Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG: Best Generic Cards in 2025!

Nowadays, in Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, generic cards are critical in any competitive list. With them, you'll have more ways to interact besides what your main strategy allows, so they're critical when you go second. That's because, when you go second, you don't have much time to put interactions in play, so you need something to stop or make your opponent's combo weaker.

Today, we gathered the best generic cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in 2025. Check it out!

Main Deck

Mulcharmy Fuwalos

Mulcharmy Fuwalos is the most important generic card in the current format. Because it draws a card for you whenever they special summon something from their main deck or extra deck, it makes the main decks in the format a lot weaker. Drawing multiple cards in a row is just too dangerous, so this card is essential in any deck.

Mulcharmy Purulia

Mulcharmy Purulia is similar to "Fuwalos", but it is weaker, as it only "punishes" your opponent when they summon something from their hand. This makes it a bit less generic, considering very few decks summon cards from their hand. It often draws less cards than "Fuwalos".

Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring

Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is often among the best generic cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, but, in the current format, it is more than just very generic: it is the best counter to "Mulcharmy" cards, which are more popular than ever.

Droll & Lock Bird

Droll & Lock Bird can also counter "Mulcharmy" cards, but only after it lets them draw at least 1 card, which makes it less efficient. Furthermore, not every deck will be able to carry on with their combo after they activate "Droll" in their own turn. So, its real strength is stopping archetypes that need to look in their deck and get cards multiple times. That way, you'll make their combo weaker and might be able to break their board.

Nibiru, the Primal Being

Nibiru, the Primal Being is another popular high-impact handtrap nowadays. The reason behind this is that many players started ignoring it, and, instead of dealing with it, they don't protect themselves against it. As a result, "Nibiru" is once again popular in the meta. It can't really defeat the meta decks by itself, but it is quite useful whenever you need to make the opponent's end board weaker.

Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion

Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion has grown a lot in the current format because it is very efficient against the main decks in the game, Ryzeal Mitsurugi and Maliss. Furthermore, it can also be useful against Fiendsmith.

Infinite Impermanence

Infinite Impermanence is not as popular as before, but it is still a decent card because of how versatile it is. Besides the fact you can use it on your opponent's turn, it can be a boardbreaker when you go second on your own turn.

Called by the Grave & Crossout Designator

Called by the Grave and Crossout Designator are extremely important nowadays because handtraps with lingering effects are very popular right now. As these cards are limited now, many players stopped using them, but they're definitely still quite strong for anyone who uses them.

Extra Deck

Mulcharmy Meowls

Mulcharmy Meowls works exactly like the other "Mulcharmy" we saw, but it is best in your extra deck because it is less generic and few decks in the format summon multiple cards from the graveyard and the banish zone at once. Nonetheless, it is a must in your extra deck because it is incredibly strong against Maliss.

Artifact Lancea

Artifact Lancea is also great in the Maliss matchup. Though it doesn't win at once against this deck, because of the @ignister engine, it still makes this deck a lot weaker, and more vulnerable to other handtraps.

Solemn Strike

Solemn Strike is a very powerful counter trap, as well as quite generic. As a result, it has been great when you go first since the last meta, and is still powerful in the current meta.

Triple Tactics Thrust

Triple Tactics Thrust is another popular card in the format when you go first, and it's also a great answer against "Mulcharmy" and other cards that can make you "skip your turn". This "new TTT" can bring, directly from your deck, normal traps that can make your opponent skip their own turn too, such as:

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