Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is a free video game that brings everything you love from the anime series to the digital screen. Immerse yourself in the world of Duel Links as you meet beloved Yu-Gi-Oh! characters, incredible summoning animations, and all your favourite cards! Whilst the game is completely free to download and play, Duel Links does allow you to make in-app purchases. The majority of cards are free, but some require payment (especially with duplicates). So, for those who prefer not to pay, we’ve compiled a list of the best F2P decks in the game.

5. Ritual Beast

Love a good fusion deck? Well, Ritual Beast excels at that and requires no money to build!

Ritual Beast is a low-cost deck that primarily uses cards from the Spirit of the Beast box; all the cards can be found in the main or mini boxes. It’s a fusion deck that doesn’t use polymerisation and instead lets you special summon by banishing monsters you control. Each fusion monster requires 1 ritual beast tamer and 1 spiritual beast, making them simple to special summon. During either player’s turn, you can return a fusion monster to the extra deck and special summon 2 banished monsters in defence position. This gives you a way to counter effects that target your monsters - all you have to do is make them leave the field.

What is great about this deck:

All the cards come from boxes - no cards are from structure decks or only ticket-exchangeable, making it easy to find the cards.

Most of the cards come from the same box - this makes purchasing packs easier and less expensive  because you can buy most of them  from one box.

You can easily summon fusion monsters - no polymerisation is required and only 2 monsters are required, which makes meeting summoning requirements much simpler and less luck-based.

Deck Recipe:

Skill: Destiny Draw

Monsters:

• Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda x3
• D.D. Crow x3
• Spiritual Beast Cannahawk x3

Spells:

• Mystical Space Typhoon x2
• Forbidden Lance x1
• Ritual Beast Return x1
• Ritual Beast’s Bond x1

Traps:

• Warning Point x1

Extra Deck:

• Ritual Beast Ulti-Apelio x2
• Ritual Beast Cannahawk x2
• Ritual Beast Ulti-Pettlephin x1
• Number C29: Utopia Ray x1
• Number 39: Utopia x1
• Number 70: Malevolent Sin x1

4. Aromage

For those plant-lovers out there, Aromage is the deck for you

Aromage is a plant-based synchro deck that relies on your LP being higher than your opponent’s. It’s one of the cheapest decks to make, with most of the cards exchangeable from the Card Trader or Tickets. The other cards are mostly from the Fortress of Gears box, and only Solemn Scolding requires a ranked SR ticket for a duplicate (you can get one copy from a level-up reward). Aromage is a fantastic deck full of  LP boosts, ATK boosts, and special summons that make synchro summoning easier.

What is great about this deck:

It’s very cheap - most of the cards are from the Card Trader or tickets. You don’t have to spend a lot of gems on packs to build the deck, nor do you have to rely on luck.

It’s packed with monster effects that have low activation requirements - your LP just needs to be higher than your opponent’s. The deck contains numerous effects that increase your LP, so meeting the requirement is simple.

There are lots of special summoning effects that allow you to quickly bring multiple monsters onto the field. This makes synchro summoning easier to do.

Deck Recipe:

Skill: Destiny Draw

Monsters:

• Aromage Cananga x1
• Aromage Jasmine x3
• Aromaseraphy Angelica x1
• Aromage Bergamot x1
• Aromage Majoram x1
• Aromage Rosemary x1

Spells:

• Aroma Garden x3
• Aroma Gardening x3

Traps:

• Humid Winds x2
• Solemn Scolding x2
• Blessed Winds x2

Extra Deck:

• Aromaseraphy Rosemary x2
• Splendid Rose x1
• PSY-Framelord Zeta x1
• Samurai Destroyer x1
• Mist Bird Clausolus x1

3. Dinomist

Create a powerful pendulum deck with the Dinomist archetype

Dinomist is a pendulum deck centred on water monsters, with the majority of the cards coming from the Photon of Galaxy box. This keeps the deck reasonably cheap; all but one of the cards can be obtained from the main or mini boxes. Only Heavy Armored Train Ironwolf requires you to duel Anna, since the card has a chance of dropping afterwards . Dinomist has many useful pendulum effects; scale 6 monsters can negate and destroy cards that target a Dinomist, whilst scale 3 monsters can sacrifice themselves to stop a Dinomist from being destroyed.

What is great about this deck:

Most of the cards originate from boxes - this makes obtaining them easy.

Most of the cards come from one box - this makes building the deck easier and cheaper since you can focus mainly on one box.

There are very useful pendulum effects - you can negate and destroy your opponent’s cards, as well as save your own monsters from destruction.

Deck Recipe:

Skill: Grit

Monsters:

• Dinomist Rex x1
• Dinomist Ceratops x2
• Dinomist Spinos x3
• Dinomist Pteran x2
• Dinomist Brachion x2
• Dinomist Ankylos x1
• Dinomist Plesios x3

Spells:

• Dinomist Charge x3

Traps:

• Dinomist Rush x3

Extra Deck:

• Number 61: Volcasaurus x1
• Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon x1
• Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger x1
• Number 70: Malevolent Sin x1
• Steelswarm Roach x1
• Heavy Armored Train Ironwolf x1
• Abyss Dweller x1

2. Dark Magician

Create the famous Dark Magician deck without spending a penny

Dark Magician is one of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! decks,centred on the spellcaster ‘Dark Magician’. Since its arrival in Duel Links, the deck has received a lot of love, making it still relevant today. The majority of the cards are from the newer Link Revolution box, whilst the rest are primarily from the main or mini boxes. When duelling Yami Yugi, Dark Magician can drop, and only one card in the deck requires a SR ranked ticket (obtainable at 25 PVPwins). Dark Magician relies on special summoning effects to get Dark Magicians onto the field,where you can then Xyz summon powerful rank 7 monsters.

What is great about this deck:

It’s a fairly low-cost deck - most of the cards are from one box, with only one requiring a ranked ticket.

You can easily special summon high-level monsters onto the field - with cards like Magician Navigation, you can special summon Dark Magician without tributing.

You can easily summon powerful rank 7 monsters - you can special summon multiple Dark Magicians and use them to Xyz summon.

Deck Recipe:

Skill: A Trick Up The Sleeve

Monsters:

• Apprentice Illusion Magician x1
• D.D. Crow x1
• Magician’s Rod x1
• Spellbook Magician of Prophecy x1
• Night’s End Sorcerer x1
• Dark Magician x3

Spells:

• Pot of Duality x2
• Book of Knowledge x1
• Dark Magician Circle x3
• Spellbook of Secrets x1

Traps:

• Magician Navigation x2
• Eternal Soul x2
• Karma Cut x2

Extra Deck:

• Vermillion Dragon Mech x1
• Stardust Dragon x1
• Number 11: Big Eye x1
• Ebon Illusion Magician x1
• Armades, Keeper of Boundaries x1
• Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger x1
• Imduk the World Chalice Dragon x1

1. Blue-Eyes

Build your very own Blue-Eyes deck without wasting gems!

Blue-Eyes is another OG deck that has received lots of support since its arrival in Duel Links. Most of the cards feature in the Blue-Eyes Evolution structure deck, which makes the Blue-Eyes deck fairly cheap to build. None of the cards are limited to structure decks except for Dragon Spirit of White, which you need only one of, so you don’t have to worry about buying duplicates with real money. Overall, a good number of the cards aren’t obtainable through chance, making the deck fairly easy to construct. Blue-Eyes is a deck that focuses on searchers and special summoning powerful monsters.

What is great about this deck:

It’s relatively cheap - most of the cards are collectable from a single structure deck, whilst the rest are mostly from Judgement Force. Some of the cards are also level-up rewards or starter deck cards, making deck-formation less luck-based and less expensive.

You can easily special summon powerful monsters to the field - using searchers and other monster effects, you can summon high-level monsters without tributing. You can then use them to synchro or Xyz summon powerful rank 8 monsters.

You can special summon from the deck or graveyard - this means you can special summon monsters to the field quickly without having to rely too much on draw luck. This makes the deck quite reliable.

Deck Recipe:

Skill: Ultimate Dragons

Monsters:

• Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon x1
• Chaos Dragon Levianeer x1
• D.D. Crow x1
• The White Stone of Ancients x3
• Dragon Spirit of White x1
• Sage With Eyes of Blue x3
• The White Stone of Legend x1
• Blue-Eyes White Dragon x3

Spells:

• Cards of Consonance x2
• The Melody of Awakening Dragon x1
• Ancient Rules x2

Traps:

• Treacherous Trap Hole x2

Extra Deck:

• Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon x1
• Vermillion Dragon Mech x1
• Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon x1
• Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon x1
• Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon x1
• Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis x1
• Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Blade Dragon x1

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