	Hero's Rule 2	Negates and destroys cards like Gottom's E Call and Faultroll.
X-Saber	-	Swallow Flip	Negates and destroys cards like Hyunlei, Ragigura, Wayne, etc.
X-Saber	-	Hunter of Black Feathers	Destroys monsters.
X-Saber	-	Starlight Road	Works really well against Hyunlei, however note that it doesn't work against Saber Slash.
X-Saber	-	Effect Veiler	Stops cards including XX-Saber Hyunlei and Debris Dragon.
Other Themed Decks
Batteryman	>	Royal Oppression	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
Batteryman	-	Starlight Road	Works well against Batteryman Industrial Strength and Short Circuit.
Batteryman	-	Zombie World	Stops Thunder support cards such as Judgement of Thunder. It will also prevent the use of Batteryman Industrial Strength's destruction effect.
Cyber Dragon OTK	>	Royal Oppression	Stops all their Fusions and Cyber Dragon.
Cyber Dragon OTK	-	System Down	Removes them from play all their monsters on both the field and Graveyard. It does not Destroy. It's hilarious when used at the right moment.
Cyber Dragon OTK	-	Cyber Dragon	To be used with Chimeratech Fortress Dragon. It clears your opponent's monsters and allows you to gain a potentially strong monster.
Cyber Dragon OTK	-	Magic Cylinder	Works well against Power Bond, or just the regular Fusions.
Cyber Dragon OTK	-	Electric Virus	Acts as a Brain Control, allowing you do get rid of a monster and then attack, Synchro or Tribute it for one of your own.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	>	Zombie World	This deck focuses heavily on having Dragon Type monsters. Stops cards like Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon and Stamping Destruction.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	>	Archlord Kristya	This deck focuses heavily on having Special Summoning monsters.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	+	Royal Oppression	This deck focuses heavily on having Special Summoning monsters, however it can be bypassed by cards like Stamping Destruction.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	+	Grave of the Super Ancient Organism	Many of the monsters in this deck are high level monsters and are Special Summoned by Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, however it can be bypassed by cards like Stamping Destruction.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	+	Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror	Works well against several key cards including Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, however it can be bypassed by cards like Stamping Destruction.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	+	Prohibition	Works well against several key cards including Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, however it can be bypassed by cards like Stamping Destruction.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	-	Different Dimension Ground	Works well against Future Fusion, Foolish Burial, etc. To removal the strong monsters before they are sent to the graveyard for revival.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	-	Necrovalley	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	-	The End of Anubis	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, however there aren't too many effects that Target the Graveyard. Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon does not Target.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	-	Macro Cosmos	This deck can focus on the Graveyard.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	-	Dimensional Fissure	This deck can focus on the Graveyard.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	-	Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer	This deck can focus on the Graveyard.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	-	D.D. Crow	This deck can focus on the Graveyard.
Disaster Dragon / Hopeless Dragon	-	Electric Virus	Acts as a Brain Control, allowing you do get rid of a monster and then Synchro or Tribute it for one of your own.
Dragunity	>	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Dragunity	>	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Dragunity	>	Skill Drain	Stops effects including the effects that equip a Dragunity from the Graveyard when the monster is Summoned, making their monsters useless.
Dragunity	+	Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell	Gets rid of all of their Dragon Ravine, crippling the deck.
Dragunity	-	Closed Forest	Stops them from activating their Field Spell for a least a turn, crippling them by preventing their searches.
Dragunity	-	Fairy Wind	Destroys Dragon Ravine and any equips they have.
Dragunity	-	Spell Shattering Arrow	Destroys Dragon Ravine and any equips they have.
Dragunity	-	Necrovalley	Prevents effects which equip cards from the graveyard. It also replaces their field spell Dragon Ravine.
Dragunity	-	Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer	Remove some of the monsters that they might equip from the graveyard. Common ones include Brandistock, Phalanx and Light and Darkness Dragon.
Dragunity	-	D.D. Crow	Remove some of the monsters that they might equip from the graveyard. Common ones include Brandistock, Phalanx and Light and Darkness Dragon.
Dragunity	-	Crevice into the Different Dimension	Remove some of the monsters that they might equip from the graveyard. Common ones include Brandistock, Phalanx and Light and Darkness Dragon.
Dragunity	-	Electric Virus	Acts as a Brain Control against most of their monsters, allowing you do get rid of a monster and then Synchro or Tribute it for one of your own.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	>	Skill Drain	0 ATK Dark Gaia xD
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses quite a lot on the Graveyard with Dark Calling.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses quite a lot on the Graveyard with Dark Calling.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Zombie World	Stops Dark Calling which is more of a threat than Dark Fusion. However, it can't stop Dark Fusion.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Necrovalley	Stops Dark Calling which is more of a threat than Dark Fusion. However, it can't stop Dark Fusion.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Effect Veiler	0 ATK Dark Gaia, however cannot be used on Dark Fusioned Gaia right away.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Battle Fader	Ends Battle Phase, next turn Monarch or something.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Honest	Dark Gaia just got owned.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Crevice Into the Different Dimension	This deck focuses quite a lot on the Graveyard with Dark Calling.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	D.D. Crow	This deck focuses quite a lot on the Graveyard with Dark Calling.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Magic Cylinder	They won't even see what hit them.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Dimension Wall	They won't even see what hit them.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Flip Flop Frog	Sends Dark Gaia back to the Extra Deck, since it's not a Flip Effect.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Nightmare Penguin	Sends Dark Gaia back to the Extra Deck, since it's not a Flip Effect.
Evil Hero Dark Gaia OTK	-	Amazoness Swords Woman	Set this, then hope they attack and activate the effect to switch this card to face-up attack mode. However, they'll probably learn after getting hit a few times, so be sure to have something else up your sleeve as well.
Fabled	>	Macro Cosmos	Fabled cards need to be Discarded to the Graveyard.
Fabled	>	Dimensional Fissure	Fabled cards need to be Discarded to the Graveyard.
Fabled	>	Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo	Fabled Decks rely on Special Summoning and have few strong monsters, and this robs them of their Special Summons.
Fabled	-	Crevice Into the Different Dimension	Acts as a double D.D. Crow.
Fabled	-	Ally of Justice Cycle Reader	Acts as a double D.D. Crow, making their Special Summoning effects resolve without effect.
Fish	>	Royal Oppression	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
Fish	-	Eternal Drought (OCG Only)	No cost and Destroys all your Opponent's monsters.
Fortune Lady	>	Royal Oppression	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
Fortune Lady	>	Skill Drain	All Fortune Ladies and Tragoedia will have 0 ATK.
Fortune Lady	>	Gozen Match	Cripples any deck with many Attributes.
Fortune Lady	-	Overworked	No cost and Destroys all your Opponent's Fortune Ladies. If it is a Solidarity build, it would destroy all their monsters.
Fortune Lady	-	Last Day of Witch	Same as Overworked, but is a Spell Card. It can also destroy Chaos Sorcerers and other powerful Spellcasters they may use.
Fortune Lady	-	Shrink	Using this card against a Fortune Lady will make their ATK 0 (unless they have Solidarity, in that case, 800 ATK). Best used against a Darky when they try and attack.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	>	Skill Drain	This deck focuses heavily on their Effects.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	>	Zombie World	This deck focuses heavily on Tribute Summons.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	>	Mask of Restrict	This deck focuses heavily on Tribute Summons.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	>	Rivalry of Warlords	If they have Treeborn Frog, Swap Frog or Ronintoadin out, they cannot Tribute it to Tribute Summon a Monarch or Sea Lancer.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	+	Gozen Match	If they have Treeborn Frog, Swap Frog or Ronintoadin out, they cannot Tribute it to Tribute Summon a Monarch; unless they Tribute for Mobius.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	+	Dimensional Fissure	This deck can focus on certain cards in the graveyard (e.g. Treeborn Frog, Ronintoadin)
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	+	Macro Cosmos	This deck can focus on certain cards in the graveyard. Unlike Dimensional Fissure, this will also banish Gachi's Xyz Material and prevent Poison Draw Frog from working when equipped to Sea Lancer.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	-	Power Filter	Stops their main tribute fodders, including Battle Fader, Gachi Gachi Gantetsu, Treeborn Frog, Swap Frog and Ronintoadin.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	-	Pulling the Rug	Negates a Monarch's effect or the effect of Swap Frog and Destroys the monster.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	-	By Order of the Emperor	Negates a Monarch's effect or the effect of Swap Frog.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	-	Intercept	Unlike Pulling the Rug, it doesn't Negate the effect, but you gain the monster/the Opponent loses a relatively strong monster, and it works against Sea Lancer.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	-	Chain Disappearance	There goes all 3 Ronintoadins, Battle Fader, Treeborn Frog, etc. This can also remove Extra Deck monsters such as Gachi Gachi Gantetsu.
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	-	Crevice Into the Different Dimension	This deck can focus on certain cards in the graveyard (e.g. Treeborn Frog, Ronintoadin)
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	-	D.D. Crow	This deck can focus on certain cards in the graveyard (e.g. Treeborn Frog, Ronintoadin)
Frognarchs / Sea Lancer	-	Karma Cut	This deck can focus on certain cards in the graveyard (e.g. Treeborn Frog, Ronintoadin)
Frogs	>	King Tiger Wanghu	Destroys many of the monsters in Synchro builds, basically all monsters in Frog Driver FTK and the Tribute fodder for Frognarchs. However, it does not affect the Solid/Wetlands builds.
Frogs	>	Skill Drain	This deck focuses heavily on Effects.
Frogs	>	Infinite Dismissal	This card will hinder them, badly.
Frogs	-	Possessed Dark Soul	Your 'Frog-Lock' is now my 'Frog-Lock'! (Dupe-Dupe and Sub-Dupe Locks)
Frogs	-	Deck Devastation Virus	No more frogs for you! xD
Frogs	-	Necrovalley	Stops Ronintoadin and Pot of Avarice, however instead of Synchro Summoning, they could use an alternate strategy and lock you down and attack directly or something. Doesn't stop Treeborn Frog or Fishborg Blaster.
Frogs	-	The End of Anubis	Stops Fishborg Blaster, Ronintoadin and Pot of Avarice, however instead of Synchro Summoning, they could use an alternate strategy and lock you down and attack directly or something.
Gladiator Beasts	>	Archlord Kristya	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
Gladiator Beasts	+	Corridor of Agony	It may seem like it would Cripple the deck, however it can be bypassed by cards like Dust Tornado. It also doesn't stop the Extra Deck monsters like Gyzarus.
Gladiator Beasts	+	Skill Drain	It may seem like it would Cripple the deck, however it can be bypassed by the Book of Moon combo.
Gladiator Beasts	+	G.B. Hunter	It may seem like it would Cripple the deck, however it can be bypassed by cards like Book of Moon and Smashing Ground.
Gladiator Beasts	+	Legendary Jujitsu Master	Stops the GB from tagging out. Top decks the monster. High DEF (No Non-Tribute Effect Monster GB can beat it by itself), however it can be bypassed by cards like Enemy Controller, Smashing Ground, Test Tiger and Gyzarus.
Gladiator Beasts	-	Swallow Flip	Stops almost every Monster in this deck.
Gladiator Beasts	-	Chivalry	Stops almost every Monster in this deck.
Gladiator Beasts	-	Solemn Warning	Stops every Monster in this deck. Works best against Gyzarus and Heraklinos, that way they stay in the Graveyard.
Gladiator Beasts	-	Mirror of Oaths	It doesn't negate the Effect, but it does destroy the monster, and you draw 1 card so you don't lose card advantage.
Gladiator Beasts	-	D.D. Warrior Lady	When attacked, she removes the monster that attacked. GBs generally run 1 Equeste, Bestiari, etc. and without that 1 monster, the deck would be hindered to a certain extent.
Gladiator Beasts	-	Prohibition	Call Bestiari and they won't be able to destroy S/T cards at all since it stops both Bestiari and Gyzarus, however it can be bypassed by cards like Dust Tornado.
Gladiator Beasts	-	Jowls of Dark Demise	Let the Opponent attack into this monster, Triggering its Effect. Take control of the GB so they can't 'Tag-out'. This works even better if you have a GB in your own deck. That way, you can return your Opponent's GB that attacked to their deck to Summon your GB from your Deck. This strategy is used in a Mirror Match, but it works as a side strategy like this as well.
Gladiator Beasts	-	Rafflesia Seduction	Let the Opponent attack into this monster, Triggering its Effect. Take control of the GB so they can't 'Tag-out'. This works even better if you have a GB in your own deck. That way, you can return your Opponent's GB that attacked to their deck to Summon your GB from your Deck. This strategy is used in a Mirror Match, but it works as a side strategy like this as well.
Gladiator Beasts	-	Gladiator Taming	Similar to Jowls of Dark Demise and Rafflesia Seduction (mentioned above), this card not only lets you take your opponent's GB for free (and then allowing you to tag with it if you have your own GBs), it also has an effect to change battle positions. This will stop an opposing GB's attack, preventing it from tagging out. You can also use the Gladiator Beast for a Synchro Summon or an Exceed Summon.
Gladiator Beasts	-	Nobleman of Extermination	Hopefully you hit Chariot. Generally, after they add it with Equeste, they set it right away, so you know where it is.
Gladiator Beasts	-	Dimensional Prison	This really annoys them when used correctly.
Heralds	>	Royal Oppression	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons. Just get it out before Herald of Perfection is Summoned, since it can only negate the activation of cards, not the activation of effects.
Heralds	>	Archlord Kristya	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons. Just get it out before Herald of Perfection is Summoned.
Heralds	-	Banisher of the Radiance	A Continuous Monster Effect, so Herald can't negate it. It prevents cards from being sent to the Graveyard for a cost, so Herald's effect can't be activated, allowing you to destroy Herald by following it up with a card like Smashing Ground.
Heralds	-	Prohibition	There are quite a few Herald decks that don't even main MST, so if you can call Herald before it comes out, they don't have much to play with afterwards.
Heralds	-	Light-Imprisoning Mirror	Just get this out before Herald of Perfection is able to be Summoned.
Heralds	-	Mind Crush	Chain it to the Ritual Spell and declare Herald of Perfection xD
Heralds	-	Divine Wrath	If you couldn't stop it before-hand, then use this, as it can't stop Spell Speed 3 cards.
Heralds	-	Volcanic Queen	Alternatively, you could just use these to take Herald of Perfection out. However, this can only be done if their Archlord Kristya isn't out yet.
Heralds	-	Lava Golem	Alternatively, you could just use these to take Herald of Perfection out. However, this can only be done if their Archlord Kristya isn't out yet.
Infernity	>	Consecrated Light	Restricts basically every monster in this deck.
Infernity	>	Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror	Restricts basically every monster in this deck.
Infernity	>	Archlord Kristya	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
Infernity	>	Thunder King Rai-Oh	The level 4 beatstick in this deck is 1800 ATK, it can't beat 1900 ATK. Stops Infernity Archfiend search. Can negate 1 Special Summon.
Infernity	>	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Infernity	>	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Infernity	>	Necrovalley	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Infernity	>	The End of Anubis	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Infernity	>	King Tiger Wanghu	Stops almost all their monsters. Works even better when used with Burden of the Mighty, that way, it can even stop Archfiend and Dark Grepher.
Infernity	>	Skill Drain	Stops Archfiend and Necromancer. That'll severely slow them down.
Infernity	>	Big Burn	Can be chained to Necromancer, Launcher, Mirage, or Hundred-Eye's effect. Unless they draw Tour Guide, they won't be able to do anything, and even then they're pretty much through because they have to rely on topdecking.
Infernity	-	Chain Disappearance	Removes all 3 Infernity Mirage or Infernity Necromancer.
Infernity	-	Prohibition	Call Necromancer or Archfiend to hinder their general tactics.
Infernity	-	Swallow Flip	Stops Infernity Archfiend.
Infernity	-	Discord	This deck focuses heavily on Synchro Summons to OTK or gain field advantage.
Infernity	-	Grave of the Super Ancient Organism	This deck focuses heavily on Synchro Summons to OTK or gain field advantage.
Infernity	-	Dark Bribe	Negate's an S/T Effect, also makes them Draw 1 card so they won't be Handless.
Infernity	-	Dust Tornado	"Destroy Launcher as soon as it's activated, make your opponent a very sad person." It can also be used to stop a few of their Infernity Barriers.
Infernity	-	Spell Shattering Arrow	Destroy Launcher again xD
Infernity	-	Effect Veiler	Stops the Archfiend, or leaves the opponent with an ATK position Necromancer.
Infernity	-	Compulsory Evacuation Device	When the opponent Special Summons Infernity Archfiend, return it to the hand and they cannot search for a card.
Infernity	-	Karma Cut	Removes copies of cards to hinder their Synchro Summon ability.
Infernity	-	D.D. Crow	Removes copies of cards to hinder their Synchro Summon ability.
Infernity	-	Crevice Into the Different Dimension	Removes copies of cards to hinder their Synchro Summon ability.
Infernity	-	Big Burn	Removes copies of cards to hinder their Synchro Summon ability.
Infernity	-	Hero's Rule 2	Negates and destroys cards like Necromancer and Launcher.
Infernity	-	Summon Limit	Greatly hinders their general tactics.
Infernity	-	Book of Eclipse	Flips monsters face-down so they can't Synchro Summon yet, at End Phase it makes them Draw to make them not Handless.
Karakuri	-	Cyber Dragon	Used to make Chimeratech Fortress Dragon and clear their field.
Karakuri	-	Karakuri Klock	If you attack a Defense Position Karakuri monster you can activate this card and clear their field.
Karakuri	-	System Down	Banishes all Karakuri monsters in their hand and Graveyard.
Miracle Gemini	+	Non-Fusion Area	If it's the Fusion-spam variant, this card can effectively shut down that part of the deck. However, you need to protect it from Gemini Sparks and MSTs; and also be able to stop their 1900 beatsticks.
Miracle Gemini	-	Anti-Magic Prism	Bait for Gemini Spark, Book of Moon and Mystical Space Typhoon. If it is the Beatdown variant, it can also be used against Forbidden Chalice.
Miracle Gemini	-	Super Polymerization	If you can afford the Fusions in your Extra Deck just to side in against one particular deck (unless it's YVD, WC11, etc), this card can allow you to use your opponent's monsters as Fusion Materials and then you can attack directly. Note that you can Side Deck Fusion/Synchro Monsters now.
Miracle Gemini	-	Trap Hole	If it's the beatdown variant.
Miracle Gemini	-	Warrior Elimination	No cost and destroys almost your opponent's monsters.
Monarchs	>	By Order of the Emperor	This deck focuses heavily on their Effects.
Monarchs	>	Skill Drain	This deck focuses heavily on their Effects.
Monarchs	>	Zombie World	This deck focuses heavily on Tribute Summons.
Monarchs	>	Mask of Restrict	This deck focuses heavily on Tribute Summons.
Monarchs	+	Rivalry of Warlords	With the ruling updated, currently, even if you have 1 monster on the field, you cannot Tribute 1 Type for another Type for a Tribute Summon.
Monarchs	-	Pulling the Rug	Negates the effect and Destroys the monster.
Monarchs	-	Intercept	Unlike Pulling the Rug, it doesn't Negate the effect, but you gain the monster/the Opponent loses a relatively strong monster.
Morphtronics	>	Royal Oppression	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons if it is a build which focuses on Morphtronic Celfon and Inferno Reckless Summon.
Morphtronics	>	Final Attack Orders	No more Boarden or Magnen locks. Cripples any deck based on Morphtronic Map.
Morphtronics	-	Gozen Match	Slows them down, stops Radion spam OTKs.
Morphtronics	-	Infinite Dismissal	Hinders almost all their monsters, especially Celfon.
Morphtronics	-	Possessed Dark Soul	Take over their Boarden or Magnen locks, along with a few other monsters.
Morphtronics	-	King Tiger Wanghu	Until they get Radion out. They're going to struggle quite a bit.
Morphtronics	-	System Down	Although there are the occasional Thunder monsters like Magnen and Radion, most of their monsters will be removed from play.
Morphtronics	-	Chimeratech Fortress Dragon	Being a deck heavy on Machines, this card would clear their field and give you a strong monster. Some Morphtronic decks even have Cyber Dragon in them.
Morphtronics	-	Overworked	Best used against a Radion or Map spamming build.
Plants / Naturia	>	Archlord Kristya	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
Plants / Naturia	>	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Plants / Naturia	>	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Plants / Naturia	>	Zombie World	Restricts basically every monster in this deck, it also prevents the use of cards S/T like Wall of Thorns, Pollinosis, etc.
Plants / Naturia	+	Chain Disappearance	Removes all 3 Naturia Pineapples, Debris Dragon, Quickdraw Synchron or Dandylion. This can also remove Extra Deck monsters such as Formula Synchron.
Plants / Naturia	-	Book of Moon	Use this before they try to Synchro Summon and LOL at their ATK position Debris Dragon, Dandylion, etc.
Plants / Naturia	-	Necrovalley	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Plants / Naturia	-	The End of Anubis	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, however there aren't too many effects that Target the Graveyard. Gigaplant does not Target.
Plants / Naturia	-	Crevice Into the Different Dimension	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, especially on whichever plant the deck is based upon. Common ones include Gigaplant, Dandylion, Lonefire Blossom.
Plants / Naturia	-	Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, especially on whichever plant the deck is based upon. Common ones include Gigaplant, Dandylion, Lonefire Blossom.
Plants / Naturia	-	D.D. Crow	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, especially on whichever plant the deck is based upon. Common ones include Gigaplant, Dandylion, Lonefire Blossom.
Plants / Naturia	-	Big Burn	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, especially on whichever plant the deck is based upon. Common ones include Gigaplant, Dandylion, Lonefire Blossom.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	>	Archlord Kristya	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	>	King Tiger Wanghu	This deck focuses on Summoning lots of weaklings and using them to Synchro Summon for a 'Big Guy'. This card prevents that from happening. Kills cards like Quickdraw Synchron, Dandylion & Fluff Tokens, Lonefire Blossom.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	>	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	>	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	>	Necrovalley	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	>	The End of Anubis	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	>	Power Filter	Stops cards including Lonefire Blossom, Dandylion, Glow-up Bulb, Spore, Debris Dragon, Quickdraw Synchron; the core of the deck.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	+	Royal Prison	Stops cards including Glow-up Bulb, Spore, Level Eater, Quillbolt Hedgehog, Junk Synchron, Debris Dragon, Graceful Revival, Limit Reverse, Call of the Haunted and Monster Reborn.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	-	Summon Limit	Slows them down a lot, since their strategy is to Special Summon lots of weaker monster to Synchro Summon.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	-	Nobleman of Crossout	Instantly removes from play all copies of Ryko/Super-Nimble Mega Hamster/Gravekeeper's Spy/etc.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	-	Zombie World	Restricts a lot of the monsters in this deck.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	-	Crevice Into the Different Dimension	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, especially on whichever plant the deck is based upon. Common ones include Gigaplant, Dandylion, Lonefire Blossom.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	-	Chain Disappearance	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, especially on whichever plant the deck is based upon. Common ones include Gigaplant, Dandylion, Lonefire Blossom. This can also remove Extra Deck monsters such as Formula Synchron.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	-	Karma Cut	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, especially on whichever plant the deck is based upon. Common ones include Gigaplant, Dandylion, Lonefire Blossom.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	-	Big Burn	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard, especially on whichever plant the deck is based upon. Common ones include Gigaplant, Dandylion, Lonefire Blossom.
Quickdraw Plants (Quickdraw DandyWarrior)	-	Morphing Jar 2	This deck mainly swarms with Synchro monsters and Tokens, while leaving them with little or no hand. This card wipes them all out, and do not count towards the monsters 'returned to the deck'.
Steelswarm	>	Zombie World	Stops their Tribute Summons.
Steelswarm	-	King Tiger Wanghu	Kills Steelswarm Scout and Steelswarm Cell.
Steelswarm	-	Infestation Wave	Returns a Steelswarm to your opponent's hand and destroys their card.
Steelswarm	-	Blackwing - Jin the Rain Shadow	Works like Ally of Justice Catastor against Steelswarm
T.G.	+	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses on the Graveyard.
T.G.	+	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses on the Graveyard.
T.G.	+	Soul Drain	This deck relies on effects that activate in the Graveyard.
T.G.	-	Thunder King Rai-Oh	Prevents searches, however it can be bypassed by T.G. Rush Rhino.
T.G.	-	Royal Decree	This deck relies heavily on Trap Cards.
Zombies	>	Archlord Kristya	This deck focuses heavily on Special Summons.
Zombies	>	Macro Cosmos	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Zombies	>	Dimensional Fissure	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Zombies	>	Necrovalley	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Zombies	>	The End of Anubis	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Zombies	+	Consecrated Light	Restricts quite a few monsters in this deck, however there are just as many EARTH monsters in this deck.
Zombies	-	Marionette Mite	Steals a Zombie so that you can Synchro Summon with it.
Zombies	-	Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Zombies	-	D.D. Crow	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Zombies	-	Big Burn	This deck focuses heavily on the Graveyard.
Zombies	-	Book of Life	If Zombie World is in play, you can use this card to revive a monster, then remove an important monster from the Opponent's Graveyard.

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• This is based on the General/Basic builds of each deck.
• Also taking into account of the cards run in those decks (e.g. Gadgets run lots of Fissures and Smashing Grounds, so Thunder King Rai-Oh will not Cripple the deck) (e.g. Glads have tricks such as the Book of Moon trick against Skill Drain). However, this does not take into account of the opponent's Side Decks (e.g. ignores 3 Dust Tornados in their Side Deck).
• Ignoring Staples as they are not Side Deck material.
• If anyone would like to add (e.g. cards or top tier decks) or change things (e.g. move cards from cripple to works against) please post the ideas below.
• --  Falzar FZ  talk page  useful stuff    12:31, April 27, 2010 (UTC)

New Decktype

Maybe we should add a new deck to the decklist: the one that revolves around Reborn Tengu. A good number of Tengu decks made it to the Top 32 in the previous Orlando tournament. Maybe a couple of cards that can be sided-in against them are Archlord Kristya and Royal Oppression, since Tengu decks seem to rely a lot on Special Summoning.

Moja619 (talk • contribs) 17:39, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

Vanity's Fiend used in Frog decks.

Debunk

and you could abuse the fact that Reborn Tengu is a Mandatory Trigger. Would be nice if there was some combo that lets you attack all of them continuously and OTK them.... or vice versa, like a Strong monster + Battle Mania. -Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 02:04, June 8, 2011 (UTC)

can i ask what cards is best to side against twilight deck ? if i'm not wrong i has not see on the the list Gemini 93 (talk • contribs) 02:39, June 9, 2011 (UTC)

First two that come to mind are Chaos Trap Hole, Koa'ki Meiru Drago (kinda);

other anti Special Summoned cards, other anti Lightsworn cards (depending on the type of Twilight deck). -Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 02:37, June 10, 2011 (UTC)

Prohibition against Monarchs and Frogs = Win.BobaFett2 (talk)

What is the best monster to declare?

added Chain Disappearance against Formula Synchron spammers

Rivalry of Warlords against Monarchs (before, if you only control 1 monster, you can Tribute 1 Type for another Type in a Tribute Summon; now you cannot.)

Added section on Dark World.

-Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 11:57, July 11, 2011 (UTC)

How come Tengu Synchro still doesn't appear in the Deck list above? It's pretty much dominating the major tournaments since Tengu's release Moja619 (talk • contribs) 21:06, July 11, 2011 (UTC)

It's being discussed, (under the heading "New Decktype"; just a few lines above).

I'm not sure if it's worth starting a new section for them, or add it to the plants section.

Any suggestions on the cards apart from the ones in the plants section and the 2 mentioned above? -Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 01:57, July 12, 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, i see your point. plant synchro is quite similar to Tengu synchro outside of tengu itself. i don't know if the negation effects of cards like Solemn Warning, Thunder King Rai-Oh and Black Horn of Heaven used on a Special Summoned tengu will prevent it from using its effect. Moja619 (talk • contribs) 02:03, July 13, 2011 (UTC)

Thunder King Rai-Oh/Black Horn of Heaven (Summon negation) cards don't work against Special Summons that occur during resolution of an effect. -Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 02:44, July 13, 2011 (UTC)

Modern Built

Gladiator Beasts: Solemn Warning

Gladiator Beasts: Dimensional Prison

Warning is definitely a Main Deck card.

Dragons:Different Dimension Ground won't do anything if chained to Trade-In since discarding a monster is a cost. 207.233.120.2 (talk) 21:18, August 4, 2011 (UTC)

Most people maindeck both already.BobaFett2 (talk)

Solemn Warning's a Staple, Dimensional Prison is already listed there.

Was intended to prevent Trade-In from being activated that turn by activating it before hand, like in the Standby Phase, but I guess there's little point in that and you don't know when the opponent would have it, removed Trade-In from the list. -Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 01:41, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

I think they're already Staples, and are thus not Side Deck Material.

Designless Square (talk • contribs) 20:32, August 12, 2011 (UTC)

Stuff

In the references to Necrovalley, both Gigaplant and REDMD are noted to "not Target". That is no longer an issue. I find it ironic that there's a warning to get Royal Oppression out before Herald of Perfection comes out, but nothing like that in the 6S section.

Also, you listed Ally Salvo as a counter to Celestia and JD. Prolly dittography.

By the way, does Dimensional Fissure hurt Gravekeeper's? 207.233.120.2 (talk) 21:18, August 4, 2011 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks.

Removed; was probably thinking of something else.

Not really... I don't think so... -Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 01:41, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

Allies of Justice

Ally of Justice Cycle Reader is awesome against Lightsworns and Agents-it's a double D.D. Crow and it's a Level 3 Tuner monster if you want to use it in a Synchro Summon. Ally of Justice Core Destroyer is a Catastor when you're dueling Agents and Lightsworns that you can summon at no cost.BobaFett2 (talk)

"Cycle Reader" is a great Side, particularly against Fabled. "Core Destroyer" is OK, but Agents can Synchro around it or bomb it with "Hyperion". Lightsworns have a bit of trouble unless they're the Chaos variant (they usually are). 'Least it kills "Wulf".

On an unrelated note, "Chain Disappearance" only works against "Infernity Mirage" in the OCG.

Designless Square (talk • contribs) 20:24, August 12, 2011 (UTC)

Can you explain? I don't see why it can't be used on Infernity Necromancer in the OCGTCG... -Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 22:54, September 26, 2011 (UTC)

Cards to side against Agents need to be added, as they are now the top deck of the format. I recommend Thunder King Rai-Oh (stops Earth, negates Hyperion/Kristya/BLS if they run it, Sangan if they run BLS), Light-Imprisoning Mirror (stops everything), Leeching the Light, (gain major ATK for game, was popular at the last YCS), Dimensional Fissure/Macro Cosmos (nothing in grave, no fuel for Hyperion, nothing to drop Kristya, nothing for BLS, Sangan doesn't search). Lappyzard (talk • contribs) 05:57, September 25, 2011 (UTC)

Grave of the Super Ancient Organism stops Hyperion, BLS, Kristya, and Trishula as well as the occasional Stardust. Chain Disappearance rids you of pesky Earths and Shine Balls. BF2 Talk Deck Guides 12:50, September 25, 2011 (UTC)

I can't believe I forgot this: side Zombie Master against Zombies. Paladin of Cursed Dragon works as well although not necessarily as effectively. Of course, Puppet Plant works as well. Kycoo stops Book of Life if I'm not mistaken. BF2 Talk Deck Guides 23:01, September 26, 2011 (UTC)

Ah. Big Burn against Infernities, or does that not work? Ally of Justice Quarantine isn't bad against Agents (Vulnerable only to Honest and Jupiter, and not even BLS). BF2 Talk Deck Guides 23:25, September 26, 2011 (UTC)

Big Burn worked pre-Leviair, but now it might actually help them. Lappyzard (talk • contribs) 01:55, September 27, 2011 (UTC)

Nah, it's as effective as ever-unless they have Tour Guide, they have no access to Leviair once their Necromancers are Banished. BF2 Talk Deck Guides 02:11, September 27, 2011 (UTC)

And all good Infernity decks are running Tour Guide. Lappyzard (talk • contribs) 19:19, September 27, 2011 (UTC)

I meant that they have to draw it, since they'll be topdecking. BF2 Talk Deck Guides 20:40, September 27, 2011 (UTC)

Definitely a counter.

I should have been clearer. "Infernity Mirage" cannot be stopped by "Chain Disappearance" in the TCG because it is no longer a valid target after the cost for its effect is carried out (with Priority).

"Zombie World" works all right against Agents. It stops Kristya, keeps Hyperion from bombing anything, blocks the effect of Jupiter, and crushes Sanctuary if they're using it (sillyheads). Doesn't stop Venus though.

Designless Square (talk • contribs) 20:06, September 30, 2011 (UTC)

Are you saying Big Burn is a counter? BF2 Talk Deck Guides 20:39, September 30, 2011 (UTC)

Actually, my mistake, I misread it as you can't use it in the OCG for some reason, when you meant you can't use it in TCG. -Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 02:35, October 1, 2011 (UTC)

Mind Crush really trips up Machina Gadget decks, especially those that use the Gadget chain with Ultimate Offering for Xyz. --Gadjiltron (talk • contribs) 13:03, October 6, 2011 (UTC)

Dark World

• "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer" is good for blocking Gates and Smog, and fiddles with the Graveyard. He dies to Raven and Snoww+, though.
• Maybe you could add the caveat "bypassed by Dark World Lightning"; that card makes Debunk very hard to use.

Designless Square (talk • contribs) 15:04, November 13, 2011 (UTC)

Rabbit / Evolsar

Any Ideas to stop this new threat? Ruicub (talk • contribs) 12:07, November 15, 2011 (UTC)

Imperial Iron Wall. More Effect Veiler. BF2 Talk Deck Guides 17:37, November 15, 2011 (UTC)

Use Dark Trap Hole and Giant Trap Hole to counter rescue rabbit, it should work quite effectively seen as it was originally desinged to counter Rescue Cat. Karma Cut can annoy rescue rabbit although he he may re summmoned later with Leviair the Sea Dragon

[email protected] (talk • contribs) 16:09, November 19, 2011 (UTC)

I sided Lava Golem during Six Samurai format. I plan to do the same if the Rabbit Dino deck becomes big. It won't, though. It can't compare to Plant Synchro. Lappyzard (talk • contribs) 17:59, November 19, 2011 (UTC)

Any more advice to counter Rabbit / Evolzar? 24.0.144.144 (talk) 00:57, November 25, 2011 (UTC)

Imperial Iron Wall works. Maxx "C" is pretty effective just to draw cards. BF2 Talk Deck Guides 01:10, November 25, 2011 (UTC)

No one's mentioned "Summon Limit"? Also, "Rivalry of Warlords" pretty much locks Xyzs.

Designless Square (talk • contribs) 01:55, December 10, 2011 (UTC)

Why has nobody mentioned Mirror of Oaths? I side deck two nowadays on DN to stop Rabbit and GB. Menace13 (talk • contribs) at 04:03, December 10, 2011 (UTC)

Dark World

I have a sugggestion for side decking against dark worlds. You can side deck Appropriate , so that whenever they draw a card you also draw 2 cards, this can give you very good hand adavantage ,and it can be combined with Maxx "C" to get more extra cards.

[email protected] (talk • contribs) 14:04, November 25, 2011 (UTC)

Exodia

For Exodia, can we put Exchange to "cripples the deck completely", and add Amazoness Chain Master (not as good since you have to get it killed, but still useable). Battlemaniac (talk • contribs) 16:44, January 2, 2012 (UTC)

BF2's Additions

4-Star Ladybug of Doom against Gadgets, Gravekeeper's, and Gladiator Beasts.

Steelswarm is actually pretty good, and if added, Blackwing - Jin the Rain Shadow is an side card (Catastor against them). If I'm not mistaken, Des Donut hurts them as well. Infestation Wave actually hurts them as you can return their monster to their hand and destroy their card.

Chain Burn is missing - Rainbow Life, Des Wombat, Lifeforce Harmonizer, and Prime Material Dragon are all good sides against them. Vanity's Emptiness is also incredibly against them as it even stops their draw cards.

Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell, while a -1, will almost certainly paralyze Dragunities and hurt Gravekeeper's. Field Barrier hurts them as well, preventing them from playing Field Spell Cards.

Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo is a godsend against Fabled - protect it with a Trap or two and you can't lose.

Huge Revolution Reversal is good against Scrap (Scrap Dragon).

Hunter of Black Feathers is good against any mono-Attribute Archetype - Agents, Sabers, Dark World, etc.

Infinite Dismissal against Plants.

Karakuri Klock works against Karakuri.

More to come. BF2 Talk Deck Guides 18:00, January 5, 2012 (UTC)

King Tiger Wanghu stops Mystical Shine Balls and destroys Earth, as well as destroying Kageki/Kagemusha/Elder (which cripples Six Samurai), destroys most X-Sabers, destroys Infernities (other than Archfiend), hurts Plants/Naturia, devastates Inzektor Wind-Ups, makes Treeborn Frog useless, etc.

Rescue Laggia is missing, Mirror of Oaths, Smashing Horn, and Bottomless Trap Hole are all effective side cards, as is Imperial Iron Wall.

Snowman Eater is good against Miracle Gemini.

Widespread Dud is bait against X-Sabers and Scraps that gets rid of their cards. BF2 Talk Deck Guides 19:04, January 5, 2012 (UTC)

Made some modifications, more to come. BF2 Talk Deck Guides 19:26, January 5, 2012 (UTC)

I think you meant Karakuri Trick House.

Rivalry of Warlords and Gozen Match are pretty good against Rabbit and Wind-Ups. D.D. Crow works okay against Wind-Ups and Inzektors if you can cut their loops short. They can go for Leviair if you mispredict and they're still holding Gallis or Spell Striker, though. 24.199.53.194 (talk) 21:14, February 17, 2012 (UTC)

More cards to cripple Dragunities

Could you side in a Dark Highlander against a Dragunity deck since it stops all Synchro Summons and can take out Equip Cards and burn for each? Not to mention having a 2800 atk level 7 beatstick on the fieldJa1lbreakr0cks (talk • contribs) 17:20, February 12, 2012 (UTC)

Newer Archetypes

Some I'm thinking of:
Rabbit:
Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter.
Penguin Soldier.
Snowman Eater, etc.
Not many run Dolkka or try to get it out, most go for Laggia which is only really vulnerable to flip effect monsters or monsters already on the field.
Summon Limit, but it doesn't solve the first turn problem.
Overlay Owl but they would negate its summon anyway.

Inzektors:
Effect Veiler.
D.D. Crow.
Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror.
Consecrated Light (only if they have no hornet equipped, so not that great).
Necrovalley (not extremely good but decent).
Safe Zone (they pop it they lose a monster, not amazing though).
Fiendish Chain.
Chain Disappearance.

Wind-Ups:
Maxx "C".
Effect Veiler.
D.D. Crow?
Regenerating Mummy possibly, if they send it to the grave you add it back to your hand, they're likely to hit it constantly when the hand gets low. Not bad to draw into too.
Neko Mane King possibly, if they hit it their turn ends, risky though, bad to draw into too. Could also be a side against Dark Worlds.
Since these are a first turn deck at the moment I won't list cards that need to be already on the field.

Hieroglyphs: (I don't know much about these)
Maxx "C".
I'm not sure if Effect Veiler does much against them.
Zombie World, tribute summon quite a lot (although that might be tribute to summon), and it stops quite a few Dragon specific cards.
Mask of Restrict.
Light-Imprisoning Mirror, most of them are light.
Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror, it'd stop their REDMD.
Summon Limit, they spam a lot.
King Tiger Wanghu since they spam 0 attack monsters quite often.
Any negate special summon cards like Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo.

Ninjas:
Thunder King Rai-Oh, they add to the hand often.
Effect Veiler can really hurt their Upstart Golden Ninja.
Royal Decree can hurt, but they don't really need Ninjitsu Art of Super-Transformation to run, Xyz spamming with dead traps would work almost as well.
Warrior Elimination, they don't spam much though.

Any other new top tier(ish) archetype I'm forgetting?
121.222.228.13 (talk) 04:10, February 20, 2012 (UTC)

Against Rabbits, you're better off with Spirit Reaper, Arcana Force 0 - The Fool, Marshmallon, and, believe it or not, Wave-Motion Cannon. Dolkka can negate the Flip Effect monsters making them less useful. Lava Golem is also an insanely good side against them.

Hieroglyphs don't have to use REDMD, so strike Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror. Wanghu isn't very effective as they'll kill it with either an effect or by battle (their 0 attack monsters would come out after they've destroyed him). Leeching the Light is decent against Hieroglyphs as they have high ATK monsters.

For Ninjas, Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror isn't a bad side - it stops Tour Guide and Hanzo. BF2 Talk Deck Guides 14:19, February 20, 2012 (UTC)

I completely forgot about Hanzo being dark. And why would Wave-Motion Cannon be a good side against rabbit? I'm not quite getting that. Is it because if they don't negate it they could get big damage, if they do they lose materials? Because if that's the case wouldn't cards like Smashing Ground or Dimensional Prison be better?123.211.144.181 (talk) 08:11, February 21, 2012 (UTC)

If you watch ! Xcloud (some number of spaces) play on DN, you'll see that he sides everything against Rabbits. He does extremely well against Rabbits by siding in a bunch of wall monsters (The Fool, Reaper, Marshmallon) an Wave-Motion Cannon. If I'm not mistaken, they don't run a lot of Spell/Trap removal... BF2 Talk Deck Guides 17:33, February 21, 2012 (UTC)

I can see why the stall monsters would work. Their only real destruction cards would be Dark Hole, maybe 1 or 2 Smashing Ground or Dimensional Prison, and I don't think you'll be attacking much with the stall monsters. But Wave-Motion Cannon still seems iffy to me, Laggia can negate it if they wish, but I guess it'd make them think a bit more if they want to use those solemns that have set later too.123.211.144.181 (talk) 08:18, February 22, 2012 (UTC)

They don't use a lot of backrow destruction and Laggia usually has better things to negate (and if they negate it, you're free to use Dark Hole or another good card). BF2 Talk Deck Guides 13:45, February 22, 2012 (UTC)

What about Mask of Restrict for Hieratics? I feel as if it would be a > or + card on the above list, because most Hieratic plays and means of destroying cards come from tribute effects. 108.196.206.15 (talk) 14:27, June 21, 2012 (UTC)

+ would be appropriate. It shuts down the engine, but like Macro Cosmos and Necrovalley it's vulnerable to Tefnuit -> A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon. 207.233.120.2 (talk) 00:01, June 28, 2012 (UTC)

Dino rabbits,Wind-up and Inzektors

This list should have sections for those 3 i have some cards : inzektors:

• necrovalley:stops dragonfly and others from equipping hornet from graveyard.
• d.d. Crow:when they try to get hornet from the grave,chain and LOL at their dragonfly unassisted
• different dimension ground:chain this to anything they use to dump hornet in grave.
• effect veiler:use to stop inzektors from equipping anything.
• macro cosmos:unlike dimensional fissure,this works on spells

LG talk My own Guides 16:03, February 22, 2012 (UTC)

Having played Wind-Ups, I find it horribly injurious when the opponent springs a Bottomless Trap Hole on Zenmaity. Breaks the loop, leaves the Wind-Up player struggling for a turn. Oh, wait, do you guys still have the Priority ruling? Guess it won't work that way for the TCG. At least it still can be used on Shark.

Effect Veiler is also particularly useful in defusing Zenmaity and Rat. Especially Rat, since they will be left with a monster with 600 ATK in Attack Position just asking to be beaten in.

--Gadjiltron (talk • contribs) 14:06, March 5, 2012 (UTC)

In the list above, Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell is listed twice for Gravekeeper's (with different ratings of effectiveness). Also, how about Consecrated Light against Steelswarms and Royal Decree against Chain Burn? 207.233.120.2 (talk) 18:57, March 7, 2012 (UTC)

I just realized, Gozen Match and Rivalry of Warlords can both cripple Wind-Ups, right? 99.165.192.113 (talk) 00:50, March 8, 2012 (UTC)

Yes, and they cripple Dino Rabbit as well. --> Summoned Skull 2: Electric Boogaloo 00:52, March 8, 2012 (UTC)

--68.41.75.225 (talk) 08:55, April 2, 2012 (UTC)I have found Icy Crevice to be a interesting card to side agaisnt insector players. It will hurt them for playing hornet and has the potential to break up loops. In addition after its been played once the oppenent will begin to act more cautiously around single backfields. Just a card not widely expected that can throw insecktors off their game.

If they shot your monster before shooting your back row, they are being silly. Which reminds me: "Wild Tornado" and "Security Orb".207.233.120.2 (talk) 17:35, April 23, 2012 (UTC)

We need to update the table at the top for the current meta. Someone please do it. Its really accessible to all users and its a good list with good explanations.

Roughpuppet (talk • contribs) 10:32, April 26, 2012 (UTC)

With the recent changes to Ignition Priority (now "Fast Effect Timing", i.e. nonexistent for Ignition Effect Monsters), "Effect Veiler" becomes a viable side against Dino Rabbit. Designless Square (talk • contribs) 18:32, April 26, 2012 (UTC)

For the record, I haven't played for a long time, I'm not sure about the current meta, or what to use against it.

I've mentioned a couple of times that anyone can edit the list as long as they know what they're doing (follow proper table syntax); or post below if they're not sure about adding to the table.

-Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 23:45, April 26, 2012 (UTC)

ok.. i'll get some small suggestions on the most common cards to use against the meta decks.

Dino-Rabbits gozen/rivalry. different attibutes and types, rabbit being earth/beast. rest being dino/ earth or water or fire. Xyz monsters are dragon/fire.

effect veiler, post priority ruling, priority was able to cause it to use its effect before veiler so it was off the field before veiler activates. also useful to negate evolsar dollka if one feels like doing so. forces them to waste material.

chain disappearance, better post priority. similar reason to above, though it will leave the field first. Also able to use against tour guide, another staple against this deck.

spirit reaper/marshmallon, good stallking monster cards, do not activate, does not need to be normal or special summoned(set) thus cannot be negated when attacked. good stall card to stop them from beating you down.

Inzektors: shadow imprisoning, all dark, activate on field in order to control. not unlike reasons for infernity

macro cosmos, does not allow them to send hornet or any other equipped inzektor card to the graveyard. same thing as shadow imprisoning.

effect veiler, generally good at negating their effects of all monsters

chain disappearance, able to banish a dragonfly or hornet if they get summoned. stops their special summoning mechanic and causes them to not be able to swarm.

Wind-ups, gozen/rivalry. all different types and attributes. no explanation needed

cyber dragon/chimeratech. wind-up XYZ cards are all machine type, thus a good card to counter. to zenmaines and zenmeity.

effect veiler. able to stop wind up loop during first turn loop

maxx C. negates the effects of wind up loop, by drawing more cards then they make you discard.

There are definitely more cards to side deck against these and other matchups but this is the general kick start to the big 3 decks this format. effect veiler may be a general card as people main deck it as well. but always good to mention.

other deck types inc darkworlds, heroes. main meta decks that have not been mentioned above.

Roughpuppet (talk • contribs) 14:19, April 27, 2012 (UTC)

Guys, read the original comments Falzar made.
"Ignoring Staples as they are not Side Deck material." Under Staples:
Effect Monsters

• Maxx C
• Effect Veiler
  

Perhaps Maxx "C" shouldn't be listed. But certain OTK Decks like Dark Gaia OTK and Empty Jar will end the game if your opponent drops "Heavy Storm" or "Trap Stun" and you don't have Veiler. Maybe Glads or Zombies don't need Veiler against most things, but there are times when it's the only viable option. Designless Square (talk • contribs) 17:27, May 3, 2012 (UTC)

But the thing is they're a main deck card where you side the rest, they aren't cards you'd side if you don't main them.

121.222.167.78 (talk) 05:15, May 4, 2012 (UTC)

Well, against Dino Rabbit, I would suggest side decking Black Ray Lancer and Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon,not to mention Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, whose overwhelming effect can destroy any Dino decks. I would also recommend the forgotten Majestic Star Dragon, who can destroy a Dino Rabbit deck in seconds If you aren't maining Maxx "C"/Veiler you probably shouldn't be siding them either.
60.228.86.44 (talk) 13:57, April 28, 2012 (UTC)

Lancer and Galaxy-Eyes most likely won't make it to the field, and Lancer only has 2100 ATK anyways. "Majestic Star Dragon" is unlikely to land as well, and won't be around on your opponent's turn.

What I meant about Veiler is that a Deck which normally has no need for Veilers, is compelled to run them to protect itself from what would otherwise be an unpreventable OTK. Ancient history.

"Trap Hole" works nicely against Inzektors, killing Dragonfly, Centipede, and Hopper. It doesn't hit Hornet, Ladybug or DAD, but it can't be circumvented with Zektkaliber (unlike Veiler), a chained MST (unlike S-IM, Skill Drain, Macro Cosmos and Fiendish Chain), and it's not a half-answer like BTH/Chain Disappearance. Designless Square (talk • contribs) 00:15, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

A "Best of all worlds" list

Is there any chance that we could get an ideal list of cards to side? Maybe rank the top 20 cards to side, in the order of their priority? Like, Light-Imprisoning Mirror can shut down Lightsworns, but aside from them and Hieratics, there's not much reason to side it. Conversely, Effect Veiler and Maxx "C" are listed as "effective" for their sections, yet they work against any and all decks. For people who need help quickly organizing a side deck to combat any and all threats, a small list of cards that are recommended for all side decks would be helpful, since while no one can tell you what cards you HAVE to put in your main deck, a side deck can always run the same 15 cards no matter what deck you use, and will almost always be just as effective. The Pope 14:45, July 30, 2012 (UTC)