Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG - Deck Guide: Crystron, One of the Best Budget Lists!

The archetype Crystron focuses on synchro summons and Machine monsters with the Water attribute. These monsters often take the shape of different minerals (most are varieties of quartz) and Chinese constellations.

Its main game plan is synchro summoning cards through their monsters' effects, either on your own turn, or even your opponent's turn.

Let's see how it works!

Main Deck

Crystron Tristaros is one of the new support cards in this archetype, and stands out because it is the strategy's main tuner. Besides important in your final board, "Tristaros" is critical for your combo, as you can use its effect to dodge enemy interactions.

This deck has three main starters, and all of them center around its new spell card, Crystron Inclusion, which is a ROTA while on the board. If it is in your graveyard, you can banish it so you can re-summon a Crystron monster in your graveyard. As for the others: you can banish Crystron Smiger from the graveyard to get a spell or trap in this archetype, and Speedroid Terrortop can get you Speedroid Taketomborg so you can access Cherubini, Ebon Angel of the Burning Abyss. This card, in turn, sends one of your level 3 monsters, like Crystron Smiger, to your graveyard.

These cards can be starters or extenders, but, unlike the other cards we mentioned so far, are not "1-card combos". Crystron Sulfefnir summons a Crystron straight from your deck, and Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls sends a Crystron monster from your deck to your graveyard. As for Crystron Sulfador, it sends 2 Crystron cards straight from your deck to your graveyard, and, as a result, it is one of the best "consistency cards" in the entire archetype.

These are the Crystron cards that you least want to draw or have in your opening hand because they're always better when you access them through your combo. Crystron Thystvern is a monster searcher, and one of the best targets for Crystron Sulfador's effect. Crystron Citree and Crystron Cluster are critical in your final board.

Foolish Burial can both be a starter and an extender, and plays a role similar to Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls. Yet, it is even better, as it is one of the best 1-card combos in this deck.

Called by the Grave is another protection against enemy interactions, and Forbidden Droplet is an excellent boardbreaker. Droplet, in particular, is an out for problematic cards, like Abyss Dweller.

The other techs are simply the best handtraps in the format: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Effect Veiler, and Infinite Impermanence. They're quite generic and work against most decks in the game, while Nibiru, the Primal Being is your biggest weapon against the best decks in the format.

Extra Deck

Crystron Eleskeletus recycles your resources, as it gets back cards from your graveyard or the banish zone. Furthermore, it is important during your combo, considering you'll usually bring back "Tristalos" with its effects so you can use it as an interaction in your opponent's turn.

Crystron Quariongandrax is the Crystron boss monster. Its effect is incredibly strong against most decks, both the ones that keep follow-up cards in their graveyard, or that spam monsters on the board.

Cyber Dragon Infinity is the "safest" interaction in your final board, and Crystron can access it much more consistently because it spams a lot of level 5 monsters, which, in turn, lets you access Cyber Dragon Nova.

As for Invoked Mechaba, it is a target for Cyber Dragon Nova's effect, particularly if your opponent interacts with it and tries to remove it from the board before you can summon Cyber Dragon Infinity.

F.A. Dawn Dragster is one of the most important cards in your extra deck. Besides being a negate for spells and traps, you'll often use it as material to summon Crystron Quariongandrax, your boss monster.

Samurai Destroyer is in this list mainly for when your opponent activates Nibiru, the Primal Being while your Crystron Tristaros is in play. This way, you can use "Tristaros"' effect to summon Samurai Destroyer, and, when you tribute this card, you can move one of your Machine monsters to the board from your graveyard.

Navy Dragon Mech is useful to deal with monsters like Kashtira, and, besides this, can be a good out for cards with continuous effects.

This package of Synchro monsters aren't essential, but they can be useful in certain situations: Accel Synchron gives you more opportunities to synchro summon cards in your opponent's turn; Satellite Warrior is a great finisher; and Centur-Ion Legatia is an interesting card for cards with a lot of ATK. It also gives you 1 extra card.

Clockwork Knight is critical because it makes this deck consistent: you'll use it to put Crystron monsters with 1000 or less ATK in your graveyard easily, and it also turns your Crystron Smiger into a 1-card combo.

Cherubini, Ebon Angel of the Burning Abyss also makes this deck consistent, as it turns Speedroid Terrortop into a 1-card combo.

S:P Little Knight is very interesting when you go second. It can force enemy interactions or even break their board.

Crystron can put 3 interactions in your monster zone and 1 in your spell/trap zone. Your final board is Cyber Dragon Infinity, Crystron Tristaros, and Crystron Citree in your monster zone; and Crystron Cluster in your backrow.

Standard Combo

I'll leave the main combo down below if you open with Crystron Inclusion.

> First, activate Crystron Inclusion and use its effect to get Crystron Sulfador from your deck and add it to your hand;

> Now, activate Crystron Sulfador's effect to destroy Crystron Inclusion and summon it from your hand with its effect;

> When you summon Crystron Sulfador, use its effect to move Crystron Thystvern and Crystron Sulfefnir from your deck to your graveyard.

> Activate Crystron Thystvern's effect in your graveyard, banish it, and move Crystron Smiger from your deck to your hand;

> Activate Crystron Sulfefnir's effect, discarding Crystron Smiger in your hand, to summon it and destroy it right afterward.

> Activate Crystron Sulfefnir's effect when you destroy it to summon Crystron Tristaros straight from your deck;

> Activate Crystron Smiger's effect in your graveyard, banish it, and move Crystron Cluster from your deck to your hand;

> Use Crystron Tristaros and Crystron Sulfador as material to summon Crystron Eleskeletus;

> When you summon Crystron Eleskeletus, use its effect to move Crystron Smiger from your graveyard to your hand;

> Now, use Crystron Tristaros' effect in your graveyard, banish it, and destroy Crystron Eleskeletus to summon Crystron Sulfefnir and Crystron Citree straight from your deck;

> Next, activate Crystron Eleskeletus' effect when you destroy it to summon Crystron Tristaros, which you just banished;

> Activate Crystron Inclusion's effect in your graveyard, banish it, and special-summon Crystron Sulfador from your graveyard;

> Use Crystron Sulfador and Crystron Sulfefnir as material to summon Cyber Dragon Nova;

> Next, use Cyber Dragon Nova as material to summon Cyber Dragon Infinity;

> To finish, play Crystron Cluster and end your turn.

This way, your board will end up like this:

When you go first, Crystron can deal even with the best decks in the format, like Maliss and Ryzeal variants, particularly when you have handtraps besides the ones in your final board. Nonetheless, you'll need to know the enemy deck well to interact correctly with them, as well as use your resources well and access the best interactions possible.

When you go second, Crystron isn't that bad, considering some engine card combinations let you force interactions on the enemy board, and sometimes even punish them. Furthermore, the great number of tech cards this deck uses also makes its "going second" a lot better.

Though it is an interesting option for the current meta, this deck might still struggle because of the tech cards that are popular right now. Cards like Artifact Lancea and Chaos Hunter are quite popular because of Maliss, and they counter Crystron. In addition, its going second against Ryzeal and its variants is quite dangerous, considering these decks have access to Abyss Dweller, which can disable Crystron's entire turn. As a result, to beat these decks, you'll need a good plan and to counter these counters.

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