Scareclaw Play Guide

Scareclaw debuted alongside the Skill named King of Fear. One of the most significant highlights of this Skill is that it comes with absolutely no summoning restrictions. Apart from the passive condition that reduces all effect damage you deal to zero, you are free to combine Scareclaw with field-defining tech cards like Lava Golem, or mix it with decks

The core resource value of King of Fear lies in its second activation effect. By revealing a Visas Starfrost card in hand, the Skill allows you to directly add a monster Scareclaw Reichheart and a Spell Scareclaw Arrival from your deck to your hand. The ability to draw up to 2 cards (+2 advantage) with a single button press is incredibly rare. Although the Skill encourages holding Visas Starfrost in hand, you only need to play one copy since this deck has many ways to search for it. In return, you should play at least two copies of Scareclaw Arrival to avoid the case where a "poor material" draws the unique copy on hand and traps itself by using its own Skill.

The final activation effect of the Skill provides extremely convenient support for setting up defense. If the opponent is controlling a monster or you have Scareclaw Reichheart on the field, you may immediately banish a Scareclaw from your deck or hand onto the field, and especially this card can activate right away in the same turn. Thanks to this mechanic, you will have a very safe retreat path to get the trap Scareclaw Clash – a very scary omni-negate tool. It is worth noting that both the card-draw effect and the trap-banish effect have strict limitations: they can be used only once throughout the entire duel (once per duel).

Scareclaw Acro is a piece of the Earth (Land) monster trio of the Beast (Beast) archetype Level 3 of this card family. The card has the ability to easily Special Summon from your hand by placing it in the same column or an adjacent column next to another monster Scareclaw. In the Duel Links dueling space, this means you can call it out almost anywhere on the field.

The main role of Scareclaw Acro is providing a passive stat-boosting effect for the monster Scareclaw that is located in the Extra Monster Zone. Specifically, it gives a massive attack value of up to 300 ATK to each monster in Defense Position that you are controlling. In the 20-card format of Duel Links, you are advised to play 2 copies of this card.

Similar to Acro, Scareclaw Belone is also an Earth-type Beast-level 3 monster that has the exact same Special Summoning condition. You just need to drop it down in the same column or adjacent column next to a Scareclaw, and you'll have more material on the field.

The passive effect that Scareclaw Belone passes to the Scareclaw in the Extra Deck Zone is a piercing damage effect. Just having this is sufficient, but this is a very useful tool to punish opponents who prefer defensive play. The optimal advice is to play 2 copies of this card.

Scareclaw Astra is the final member of the core trio of Level 3 berserk monsters. Like its two brothers, it can Special Summon itself onto the field so easily based on the column position of the monsters Scareclaw has already been placed.

The difference that makes Scareclaw Astra unique in terms of its finishing value lies in its passive effect: it allows the monster Scareclaw to be attacked multiple times during one Battle Phase while being in the Extra Deck. The number of attacks will be exactly equal to the number of Scareclaw monsters you are defending with. This is the key to creating flashy OTK phases. Similarly, 2 copies are perfect for this card.

Scareclaw Reichheart is considered an outcast in the main deck because it is a Dark-type monster (Dark), Warrior type (Warrior) Level 4. However, it still shares the special easy Quick Summon mechanic that can be easily summoned from the same column or adjacent column near another Scareclaw.

The value of this card lies in its activation effect when it comes to the field: it allows you to immediately search for a Spell or Trap (back row) of the same type from your hand. Additionally, if there are 3 or more monsters on the field (counting both sides), you will draw an extra 1 card.

This is a super important monster, both providing resources and being an essential link to interact with the card's skills. Never play just 1 copy; you must play 3 copies of this monster to ensure maximum stability.

Visas Starfrost is the main character of this entire storyline and naturally also appears in the deck. This character can Special Summon from hand by themselves by destroying a monster that you control with their own hands, provided that the destroyed monster is different in Type and Attribute from them. Although the card's skill seems to be trying to "seduce" you and encourage you to play up to 3 copies for optimal effect, doing so is unnecessary and can easily clog your deck. Since this card is extremely easy to search through Environmental Spell, you just need to play exactly 1 copy to have enough to operate smoothly.

Primitive Planet Reichphobia is the core Field Spell and a critically important search tool of the deck. As soon as it activates, it allows you to immediately search any Scareclaw or Visas Starfrost monster from your hand. Although this search effect is limited to activating only once per turn (hard once per turn), you will always want it to activate successfully at all costs.

Besides that, this card also brings two very good control effects over the battlefield. First, it reduces 100 attack points (ATK) of all opponent monsters for each monster currently on the field (applies even if enemy monsters dare to switch to the battle phase). Second, if there are three or more monsters on the defense side (counting across both decks), you have the right to target and destroy one of the opponent's cards.

As the starting gear that drives the entire gameplay, this is an extremely safe card to invest in and recommend using between 2 to 3 copies within the deck.

Scareclaw Arrival functions as a "Monster Reborn" tool dedicated to the deck. It makes it easy to revive any Scareclaw monsters or Visas Starfrost from the graveyard to the field to continue building your army.

The value of this card persists even after it has been placed in the graveyard. You can banish it to protect a Link Scareclaw monster from being destroyed by battle or card effects. A perfect shield for your main monster!

Although the effect is quite simple, you are recommended to play two copies. The reason is that the Effect of the deck requires searching for this card within the deck; if you only play one copy and perhaps draw it at the start of the game, your Effect will be completely stuck. One copy for safe searching and one backup is the optimal choice.

Scareclaw Straddle is a Quick-Play Spell with high versatility during the battle phase. It has two very interesting effects: one effect provides a significant boost to power stats, and the other effect protects your monsters from being targeted by opponents.

Overall, this is not a card that creates too much influence on the game board or decides the survival of the combo. However, it still provides certain defensive and counterattacking value in specific situations. Using 1 to 2 copies is completely reasonable.

The first effect of this card allows your monster Scareclaw or Visas Starfrost to attack while in Defense Position (quite similar to the mechanism of Superheavy Samurai).

However, the true and most fearsome power of this card lies in the second effect. Whenever an opponent activates a card effect while you are controlling a monster Scareclaw in the Extra Magic Zone (EMZ), you can send this flipped trap card directly from the field to the Graveyard to completely omni-negate that effect.

This is a shield to protect your combo results. Since this card is extremely easy to find and can be flipped onto the field through Skill, you only need to play just one copy in your deck to make your opponent suffer.

("Scareclaw Chibi") is Link 1's starter monster that initiates every combo chain for you. It requires extremely simple materials: just one monster or

The ultimate purpose of this card is resource setup. As soon as it is summoned to the Extra Monster Zone (EMZ), it will automatically search and take the Field Spell

An interesting point about the law (though rarely happens in actual battles) is that this card's search effect is not limited by "once per turn". Because the Extra Deck space is often quite tight since there needs to be room for other tech cards, playing 2 copies of

Scareclaw Tri-Heart is the ultimate boss monster, representing the absolute power of the entire deck. It is a Link 3 monster that demands real dedication: you must strictly use exactly 3 monsters with independent material effect, and cannot "cut corners" by using one Link 2 monster combined with another monster. The terrifying aspect of this card lies in its ability to manipulate and dictate battle conditions. Whenever it remains on the field, all monsters are forced to switch to defense stance. At the same time, it becomes completely immune to all effects issued by monsters in defense stance. Although this armor is useless against opponent's Link monsters (since they cannot defend), it still creates a massive barrier against most conventional tactics. In addition to its combat capability, it is also a resource-generating machine. Once per turn, when it resides in the Extended Monster Zone, it allows you to revive a Scareclaw Level 3 from the grave and search for another Scareclaw to your hand. Remember that this effect locks you into the Scareclaw deck for the rest of the turn. As the heart of the entire strategy, you will certainly want to play between 2 to 3 copies of this tank monster.

5 Slots is almost the maximum number that this deck uses in Extra, the rest we can add any number of summons as we like to fill