In the TV show Yu-Gi-Oh, Mai Valentine used a Harpie deck and was known to put cologne on her cards so she always knew what she would draw next.
Even though you probably can’t do that in a real game, Harpie decks have improved a lot since then.
And there are some great ways to beat your opponent with these cards.
Believe me, fellow duelist: Harpies are strong enough to beat your cards, no matter how they smell.
And in this list, I’ll show you the best Harpie cards that are available.
18. Hysteric Party
Continuous trap Hysteric Party also makes you throw away a card, but if you throw away a Harpie monster, you can use that card right away.
Once activated, you can special summon as many copies of Harpie Lady as you can from your graveyard. This is a mass revival that often gives you three or more fighters.
Just remember that if Hysteric Party dies, the monsters it brought back to life will also die, so use them quickly as fuel for other giants to avoid their new weakness.
Hysteric Party is one of the few powers that can easily bring back more than one monster, and like Three of a Kind, it can be used at any time.
17. Three of a Kind
As we saw with Harpie Queen, most low-level Harpie fighters change their name on the field to “Harpie Lady.” This makes it easy to use this awesome (but conditional) card.
When you control three or more monsters that aren’t tokens, you can show Three of a Kind to destroy any three cards on the field that your opponent controls.
You can destroy your opponent’s field by aiming at all kinds of units (monsters, spells, and traps). Like most trap cards, you can play this at any time during a turn or phase.
Use this useful trap to flood your field with your flying creatures and take advantage of their ability to change their names.
16. Greatfly
Harpie builds depend a little bit on the extra deck and almost always use wind-attributed monsters.
If you want to be able to play more than one xyz card at once, you’ll need the link monster Greatfly.
He can be made from any two wind monsters and points diagonally back in two directions.
This lets you play two monsters from your extra deck.
Plus, since he doesn’t look forward, you don’t have to worry about giving your opponent extra slots.
15. Harpie Lady
The original Harpie Lady may not do anything, and her 1300 ATK/1400 DEF stats are pretty bad for an LVL4…
But you should still put this monster in your deck for a very good reason.
Harpie decks want to put a lot of monsters on the board, and there are a few very strong Harpie monsters that will make the most of this card’s level 4 status.
Harpie Lady also works well with the next card on this list, which makes it an important part of the deck as a whole.
14. Unexpected Dai
Let’s face it:
Who wouldn’t want their combo starts to be easy to get to?
Even though Unexpected Dai is not a Harpie card, it is a great way to get more Harpie Ladies onto the field when you need them.
If you don’t control any monsters, you can use this card to Special Summon an LVL4 Normal Monster from your deck if you don’t control any.
So, you got it, the main target is Harpie Lady.
On its own, this may not seem like much.
But it’s an easy way to bring out monsters that are much higher on this list and are much more dangerous.
13. Harpie Queen
Want some ATK to go with your free field spell?
I know it’s a silly question.
Harpie Queen is an LVL4 card with a decent 1900 ATK/1200 DEF.
And like many other Harpie monsters, this card’s name changes to “Harpie Lady” when it’s on the field.
That means that any effects that work on Harpie Lady also work on this card.
You can also get Harpies’ Hunting Ground by getting rid of Harpie Queen.
12. Harpies Hunting Ground
Most field spells give a small boost to ATK or DEF or maybe cancel out some damage.
But there aren’t many like this one that smash your opponent’s back row.
All Winged Beasts get an extra 200 ATK/DEF from Harpies’ Hunting Ground.
Which isn’t much, but it does raise cards like Harpie Queen to 2100, which is pretty high for an LVL4.
The second result of this Field Spell is much more interesting, though.
Every time a Harpie Lady is Summoned, you can choose a Spell or Trap and destroy it.
This helps your opponent if they also play Harpies, which is rare.
But if that happens, best of luck in a mirror fight!
11. Harpie’s Pet Phantasmal Dragon
Don’t be fooled by the word ‘pet’ in the name of this card.
This XYZ monster is very dangerous, and your opponent will wish you would keep it under control.
Harpie’s Pet Phantasmal Dragon needs three LVL4 wind monsters as materials.
During each of your end stages, you lose one of these materials.
But this monster can hit directly as long as it has something to use.
And with 2000 ATK and 2500 DEF, it can hurt your opponent’s Life Points a lot.
They might also wish you had given it a muzzle.
10. Elegant Egotist
Harpie decks are great for flooding the field with monsters and outnumbering your opponent.
This card is a great way to help you do that.
Elegant Egotist is a spell that makes sure that your Harpies never fight alone.
If there is already a Harpie Lady on the field, you can play this to Special Summon a Harpie Lady or Harpie Lady Sisters from your hand or deck.
9. Harpie Perfumer
If it were possible, this monster would make it even better for Harpies to work together.
Harpie Perfumer is an LVL4 monster with 1400 ATK and 1300 DEF, but its strength is in its effect.
This lets you add a “Harpie Lady Sisters”-named Spell or Trap to your hand.
In other words, you get an Elegant Egotist for free.
If you handle a “Harpie” monster with a level of 5 or higher, you can add a second one to your hand, as long as it has a different name than the first one.
Harpie Perfumer is a great card for this kind of deck because it lets you play almost any monster from the Extra Deck.
8. Alluring Mirror Split
During the fight phase, your opponent will try to kill all of your monsters so that they can attack your life points without being blocked.
This card can stop that from happening.
Alluring Mirror Split is a great Continuous Spell that lets you Special Summon a Harpie monster from your deck when one of your Harpie Lady or Harpie Lady Sisters is killed in battle.
The name of the monster you Special Summon can’t be the same as the card that was killed, but if your deck is full of Harpies, that won’t be a problem.
You can Special Summon a Harpie monster from your Graveyard when this spell card is destroyed.
If there’s a monster you really want back, you can even destroy the card yourself.
7. Harpie Harpist
Monsters that can’t be killed are a big problem because there isn’t much you can do to get rid of them.
These kinds of powers are easy to get around with Harpie decks, though.
Harpie Harpist is a great LVL4 monster with 1700 ATK and 600 DEF.
When it is Summoned, you can return to your hand one of your Winged Beast monsters and one of your opponent’s monsters.
This card also lets you add a monster to your hand during the end phase when it goes to the Graveyard.
However, what makes this card so powerful is that it lets you get rid of a boss monster right away.
6. Harpie Channeler
Some cards are extremely useful.
And this card is so good that you’ll want it in every hand you start with.
Harpie Channeler is a Level 4 card with 1400 ATK and 1300 DEF. It is a searcher for a Harpie deck.
You can throw away a Harpie card to Special Summon any Harpie monster from your deck in defense position.
This is usually an instant XYZ or Synchro Summon.
If you control a Dragon, whatever monster you cast with this card will have a level of 7 and be called “Harpie Lady” while it is on the field.
The Harpie Channeler is the best way to start a combo with this deck. Because of this, you must have 3 of them in your deck.
5. Cyber Slash Harpie Lady
It’s easy to call, has good ATK and DEF, and can kill monsters without destroying them.
This beautiful Harpie boss monster can do everything.
Cyber Slash Harpie Lady is a dangerous LVL8 Synchro Monster with 2600 ATK and 1400 DEF. Any Harpie monster can be used as a Tuner to bring it out.
And, I mean, this deck is all about putting monsters on the field. So, most of the time, you can play this card on your first turn.
When a Spell/Trap or effect is used, you can target one of your opponent’s monsters or one of your Harpies and return it to your hand.
This effect works quickly, so you can use it on your opponent’s turn to stop their plans from taking off.
4. Harpie’s Feather Storm
If you want to stop an effect from happening from your hand and get access to one of the most powerful cards in the game, this trap is your best bet.
When your opponent uses a monster effect, Harpie’s Feather Storm cancels it. This can stop a lot of attacks.
The best thing about this card is that you can play it right from your hand if you control a Harpie monster, which is almost always the case.
If this card is destroyed in the Spell/Trap zone, you can add Harpie’s Feather Duster to your hand from the deck or the Graveyard. We’ll talk about that card soon.
If your opponent’s deck has a lot of Spells and Traps, it’s the worst!
3. Barrier Statue Of The Stormwinds
Play this card if you don’t just want to win, but also want to force your opponent to pick up their cards and leave.
Barrier Statue Of The Stormwinds is an LVL4 Winged Beast monster with 1000 ATK and 1000 DEF.
At first look, it seems pretty weak, but its effect stops any Special Summons that aren’t for a Wind monster.
Most decks can’t play well with this kind of limit, while your Harpies take over the field.
Now, you might think that this monster is easy to kill since it has 1000 ATK and DEF.
And you’d be right… if the next card on this list didn’t exist.
2. Simorgh Bird Of Sovereignty
If it makes you feel better, keep telling yourself that you’re not playing to make friends, but to win.
Because putting this in your deck and pulling it out would never lead to friendship.
Simorgh Bird of Sovereignty is a Link-3 with 2400 ATK that is easy to get out of a Harpie deck.
And your opponent can’t use effects that target this card or a Winged Beast that it points to.
So this is the best monster to guard your Barrier Statue!
During your end step, you can also Special Summon a Winged Beast from your hand or deck with a level equal to or lower than the number of Spell/Trap zones you don’t need.
So this is another way to make LVL4’s easy to get to… If the other person hadn’t already given up.
1. Harpie’s Feather Duster
This card is so disgustingly powerful that it was sent to the Shadow Realm (well, the list of cards that can’t be played) for years.
But as of this writing, it’s back, but you can only have one per deck. In a Harpie deck, it’s downright scary!
Right now, Harpie’s Feather Duster is the best way to get rid of a Spell or Trap.
This card destroys every Spell or Trap your opponent holds without cost or penalty.
But the best thing about Harpie’s Feather Duster in this type of deck is that you can search for it with Harpie’s Feather Storm!
Overall, this deck is pretty good at dealing with threats in the back row.
But being able to delete them over and over again is a unique power that puts this legendary card in first place.
