UNION ARENA: Demon Slayer Purple Deck Lists and Guide
Demons have come to UNION ARENA thanks to the Demon Slayer Purple deck. However, just how do you build a strong Demon deck that can withstand all of the other powerful decks out there in the current meta?
Below, we’ll look at three different Demon Slayer Purple builds that you can use to dominate the playing field. While these are each in the same anime and the same color, the decks are vastly different offering a healthy variety of gameplay mechanics to choose from.
Gyutaro/Daki Purple Deck
First let’s start with the Gyutaro/Daki Purple Deck. Of all the builds in the Purple energy color, this one is my favorite right now largely thanks to just how powerful Raid Gyutaro is.
I can’t rave enough about this card. It’s the reason this deck is largely built around Gyutaro in general. However, this card’s usefulness (like many of the best cards out there in any TCG) is a little deceptive. You don’t notice how strong it actually is right away.
For starters, he’s only a four-cost character which is great – most of the top decks include four-cost 4000 BP attackers and he’s up there among the best of them.
What really makes this character stand out, however, is his mini double attack effect. I say Mini because it’s not quite as good as the double attack effect because it only works when you defeat an opposing character in a battle. What this does, however, is force your opponent to essentially allow your Gyutaro through for a direct hit. If that weren’t enough, late game when your opponent can’t afford to let Gyutaro through, they are forced to give up units as shields – after which he will just take more wins and defeat more characters.
I love this Gyutaro character and he’s an absolute must in your Demon Slayer Purple deck.
Draw a card if Daki is on the field
In addition to all of that, Gyutaro also has the advantage of letting you draw a card whenever he attacks as long as you have Daki on the field. As you will notice when reading this article, Daki and Gyutaro have a lot of effects that combo together just like they do in the show. While Gyutaro is the stronger of the two, you’ll want to prioritize having Daki on the field to take advantage of these strong draw effects.
Solid raid targets for Gyutaro
As you will only be playing four copies of this card, you don’t need a million raid targets like you might for other decks. Still, you have two solid raid targets in this deck, the stronger of which is the three-cost two energy Gyutaro that also lets you draw-one-sideline-one as long as you have Daki on the field. Meanwhile, you also have a zero-cost Gyutaro. The only downside is that this Gyutaro doesn’t have a trigger. He does have an activate effect however that lets you pay AP to draw cards. You won’t really be using this ability most of the time but can be helpful if you find yourself a little stuck.
Daki has surprising strength for a three-cost character
While this deck runs three different versions of Daki, the strongest (of course) is the raid character. When raided, Daki gains an extra 500 BP during your turn to make her a 4000 BP body for only three cost. Additionally, when she’s sidelined you get to play her again to the field set to resting. She loses the Raid abilities in this case but it’s still nice to keep her around an extra turn as more bodies on the field is never a bad thing.
While Daki isn’t a 4000 BP body vanilla which limits her to just three copies in this deck, she’s a solid early game rusher and also a handy Trigger as you’ll often have three energy and a Daki on field to raid with.
Enmu’s draw capabilities and added BP make him a must
Enmu is almost as strong as Gyutaro and as the game progresses, he gets stronger. If you have 15 cards in your sideline, he gets a boosted BP stat which makes him capable of blocking opposing 4000 BP bodies while living to tell the tale. If that weren’t great enough he’s only a four-cost one AP character with 4000 base BP and a draw effect that further doubles down Demon Slayer Purple’s epic draw capabilities.
Additionally, Enmu’s Raid target is seriously handy. Two-cost Enmu lets you draw a card if any other characters have been sidelined that turn. While this is a little less effective in the Daki/Gyutaro build, it can still be combined with your special, your two action Gyutaro, and also makes an ideal target for Purple Color trigger since usually you will have had cards sidelined during your opponent’s turn.
Two-AP Gyutaro and Kyogoku House
The last strategy that warrants mention here is the powerful Gyutaro two AP character and the Kyogoku House. First, thi Gyutaro is essentially your extra removal for the deck. That combined with his four Purple Color Trigger makes him a must in your deck. Use him to soften up your opponent’s board, and then bring him back to play again via Kyagoku House.
Kyagoku House is also a great way to bring back raid targets for your other Gyutaro or even the powerful Raid Gyutaro himself!
Muzan Purple Deck puts an emphasis on sidelining your own characters
While the above Gyutaro/Daki build is undeniably fun, most players will be eager to try out the Muzan deck and its intriguing sideline mechanic.
Demon Slayer Purple is the first set in the English UA game to put a heavy focus on advantages gained through sidelining your own characters. Many of the characters in this deck have effects that activate only when they are sidelined, and some of these effects are very powerful.
First, let’s talk about three-cost Muzan who is one of the strongest utility cards in this deck if not necessarily your strongest attacker. However, he’s so versatile that he can be used as an attacker when the situation arises, and does so quite effectively.
Muzan is a three-cost character with two energy who lets you sideline another character on your field to add the top card of your deck into your sideline as well as granting him 1000 added BP.
If that weren’t reason enough to include him in your deck he also has the powerful Purple Color Trigger which is arguably the strongest Color Trigger in the game.
Whether Muzan is on your energy line or attacking on the front line, he’s a powerful ally in this deck. Below let’s look at the best way to combo him with other characters to get the most out of his effect.
Sideline Teoni to move around the board
Only being able to move between energy lines at the start of your turn is a bit annoying to deal with in UNION ARENA, meaning you only have access to a limited number of energies and attackers at any given time. Luckily, Teoni offers away around that. Sideline this demon and you will be able to promote one of your energy line characters to the front line or vice versa.
This is a very effective combo to use with Muzan who can sideline Tenoi from the energy line, gain added BP, then move up to the front line to blitz your opponent. Because we aren’t running anything over 4 energy in this deck, you can do this without worrying about the state of your energy line as it is easy enough to rebuild.
Teoni also had the added advantage of possessing a Draw trigger, upping the number of triggers in your deck which is a must in competitive UA decks.
Gain added removal with the Lower Two and Rui
You can also use three-cost Muzan to sideline the powerful Lower Two. Not only does he have decent attack, when he is sidelined he lowers a character’s BP by 2000. You can use this defensively to slow down your opponent when they are attacking or offensively on your turn. Pop two in a turn and you are removing many threats in the game!
I should also note that both of these powerful effects are accessible via playing the special trigger card Lower Your Heads. Using Lower Your Heads on the Lower Two is a particularly powerful play as you can sideline a bigger BP character and a little one if your opponent has multiple bodies on the field.
If all of that weren’t enough, you can also draw a card after using this effect.
Lastly, you gain gain added removal via BP reduction if you factor Rui into the equation. Rui is a handy character with two energy making it easier to scale up your energy line while also adding 1500 BP reduction to the mix.
Combine all of these cards and you can actually clear your opponent’s board (provided it isn’t completely stacked). It’s a lot of moving parts but it feels great when you get it off!
Four-cost Muzan is your end-game closer
Finally, Muzan himself is an absolute killer of a card – arguably the strongest character to be revealed in the game to date. However, he comes with a significant drawback – he can’t be moved or played to the front line unless you have twenty cards in your sideline.
Because of this, you’ll have to pay close attention to where you are at in your sideline while playing this game and make your decisions accordingly. Play your cards right and promote one or two of him to the front line and you can quickly close out the game.
If you aren’t where you want to be, keep in mind your zero-cost Teoni can be used to push Muzan to the front line provided you meet the 20 sideline cards threshold, so keeping that demon around can help if you need a little added push.
However you choose to build Demon Slayer Purple, it’s undeniably that this energy color gives us a lot to work with. Whether you go for a midrange play like Gyutaro/Daki, or a high-risk-high-reward strategy like Muzan, these decks are an absolute blast to play. They may not be at the same caliber as the likes of Code Geass Purple, but either should be a solid choice for the Demon Slayer Rare Battle Format and could easily win you a local tournament if you play your cards right.
