The Spellcaster Monster Type is one of the most popular ones in Yu-Gi-Oh!, thanks to both its power and the popularity of Dark Magician giving it all kinds of support over the years. Spellcasters are one of the more versatile Monster Types, being able to as both combo decks and control decks.

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There have been plenty of different Spellcaster decks over the years of Yu-Gi-Oh!, with some of them being so good they had to be banned. The support cards released for the Type have given Spellcaster decks all kinds of boosts, making Spellcasters one of the best Monster Types in Yu-Gi-Oh!

Updated February 12, 2022 by Johnny Garcia: After what felt like months of waiting, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has finally been released. It is the new way to play the game in an all-online capacity, and an incredibly well-done simulator to boot. It is accessible for everyone, with it allowing you to play Tier One decks with ease. There are plenty of Archetypes in it, including Spellcaster decks. In Master Duel, almost every deck released in Yu-Gi-Oh!'s history is included, making it the perfect official game with a TCG focus. It uses a unique banlist as well, allowing for more interesting decks to be played and explored

15 Charmers

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Charmers are a unique Archetype, built upon stealing Monsters your opponent controls that share an Attribute with a particular Charmer. There's an Extra Deck Charmer for every major Attribute, making Charmer cards very easy to use despite needing specific Monsters to utilize their effects.

Charmers also have the benefit of being given a Structure Deck, making it that much easier to build. They also share the same space with Familiar-Possessed, which allows for Charmers to be utilized to help flood to the field in order to go into your primary Link Monsters.

14 Ghostrick

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Ghostrick shares its Spellcaster slots with Zombies and Fairy as well, but it's the Spellcaster Ghostricks that help bring the Archetype together. Ghostrick decks are based around Setting Monsters both on you and your opponent's fields and triggering effects when they're flipped face up.

While Link Monsters have hurt Ghostrick's overall viability, they can still shut down decks that don't run them, and plenty don't. Ghostrick is a slow control deck, slowing the opponent down while advancing your own board state. Some Ghostrick cards like Ghostrick Doll are capable of Setting the entire board to utilize the slowdown on your own turn.

13 Majespecter

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Majespecter is a small series of Pendulum Monsters, though notably have no effects while they are in the Pendulum Scales. All the Majespecter Monsters have effects that trigger when they are summoned, generally allowing you to search for other Majespecter Monsters.

The Majespecter Engine was once so good it had to be hit on the banlist, with Majespecter Unicorn Kirin being banned from play. All Majespecter Monsters share the effect that prevents it from being destroyed or targeted by card effects, making them that much harder to get rid of once they hit the field.

12 Ice Barrier

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Ice Barrier at a point had a reputation for being one of the weakest Archetypes in the game. However, this couldn't be further from the truth with the support they've gotten over the years. Nowadays, Ice Barriers are a very suitable control deck, with effects that can shut down entire mechanics so long as their Monsters are on the field.

With some recent Spellcaster support, Ice Barrier is even capable of flooding the field, allowing you to go into their notoriously powerful Synchro Monsters like Trishula, Dragon Of The Ice Barrier to hinder the opponent even more.

11 Shaddoll

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Shaddoll is an Archetype consisting of primarily Spellcaster Monsters, with a few other Types sprinkled in. They were at a point one of the strongest decks in the game, and remain a top-tier Meta threat. Shaddoll is a Fusion-focused Spellcaster deck, with effects triggering when their Monsters are sent to the Graveyard by card effects.

Shaddoll decks are incredibly consistent, with plenty of powerful support given to them thanks to their fan-favorite status. They have access to some of the best Fusion Monsters ever released, as well as some of the best Spells.

10 Mythical Beasts

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Mythical Beasts have nothing to do with Gazelle The King Of Mystical Beasts despite their shared name, and are instead a Pendulum deck with some of the best effects for the card type. Mythical Beast has both powerful Monster effects that can negate the opponent's cards and Pendulum effects that can search out other Monsters.

Mythical Beasts are built around Spell Counters, which is what gives them the ability to use their effects. With Pendulums acting as Spell cards, Mythical Beasts can get a ton of counters on them with no issue.

9 Fortune Lady

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Fortune Lady was a powerful deck in Duel Links, and with the TCG is still a perfectly suitable Synchro-heavy deck. Fortune Ladies have an easy time with Level manipulation, allowing them to go into just about any Synchro Monster that fits with the gamestate. Fortune Ladies can easily flood the field, with effects that bring out more that are easy to trigger.

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Fortune Ladies are capable of drawing a lot of cards in addition to getting out Synchro Monsters, allowing it for consistency that other decks can only dream of.

8 Exodia

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Exodia is one of, if not the most iconic Monster in Yu-Gi-Oh!, rivaled only by Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon. When you have all five pieces in your hand, you will automatically win the game. As such, Exodia decks focus heavily on drawing your entire deck to fulfill this win condition.

Cards like Royal Magical Library help to draw even more cards thanks to its lack of once per turn effect. As the years progressed, more powerful draw spells have been added into the game that boosts up Exodia decks to make them more consistent.

7 Witchcrafter

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Witchcrafter is one of the best Rouge decks in Yu-Gi-Oh!, being able to catch unsuspecting players off guard and running away with games thanks to their powerful effects. Their Boss Monster, Madame Verre, can negate the opponent's entire field at the cost of just discarding one Spell card.

All of the Witchcrafters have Quick Effects that can interrupt the opponent or help advance your gamestate. Witchcrafter cards have simple effects, but these effects can be game-winning and are how the deck manages to hold its own in the current metagame.

6 Gravekeeper

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Gravekeepers are a powerful stun deck that was a dominant force in the early days of Yu-Gi-Oh! In the modern game, their Field Spell Necrovalley is so good it can completely shut off entire decks. Gravekeepers can easily destroy problem cards on the field and have a lot of built-in protection with their Fusion Monster Gravekeeper's Supernaturalist.

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Gravekeeper decks are focused on getting Necrovalley on the field and then stunning your opponent so that they can not play their cards. Gravekeepers have gotten a lot of support over the year, especially since they can easily play around Floodgates so that only the opponent is hurt by them.

5 Spellbooks

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Spellbooks were at a point one of the only decks capable of standing up to Dragon Rulers, and the only reason that deck didn't become Tier Zero. Spellbooks in the modern game are one of the best draw engines in the game and a perfectly serviceable deck thanks to its powerful Spell cards.

With how much deck thinning and drawing Spellbooks can do, it makes it incredibly easy to get to the cards you need. Spellbooks have great Quick Play Spell cards that can interrupt the opponent, most notably, Spellbook of Fate.

4 Dark Magician

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Dark Magician is one of the most iconic Monsters in all of Yu-Gi-Oh!, thanks to its status as the Ace Monster of the main protagonist of the original anime. Due to its incredible popularity, Dark Magician has been gifted plenty of support over the years, enough to make it a solid contender in the metagame.

Dark Magician is very consistent with all of its Special Summoning and searching it can do, allowing the deck to make threatening boards. Dark Magician can function as both a hyper offense and control deck, allowing it to support multiple playstyles.

3 Altergeist

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Altergeists are one of, if not the best Trap focused Archetype. There aren't too many Monsters the deck plays, and it's mostly focused on playing powerful Trap cards to interrupt the opponent's turns while slowly dwindling down their Life Points with Altergeist Monsters.

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Altergeists have a lot of consistency as well, as their Monsters have a ton of great effects that trigger when either sent to the Graveyard or being summoned. Altergeist Multifaker is what makes the deck work, and acts as one of the best Boss Monsters in the game. Thanks to how much space there is in the deck, Altergeist can alter their backrow choices to better suit the meta.

2 Pendulum Magicians

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Pendulum Magicians would become the premiere Pendulum deck after PePe would be emergency banned, and become one of the best Pendulum decks in the entire game. Pendulum Magicians are incredibly consistent, being able to load up the Extra Deck with Pendulum Monsters to bring back with a Pendulum Summon.

While on the field, Pendulum Magicians were able to set up powerful negates to completely shut down the opponent. Pendulum Magicians have a ton of support cards as well, both from themselves and generic Pendulum support. While they are somewhat hindered due to the new Pendulum rules put in with Master Rule Four, Pendulum Magicians are still fantastic.

1 Dogmatika

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Dogmatika is one of the newest Archetypes in Yu-Gi-Oh! and instantly became a meta staple. Dogmatika cards are built around counteracting cards from the Extra Deck, all while swarming the field with their Special Summon effects. Dogmatika Spell and Trap cards are fantastic as well, both capable of interrupting the opponent and getting cards to your hand.

Dogmatika is incredibly consistent and can play other Archetypes along with it, as it acts as a solid engine as well. Dogmatika isn't just one of the best Spellcaster decks, it's one of the best decks in Yu-Gi-Oh!

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