SPYRALs Archetype Guide

SPYRALs is a combo deck, aimed at getting out a bunch of materials to create powerful boards. Common first-turn setups:

• SPYRAL Sleeper to pop two cards
• Know one card in opponent’s hand, and one card in their deck
• A trap set by Knightmare Gryphon and sent by Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion, usually a flood gate or hand rip
• Tri-gate wizard for omni-negate
• Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess for monster negates
• Necrovalley or Secret Village of the Spellcasters activated by Ancient Fairy Dragon
• Hand traps / spells drawn by Magician’s Souls, Knightmare Griffin, etc.

Members

Quik-Fix

• Great normal summon
• Often summoned off of Double Helix
• Revives by discarding a card
• Searcher for GEAR cards (ideally search every single one)
• Avoid banishment by overlaying two for XYZ monster
• Requires Super Agent on field for self revive

Master Plan

• Revive with GEAR - Big Red or summon with Double Helix
• Searches Resort
• Searcher for SPYRAL monster, usually go for Sleeper and Super Agent and have GEAR cards be searched by Quik-Fix
• Searcher for MISSION cards (ideally search for every single one before banishing itself as cost for summoning Sleeper)

Double Helix

• Summons any SPYRAL monster, usually Quik-Fix (or Master Plan if not in rotation)
• Name is Super Agent when on field

SPYRAL Super Agent

• A name for Quik-Fix revival effect
• SS itself by calling top card of opponent’s deck
• Pops a S/T on SS by SPYRAL card (including itself)

SPYRAL Sleeper

• Summons by banishing 3 SPYRAL cards from GY
• Pops two cards on as once per turn quick effect (with cost of destroying SPYRAL card, target itself if equipped with Last Resort)
• Self field destruction effect on destruction

SPYRAL GEAR - Last Resort

• Usually equipped to Sleeper
• Equipped monster cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects
• Send a card you control to graveyard (usually a MISSION to use their GY effects) and equipped monster can attack directly this turn

SPYRAL GEAR - Drone

• Reorders top 3 cards of opponent’s deck
• Tribute to give SPYRAL monster ATK (use this to dodge on-field negates)
• Banish itself and a SPYRAL card to add a Super Agent from GY to hand (rarely used)

SPYRAL Resort

• Searcher for SPYRAL monster, usually go for Sleeper and Super Agent and have GEAR cards be searched by Quik-Fix
• Protects other SPYRAL cards from being targeted by card effects
• Maintenance effect to shuffle a SPYRAL monster from GY to deck (usually shuffle drone as it can reorder for next turn)

SPYRAL GEAR - Big Red

• Revives a SPYRAL monster from GY (usually Master Plan)

SPYRAL MISSION - Assault

• Main effect is to banish itself in GY to SS a SPYRAL monster from hand (usually Drone to prep for Double Helix or Super Agent)

SPYRAL MISSION - Rescue

• Main effect is to banish itself in GY to SS a SPYRAL monster from GY (usually Master Plan to search another MISSION)

Starters

Generally any way to get Master Plan from field to GY results in combo.

Revival + Master Plan in GY

• Magicians’ Souls / Foolish Burial send Master Plan to GY + Big Red / Monster Reborn