Monarch Control Deck
A Monarch Deck utilizes the effects of the following monarch cards:
- "Kuraz the Light Monarch"
- "Mobius the Frost Monarch"
- "Raiza the Storm Monarch"
- "Caius the Shadow Monarch"
- "Zaborg the Thunder Monarch"
This Deck is based on tribute summoning your Monarchs with ease to activating there effects to easily control the field. A great card used in this deck is Fiend's Sanctuary, which special summons a token that can be used for a tribute summon. And of course the repeatable effect of Treeborn Frog, can easily let you summon a monarch every turn.
There are three monsters in this deck that cant be destroyed by battle Arcana Force 0 - The Fool, Marshmallon, and Spirit Reaper which make you vulnerable to piercing monsters. This deck can easily be overpowered
Contents
Monarch Deck
Recommended Cards
Monster Cards
- Kuraz the Light Monarch x 3
- Caius the Shadow Monarch x 3
- Mobius the Frost Monarch x 3
- Raiza the Storm Monarch x 3
- Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch x 3
- The Tricky x 3
- Treeborn Frog
- Cyber Dragon
Spell Cards
- Heavy Storm
- Mystical Space Typhoon
- Soul Exchange x 2
- Brain Control
- Fiend's Sanctuary x 3
- Lightning Vortex x 2
Trap Cards
- Torrential Tribute
- Call of the Haunted
- Bottomless Trap Hole x 2
- Zoma the Spirit x 3
- Metal Reflect Slime x 3
Apprentice Monarch
An alternative to a Monarch Control Deck is an Apprentice Monarch Deck, which uses cards like "Apprentice Magician", "Crystal Seer" and "Old Vindictive Magician" to gain the upper hand in a duel. "Old Vindictive Magician" destroys your opponent's monsters and "Crystal Seer" gives you extra cards, giving you more strategies to play with. "Apprentice Magician" summons those monsters in the Damage Step when your opponent can't do much about it. These monsters are also very good tribute materials for Monarchs.
There are many options to support the Monarchs; it really just depends on what works for those playing Monarch decks. However, the "Treeborn Frog" method seems to work the best, since you waste less resources to summon the Monarchs.
Macro Monarch
Another alternative that is becoming popular is the Macro Monarch Deck. It is the most efficient Monarch type deck, and most effective against the current meta. And now with the New Ban-list, Raiza the Storm Monarch is no longer restricted, giving this deck back some lost power.
Macro Monarch Decks are extremely effective against graveyard-based Decks, such as "Tele-DAD", since they completely eliminate the Graveyard and can take advantage of the situation to revive tribute material to keep summoning Monarchs. This deck is also good against a lightsworn deck, if cards are sent to the Graveyard by the effect of lightsworn monsters, they will be removed from play instead.
Recommended Cards
Monster Cards
- Caius the Shadow Monarch x 2
- Kuraz the Light Monarch x 3
- Mobius the Frost Monarch x 2
- Raiza the Storm Monarch x 3
- Spirit Reaper
- Marshmallon
- Cyber Dragon
- Vice Dragon
- Twin-Headed Behemoth
- Treeborn Frog
- The Tricky
- Dark Resonator
- Arcana Force 0 - The Fool
- Dark Resonator
Spell Cards
- Heavy Storm
- Mystical Space Typhoon
- Brain Control
- Fiend's Sanctuary x 3
- Soul Exchange x 3
- Swords of Revealing Light
Trap Cards
- Mirror Force
- Torrential Tribute
- Solemn Judgment
- Bottomless Trap Hole x 2
- Dimensional Prison x 2
- Zoma the Spirit x 3
Machine Monarch
This Deck is a mix of Machine and Monarchs, often using Jinzo instead of the other Monarchs, together with Caius and Dark Armed Dragon. This deck also revolves arround Geartown and the spell/trap destruction power of Mobius. A great strategy is to tribute summon Kuraz and destroy Geartown, you bring a Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon and you also draw a card.
Recommended Cards
Monster Cards
- Dark Armed Dragon
- Jinzo
- Caius the Shadow Monarch
- Cyber Dragon
- Cyber Phoenix
- Cyber Valley
- Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive
- Black Salvo
- Nitro Synchron
- Mobius the Frost Monarch
- Kuraz the Light Monarch (works well combined with soul exchange for greater card advantage as kuraz cant attack the turn he is summoned anyway)
Psychic Monarchs
Since release of "The Duelist Genesis" booster, there has been a new Monarch deck called Psychic Monarchs. Cards like "Krebons" and "Psychic Commander" stall with their effects, then you can tribute them for a Monarch or use them for a Synchro Summon. "Emergency Teleport" helps search both monsters.
However, with the March 2009 banlist and "Emergency Teleport's" limiting, this deck has become less effective.
PsychoPlant Monarchs
PsychoPlant Monarchs focuses on the cards like Seed of Deception and Emergency Teleport to generate Monarch tribute fodder. Cards like Dark Verger can help generate extra fodder for the next turn or even be used to Synchro Summon. This is based off of the Psychic Monarchs but sense Emergency Teleport is now limited Seed of Deception serves as your extra E-tele. Miracle Fertilizer can help you bring out more tribute fodder or just an all out beatstick if you prefer it. Graceful Revival can help revive more tribute fodder that was already used with Seed of Deception. This deck creates amazing advantage with quick and easy to summon Monarch beatsticks. Good thing about this Monarch deck can play plant defense cards like Wall of Thorns can even be your second or third Mirror Force. This deck does tend to use cards that have similar effects to add utilty to this Monarch deck.
Recommended Cards
Monster Cards
- Caius the Shadow Monarch
- Mobius the Frost Monarch
- Raiza the Storm Monarch
- Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch
- Dark Armed Dragon
- Nettles
- Dark Verger
- Krebons
- Psychic Commander
- Treeborn Frog
- Cyber Dragon
- Twilight Rose Knight (Optional Synchro Summon support)
- Marauding Captain (extra Twilight Rose Knight)
- Mystic Tomato
- Sangan
- Cursed Fig
Spell Cards
- Brain Control
- Mind Control (Optional Synchro support)
- Heavy Storm
- Mystical Space Typhoon
- Lightning Vortex
- Monster Reborn
- Seed of Deception
- Emergency Teleport
- Allure of Darkness
- Reinforcement of the Army
Trap Cards
Perfect Circle Monarch
This deck uses the Destiny Hero engine to get an advantage in their game, but with the banning of Destiny Hero - Disk Commander, it has become less effective. These are graveyard based decks that can easily bring out a level 8 Synchro Monster or draw cards.