Funny spells to consider.
Terminology Guide
Backrow = spell / trap zone
Bounce = removing something off field but not sending to graveyard / banishing
Burn = dealing effect damage
Continuous = spell that must stay on-field to resolve
Cycle = changing cards in hand
Destruction = to destroy a card
Equip = spell that must stay equipped on-field to resolve
Face = front of card with all the stuff
Face-down = back of usually unknown card because face is unseen
Field = the active play area (monster/spell/trap zones)
Floodgate = denying opponent from playing
GY = short for graveyard
Handtrap = a card that is most useful and normally activates from hand
Negate = deny effect
Quick-play = spell activatable during opponent turn if set
Recycle = reusable / sending a card back into active play
Resource = something that helps fuel plays
Search / Searcher = add specific card(s) from deck to hand
Set = play a card face-down
Situational = usually bad card except when useful
Synergy = works okay together
Targeting = a mechanic relevant to some cards
Yoink = steal opponent’s monster
Bounce = removing something off field but not sending to graveyard / banishing
Burn = dealing effect damage
Continuous = spell that must stay on-field to resolve
Cycle = changing cards in hand
Destruction = to destroy a card
Equip = spell that must stay equipped on-field to resolve
Face = front of card with all the stuff
Face-down = back of usually unknown card because face is unseen
Field = the active play area (monster/spell/trap zones)
Floodgate = denying opponent from playing
GY = short for graveyard
Handtrap = a card that is most useful and normally activates from hand
Negate = deny effect
Quick-play = spell activatable during opponent turn if set
Recycle = reusable / sending a card back into active play
Resource = something that helps fuel plays
Search / Searcher = add specific card(s) from deck to hand
Set = play a card face-down
Situational = usually bad card except when useful
Synergy = works okay together
Targeting = a mechanic relevant to some cards
Yoink = steal opponent’s monster
Spell Guide Updates
Coming Eventually
- Trap Guide (not clickbait)
- Monster Guide (lack of data)
Practical Spells
- UR
- That Grass Looks Greener (GY send)
- Raigeki (solo mode reward monster destruction)
- Harpie’s Feather Duster (backrow removal)
- Terraforming (field searcher)
- Called by the Grave (anti-handtrap / ‘negate’)
- Forbidden Droplet (negate)
- Foolish Burial (GY send)
- Necrovalley (GY floodgate)
- Crossout Designator (anti-handtrap)
- Margin Trading (cycle)
- Monster Reborn (revive from either GY)
- SR
- Reasoning (send to graveyard / special summon)
- Twin Twisters (discard for backrow removal)
- Demise of the Land (situational field search)
- Left Arm Offering (search)
- Galaxy Cyclone (structure deck backrow removal with GY effect)
- Earthshattering Event (deny GY sending)
Situational Spells
- UR
- Triple Tactics Talent (draw / multi-purpose)
- Lullaby of Obedience (pay 2k LP to deny resource)
- SR
- Pot of (series)
- Foolish Burial (GY send)
- Kaiser Colosseum (floodgate)
- Dirge of the Lost Dragon (continuous soft-floodgate)
- Anti-Magic Arrows (battle spell preventing spell/trap activation)
- Burial from a Different Dimension (recycle 3 banished monsters to GY)
- Ground Collapse (continuous prevent link-synergy)
- R
- Lightning Vortex (discard / destruction)
- Moon Mirror Shield (battle protection recyclable equip)
- Book of Moon (quick-play face-down)
- Nobleman of Extermination (destroy and banish face-down spell/trap)
- Hand Destruction (send 2 to GY, draw 2 cycle)
- Parallel Twister (destroy 1)
- Magical Mallet (cycle)
- Draw Muscle (battle protect / cycle)
- Shrink (quick-play half attack)
- Rebellion (quick-play battle phase yoink)
- Backup Squad (draw / cycle)
- N
- Double Summon (extra normal summon/set)
- Back to Square One (discard / bounce)
- Reload (cycle hand)
- Flint (prevent attack recyclable equip)
- Gravedigger Ghoul (banish 2 opponent GY monsters)
- Full-Force Strike (destroy by battle)
- Monster Slots (situational cycle)
- Card Advance (rearrange deck / extra tribute summon)
- Spell Calling (quick-play search)
- Quick Booster (quick-play search)
Funny Spells
- SR
- Swords of Revealing Light (a classic battle protection)
- Inferno Reckless Summon (special summon)
- Savage Colosseum (force attack)
- Hidden Armory (equip searcher)
- Monster Gate (GY send / special summon)
- R
- Extra Net (soft floodgate draw on extra deck summon)
- The Sanctum of Parshath (set spell/trap protection)
- Psychic Blade (trade lp for atk equip)
- Summon Breaker (soft floodgate)
- Dimensional Fissure (soft floodgate monsters banished instead of GY)
- Cup of Ace (gamble harder ‘draw’)
- Chain Energy (soft floodgate continuous lp tax)
- Super Hippo Carnival (token moment)
- Cauldron of the Old Man (continuous burn / lp gain)
- N
- Gingerbread House (continuous destruction / lp gain)
- Hippo Carnival (token moment)
Unique Spells
- SR
- Power of the Guardians (equip ‘protection’)
- R
- Pianissimo (provides permanent protection)
- Spell Chronicle (slow impractical searcher)
Archtype Spells
- UR
- Kaiju Slumber (funky monster destruction and special summon)
- One for One (deck special summon)
- Bingo Machine, Go!!! (blue-eyes searcher)
- SR
- Hidden Armory (equip search)
- Zombie Necronize (recyclable yoink)
- Relinquished Fusion (summon the suc)
- Dragon Shrine (dragon GY send)
- Return of the Dragon Lords (dragon revive / protection)
- Unexpected Dai (special summon <4 normal)
- Secret Village of the Spellcasters (double edged spell negate)
- Flute of Summoning Kuriboh (the most quick-play spell that is)
- R
- Jack-In-The-Hand (‘search’ a lvl 1)
- White Mirror (special summon lvl <4 Fish from GY and add copy from deck)
- Book of Life (banish / revive)
- Comic Hand (equip yoink toon conversion)
- Chaos Scepter Blast (banish / ‘search’)
- Successor Soul (trade for blue-eyes)
- Mayakashi Winter (cycle / revive)
- Celestial Transformation (quick-play special summon Fairy from hand)
- Magic Gate of Miracles (yoink)
- N
- Nagel’s Protection (searchable continuous Tindangle protection)
- Witchcrafter Bystreet (searchable once per turn per monster protection)
- Danger! Disturbance! Disorder! (searchable destruction field)
- Magician’s Restage (send to GY for search)
- Magician’s Right Hand (searchable once per turn auto enemy spell negate)
- Magician’s Left Hand (searchable once per turn auto enemy trap negate)
- Mordschlag (unaffected by special summon effects equip)
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