The Power of Old Meta

[WhiteLightning1]

Four very powerful Decks based on cards from Old Meta. As their name suggests they all house 1 of the 3 Sacred Beasts, and the fourth houses Armityle the Chaos Phantom. These Decks don't focus on summoning the Sacred Beasts, the Sacred Beast in each Deck is just a beatstick but I'd say around 90% of the time the requirements to summon the Sacred Beast card are in play by the time you draw it. There are 4 different Decks in this thread, I've posted an image link on each one, a short description of each Deck, and the contents of each Deck.

i.imgur.com/8FYimDz.png (Dark World of Phantasms)

As the name suggest, this Deck is made up of Dark World cards from around the time of Elemental Energy, and Strike of Neos. I don't use the slow Dark World cards with limited effects such as Scarr, Grenn, and Kahkki, instead I've added Grapha, and Snoww who are faster, and their effects are not limited. I do include a few Current Meta cards in the Deck otherwise the Deck wouldn't be able to hold itself together in a Duel. I do include Dark World Dealings, and Dark World Lightning, I changed Gateway to Dark World for The Gates of Darkworld. Fabled Raven works brilliantly in this Deck since he is a Fiend and because of his discarding ability. Every monster in this Deck is a Fiend so Solidarity works extremely well, and in combo with The Gates of Dark World all my monsters get up to 1100 ATK point boost. If I wanted too, I could get the requirements for Raviel, Lord of Phantasms on the field almost instantly, also with every monster in this Deck being a fiend, I can give Raviel, Lord of Phantasms major ATK Boosts.

3x Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World
2x Broww, Huntsman of Dark World
3x Brron, Mad King of Dark World
3x Fabled Raven
2x Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World
Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
3x Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms
2x Sillva, Warlord of Dark World
3x Snoww, Unlight of Dark World

3x Dark World Dealings
3x Dark World Lightning
2x Solidarity
Swords of Revealing Light
2x Terraforming
3x The Gates of Dark World

Mirror Force
2x Royal Decree

i.imgur.com/epftkeI.png (Ninja's of Searing Flames)

This was the hardest Deck to build out of all 3 of them, but once you get it's combos rolling you can make yourself almost untouchable. Again as the name suggests it's a Ninja Deck that's why I found it so hard to build, the cards in this Deck are around 50/50 Old and Current Meta. It uses Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo, and Upstart Golden Ninja to get itself in motion, and what the Deck aims for is either a Dark Simorgh Lockdown, a White Dragon Safe Zone Lockdown, or a Red Dragon Ninja Loop. To help it get these strategies are cards such as Lady Ninja Yae a S/T returner, Mist Valley Falcon because it is a wind monster for Lady Ninja Yae, and in combo with Big Bang Shot I can get past obstacles. Also with the amount of Continuous Trap Cards helping me with these strategies, summoning Uria, Lord of Searing Flames is no problem.

2x Alector, Sovereign of Birds
2x Dark Simorgh
3x Lady Ninja Yae
3x Mist Valley Falcon
3x Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo
2x Red Dragon Ninja
3x Upstart Golden Ninja
Uria, Lord of Searing Flames
2x White Dragon Ninja

2x Big Bang Shot
Dark Hole
3x Magic Planter
Reinforcement of the Army
The Warrior Retuning Alive

2x Anti-Spell Fragrance
2x Call of the Haunted
2x Ninjitsu Art of Super-Transformation
2x Ninjitsu Art of Transformation
3x Safe Zone

i.imgur.com/9cVeZQp.png (Rainbow of Striking Thunder)

This Deck I have been working with the longest, since the time of Light of Destruction. This is a Crystal Beast Deck that I have been using and editing for the past 6 years, but thanks to a little something released in Return of the Duelist I was able to give it a little extra force. In a Crystal Beast Deck, Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder is a piece of cake to summon, with the help of Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus, Crystal Release, Crystal Counter, and Summoner Monk I can get them to the field and into the S/T card zone in no time. As I said earlier, thanks to Return of the Duelist releasing Advanced Dark, I am able to use Rainbow Dark Dragon in this Deck as well as Rainbow Dragon, although I don't use them both at once, it's either Rainbow Ruins and Rainbow Dragon, or Advanced Dark and Rainbow Dark Dragon.

2x Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth
2x Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat
2x Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle
2x Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise
2x Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle
3x Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus
2x Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder
2x Rainbow Dragon
2x Summoner Monk

3x Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins
3x Crystal Abundance
2x Crystal Beacon
2x Crystal Blessing
3x Crystal Release
2x Rare Value
2x Terraforming

Crystal Counter
2x Crystal Raigeki
Rainbow Gravity
Torrential Tribute

Side Deck

3x Advanced Dark
2x Rainbow Dark Dragon

i.imgur.com/4WPrE6J.png (United Power of the Chaos Phantom)

A fourth Deck I have decided to design, that is proving to be more difficult than Ninja's of Searing Flames. This Deck works a little different to the others, this Deck uses all 3 of the Sacred Beasts plus their Fusion Armityle the Chaos Phantom. However instead of using another Old Meta Archetype to base it around, I have decide to build this one using pieces from the other 3 Decks. It uses the Draw Power, the protective strategies, and the Special Summon strategies from the other Decks to make access to Sacred Beasts and Armityle easier.

3x Beiige, Vavguard of Dark World
Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth
Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat
Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle
Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise
Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle
3x Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus
Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger
2x Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms
2x Silva, Warlord of Dark World
2x Summoner Monk
Uria, Lord of Searing Flames

2x Crystal Blessing
3x Dark World Dealings
3x Magic Planter
2x Rare Value

2x Call of the Haunted
2x Imperial Custom
Mirror Force
3x Safe Zone
Torrential Tribute

Extra Deck

Armityle the Chaos Phantom

[WhiteLightning1]

I've started constructing a fourth Deck which is proving to be the most difficult. This one unlike the others doesn't use a certain Old Meta Archetype with a Sacred Beast, this Deck uses parts from all 3 of the other Decks with all 3 Sacred Beasts plus their fusion Armityle the Chaos Phantom. By taking certain strategies from all 3 Decks e.g. the Safe Zone Ninja strategy, I've got protection for my S/T's plus Armityle if I manage to summon him. I can also take the Draw Power from each Deck such as Dark World Dealings, Magic Planter, and Rare Value. Also the Special Summon strategies such as Fabled Raven, Summoner Monk, and Crystal Blessing. I've got the strategies no problem, it's just putting it all together that's the problem because I may have to go over 40 with this Deck, I'm also going to have to use Substitute Cards such as Phantom of Chaos and Elemental Hero Prisma, I'm also thinking of using Trap Monsters such as Metal Reflect Slime and Zoma the Spirit for extra Uria fodder.