Introduction

Hi there!

This guide is meant to be a comprehensive resource for anyone who wants to learn to play a pure Fire King deck, either casually or competitively.

It assumes you already know how to play Yu-Gi-Oh! at a basic level and that you have a decent grasp on most gameplay concepts. We do want to make this book a valuable read for all types of players, so we'll try to explain more advanced concepts where applicable, but beginners should expect to Google some things here and there.

Note that this guide focuses on the TCG. While most of it will apply for the OCG as well, there might be some details that differ between the two formats.

We'll begin by talking briefly about the deck as a whole - its history, its defining characteristics, and its strategy (following the current consensus on how the deck should be played).

Then, we'll zoom in and go through all the cards of the archetype, discussing whether they are recommended in a modern deck, their role in it, and suggested ratios to start deckbuilding with.

We'll also discuss the non-archetypal cards you'll encounter in various deck lists, explaining their role and determining how important they are to the strategy, so you can decide on whether you want to use them or not.

Finally, we'll get to actually playing the deck. We'll showcase the most important combos and helpful variations on them, play through some common hands you will encounter more frequently, and discuss how to play around various types of disruptions your opponent might throw at you.

With all that out of the way, let's get started!