Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Adds New Cards to the Game via Heroic Warriors Selection Pack and Singular Strike Overthrow Pack

We're almost two weeks into 2023, and we already have some neat additions to the game. The big one is the Heroic Warriors Selection Pack, which adds the Libromancer and Therion archetypes to the game, while also giving some more support to Vendread, Heroic, and Symphonic decks. We also have an update to the Sky Striker/Matchmech Secret Pack, adding 4 cards to it. Finally, there's Recollection of the Story, a pack focused on Solo Gate archetypes with no new cards. Let's get into it!

Recollection of the Story

Let's get this one out of the way. This pack contains cards from Solo Mode archetypes, including Monarch, Beetrooper, Dinomist, Gladiator Beast, and more. There aren't really enough cards from each archetype here to make a deck, and most of these archetypes have Secret Packs, so it's probably better to spend your Gems there. The one notable exception are Beetroopers, but this particular pack only contains 1 of their 3 URs, and 1 out of 2 URs that the pack that introduced them had. Overall, skip this one.

Singular Strike Overthrow Pack

Now things are getting interesting! This is a Secret Pack that was in the game since its launch, and focuses on the Sky Striker and Mathmech archetypes. We won't list all the cards in the pack, only the 4 new ones that were added:

• Mathmech:
  • Mathmech Circular (UR)
• Sky Stiker:
  • Aileron (SR)
  • Surgical Striker - H.A.M.P. (UR)
  • Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage! (UR)

Sky Striker is a Link Summoning archetype that focuses on getting out Link-1 Monsters and generating card advantage via the Spells. Meanwhile, the Mathmech archetype is comprised of Level 4 Cyberse Monsters aiming to Synchro, Xyz and Link Summon in order to OTK the opponent.

Heroic Warriors

The main selection pack, which introduces two new archetypes to Master Duel and offers support for 3 others. We'll talk about each archetype in the following sections, with a list of cards from the pack ordered by card type and name.

Libromancer

A Ritual archetype that's inspired by various types of books (comic books, storybooks, novels etc.) Their main gimmick is that your Ritual Monsters gain additional effects when your monsters that are already on the field are used for the Ritual Summoning.

Therion

An archetype of high-level monsters that revolve around equipping themselves to each-other. Each Therion Monster has a primary effect where it can be Special Summoned by equipping another Therion or a card of the same Type from the graveyard, and a secondary effect that also applies to the monsters they're equipped to. The major exception to this rule is the aptly named Therion Irregular, which can be Special Summoned by equipping 3 Therions from the GY to it, or by swapping places to another monster it's equipped to.

Heroic

An archetype of mostly EARTH Warrior Monsters that focus on swarming the field in order to summon their Xyz Monsters. The archetype gets 6 new cards to boost their numbers, 2 Effect Monsters, 2 Xyz Monsters, and 2 Spells.

Symphonic Warrior

An archetype of Pendulum Monsters inspired by various musical instruments. It gets 4 new cards, including a Synchro Pendulum Monster.

Vendread

Another Ritual archetype, this one themed around a zombie apocalypse. Not much going on with only 3 new cards, but at least the good ones are lower rarity.

Generic

Those are cards that do not belong to a specific archetype, but are cards that can be run in a wide variety of decks (most of the ones in the pack help with Ritual of Xyz Summoning). The only exception is Infernoble Knight Oliver, who belongs to the Noble Knight archetype, but can also be used in other Warrior decks.

Did you spot some interesting cards? Will Libromancer or Therion be your new favorite deck? Let us know down in the comments!