Gate Guardian Deck Breakdown

DARK 1

(Quick Effect): You can discard this card to the GY, then target 1 card in your opponent's GY; banish that target.

WIND 10

You can banish this card from your hand; add 1 "Ryu-Ge Realm - Wyrm Winds" from your Deck to your hand. If a monster is banished face-up, this card is already banished, and there are now at least 2 other banished monsters that are not "Genro Ryu-Ge Hakva" (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this banished card. You can place 1 "Ryu-Ge Realm - Wyrm Winds" you control on the bottom of the Deck; add 1 "Ryu-Ge" card from your Deck, GY, or banishment to your hand, except "Genro Ryu-Ge Hakva". You can only use each effect of "Genro Ryu-Ge Hakva" once per turn.

WATER 10

You can discard this card; add 1 "Ryu-Ge Realm - Sea Spires" from your Deck to your hand. During your Main Phase, if 2 or more monsters were sent from the hand and/or Deck to the GY this turn, except "Kairo Ryu-Ge Emva": You can Special Summon this card from your GY. You can place 1 "Ryu-Ge Realm - Sea Spires" you control on the bottom of the Deck; banish your opponent's entire hand, and if you do, they draw the same number of cards. You can only use each effect of "Kairo Ryu-Ge Emva" once per turn.

EARTH 10

You can shuffle this card from your hand into the Deck; add 1 "Ryu-Ge Realm - Dino Domains" from your Deck to your hand. During the Main Phase, if 2 or more cards were destroyed this turn (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can place 1 "Ryu-Ge Realm - Dino Domains" you control on the bottom of the Deck, then target other cards on the field, up to the number of different Monster Types on the field; destroy them. You can only use each effect of "Kyoro Ryu-Ge Kaiva" once per turn.

FIRE 8

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) to your opponent's field by Tributing 2 monsters they control. You cannot Normal Summon/Set the turn you Special Summon this card. Once per turn, during your Standby Phase: Take 1000 damage.

LIGHT 1

If you Ritual Summon exactly 1 LIGHT Ritual Monster (Warrior or Dragon) with a card effect that requires use of monsters, this card can be used as the entire Tribute. You can only use each of the following effects of "Lo, the Prayers of the Voiceless Voice" once per turn. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can place 1 "Voiceless Voice" Continuous Spell/Trap from your Deck face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone. If a LIGHT Ritual Monster (Warrior or Dragon) is Special Summoned to your field, while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card.

LIGHT 11

During the Main Phase, if your opponent Normal or Special Summoned 5 or more monsters this turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute as many face-up monsters on the field as possible, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand, then Special Summon 1 "Primal Being Token" (Rock/LIGHT/Level 11/ATK ?/DEF ?) to your opponent's field. (This Token's ATK/DEF become the combined original ATK/DEF of the Tributed monsters.) You can only use this effect of "Nibiru, the Primal Being" once per turn.

LIGHT 6

You can discard this card; send 1 Ritual Spell from your Deck to the GY, then you can add 1 LIGHT Ritual Monster (Warrior or Dragon) from your Deck or GY to your hand. You can banish this card from your GY; Ritual Summon 1 LIGHT Ritual Monster (Warrior or Dragon) from your hand, by Tributing monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster. You can only use each effect of "Saffira, Dragon Queen of the Voiceless Voice" once per turn.

LIGHT 7

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by shuffling 2 Spells from your hand and/or GY into the Deck, including a Ritual Spell. You can only Special Summon "Sauravis, Dragon Sage of the Voiceless Voice" once per turn this way. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can return this card from the field to the hand; Special Summon 1 LIGHT Ritual Monster (Warrior or Dragon) from your hand or Deck, but shuffle it into the Deck during the End Phase of the next turn. You can only use this effect of "Sauravis, Dragon Sage of the Voiceless Voice" once per turn.

LIGHT 9

During the Main Phase, if this card is in your hand or GY (Quick Effect): You can Tribute up to 3 Fairy monsters; Special Summon this card (but banish it when it leaves the field), then, you can apply the following effect(s) in sequence, depending on the number of Tributed monsters. ● 2+: Destroy 1 card your opponent controls. ● 3: Draw 2 cards. You can only use this effect of "Trias Hierarchia" once per turn.

LIGHT 10

[ Pendulum Effect ] During your Main Phase: You can add 1 non-Pendulum "Ryu-Ge" card from your Deck to your hand, then destroy this card. You can only use this effect of "Sosei Ryu-Ge Mistva" once per turn. [ Monster Effect ] Must be Special Summoned by its own effect. You can only Special Summon "Sosei Ryu-Ge Mistva(s)" once per turn. If a monster(s) on the field is destroyed by battle or card effect, while this card is in your Extra Deck: You can Tribute 1 Level 10 "Ryu-Ge" monster, and if you do, Special Summon this card (this is treated as a Ritual Summon), then you can apply this effect. ● Destroy up to 2 cards you control, and if you do, place up to that many "Ryu-Ge" Continuous Spells from your Deck face-up on your field.

LIGHT 7

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Sprite's Blessing". When your opponent activates a card or effect that targets a monster you control (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate the activation. When your opponent would Special Summon a monster(s) (Quick Effect): You can return this card to the hand; negate the Special Summon, and if you do, banish that monster(s).

LIGHT 7

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Prayers of the Voiceless Voice". Gains 2050 ATK while you have "Lo, the Prayers of the Voiceless Voice" on your field or in your GY. You can only use each of the following effects of "Skull Guardian, Protector of the Voiceless Voice" once per turn. If this card is Ritual Summoned: You can add 1 "Voiceless Voice" monster, or 1 Ritual Monster (Warrior or Dragon), from your Deck to your hand. When your opponent activates a card or effect while you control "Lo, the Prayers of the Voiceless Voice" (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card.

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

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 Fairy monster from your Deck or Extra Deck to the GY, and if you do, increase this card's Level by that monster's Level, until the end of this turn. If this card is Tributed: You can Special Summon 1 Level 2 or lower Fairy monster from your hand or Deck, except "Diviner of the Herald". You can only use each effect of "Diviner of the Herald" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

While you control "Lo, the Prayers of the Voiceless Voice" and a LIGHT Ritual Monster, your opponent's monsters can only target Ritual Monsters for attacks, also your opponent cannot target LIGHT monsters you control with card effects. During your Main Phase: You can add 1 "Voiceless Voice" card or 1 "Skull Guardian" Ritual Monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Barrier of the Voiceless Voice". You can only use this effect of "Barrier of the Voiceless Voice" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

You can target 1 of your "Voiceless Voice" cards that is banished or in your GY, except "Blessing of the Voiceless Voice"; add it to your hand. If a non-Ritual Monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned face-up (except during the Damage Step): You can Ritual Summon 1 LIGHT Ritual Monster (Warrior or Dragon) from your hand, by Tributing monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of that Ritual Monster, and if you do, it cannot be destroyed by battle. You can only use each effect of "Blessing of the Voiceless Voice" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Change all face-up monsters on the field to face-down Defense Position. During the End Phase of this turn, change as many face-down Defense Position monsters your opponent controls as possible to face-up Defense Position, then your opponent draws cards equal to the number of monsters changed face-up by this effect.

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

Negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls, until the end of this turn, also, for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, your opponent takes no damage. Neither player can activate monster effects in response to this card's activation.

Spell Normal

If you control no face-up cards: Activate 1 of these effects; ● Destroy all Attack Position monsters your opponent controls. ● Destroy all Spells and Traps your opponent controls. You can only activate 1 "Lightning Storm" per turn.

Spell Normal

Banish 3 or 6 cards of your choice from your Extra Deck, face-down; for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, any damage your opponent takes is halved, also excavate cards from the top of your Deck equal to the number of cards banished, add 1 excavated card to your hand, place the rest on the bottom of your Deck in any order. You can only activate 1 "Pot of Prosperity" per turn. You cannot draw cards by card effects the turn you activate this card.

Spell Normal

This card can be used to Ritual Summon any LIGHT Ritual Monster. You must also Tribute LIGHT monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster. If a face-up LIGHT Ritual Monster(s) you control leaves the field by an opponent's card effect (except during the Damage Step): You can banish this card from your GY; Special Summon 1 "Sauravis, the Ancient and Ascended", "Saffira, Queen of Dragons", or "Skull Guardian, Protector of the Voiceless Voice" from your hand or Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. You can only use this effect of "Prayers of the Voiceless Voice" once per turn.

Spell Continuous

You can only control 1 "Ryu-Ge Realm - Dino Domains". "Ryu-Ge" monsters you control gain 300 ATK. "Ryu-Ge" Pendulum Monsters, and Level 10 or higher monsters whose original Type is Dinosaur, that you control, gain this effect. ● Once per turn, when an effect of a monster on the field with less ATK than this card is activated (Quick Effect): You can place 1 "Ryu-Ge" Continuous Spell you control on the bottom of the Deck; negate the activation.

Spell Continuous

You can only control 1 "Ryu-Ge Realm - Sea Spires". Your "Ryu-Ge" monsters cannot be destroyed by battle. "Ryu-Ge" Pendulum Monsters, and Level 10 or higher monsters whose original Type is Sea Serpent, that you control, gain this effect. ● Once per opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can place 1 "Ryu-Ge" Continuous Spell you control on the bottom of the Deck, then target 1 card on the field; return it to the hand.

Spell Continuous

You can only control 1 "Ryu-Ge Realm - Wyrm Winds". Any monster sent from the field to the GY during your opponent's turn is banished instead. "Ryu-Ge" Pendulum Monsters, and Level 10 or higher monsters whose original Type is Wyrm, that you control, gain this effect. ● Once per opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can place 1 "Ryu-Ge" Continuous Spell you control on the bottom of the Deck, then target 1 face-up monster on the field; its ATK becomes 0.

Spell Field

When this card is activated: Take 1 Dinosaur, 1 Sea Serpent, and 1 Wyrm monster from your Deck, add 1 to your hand, banish 1, and send 1 to the GY, also you cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn, except Dragon, Dinosaur, Sea Serpent, or Wyrm monsters. If you have "Sosei Ryu-Ge Mistva" in your Extra Deck face-up: You can Special Summon 3 "Ryu-Ge" monsters with different Types, 1 each from your Deck, GY, and banishment. You can only use each effect of "Ryu-Ge War Zone" once per turn.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during your Main Phase this turn: Activate 1 of these effects; ● Draw 2 cards. ● Take control of 1 monster your opponent controls until the End Phase. ● Look at your opponent's hand, and choose 1 card from it to shuffle into the Deck. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Talent" per turn.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during this turn: Set 1 Normal Spell/Trap directly from your Deck, except "Triple Tactics Thrust", or if your opponent controls a monster, you can add it to your hand instead. That Set card cannot be activated this turn. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Thrust" per turn.

Spell Normal

Your opponent cannot activate monster effects in response to this card's activation. Send 1 monster from your Extra Deck to the GY, then target 1 monster your opponent controls with the same card type (Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, or Link); shuffle it into the Deck.

Trap Normal

Change as many monsters on the field as possible to face-down Defense Position, then, if either player controls a face-up monster(s), they must send all face-up monsters they control to the GY.

Trap Normal

At the end of the Battle Phase, if your opponent controls more cards than you do: You can make your opponent banish cards from their field face-down so they control the same number of cards as you do. If you control no cards, you can activate this card from 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.

Trap Continuous

During the Main Phase: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Shuffle 1 LIGHT Ritual Monster (Warrior or Dragon) or 1 Ritual Spell from your hand or GY into the Deck, and if you do, add to your hand, or Special Summon, 1 "Voiceless Voice" monster from your Deck. ● Target cards your opponent controls, up to the number of LIGHT Ritual Monsters (Warrior or Dragon) you control; destroy both this card and as many of the targeted cards as possible. You can only use the effect of "Radiance of the Voiceless Voice" once per turn.

Trap Normal

Declare 1 Monster Card name; this turn, neither player can Special Summon monsters with that original name, except from the GY. You can banish this card from the GY, then declare 1 Monster Card name; this turn, neither player can activate the effects of monsters on the field with that original name. You can only use 1 "The Black Goat Laughs" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

LIGHT 4

1 Synchro Monster + 1 Xyz Monster Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the above cards you control to the GY. (You do not use "Polymerization".) Once per turn: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from your hand. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it. You can only Special Summon "Elder Entity N'tss(s)" once per turn.

EARTH

2 monsters, including a Ritual Monster If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 card on the field and 1 Ritual Monster in your GY; shuffle both into the Deck. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card, then target 1 Ritual Monster in your GY; either add it to your hand or Special Summon it. You can only use each effect of "Dyna Mondo" once per turn.

DARK

2 non-Link Monsters During your opponent's Main Phase, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 Link Monster using materials you control, including this card. You can only use this effect of "I:P Masquerena" once per turn. A Link Monster that used this card as material cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects.

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.

EARTH

2 Beast, Beast-Warrior, and/or Winged Beast monsters During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast monster from your hand, also you cannot use monsters as Link Material for the rest of this turn, except Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast monsters. If this card is sent to the GY: You can draw 1 card, then place 1 card from your hand on the bottom of the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Tri-Brigade Ferrijit the Barren Blossom" once per turn.

LIGHT

4+ Effect Monsters You can also use 1 monster your opponent controls as material to Link Summon this card. If this card is Link Summoned: You can negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls. This Link Summoned card is unaffected by your opponent's activated effects, unless they target this card. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a card or effect that Special Summons a monster(s) from the GY (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation.

DARK

3 Level 5 or higher monsters Cannot be used as Link Material. This Link Summoned card is unaffected by other monsters' effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "World Gears of Theurlogical Demiurgy" once per turn. ● During your Main Phase, if you control this card that was Link Summoned using 3 monsters that had 3 different Types and Attributes on the field: You can destroy all other cards on the field. ● If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Extra Deck (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon 1 "World Legacy" monster from your Deck.

DARK 10

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner LIGHT or DARK monsters For this card's Synchro Summon, you can treat 1 LIGHT or DARK monster you control as a Tuner. If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 card on the field; banish it. This card gains these effects based on the original Attributes of materials used for its Synchro Summon. ● LIGHT: Synchro Monsters you control are unaffected by monster effects activated by your opponent. ● DARK: Monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle.

LIGHT 4

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters Any monster sent from the hand or Main Deck to the GY is banished instead. When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. If this card is sent to the GY: You can add 1 Ritual Monster or 1 Ritual Spell from your Deck to your hand.

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.

EARTH

2 Level 10 monsters Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; inflict 2000 damage to your opponent.

DARK

2+ Level 10 monsters When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the activation, then you can detach 1 material from this card, then destroy 1 card on the field. At the start of the Damage Step, if this card attacks while it has material: You can destroy 1 card on the field. If this Xyz Summoned card is destroyed: You can destroy 1 card on the field. You can only use each effect of "Varudras, the Final Bringer of the End Times" once per turn.