How to build a Yu-Gi-Oh! Deck

Ok, so if your reading this article, you want to learn how to build a good yu-gi-oh deck. So, i'm gonna list step-by-step the procedure in which you should follow almost every time you build a deck.

  1. Pick a card, group of cards, or choose a purpose for your deck. For example, your deck can revolve around the Dark Magician, all spellcasters, or to burn away your opponent's life points.
  2. Choose the cards necessary for this type of deck. This isn't that hard. For a ritual deck, for example, you would need sonic bird, senju, and any ritual card you think is powerful like relinquished or the masked beast.
  3. Find cards that would support those cards. Once again, for a ritual deck, since most of them are powerful, you may want to add Fairy meteor crush and robbin' gobblin. You may also want to add Magician of faith to bring back the ritual magic card so you can summon again.
  4. Find cards/deck types that this type of deck are weak against. Ritual decks are extremely weak against magic jammer, solemn judgement, and exodia decks.
  5. Find cards to counter those cards. Seven tools and solemn judgement can counter the jammers, as well as mystical space typhoon to destroy them before they can activate them. Against exodia, you may want to put card destruction in.
  6. Add what you would consider staples. This is different for each person. In a ritual deck, you may not want to add Dark Hole, as you would have a powerful monster out first turn probably. You may want to add Sinister Serpent to discard for Relinquished.
  7. Add other powerful cards that could be strong in your deck. In a ritual deck, you might want to add Penguin Soldier, as he can clear the field for you to attack.
  8. Make a deck out of the cards you chose, keeping the deck around the 40-50 area, as above that is too much. Remember to balance your attack force, m/t removal, draw power, and counters.
  9. Playtest, playtest, playtest!