



Some very iconic spells.

Some very powerful spells





And finally, the fusion spells. Of course Joey didn't play Instant Fusion, but I decided to include this so that Flame Swordsman and Giltia the Dark Knight can actually be summoned (as if anyone would want to play their fusion materials).









Here are some very iconic traps. I generally prefer original versions of spells/traps, which is why I chose Kunai with Chain over Red-Eyes Fang with Chain . Retrained monsters are more necessary because the originals are not as fun to play with, but older spells/traps have often aged okay.

Joey's Trap Hole cards; very practical. The original Trap Hole has been removed.









He actually has three Instant Fusion targets. Dark Flare Knight can only be made if this deck is played with/against Yugi's deck, but he has room, so why not?









The very cool Claw of Hermos fusion cards. These character decks aren't based on any particular point in the anime, so I've included the Legendary Dragon cards in all three decks.









Can't forget those tokens

This is the first of my Yugioh character deck profiles. Yugioh character decks usually include only cards that the character used in the Anime, but I often prefer retrained variants of the classic cards. Also, character decks are not meant to be tournament viable in the slightest (usually), and are meant to be played against other character decks, and of course, include some Forbidden cards. This is the deck in its second draft, and I have made some changes according to feedback I recieved from Reddit. Thanks again to those who read this article when I first posted it; I think the deck feels even more authentic now.For the first eight monsters, I present the iconic low level warriors (beast-warrior in Panther Warrior's case). You'll notice that I've chosen the retrained versions of Swordsman of Landstar and Gearfried the Iron Knight. There's not much need for a weak vanilla monster, unless it's a fusion material (looking at you, Baby Dragon), but Comrade Swordsman of Landstar provides warrior and synchro support. Initially I was using Phoenix Gearfried, but after getting some feedback on the first draft of this deck, I decided to follow the advice and go with the Red-Eyes version of Gearfried, as it better resembles the original Battle City Gearfried. A recent addition is Goblin Attack Force (I think this is my fourth draft, hehe), and he's just a great four star beater that Joey used a couple of times.I find these little guys to be way too iconic not to include, and I really like the fusions that the first three make. Copycat and Time Wizard are also useful for getting out of tight spots.Next up is the Red-Eyes monsters. Of course, Red-Eyes Black Dragon is Joey's ace monster, so his inclusion doesn't require an explanation. However, I chose these particular Red-Eyes monsters because they call back to important moments in the Anime. Black Metal Dragon is a call back to Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon , and the 600 ATK boost appears to reference Dragon Nails , which was equipped to it during Joey's duel against Bandit Keith.This same duel also had Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon come back after Joey used Graverobber to steal the effect of Time Machine , which can be seen in the artwork of Red-Eyes Retro Dragon. Red-Eyes Baby Dragon calls back to the original Baby Dragon, sharing the same ATK and DEF points.I removed Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, a retrained version of Red-Eyes Metal Dragon (and Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, but Joey didn't use that card), and Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon. I took out the former because Joey didn't use the Darkness series of Red-Eyes cards, so it makes less sense to include it in the main deck, and I also took it out because we will eventually get a Link retrain of it, and I can then include it there to flesh out Joey's extra deck. As for Flare, Joey hasn't used that version before either, and it doesn't really reference his Anime duels in any particular way. Without Phoenix Gearfried's Gemini support effect, there's not much reason for Flare to be there. I added Lord of the Red in an esrlier draft, because it's a really cool Red-Eyes support card that Joey did actually use, but I've since removed it because it would often be a dead card.Here's the rest of the big hitters. I prefer the original version of Gilford the Lightning, as I could have chosen Gilford the Legend , but this deck doesn't have that many equip spells, and I prefer the built-in Raigeki effect (Gilford the Lightning is more fitting in my opinion, considering brain-controlled Joey used Raigeki). Jinzo and The Fiend Megacyber are solid cards, rounding off the main deck monsters.I added Foolish Burial because it works well with cards like Monster Reborn and Premature Burial.I chose Seven Swords Warrior because he reminds me of Sword Hunter , and makes good use of Comrade Swordsman of Landstar, as well as the various equip effects that this deck has access too (there's only one actual equip spell, but many of the cards become equip spells). Red-Eyes Slash Dragon is really cool, and fits well in Joey's deck on account of all the Warrior type monsters. Archfiend Black Skull Dragon can't be fusion summoned unless the deck is played with/against Yugi's deck, but Black Skull Dragon is so iconic that I have to include its retrain. Meteor Black Comet Dragon is neat, but it's based on Meteor Black Dragon , a card instead used by Yugi in Yu-gi-oh! The Movie Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon is another nice call back to Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, but instead is the metal counterpart of Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon.So there you have it, my first Yugioh character deck profile; if Joey ever makes a cameo appearance somewhere in a newer Anime series, I think a deck like this would work well, if not a full on Red-Eyes themed deck. This deck gets a solid nostalgia/10 from me.