Staple

A Staple is a card that is considered so important that it is included in almost any Deck the owner chooses to construct.

Opinions on what exactly constitutes a Staple card often comes down to the individual, and today's current strategies and deck-types have limited most Staples to being mostly Spell and/or Trap cards.

The defining characteristic of a distinguished staple card is, by its playability, Splashable.

Below is a list of cards that many consider staples (although some could be considered semi-staples.)

Advanced Format
Other cards, such as "Swords of Revealing Light", "Scapegoat", and similar cards are Semi-Staples, where they can be good in any deck, but not always chosen.
 * "Sangan"
 * "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness"
 * "Heavy Storm"
 * "Brain Control"
 * "Mystical Space Typhoon"
 * "Bottomless Trap Hole"
 * "Mirror Force"
 * "Solemn Judgment"
 * "Torrential Tribute"
 * "Call of the Haunted"

Traditional Format

 * "Monster Reborn"
 * "Change of Heart"
 * "Cyber Jar"
 * "Dark Hole"
 * "Graceful Charity"
 * "Harpie's Feather Duster"
 * "Imperial Order"
 * "Magician of Faith"
 * "Pot of Greed"
 * "Raigeki"
 * "Ring of Destruction"
 * "Snatch Steal"
 * "Witch of the Black Forest"

...and countless other cards, depending on the type of Deck and the player running it.


 * See Also: Semi-Staples.