Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel uses an OCG-focused banlist, allowing for decks new and old to get a chance in the spotlight. Among these decks is the Shaddoll archetype, one of the most popular in the history of the game. With how fast duels in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel can be, Shaddoll decks have plenty of answers to a combo deck while acting like one itself.
10. Shaddoll Beast
Shaddoll Beast is a relatively simple card. It's a Level Five, but will never be tribute Set unless you're in a terrible position. However, all Shaddoll cards have effects that trigger when they're sent to the Graveyard by a card effect.
Shaddoll decks have plenty of ways to do this, and Shaddoll Beast is a good target for it as it allows you to draw a card. Drawing cards is incredibly important in Yu-Gi-Oh!, which is why it's so good. Shaddoll Beast isn't an incredibly powerful card, but one with a good bit of versatility to top off a combo.
9. Shaddoll Squamata
Shaddoll Squamata is one of the better Flip Effect Monsters Shaddolls have, allowing you to target a Monster on the field and destroy it when it's flipped face-up. It's one of the best cards to Set to force the opponent to deal with it, but its best effect would be when it's sent to the Graveyard.
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When this happens, it allows you to dump any Shaddoll card into the Graveyard except itself. All Shaddoll cards have powerful triggers when they're sent to the Graveyard by card effect, so Shaddoll Squamata lets you pick out any Shaddoll effect you need at any given time.
8. El Shaddoll Fusion
El Shaddoll Fusion is one of the plenty of Fusion Spells that Shaddoll decks have. It has a hard once per turn clause on it and requires you to use materials from your hand or field as Fusion Materials.
The reason El Shaddoll Fusion is so useful is that it's a Quick-Play Spell. Thanks to this, it allows you to surprise your opponent with a powerful Fusion Monster, most notably El Shaddoll Winda, so you don't get hurt by its Floodgate effect. It also allows you to trigger Shaddoll effects on your opponent's turn.
7. Shaddoll Hedgehog
Shaddoll Hedgehog is the primary searcher for the deck. When it's flipped face-up, its effect triggers to search out any Shaddoll Spell or Trap card. Meanwhile, if it's sent to the Graveyard by a card effect, you can add any Shaddoll Monster from your deck to your hand.
You can only use one of these effects per turn, but the fact it can search out the entire arsenal of the Shaddoll cards is what makes it so good. Usually, searchers can only find Monsters or backrow, but Shaddoll Hedgehog has access to both.
6. El Shaddoll Shekhinaga
El Shaddoll Shekhinaga is one of the more awkward Shaddoll Monsters to go into as it requires an Earth Monster to make, and Shaddolls do not have access to many good ones. However, once it hits the field, El Shaddoll Shekhinaga makes for a formidable Fusion Monster.
El Shaddoll Shekhinaga has an effect that can negate the effect of a Special Summoned Monster by sending a Shaddoll Monster from the hand to the Graveyard. This not only negates the effect but triggers the effect of the Shaddoll Monster it sends.
5. El Shaddoll Apkallone
El Shaddoll Apkallone is a part of the newest wave of Shaddoll support and a very good piece of support at that. It only requires two Shaddoll Monsters to make, so long as they have different Attributes. It even has some protection, as it can't be destroyed by battle.
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When it's Special Summoned, it can permanently negate the effect of a Monster as long as it's on the field. When combined with a card like El Shaddoll Fusion, this can really hurt the opponent during their key plays. If it's sent to the Graveyard, it can search out a Shaddoll card from either the deck or Graveyard, all at the cost of just discarding a card.
4. Reeshaddoll Wendi
Reeshaddoll Wendi is one of the most recent support cards that Shaddoll has seen, and it rose up as one of the stars of the archetype. It is one of the few Shaddoll Monsters that have practically the same effects when flipped face-up and when sent to the Graveyard by card effect.
It allows you to Special Summon another Shaddoll Monster from your deck in face-down Defense Position. This lets you be able to easily trigger the flip effects or use them as Fusion Materials to trigger their other effects.
3. Shaddoll Fusion
Shaddoll Fusion is widely considered to be one of the best Fusion Spells ever printed. The best Fusion Spells are the ones that can use materials from the deck but often come with steep downsides. However, Shaddoll Fusion only requires the opponent to have a Monster that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck.
There is no other downside to Shaddoll Fusion. And even if the opponent doesn't have a Monster, it can still be used as a traditional Polymerization. When Shaddoll Fusion uses cards from the deck, it lets you use any Shaddoll Monsters. In turn, this allows you to choose the effects that you want to trigger.
2. El Shaddoll Winda
El Shaddoll Winda is one of the strongest Floodgates in all of Yu-Gi-Oh! It has a decent Attack sitting at 2200, and even has a nice effect when it's sent to the Graveyard that brings a Shaddoll Spell or Trap card from the Graveyard to the hand.
Where El Shaddoll Winda shines is its ability to allow no more than one Special Summon per turn. This can completely shut down a ton of decks, all while not hindering Shaddolls too much. It's even able to be brought out through Instant Fusion, making it one of the most useful Shaddoll cards in the game.
1. El Shaddoll Construct
El Shaddoll Construct is the main Boss Monster for the Shaddoll archetype thanks to the plethora of effects it has. When it's Special Summoned, El Shaddoll Construct can send any Shaddoll Monster to the Graveyard from the deck. If El Shaddoll Construct itself is sent to the Graveyard, it can recycle any Shaddoll Spell or Trap card back into your hand.
Its true power comes from its battle effect. Whenever El Shaddoll Constructs battles a Special Summoned Monster it will destroy it instantly. With how common Special Summoning is, El Shaddoll Construct can destroy almost every relevant Monster in the game.
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