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Welcome to the exciting world of Yu-Gi-Oh! and one of the most powerful decks in the game – Gold Pride. With its strong combo potential and formidable cards, this deck is a force to be reckoned with. Whether you're a seasoned player or just starting out, learning to play Gold Pride can take your game to the next level. So, sharpen your skills and prepare for some intense duels as we delve into the mechanics and strategies behind this incredible deck.

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Whether you're a seasoned veteran or a beginner looking to learn the ropes, this article has everything you need to start playing and mastering Yu-Gi-Oh! Gold Pride. So, grab your cards, shuffle your deck, and let's get ready to duel.

How To Play A Gold Pride Deck

Star Leon Flying In On A Gold Mech Picking Up Captain Carrie

Gold Pride is a deck that revolves around powerful monsters that can be summoned easily and quickly to the field.

The deck's win conditions rely on two primary strategies – dealing massive damage to your opponent and controlling the field.

Here's how to play Gold Pride:

How To Play A Gold Pride Deck

Summon your monsters quickly.

  • The Gold Pride deck is designed to bring out monsters to the field as quickly as possible.
  • Use cards like Emergency Teleport and Noh-P.U.N.K. Ze Amin to search for your key monsters, such as P.U.N.K. JAM Dragon Drive and Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K. Amazing Dragon to summon them to the field quickly.

Use your monsters' effects to control the field.

  • Gold Pride monsters have powerful effects that can control the field.
  • For example, Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K. Sharakusai can banish a card from your opponent's hand, while Joruri-P.U.N.K. Dangerous Gabu can negate an opponent's monster effect.
  • Use these effects to disrupt your opponent's strategy and maintain control of the field.

Utilize the effects of your P.U.N.K. monsters.

  • Many of the P.U.N.K. monsters have effects that can help you control the field and gain resources.
  • For example, Noh-P.U.N.K. Fox Tone can search for another P.U.N.K. card when banished, while Joruri-P.U.N.K. Madame Spider can destroy an opponent's monster when summoned.

Take advantage of Extra Deck monsters.

  • The Gold Pride Deck includes several powerful Extra Deck monsters, such as Accesscode Talker and Knightmare Unicorn.
  • Use their effects to destroy your opponent's cards, banish them, or even inflict damage on your opponent.

Use disruption cards

  • The Gold Pride Deck includes several disruption cards to help you control the field and prevent your opponent from making plays.
  • Cards like Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion can negate your opponent's effects or prevent them from searching their deck.
  • Also, you can try to set up multiple disruptions at once, such as having both Joruri-P.U.N.K. Madame Spider and Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K. Sharakusai on the field.
  • This can make it difficult for your opponent to make any plays and allow you to maintain control of the field.

Gold Pride Sample Deck List

Gold Pride - Nytro Head in Gold Pride Deck

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, the Gold Pride Deck, is strong and adaptable. Here is a sample Galaxy Deck deck list:

Gold Pride Key Cards

Gold Pride – Captain Carrie in Gold Pride Deck

The Gold Pride Deck in Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game relies heavily on the Gold Counter mechanic, which allows you to place counters on your opponent's cards, and then use those counters to activate powerful effects.

Here are some key cards in the Gold Pride Deck:

Cards

Notes

Gold Pride – Captain Carrie

900 ATK and 1700 DEF describe the level 3 water fiend monster Captain Carrie. You may also add one "Gold Pride" trap card from your deck to your hand if you normally summoned or special summoned this card.

When a Gold Pride Monster you control that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck is targeted by this card and sent to the grave, you can banish up to three "Gold Pride" cards from your grave; if you do, that monster gets 500 ATK for each card you banished in this manner.

Gold Pride – Leon

This card has 1500 ATK and 1200 DEF, making it a level 3 Wind Warrior Tuner. You can also special summon a non-warrior "Gold Pride" monster in your grave if this card is normal summoned or special summoned.

Moreover, all monsters other than "Gold Pride" cannot be special summoned from the extra deck for the remainder of the turn.

As a fast effect during your opponent's Main Phase, you can Synchro Summon one Synchro Monster using only "Gold Pride" monsters you control right after this effect resolves.

Gold Pride - Nytro Head

You have the option to special summon 1 "Nytro Token" to your opponent's field during their standby phase. This "Nytro Token" is a level 8 Pyro/Fire with 0 ATK and 0 DEF. However, it cannot be utilized as linked content.

You can destroy 1 "Nytro Token" on the field during your opponent's main phase as well as all cards adjacent to the monster, spell, and trap zones.

Gold Pride – Nytro Blaster

This card links two Gold Pride monsters of different ranks to a dark pyro monster with 2300 ATK.

If your Life Points are lower than your opponent's, you can target a monster they control, destroy it, and then destroy all the cards in its adjacent Monster Zones and Spell & Traps Zones.

Gold Pride Combo

Masquerena in Gold Pride Deck

Here's a combo you can use when playing the Gold Pride Deck in Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game:

To kick off the Gold Pride combo in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, you can start with the P.U.N.K starter combo using Emergency Teleport, Gold Pride - Captain Carrie, and Noh-P.U.N.K. Ze Amen.

  • Begin by activating Emergency Teleport and then summon Noh-P.U.N.K. Ze Amin, activating its effect to search for Noh-P.U.N.K. Fox Tone.
  • Next, special summon Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K. Sharakusai and activate its effect to summon Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K. Rising Goldfish.
  • Once Rising Carp is activated, you can then summon Noh-P.U.N.K. Deer Note and Gagaku-P.U.N.K. Wa Gon, or if you have Wa Gon in hand, you can skip this step.
  • Then, search for P.U.N.K. JAM Extreme Session and use both it and Deer Note to summon P.U.N.K. JAM Dragon Drive.

This activates the effect of Dragon Drive and Deer Note, special summoning Sharakusai and allowing you to search for Joruri-P.U.N.K. Madame Spider.

Remember to activate the effects of Extreme Session to draw a card.

  • Banish Ze Amin to special summon Madame Spider and use Captain Carrie's effect to search for Gold Pride - Start Your Engines! You can then summon I:P Masquerena.

With just 2.5 cards, you can have six cards on the field, including powerful disruptions from Sharakusai.

  • On your opponent's turn, call Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K. Amazing Dragon to bounce four cards.

Additionally, you have Joruri-P.U.N.K. Dangerous Gabu, which can give effects to your monsters and grant you additional life points.

Using Masquerena, you can summon Knightmare Unicorn, which can then be upgraded to summon Accesscode Talker and finish off your opponent's life points.

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