The Beyond the Brave booster set launched on October 9^th, and Duelists are using lots of new cards from the set to improve their Decks this weekend. Check out some of the top tech cards that Duelists are using in the Advanced Main Event at YCS Houston to get an edge over the competition!

(1.) The Great Gallant Bandit

The Great Gallant Bandit is a top tech choice this weekend. It’s a Level 10 monster with 2500 ATK and 2000 DEF that you can Tribute Summon by Tributing monsters in your hand and/or your opponent’s field while you control no monsters. Duelists are using it to tear apart an opponent’s field by Tributing an opponent’s monsters. In that sense, it’s similar to Lava Golem – a popular Side Deck card in the past, which may face modern-day competition with The Great Gallant Bandit for space in Duelists’ Side Decks. But unlike Lava Golem, which gets Summoned to the opponent’s field, you get to keep The Great Gallant Bandit for yourself even after Tributing an opponent’s monsters to Summon it.

The Great Gallant Bandit also has two useful effects that you can activate while it’s on your field. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a card effect in the hand, Graveyard, or banishment, your Normal Summoned Bandit can negate that effect and destroy the card that activated it. Plus, during the Battle Phase, you can use The Great Gallant Bandit’s other Quick Effect by revealing your hand and then change all monsters your opponent controls to Defense Position.

The Great Gallant Bandit does it all. You can Tribute an opponent’s monsters to Summon it, it negates cards, and renders an opponent’s monsters powerless in the Battle Phase by switching them into Defense Position. That’s why it’s a top tech card from Beyond the Brave that Duelists are using this weekend.

(2.) Hey, Space Trunade!

Hey, Space Trunade! is the latest “Trunade” Spell Card from Beyond the Brave that can undo your opponent’s field. Its effect returns up to 2 cards from the field to the hand, and then each player returns cards from their hand to the bottom of their Deck equal to the number of cards returned to their hand.

Like the Bandit, Hey, Space Trunade! can rip apart an opponent’s field, but it has even more versatility. In addition to monsters, it can also return Spells and Traps to an opponent’s hand. Its effect doesn’t target the cards it sends back to the hand, which means your opponent will need to Chain their on-field cards to your Hey, Space Truande! before you select the cards to remove from the field. For each card that Hey, Space Trunade! returns to your opponent’s hand, your opponent will need to return a card from the hand to the Deck, ensuring that your opponent has fewer cards to use as the Duel progresses. In a pinch, you can also use Hey, Space Trunade! to return your own cards to your hand and then return cards from your hand to your Deck.

(3.) Mediclius the Extraordinary Power Patron

Mediclius the Extraordinary Power Patron is a new Link-3 monster that a variety of Decks can use. You can Summon it by using 2 or more monsters, including a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster as Link Materials. It has 3000 ATK, three Link Arrows pointing to your Main Monsters Zones when its in an Extra Monster Zone, and gains effects based on the number of monsters it points to.

If it points to one or more monster, once per turn during your Main Phase you can negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent controls and halve their ATK until the end of the turn. This effect, which is similar to the effect of Forbidden Droplet, can be used to negate an opponent’s monsters’ effects so that you can continue your turn unimpeded by them.

If Mediclius points to two or more monsters, it becomes unaffected by your opponent’s activated effects. This makes it tough for an opponent to stop its other effects.

Finally, if Mediclius has 3 monsters linked to it, it gains a Quick Effect that can be used once during the opponent’s turn to banish your Mediclius along with all cards your opponent controls. This disruptive effect can remove everything from an opponent’s field right in the middle of their turn, similar to the powerhouse effect of Red Supernova Dragon.

Mediclius the Extraordinary Power Patron has three extraordinary effects that allow it to shine whether you’re going first or second in a Duel. That’s making it a popular monster for Duelists to include in their Extra Deck this weekend.

(4.) Spell Shattering Sword

Angelechy Decks are popular in the Advanced Main Event this weekend, and Spell Shattering Sword from Beyond the Brave is a powerful tech card that Duelists are using to stop them. It’s a Quick-Play Spell Card with multiple effects, one of which will destroy all face-up Spells your opponent controls. Angelechy Decks rely on placing Angelechy monsters in the Spell & Trap Card Zone as Spell Cards, and Spell Shattering Sword can destroy all of them at once! Since Spell Shattering Sword mentions Light and Darkness Ritual in its text, some Duelists are using Griffoh to Set Spell Shattering Sword from their Deck and activate it right away, even if they’re not using Light and Darkness Ritual.

Beyond the Brave contains lots of powerful tech cards that work in a variety of Decks, and many Duelists are using them this weekend in the Advanced Main Event. Follow the coverage to see which tech cards make it to the Top Cut on Sunday!