Yusei Fudo's Decks

Yusei plays a Warrior Deck featuring the "Synchron" monsters.

Those who know him very well (such as Jack, Kalin and Crow) say that he is starting to get predictable because he has been using the same basic strategies for a long time. Despite this, Yusei is still known for his genius and Dueling style, being able to quickly comprehend his opponent's tactics and quickly formulate an effective counter strategy.

His Decks are generally low powered, with most of the initial cards obtained from Satellite after residents of New Domino City threw them out prior to the series. The Deck focuses on swarming the field with low Level monsters, letting him easily perform Synchro Summons to gain an advantage.

Currently he has the best Dueling record of all main protagonists in the anime, with only 1 defeat (in a flashback), a few Duels with no result and all the other Duels won. In the manga, he also has a similar record, with only 1 defeat, and all the rest won.

World Racing Grand Prix
Since his days in Satellite, Yusei's ground Deck has gained an array of different cards. He now uses the Cycler series as well as a new selection of Synchrons and their Synchro Monster upgrades. He also received a selection of new Traps which negate damage or opponents monsters effects. With this Deck Yusei was not only able to stop Luna, Leo and their classmates from getting expelled, but he managed to save his life as well as Lazar's by defeating the Guard Robot and managed to gain allegiance with Sherry LeBlanc and Elsworth by defeating him in a Duel and gaining his respect.

Facility
With his own, Tanner and Yanagi's cards confiscated, Yusei assembled a Deck using random cards given to him by other inmates at the Facility to use in his Duel with Mr. Armstrong. This Deck's card count adds up exactly to 40 cards. Most of this Deck's cards feature criminal-like monsters or other shady cards. This Decks' contents were given back to their owners once Yusei defeated Mr. Armstrong.

3D Bonds Beyond Time
This Deck appears similar to his usual anime Deck, including "Junk" monsters and Synchro Summoning support. With this Deck Yusei, along with Jaden Yuki and Yugi Muto managed to defeat Paradox and save the world.

Fortune Cup
Yusei uses a Defensive/Warrior Deck, largely focused around Synchro Summoning his Junk Warrior, and later his "Stardust Dragon". Due to the low stats of the majority of his monsters, Yusei uses a large amount of Speed Spells and Trap Cards to enhance their strength such as "Speed Spell - Silver Contrail" and "Counterattack Beacon". As well as this, he also uses a large quantity of monsters with defensive capabilities such as "Shield Wing" and "Fortress Warrior". Due to "Speed World" limiting his usage of Speed Spells, Yusei uses a large quantity of traps.

World Racing Grand Prix
Yusei later uses a Advantage/Graveyard Based Turbo Deck consisting largely of cards which gain abilities whilst in the Graveyard, for example "Damage Eater" and "A/D Changer", or by Discarding them from his hand such as "Effect Veiler" and "Stronghold Guardian". In addition, he now uses a large array of draw power through cards such as "Hope for an Escape". Yusei later obtains "Shooting Star Dragon" through the power of Clear Mind, therefore adds several cards which work masterfully with it such as "Zero Force". As well as this, he also uses a series of new, low level Tuner Monsters to easily Summon "Formula Synchron". Yusei also utilizes several new Synchro-Warriors such as "Drill Warrior" and "Junk Destroyer". He did however keep many traits of his previous decks, such as it's dependency on Synchro Summoning, primarily through Swarm or Defensive tactics to gather up enough Monster Cards.

Cancelled Future
In the future, Yusei was a well known Duelist who inspired many. A list of his achievements and cards was researched by Z-one. This future was erased due to the current Yusei's actions in the altered timeline.

Evolving Duel
In the non-canon special episode, Evolving Duel! Stardust VS Red Demons, Yusei used a Turbo Deck that focused on "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode".

Manga
In the manga, Yusei uses a Junk/Warrior Deck comprised of various Monster Cards which have appearances of tools, reflecting his hometown being Satellite. Like his anime counterpart, he also uses a range of synchro warriors, but this series don't require specific Tuner monsters. In addition, he also had the Duel Dragon version of "Stardust Dragon", "Flashing Karat Dragon - Stardust".