Battleguard Deck Breakdown

EARTH 1

All "Battleguard" monsters you control gain 500 ATK. You can only use each of the following effects of "Battleguard Cadet" once per turn. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Feast of the Wild LV5" from your Deck to your hand. You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 Level 8 Warrior monster from your hand.

DARK 8

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by Tributing 3 monsters. Negate the effects of face-up monsters while your opponent controls them. Once per turn: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; equip that target to this card (max. 1). Gains ATK equal to half the original ATK of the monster equipped to it by this effect.

EARTH 5

If your opponent has 2 or more cards in their hand, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. You can only use each of the following effects of "K9-04 Noroi" once per turn. If this card is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 non-Machine "K9" monster from your Deck, but you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck, except "K9" monsters, while you control that face-up monster. You can send 1 face-up "K9" card you control to the GY; look at your opponent's hand.

EARTH 5

If your opponent has 2 or more cards in their hand, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. You can only use each of the following effects of "K9-17 Izuna" once per turn. During the Main Phase, if your opponent has activated a monster effect in the hand or GY this turn (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "K9" card from your Deck to the GY, except "K9-17 Izuna".

DARK 5

If your opponent has 2 or more cards in their hand, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. You can only use each of the following effects of "K9-66a Jokul" once per turn. You can reveal this card and 1 other Level 5 monster in your hand; Special Summon both, but they cannot be used as material for the Xyz Summon of a LIGHT monster. During your Main Phase: You can add 1 non-Aqua "K9" monster from your Deck to your hand.

DARK 5

If your opponent has 2 or more cards in their hand, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing. You can only use each of the following effects of "K9-66b Lantern" once per turn. If this card is in your hand: You can target 1 Level 5 non-Pyro "K9" monster in your GY; Special Summon both it and this card, but they cannot be used as material for the Xyz Summon of a LIGHT monster. During your Main Phase: You can add 1 "K9" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand.

EARTH 5

An Xyz Monster that has this card as material gains this effect. ● Your opponent cannot target this card with card effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "K9-ØØ Lupis" once per turn. During the Main Phase, if your opponent has activated a monster effect in the hand or GY this turn (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon this card from your hand or GY, but banish it when it leaves the field. During your opponent's turn, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Xyz Summon using this card you control.

EARTH 5

This card gains 500 ATK for each "Swamp Battleguard" you control.

EARTH 2

During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn.

WIND 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

EARTH 5

This card gains 500 ATK for each "Lava Battleguard" you control.

DARK

1 Level 1 monster, except a Token You can target 1 face-up monster this card points to; equip that face-up monster to this card (max. 1). You can only use this effect of "Relinquished Anima" once per turn. This card gains ATK equal to that equipped monster's.

DARK

2 Effect Monsters If this card is Link Summoned using a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster as material: You can target 1 card on the field or in either GY; banish it, also your monsters cannot attack directly this turn. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can target 2 face-up monsters on the field, including a monster you control; banish both until the End Phase. You can only use each effect of "S:P Little Knight" once per turn.

FIRE 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that effect. ● Add a card from the Deck to the hand. ● Special Summon from the Deck. ● Send a card from the Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 Level 5 monsters Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 face-up monster on the field and 1 Xyz Monster or "Chronomaly" monster in your GY; that monster on the field gains half the ATK of that monster in the GY (until the end of this turn), then attach that monster from the GY to this card as material. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can detach 2 materials from this card; negate the activation.

WATER

3 Level 6 monsters You can also Xyz Summon this card by using "N.As.H. Knight" you control. (Transfer its materials to this card.) Cannot be destroyed by card effects. You can detach 1 material from this card; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "Number" Xyz Monster that has a number between "101" and "107" in its name, using this face-up card you control as material, but destroy it during your opponent's next End Phase. (This is treated as an Xyz Summon. Transfer its materials to the Summoned monster.) You can only use this effect of "CXyz N.As.Ch. Knight" once per turn.

LIGHT

2 Level 12 monsters Once per turn, if an Xyz Monster battled this turn, you can also Xyz Summon "Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder" by using 1 Xyz Monster you control as material. (Transfer its materials to this card.) (Quick Effect): You can detach 2 materials from this card; send all other cards from the field to the GY. Once per turn, if another card(s) you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent's card effect: You can attach 1 card from your hand, Deck, or Extra Deck to this card as material.

WIND

2 Level 5 monsters You can detach 1 material from this card; add 1 "K9" card from your Deck to your hand, then if your opponent has activated a monster effect this turn, you can Set 1 "K9" Quick-Play Spell from your Deck or GY. When your opponent activates a monster effect in the hand or GY (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate that effect. You can only use each effect of "K9-17 "Ripper"" once per turn.

DARK

2 Level 5 monsters If this card is Xyz Summoned, or if your opponent activates a monster effect in the hand or GY: You can detach 1 material from this card, then target 1 monster on the field; destroy it. You can only use this effect of "K9-66X "Jacks"" once per turn. A "K9" Xyz Monster that has this card as material gains this effect. ● During any turn in which your opponent has activated a monster effect in the hand or GY, any battle damage this card inflicts to your opponent is doubled.

LIGHT

2 Level 5 monsters Cannot be destroyed by battle or your opponent's card effects the turn it is Special Summoned. Each time your opponent activates a monster effect, this card gains 500 ATK when that effect resolves. Once per turn, during the Standby Phase: You can detach 1 material from this card, then target 1 card on the field; banish it.

WIND

2 Level 9 monsters If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. You can only use each of the following effects of "K9-X "Ripper/M"" once per turn. If this card is Special Summoned by a "K9" Spell/Trap effect: You can target up to 2 cards in your opponent's GY and/or banishment; shuffle them into the Deck. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can detach 2 materials from this card; negate that effect, then destroy all cards on the field.

LIGHT

2 Level 9 monsters While this card has material, it can attack a number of times each Battle Phase, up to the number of materials attached to it. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card, then activate this effect depending on whose turn it is; ● Yours: Banish up to 1 card each from your opponent's field and GY. ● Opponent's: Look at your opponent's hand and banish 1 card from it face-up, until the End Phase. You can only use this effect of "K9-X "Werewolf"" once per turn.

WATER

2 Level 5 monsters Cannot be destroyed by battle while a "Number" monster is on the field. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can detach 2 materials from this card; attach 1 "Number" Xyz Monster from your Extra Deck to this card as material that has a number between "101" and "107" in its name, then you can attach 1 other face-up monster on the field to this card as material. You can only use this effect of "N.As.H. Knight" once per turn.

LIGHT

3 Level 4 monsters During either player's Battle Phase, when an opponent's monster effect is activated: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; negate the activation, and if you do, inflict 800 damage to your opponent. Once per turn: You can send the top card of your opponent's Deck to the Graveyard.

DARK

4 Level 5 monsters When this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field; destroy that target. If this card has "Number 104: Masquerade" as an Xyz material, it gains this effect. ● Once per turn, during either player's turn, when a monster effect is activated on your opponent's side of the field: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; negate the activation, then you can send 1 random card from your opponent's hand to the Graveyard, and if you do, halve your opponent's Life Points.

DARK

2 Level 12 monsters During the turn, or turn after, your opponent Special Summoned 2 or more monsters from the Extra Deck, you can also Xyz Summon this card by using 1 monster you control with the highest ATK (your choice, if tied). (Transfer its materials to this card.) If you do, you cannot Normal or Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn. While this Xyz Summoned monster is on the field, neither player can activate the effects of monsters with 3000 or more ATK. Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; return 1 monster from the field to the hand.

DARK

2 Level 5 monsters During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card, then target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; change it to face-down Defense Position. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 face-down card on the field; destroy it. You can only use each effect of "Vallon, the Super Psy Skyblaster" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

When this card is activated: You can add 1 "K9" monster from your Deck to your hand. "K9" monsters you control gain 900 ATK during any turn in which your opponent has activated a monster effect in the hand or GY. If this card in the Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed by card effect: You can Set 1 "K9" Quick-Play Spell from your Deck or GY. You can only use this effect of ""A Case for K9"" once per turn. You can only activate 1 ""A Case for K9"" per turn.

Spell Continuous

When this card is activated: You can add 1 Level 5 EARTH Warrior monster from your Deck to your hand, then discard 1 card. Once per turn, if a monster(s) is returned from the field to the hand, even during the Damage Step: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Add 1 "Battleguard Rage" or "Battleguard Howling" from your Deck to your hand. ● Change 1 face-up monster on the field to face-down Defense Position. You can only activate 1 "Battleguard Echoes" per turn.

Spell Quick

Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; banish it, and if you do, until the end of the next turn, its effects are negated, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of monsters with the same original name.

Spell Normal

Add 1 Level 5 or higher monster (LIGHT or DARK, Pyro or Aqua) from your Deck or GY to your hand, then if you have 3 or more Pyro and/or Aqua monsters in your GY, you can destroy 1 card on the field. If your opponent controls a monster (LIGHT or DARK, Pyro or Aqua): You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 monster your opponent controls; take control of it until the End Phase. You can only use each effect of "Chaotic Elements" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Declare 1 card name; banish 1 of that declared card from your Main Deck, and if you do, negate its effects, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of cards with the same original name, until the end of this turn. You can only activate 1 "Crossout Designator" per turn.

Spell Normal

Special Summon up to 2 Level 5 Warrior-Type monsters from your hand and/or Graveyard, but their effects are negated, also, for the rest of this turn, they cannot attack.

Spell Quick

During the Main Phase: Target 1 "K9" Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "K9" Xyz Monster with a different name, by using that monster you control (this is treated as an Xyz Summon, transfer its materials to the Summoned monster), then you can destroy 1 card your opponent controls. At the end of the Battle Phase, if your "K9" monster battled this turn: You can Set this card from your GY. You can only use each effect of "K9-X Forced Release" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Add 1 Level 4 or lower Warrior monster from your Deck to your hand.

Trap Normal

Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; negate its effects (until the end of this turn), then, if this card was Set before activation and is on the field at resolution, for the rest of this turn all other Spell/Trap effects in this column are negated. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from your hand.