Chapter 64. Tenyi Swordsoul Full Lines of Play! So Many Routes the Old Guard Went Cross-Eyed!
In the short video.
After finishing the overview of the Synchro monsters.
The creator, MD Dragon Fist Bro, immediately began the final build review.
"After seeing all that and understanding the build," said MD Dragon Fist Bro.
"Next is the overall flow and methods for Tenyi Swordsoul."
"Whether it's a one-card start, a two-card start, or a multi-card start…"
"Tenyi Swordsoul's in-archetype tools can handle it."
"That's one reason it's the go-to beginner deck."
"Let's start with the one-card operation lines."
"With this decklist…"
"As long as we have one card, we can run."
"That card is the Spell, Swordsoul Emergence."
"This card lets us search an in-archetype Swordsoul card."
"Line of play number one."
"Activate Swordsoul Emergence to search Swordsoul of Taia."
"Normal Summon Swordsoul of Taia, then banish Emergence by its effect to summon a Level 4 Tuner Token."
"Level 4 Taia plus the Level 4 Tuner Token makes a Level 8 Synchro."
"The ace monster, Swordsoul Grandmaster – Chixiao."
"Then Chixiao triggers, and Taia triggers in a chain."
"Use Taia to send Tenyi Spirit – Ashuna to the Graveyard, and use Chixiao to search the Trap, Swordsoul Blackout."
"Face-up on the field we have Chixiao's monster-effect negate, and set in the back row we have Swordsoul Blackout's destruction effect."
"That's line one, that simple."
Silence.
After hearing the first one-card line for Tenyi Swordsoul, the Duelists of the six Duel Worlds looked stunned.
Even though it was stated up front that this deck isn't a combo-spam deck…
But off a single card…
How could the line be that simple?
No — so simple it's absurd.
And precisely because it's simple…
They saw how outrageous this build is.
Just one card.
One single card already sets up a front-row monster-effect negate and a back-row Trap.
Not to mention you still have four unknown cards in hand.
It looks weak at a glance, but it's actually terrifying.
If those four cards include Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Maxx "C", Droll & Lock Bird, and so on…
You won't be smiling anymore.
"And now the second one-card line," said MD Dragon Fist Bro.
"Same start: Emergence to search Swordsoul of Taia."
"Taia banishes Emergence to summon a Token, then we Synchro for Chixiao again."
"Chixiao triggers."
"Taia also triggers to send Tenyi Spirit – Ashuna."
"For Chixiao's resolve, this time we banish Swordsoul Blackout."
"When Blackout is banished, it summons a Level 4 Tuner Token."
"Then, in the Graveyard, banish Tenyi Spirit – Ashuna to Special Summon a Level 4 Tenyi Spirit – Shthana from the Deck."
"Use the Level 4 Tuner Token with Tenyi Spirit – Shthana."
"Here we make our Level 8 ace Synchro, Draco Berserker of the Tenyi."
"Face-up we've got Chixiao for a monster-effect negate, and Draco Berserker to interfere with monster effects."
"Simply put, it's a two-interruption, monster-effect-focused first-turn board."
"..."
The one-card lines were basically done.
And both routes were extremely straightforward.
There was nothing too hard to understand.
Precisely because of that…
The Duelists across the six Duel Worlds were a little baffled by the whiplash.
In the Duel Monsters world.
After hearing the lines, Seto Kaiba's pupils shrank, and he frowned.
"Why is this deck's line so simple?"
"How is it completely different from those previous decks?"
"The gap is way too big."
What Kaiba said.
Was exactly what the old guard wanted to say.
They thought it would be like Stardust Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, and the like.
But the massive contrast left them at a loss.
"True," said Téa Gardner.
"Even I can follow this."
"As long as the conditions are met, you summon a Token and then Synchro."
"So simple."
She'd thought it would be mind-melting and hard to grasp.
But now…
In the GX world.
After seeing the one-card Tenyi Swordsoul lines, both students and teachers at Duel Academy wore odd expressions.
Wait, what?
Did Mr. You slow the pace to help us understand?
Or…
Is Tenyi Swordsoul actually just the appetizer,
And the later operation lines are the real brain-burners?
"Mamma mia! I'm kind of liking this deck," said Dr. Vellian Crowler.
"But it doesn't seem to beat my Ancient Gears."
"This is only the one-card lines. There are two-card lines too," said Zane Truesdale.
"My take is: don't speak too soon."
"Keep watching."
He didn't judge the system as simple just because the ops were simple.
It felt like the calm before the storm.
In the 5D's world.
As Synchro Duelists.
They wanted to see a Duel feast like Stardust Dragon's from Tenyi Swordsoul.
But the contrast they saw
left Trudge, Crow Hogan, and the others momentarily speechless.
"So simple? Way too simple? I'm not bragging — my grandma could play this!"
"Indeed, and because it's simple, it also proves the deck's strength in another way!"
"Yeah, for a one-card line to set this much, that's no joke."
"You're not seeing the essence through the surface. Flip the perspective — what if it's a grind game and they draw that one card?"
"..."
Someone suddenly posited an endgame scenario.
All the Synchro Duelists jolted.
Damn.
That's true.
If it's a grind game,
And Tenyi Swordsoul draws this card — or any other single starter —
Wouldn't it just one-card into an ace again?
Yusei Fudo's eyes lit up.
He was thinking the same thing.
Tenyi Swordsoul is far from as simple as it looks.
The short video in the Main World continued.
MD Dragon Fist Bro began explaining the two-card combo lines.
"Once you grasp the first one-card line," said MD Dragon Fist Bro.
"Next are the two-card combo lines."
"With two cards it gets fun. I can give you seven or eight routes."
"First route — now your logical thinking matters."
"Combo 1: Swordsoul of Mo Ye plus any Swordsoul-line or Tenyi-line card."
"Use Mo Ye to generate a Level 4 Tuner Token."
"Synchro the two cards for Swordsoul Grandmaster – Chixiao."
"Chixiao searches Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan."
"Mo Ye draws you one."
"Longyuan activates — discard a Swordsoul or Wyrm to Special Summon, then summon a Level 4 Tuner Token."
"Level 6 Longyuan plus the Level 4 Token."
"Now you can make plenty of Level 10 Synchros."
"For going first, make Baronne de Fleur."
"That's two negates on board."
"For going second, make Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign – Qixing Longyuan to push hard."
"Of course, you can also make Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign – Chengying."
"In short, play to the board in front of you."
"..."
On the foundation of the two-card combos,
The core Tenyi Swordsoul board was now shown to the Duelists across the six Duel Worlds.
Yes.
If you can do this,
You've basically entered Tenyi Swordsoul.
Most boards boil down to these routes.
You don't even have to learn that many more lines.
Just knowing this is already enough.
"Next is the second route," said MD Dragon Fist Bro.
"If you don't have Mo Ye, but your hand is Level 6 Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan plus Tenyi Spirit – Ashuna…"
"Activate Longyuan, discard Ashuna, Special Summon Longyuan and get the Level 4 Tuner Token."
"Activate Ashuna in the Graveyard to banish itself and Special Summon from the Deck a Level 4 Tenyi Spirit – Shthana."
"Token plus Shthana."
"Again, we make the Level 8 Synchro, Swordsoul Grandmaster – Chixiao."
"Chixiao's effect proceeds like the one-card line — banish the Trap, Swordsoul Blackout."
"When Blackout is banished, it summons a Level 4 Tuner Token."
"Then you pair with Longyuan to make a Level 10 — either Qixing Longyuan or Chengying."
"And Longyuan can burn for damage."
"Then the third route."
"If your hand is Swordsoul of Taia plus another Tenyi card, you can still set a board."
"For example, Tenyi Spirit – Vishuda: Special Summon it, then Link-1 into the vanilla Monk of the Tenyi."
"Normal Summon Taia, banish Vishuda to summon a Level 4 Tuner Token."
"Synchro Taia and the Token into Chixiao."
"Chixiao searches Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan."
"Taia sends Tenyi Spirit – Ashuna."
"After that, I think you know the rest."
"Adhara banishes to recycle Ashuna, then Longyuan discards Ashuna to Special Summon and make a Token."
"Now you're on another Level 10 Synchro line."
"..."
After three two-card combo routes were explained,
Everyone's first impression was:
The three Swordsoul core monsters are all extremely important.
And this Tenyi Swordsoul…
Feels like…
It simply doesn't brick.
It's as if anything can combo into something.
When that thought popped up,
They scared themselves.
Does a deck really exist where any two cards can combo?
Then with a five-card opening hand,
If you don't get interrupted,
Isn't making a board basically guaranteed?
"Think that's all? No, no, no — there's more," said MD Dragon Fist Bro.
"All that assumed you had Swordsoul-line cards in hand."
"What if you don't have Swordsoul at all?"
"The answer is — of course you still can."
"Fourth route."
"Tenyi Spirit – Ashuna plus Tenyi Spirit – Vishuda or Tenyi Spirit – Adhara."
"Special Summon Ashuna, then Link-1 into Monk of the Tenyi."
"Special Summon Vishuda, then banish Ashuna from the Graveyard to Special Summon Adhara from the Deck."
"Adhara is a Level 1 Tuner, and Vishuda is a Level 7 non-Tuner."
"Seven plus one equals eight, so that's Chixiao."
"Chixiao searches Longyuan, Adhara banishes to add back Ashuna."
"From here I don't need to say more."
"By now you know what to do."
"Fifth route."
"If you have Swordsoul of Taia plus Tenyi Spirit – Ashuna."
"The set-up changes."
"First, Special Summon Ashuna and Link-1 into Monk of the Tenyi."
"In the Graveyard, banish Ashuna to Special Summon Tenyi Spirit – Adhara from the Deck."
"Link Monk and Adhara into Shaman of the Tenyi."
"Now Normal Summon Taia."
"Taia banishes Monk from the Graveyard to summon a Level 4 Tuner Token."
"Adhara banishes to add the Ashuna back from the Graveyard."
"Synchro Taia with the Level 4 Token into Chixiao."
"Chixiao searches Longyuan."
"Taia sends Swordsoul of Mo Ye."
"Then Shaman's effect — discard a card and target a Wyrm in your Graveyard to Special Summon it."
"Naturally, you revive Mo Ye."
"Mo Ye Special Summons a Level 4 Tuner Token."
"Mo Ye and the Token make the Level 8 Synchro, Draco Berserker of the Tenyi."
"Mo Ye draws one."
"Longyuan banishes the Ashuna you got back to Special Summon and generate a Token."
"Now you can make a Level 10."
"..."
As these later routes wrapped up,
The two-card Tenyi Swordsoul operations were fully presented before the six Duel Worlds.
Those who thought this system was too simple shut their mouths.
At that moment, they realized how terrifying this deck is.
Namely:
The lines of play are far too rich.
Whether it's the Swordsoul line or the Tenyi line,
They cooperate to produce outrageous Tenyi Swordsoul lines.
It's not two separate engines playing by themselves.
And the Link-1's role
Exists purely to serve the Tenyi Swordsoul game plan.
Precisely because of that,
Many of the old guard furrowed their brows, stunned.
In the 5D's world.
They had seen Synchro's charm.
But they'd never seen a deck with this many combo explosions.
"Lots of starters. Two engines that cooperate."
"Now I finally understand why the name 'Tenyi Swordsoul' is split into two parts."
"Strong. Way too strong."
"Whether it's the lines or the finishing boards."
"Using different cards to weave different routes."
"To produce different fields — this really hits different."
Yusei Fudo immediately followed with a cool-headed analysis.
As a Stardust Dragon user and a Tuner specialist.
What he perceived
Was the ever-expanding combinations that the Synchro system could play out.
Thus, when he saw a system that could use so many methods to make its aces.
He felt only that
His own Synchro skills still had a long way to go.
If you gave him that many starters.
He might not even know how to expand the board optimally.
As for the three-card and four-card combos later…
He didn't even dare to imagine them.
In the ARC-V world.
The Synchro Dimension.
Duelists like Yugo and Rin felt the same way about Tenyi Swordsoul's lines.
As a Synchro-centric Tenyi Swordsoul.
Whether it's one-card lines or two-card lines.
Every route is worth studying and digesting.
"I was shallow," said Yugo.
"The one-card lines are simple."
"With two cards, each card with each card ignites a different spark."
"That's what's making me just a bit dizzy."
"Tenyi Swordsoul isn't like many other Synchro decks."
"..."
He exhaled slowly.
The dazed look gradually cleared.
Thanks to the Tenyi Swordsoul deck construction.
And its lines of play.
His Synchro mindset began to change.
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