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).

Effect Monsters

 * Effect Veiler
 * Maxx "C"

Spells

 * Dark Hole
 * Mystical Space Typhoon

Synchros

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

Xyz

 * Gagaga Cowboy
 * Maestroke the Symphony Djinn
 * Number 50: Blackship of Corn
 * Wind-Up Zenmaines

Monsters

 * Cyber Jar
 * Magician of Faith
 * 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


 * See Also: Semi-Staples