Yu-Gi-Oh!: How To Play Swordsoul
Swordsoul instantly took the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG metagame by storm when the bulk of its cards hit the shelves with the Burst of Destiny core booster in 2021. The Swordsoul mechanic of special summoning monsters which then generate tokens for Synchro Summons makes many people refer to them as one-card Synchros, and while this isn't entirely accurate, it represents how well the deck can turbo out multiple powerful Synchro monsters from very little resources.
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Although most are attracted to Swordsoul for its power in the game, the cards also look impressive on the tabletop. The Swordsoul archetype features armor-clad warriors with massive crystal swords. If that wasn't badass enough, its monsters are also named after legendary Chinese swords from real life.
Although their identities are tied up with their swords, each Swordsoul monster is (weirdly) a Wyrm-type. The strategy makes full use of this, with many Swordsoul effects being able to target or make use of any Wyrm-type monster where other archetypes would mention only in-archetype cards. For example, Swordsoul Emergence is a generic searcher spell for the deck. However, if you control a Synchro monster it can search for any Wyrm-type monster instead. This means that the deck synergizes very well with other Wyrm strategies - but more on that later.
The Swordsoul deck contains three main combo starters: Swordsoul of Mo Ye, Swordsoul of Taia, and Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan. They can each summon a token in different ways - for example, Mo Ye summons a token when it's summoned by revealing a Swordsoul/Wyrm-type card in your hand. These token-summon effects lock you into Synchro monsters while they're on the field, so if you happen to be
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