Synchro monsters can now be used in almost every Yu-Gi-Oh deck.
With each new set, tuners get better, and cards like Crystron Halqifibrax make it almost too easy to call out combination monsters.
Since there are so many different kinds of synchro monsters, it can be hard to fit them all in your Extra deck.
Well, these are our top picks for synchro cards that can be used in any deck, so you can make sure your next plan only has the best of the best.
18. Ib The World Chalice Justiciar
Ib When compared to other strong Synchros, the World Chalice Justiciar may not look that impressive at first. But Ib has a great effect that gives you a card edge every time.
It has a double effect. You can add one “World Legacy” card from your deck to your hand when you Synchro Summon.
If you send Ib to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon a World Chalice monster from your deck or Graveyard.
This effect is great because it gives you a constant +1 and lets you make more combos.
17. Dark Strike Fighter
Dark Strike Fighter is another great card that has become famous for a good reason. It has a burn effect that is hard to beat.
First of all, it’s easy to call, there aren’t many rules, and it’s a good level for synchronizing into.
You can sacrifice a monster and burn your opponent for 200 times the level of the monster you sacrificed.
Even though Dark Strike Fighter isn’t as big as Tempest Magician, it’s still a great way to burn your opponent for up to 1500 LP and is easy to summon.
A great choice for any deck that doesn’t do enough damage or for burn-only decks.
16. Tempest Magician
The Tempest Magician is a card that everyone knows. It burns well and has been banned from several forms because of this.
It’s easy to summon and has a good body, but what makes this card so great is the impact.
Once per turn, you can throw away cards to give your monsters one Spell Counter for each card you throw away.
Then, you can get rid of all of your opponent’s Counters to burn them for 500 damage per Counter.
This burn card is a bit too good to be free-roaming; it’s just that good at ending games.
15. Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing
This guy is a great way to get rid of a card in almost any deck.
You can destroy any Yang Zing monster, which is usually Yazi, and any card your opponent controls.
Then, if this card is killed in battle or by a card effect, you can bring any Wyrm-type monster from your deck onto the field in defense position as a special summon.
14. T.G. Hyper Librarian
This guy is a great way to get rid of a card in almost any deck.
You can destroy any Yang Zing monster, which is usually Yazi, and any card your opponent controls.
Then, if this card is killed in battle or by a card effect, you can bring any Wyrm-type monster from your deck onto the field in defense position as a special summon.
13. Formula Synchron
There are a lot of strong effects that happen when you synchro summon.
For example, when you synchro summon the Black Rose Dragon, it blows up the whole field, and when you synchro summon the Trishula Dragon of the Ice Barrier, it gets rid of 3 of your opponent’s cards.
Formula Synchron is a tuner synchro monster that lets you cause these effects on your opponent’s turn by synchro summoning monsters during your opponent’s main phase.
It can be very dangerous to be able to use these strong effects during your opponent’s main phase. You can wait until your opponent has a lot of monsters on the board, then destroy them all at once.
12. Herald of the Arc Light
There are a lot of strong effects that happen when you synchro summon.
For example, when you synchro summon the Black Rose Dragon, it blows up the whole field, and when you synchro summon the Trishula Dragon of the Ice Barrier, it gets rid of 3 of your opponent’s cards.
Formula Synchron is a tuner synchro monster that lets you cause these effects on your opponent’s turn by synchro summoning monsters during your opponent’s main phase.
It can be very dangerous to be able to use these strong effects during your opponent’s main phase. You can wait until your opponent has a lot of monsters on the board, then destroy them all at once.
11. Shooting Riser Dragon
In current Yu-Gi-Oh, Crystron Halqifibrax has made a huge change to how synchro summoning works.
During your opponent’s turn, Halqifibrax can be sent to the Graveyard to special summon any tuner Synchro monster from your extra deck. Shooting Riser Dragon is one of the best choices.
When you summon this guy, you can send any monster from your deck to the graveyard.
The level of the monster sent to the graveyard is subtracted from the level of the monster sent to the graveyard. This lets you summon almost any monster you want.
This card also lets you match summon during your opponent’s turn, so you can use more powerful effects that happen when you summon to stop your opponent.
10. Black Rose Dragon
Nothing is better than a good board wipe.
I mean, there’s a reason why cards like Raigeki and Dark Hole have been on and off the banned list for many years.
When the Black Rose Dragon is called to the field, it can kill every monster there, including itself.
Even though this also kills your own monsters, if your opponent has a stronger board than you, this benefit is more than worth it.
You can also combine this with effects that happen when a card is destroyed.
For example, in a Shaddoll deck, Black Rose Dragon is the perfect way to cause a lot of destruction effects at once, which can lead to some very powerful combos.
9. Naturia Beast
Negates are the most important part of modern Yu-Gi-Oh. If you can go first in a fight, you’ll want to set up a lot of negates to make it hard for your opponent to play.
One of the best pieces of denial is Naturia Beast. How it works is as follows:
Whenever a spell card or effect is used, you can “mill” the top two cards of your deck to cancel the spell card and destroy it.
This card has two big benefits over most other negate cards: it can be used more than once per turn, and it costs very little to play.
In fact, many decks want cards in the graveyard, and Naturia Beast is a great way to get them there while also messing up your opponent’s plan.
8. Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon
This guy is both a strong way to say “no” and an unbeatable beat-stick, all in one card.
This card not only cancels the effects of monsters, but it also gets the attack of the monster whose effect it cancelled.
On top of that, when Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon fights a monster of an opponent, its attack goes up by the same amount as that monster’s attack.
When these two factors work together, the attack stats can get very high, which can cause enough damage to win the game right away.
7. Wind Pegasus @Ignister
Since cards like Dogmatika Punishment make it easy to send extra-deck monsters to the graveyard, more and more people are playing synchro monsters with strong graveyard effects.
Wind Pegasus @Ignister can remove itself from the field or the graveyard to swap back into the deck one card that your opponent controls.
This is a great way to get rid of powerful extra deck monsters because it doesn’t have any effects when it’s destroyed.
6. T.G. Wonder Magician
This card is definitely necessary for the “Scythe Lock,” which is an engine that fits into almost any deck.
When a card effect destroys Artifact Scythe, you can use a special summoning spell to bring it back to your side of the field.
When it is special called during your opponent’s turn, your opponent can’t call monsters from the extra deck for the rest of the turn.
You can use Artifact Dagda to get Scythe from the deck, Crystron Halqifibrax to get T.G. Wonder Magician onto the field, and T.G. Wonder Magician’s effect to pop Scythe.
This is a ridiculously easy combo that only takes up 3 places in your Extra deck.
5. Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon
Milling cards has always been a very powerful strategy. With so many graveyard effects in Yu-Gi-Oh, being able to put a lot of monsters in the graveyard at once can give you a huge edge.
When this guy is called, you can mill the top 5 cards of your deck and add any dug-up Light or Dark monster to your hand.
In decks like Dragon Link, which are made up of only Light and Dark cards, this is almost like getting a free +1.
Plus, it’s a great way to set up monsters that can use their own special abilities to come back from the dead.
4. PSY-Framelord Omega
In Yu-Gi-Oh, having more cards than your opponent has always been very important. This is why cards like Psy-Framelord Omega are so strong.
This level 8 synchro card can get rid of itself and one of your opponent’s cards from their hand until the next rest phase.
Starting with 4 cards instead of 5 can mean the difference between winning and losing, so it’s easy to see why this guy is limited on the ban list.
3. Virtual World Kyubi – Shenshen
Virtual World Kyubi – Shenshen is a generic synchro monster that fits nicely into any deck. It is a great way to deal with almost all effects that come from the graveyard.
While this card is face up on the field, any card that would go to the graveyard from the field is instead sent to the discard pile.
This will make it almost impossible for your opponent to use their graveyard, which can be very bad for some decks.
2. Borreload Savage Dragon
Borreload Savage Dragon is one of the best pieces of generic denial ever written.
When this card is synchro summoned, you can equip a Link monster from your graveyard.
Not only does this guy get half of the Link monster’s attack, but this also gives Borreload Savage Dragon as many counters as the Link rate of the monster equipped.
Then, once per turn, you can take a counter off this card to stop the execution of any card or effect. This includes spells, traps, and monster effects.
1. Baronne De Fleur
People often say in Yu-Gi-Oh that if you play 1 interruption and 1 denial right, that’s often enough to win the game.
Well, Baronne De Fleur is both of these things at once. It lets you destroy any card on the field quickly and cancel any card or effect that is already there.
You can also undo this effect with the card’s third effect, which lets you put it back on the extra deck and special summon any monster from your graveyard that is level 9 or lower.
This gives you the materials you need to synchro summon, so you can quickly bring back Baronne De Fleur and use a single synchro monster to counter or stop multiple attacks.
