Wolfox

six sams arent bad, but the most notable thing in blade of spirits is actually powerful rebirth which is really good. six sams are okay at best, but definitely not mandatory since theyre far from top tier. also, arent the hazy flame cards (barring hazy flame sphynx) also from blade of spirits? because hazy flame are, albeit bricky at times, a good match against meta decks like aliens or golden flying fish.

that being said, my biggest recommends are the following.

- abyss encounters, despite being a main box, has aliens, a f2p deck that actually is insanely good and which I reached king of games with this month. going through half of the box once usually nets you enough of the aliens and alien support you need, as the super rare mysterious triangle is not nearly as good as the rare "a" cell recombination device. other than that, abyss encounters can also allow you to play sea stealth decks and archfiend decks, though I wouldnt recommend either of those since theyre not quite kind to f2p players. lastly, it also hands you golden flying fish, but since that deck requires a ton of powerful rebirth and hammer shark to function well, I wouldnt really recommend it for now either.

- rampage of the forest has sylvans, which are likely just as easy to build and actually pretty strong as well. unlike aliens, they dont require generic backrow (like wall of disruption or enemy controller) to function well. next to that, theres hey, trunade, which is a pretty good card since it allows you to bypass any floodgate trap holes or walls of disruption (two of the biggest backrow cards in the meta). it can also force opponents to pop cards like mirror wall, enemy controller and windstorm of etaqua at suboptimal times. usually hey, trunade can be substituted with anti-magic arrows, but since those are currently unobtainable (as far as im aware), hey, trunade is definitely worth looking into.

- servants of kings doesnt really allow you to build specific archetype-related decks, but its got insane splashable cards. wall of disruption is the first notable one, and it is insanely good. it can potentially be substituted for by mirror wall, but since the latter is in neo-impact which you really dont want to open right now, wall of disruption is definitely the better choice. next to that, there are other splashables such as man-eater bug and draining shield, which can work in a majority of decks.

- dawn of destiny is a bit older of a box, and while sacred phoenix of nephthys isnt as great as it used to be, it can still be a force to be reckoned with. in combination with the fire kings and fire king island, nephthys is especially good at punishing players in lower ranks. a sacred phoenix deck does require going through the box multiple times, so something like aliens or sylvans should probably still be preferred at this point. though dawn of destiny also has super rush headlong, a quick-play spell that is pretty splashable as well, though not as much as enemy controller or wall of disruption.

- lastly, blade of spirits allows you to get a few good cards as well, though theyre often not as splashable as aforementioned wall of disruption, or not as powerful as aliens or sylvans. notable spells/traps in blades of spirits are fire formation - gyokkou, which is quite popular in dino and hazy flame decks, and of course powerful rebirth which is likely the best card in the entire box. parallel twister can be good, but it definitely shouldnt be a priority. as for monsters, hazy flame peryton and cerbereus are rather popular in combination with hazy flame sphynx from the card trader. all of them are but rares, so it shouldnt be too hard to get them. they synergize rather well with gyokkou too. sabersaurus is an absolute must for dino decks currently, as its impossible to get the slightly better evilswarm salamandra at this time. lastly, there are the six sams. theyre a decent deck, fun to play, but theyre usually not too great, and require too much gem input to be really good, which you could potentially use to get really solid backrow or build decks that are equally expensive but more powerful.

other than that, id recommend going through this here review if youre interested, as this man is probably more knowledgeable around duel links than I am.

keep in mind that just about everything I mentioned here is mostly geared towards competitive play. if youre not particularly interested in that and just want to play whatever and have fun, youre free to ignore most of the stuff I mentioned here.

Is Cyber Stein worth buying from the card trader in this game?   I've know there are duelists that let you start with more lifepoints, so it might be interesting in a fusion/beatdown deck later on........unless it gets banned at some point in the future. 

Definitely not meta-level in this game, but it's only 15,000 coins and might be fun in a casual deck.  I have more than 7.5 hrs to decide, I suppose

cyber-stein decks have existed and will likely keep on existing, but mostly because of the existence of ojama king. a turn 1 life point y player is able to lock down the opponents entire monster field with ojama kings effect thanks to cyber-stein. however, it also suffers from being a rather expensive deck (requiring main box urs like into the void 3x), because it has a lot of consistency issues when not optimized. barring that, a first turn cyber-stein is definitely a force to be reckoned with, as not much can actually break the combo. most notably tribute to the doomed, dark core and lava golem.

id still say pick it up even if you maybe wont use it. rare and normal rarity cards barely need any coins and jewels either way.