Staple

A staple is a card that is considered so splashable 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/Trap Cards.

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

Most of these cards are (or were) included in Limited lists, mostly because of their usefulness. Many cards on the Forbidden list were once staples (e.g. "Pot of Greed", "Change of Heart", "Raigeki", etc).

Monsters

 * Effect Veiler
 * Maxx "C"

Spells

 * Dark Hole
 * Mystical Space Typhoon
 * Soul Charge

Traps

 * Breakthrough Skill
 * Solemn Warning
 * Bottomless Trap Hole
 * Torrential Tribute

Synchro

 * Ally of Justice Catastor
 * Black Rose Dragon
 * Scrap Dragon
 * Stardust Dragon

Xyz

 * Gagaga Cowboy
 * Evilswarm Exciton Knight
 * Number 50: Blackship of Corn
 * Number 101: Silent Honor ARK

Monsters

 * D.D. Crow
 * Ally of Justice - Cycle Leader

Spells

 * Xyz Encore

Traps

 * DNA Surgery
 * Gozen Match
 * Rivalry of Warlords
 * Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror
 * Light-Imprisoning Mirror

Monsters

 * Cyber Jar
 * Sangan
 * Witch of the Black Forest

Spells

 * Brain Control
 * Change of Heart
 * Graceful Charity
 * Harpie's Feather Duster
 * Heavy Storm
 * Giant Trunade
 * Monster Reborn
 * Pot of Greed
 * Raigeki
 * Snatch Steal

Traps

 * Imperial Order
 * Ring of Destruction
 * Solemn Judgment

Synchros

 * Goyo Guardian
 * Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
 * Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Xyz

 * Number 16: Shock Master


 * See Also: Semi-Staples