Trickstar

Trickstar
Clockwise, from top right: "Trickstar Holly Angel", "Candina", "Lycorissica" and "Lilybell" in the artwork of "Trickstar Lightstage" Clockwise, from top right: "Trickstar Holly Angel", "Candina", "Lycorissica" and "Lilybell" in the artwork of "Trickstar Lightstage"
Japanese	トリックスター Torikkusutā (romanized)
Sets Code of the Duelist Circuit Break
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
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"Trickstar" is an archetype of female LIGHT Fairy-Type monsters used by Aoi Zaizen in Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, which debuted in the OCG with Code of the Duelist.

Design

Blue Angel with "Trickstar Holly Angel", "Lilybell" and "Lycorissica in the anime.

The "Trickstar" monsters are based on Japanese idols and named after flowers.

Members

Trickstar	Origin
Candina	Candytuft
Holly Angel	Hollyhocks
Lilybell	Lilium
Lycorissica	Lycoris
Narkiss	Narcissus
Sweet Devil	Devil flower

Playing style

The primary strategy of a "Trickstar" Deck is dealing small amounts of effect damage, usually 200 points, multiple times through various effects. "Trickstar Candina" will deal damage whenever your opponent activates a Spell or Trap, "Trickstar Narkiss" will deal damage whenever your opponent activates a monster's effect from their hand or graveyard, "Trickstar Lycorissica" will deal damage for each card your opponent adds to their hand (including those drawn by effect or for their Draw Phase), "Trickstar Sweet Devil" will deal damage whenever a monster it points to is sent to the GY (by battle or card effect), "Trickstar Holly Angel" will deal damage whenever a "Trickstar" is summoned to one of her Link Points, and "Trickstar Lightstage" will deal damage whenever one of your "Trickstar" monsters deals damage. The archetype is not without the ability to deal battle damage, however; "Holly Angel" gains ATK each time a "Trickstar" monster deals damage, including herself, and "Trickstar Lilybell" can bypass your opponent's monsters and attack directly.

Their secondary strategy is to disrupt your opponent's plays to prevent them from mounting a comeback. "Lightstage" can lock down their Set Spells and Traps for a turn before forcing a "use it or lose it" scenario, while "Trickstar Reincarnation" will banish their hand face-down and draw an equal number of new cards for them (which can also deal significant burn damage off of "Lycorissica's" effect), eliminating the benefit of search cards and cards that activate in the Graveyard. Additionally, "Holly Angel" will prevent the "Trickstar" monsters in her Link Points from being destroyed while "Lycorissica" can return them from the field to the hand to avoid other removal effects.

The archetype also has lots of search and recovery power to it. "Lightstage" can search any of the "Trickstar" monsters on activation, while "Candina" can search any "Trickstar" card, including herself, when Normal Summoned. This will often be "Lilybell," which you can then Special Summon, allowing you to promptly Link Summon "Holly Angel" or attack directly with "Lilybell" via its effect to recover a "Trickstar" card from the Graveyard. "Lycorissica" can return "Candina" to your hand to allow you to Summon her and search again, while "Reincarnation" can be banished from the Graveyard to Special Summon a "Trickstar" from your Graveyard.

Recommended cards

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Trickstar Candina Trickstar Lilybell Trickstar Lycorissica Trickstar Narkiss Athena Fairy Archer Hecatrice Honest Nova Summoner Protector of the Sanctuary (in combination with "Trickstar Reincarnation".) Shining Angel Spell Cards Trickstar Lightstage Celestial Transformation Chain Strike Creature Swap Dark Room of Nightmare Inferno Reckless Summon Terraforming Transmodify Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen Trap Cards Trickstar Reincarnation Lumenize Solar Ray Extra Deck Xyz Monsters Fairy Cheer Girl Starliege Paladynamo Link Monsters Trickstar Holly Angel Trickstar Sweet Devil Firewall Dragon

Official Decklists

"Trickstar" Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards (15) Effect Monsters Firecracker x2 Rescue Ferret x3 Summoner Monk Trickstar Candina x3 Trickstar Lilybell x3 Trickstar Lycorissica x3 Spell Cards (14) Dark Room of Nightmare x3 Double Summon x3 Harpie's Feather Duster Monster Reborn Terraforming x3 Trickstar Lightstage x3 Trap Cards (11) Appropriate x2 Blind Ruination Dark Bribe x2 Recall x3 Trickstar Reincarnation x3 Extra Deck (15) Xyz Monsters Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer Daigusto Phoenix Fairy Cheer Girl Gachi Gachi Gantetsu Number 39: Utopia Number C39: Utopia Ray Number S39: Utopia the Lightning Sky Cavalry Centaurea Link Monsters Decode Talker Gaiasaber, the Virtual Knight x2 Topologic Bomber Dragon Trickstar Holly Angel x3