Demon Slayer Yellow Tanjiro/Nezuko Deck List (Vol 2) – UNION ARENA
Looking for a strong Yellow Tanjiro/Nezuko deck list to build from?
Below, I’ll be walking you through my Demon Slayer Tanjiro deck build that uses the strongest cards available in Demon Slayer Vol. 2.
Yellow Tanjiro Deck List – Demon Slayer Vol. 2
Demon Slayer Vol. 2 cards that help Yellow Tanjiro
Like most strong Vol. 2 decks, Yellow Tanjiro doesn’t change massively with the second set. However, it does gain three new cards that really help its strategy out. At core, it’s still a multi-attack deck looking to overwhelm your opponent through an all-out offensive rather than through removal.
Below, we’ll take a look at each of these cards in more detail.
Zero-cost Nezuko
As funny as it might be to say a zero-cost card that let’s you draw-one-sideline-one is a huge add to a deck strategy, every top tier UNION ARENA deck has a card like this, and having one means being able to build the hand you want early on rather than sit on cards that you don’t want. Not only is Nezuko helpful from this perspective, she has the added advantage of being another raid target for the three-cost Nezuko who really makes up the backbone of this deck’s strategy.
Three-cost Shinbou
Shinobu is the perfect partner for this deck. First, she adds additional energy generation which you’ll be happy to have. But beyond that, she has two very handy draw abilities that fit Yellow Tanjiro like a glove. The first is an effect that lets you draw a card whenever she loses a battle. That’s going to happen a lot with the Nezuko swapping. As you attack with your Tanjiro and then switch into Shinbou, many times your opponent will take the hit with Tanjiro, then look to block the easy to block Shinobu. However, block Shinobu and they’ll be giving you more resources to your hand, ensuring your card advantage.
Of course, once she is on the front line she will be vulnerable. That’s not a big deal, either, however as your opponent will be granting you yet another card when she is sidelined by an ability or by hitting zero BP.
She’s a great new multipurpose tool for Tanjiro, filling the need for more, vital card draw and utility.
Tanjiro with the color trigger
Saving the best for last, the biggest new card that we get in Volume 2 for Yellow Tanjiro/Nezuko is the new color trigger card, this four-cost Yellow Tanjiro. Tanjiro has a few handy abilities that make him an excellent add to this deck. The first is a protective effect that keeps your Nezuko safe from abilities during your turn. This can be huge, keeping Nezuko safe from effects that would remover her – such as a special off of life – or a card that would switch her to resting – like a card that does so when sidelined – as both of these can single-handedly shut-off your multi-attack strategy.
Second, this raidless Tanjiro has the powerful ability to switch to active the turn it is played, giving you an easy Tanjiro character to attack with and switch out with Nezuko after she attacks. You’ll just need to switch a Nezuko character on the front line to resting when this character is played. That’s not a big deal if you then raid over that Nezuko or switch it out via the one-cost Nezuko.
Yellow Tanjiro/Nezuko deck strategy refresher
If you’ve already built and played Yellow Tanjiro before, the above update might be enough for you to get started running the powerful new deck at your next tournament. If you are new to Yellow Tanjiro all-together, then this primer is for you!
Yellow Tanjiro is all about the multi-attack
As I said before, the Yellow Tanjiro/Nezuko strategy is all about the multi-attack strategy – that being extending the number of attacks you can get off in a single turn beyond the normal four that is typically possible.
It does this through a rather unique switching mechanic that allows you to swap characters in and out of the front line during the attack phase. Not only does this enable a powerful offensive play, it simultaneously enables you to protect some of your strongest cards.
The way this strategy works is relatively straightforward. First, play the Yellow Tanjiro Raid, bring back a Nezuko from your sideline (the Raid Nezuko is a great option for this if you’ve already had one sent there), and play a Nezuko for free. Then Raid over the free-play Nezuko to fill your board more quickly.
Once you have her set up, you can attack with your Tanjior with Impact, then switch him to the energy line for another attacker as soon as you attack with Nezuko. This is why having that protective Tanjiro on the field is so vital – hitting something off of life or a resting effect off of your first attack with Tanjiro can otherwise totally derail your strategy.
Starter deck Tanjiro gives you a defensive layer
While the turn-after-turn Impact from the booster pack Tanjiro is the stronger character – and he tends to stick around thanks to the Nezuko swapping – the starter deck Tanjiro is also handy due to his slight BP boost, making him just strong enough to survive attacks from your opponent. While this +500 BP boost for a turn is less relevant than it used to be when Tanjiro first came out in the English meta, it’s still nice to have a 4500 BP character around to edge out lower BP decks.
Do you need the two-cost Nezuko?
One last card that used to be a staple in the Yellow Tanjiro deck that you may want to include in your fully upgraded build is the two-cost Nezuko.
In the original Demon Slayer Yellow build, two-cost Nezuko was essentially critical as she enabled removal into 4000 BP+ characters via the original Yellow Color Trigger Tanjiro. However, assuming you aren’t running that Tanjiro anymore – and you probably won’t be with how strong the new Color Trigger is – two-cost Nezuko becomes less relevant. Sure, you can use her to soften up your opponent’s defenses, but you also have three-cost Tanjiro to help you overcome stronger defenders if you need to, making her less relevant than she once was.
With the Demon Slayer Vol. 2 upgrades, Yellow Tanjiro/Nezuko remains the strongest Demon Slayer deck, and also vies in the upper UNION ARENA tiers for supremacy, although it likely still isn’t as strong as the strongest decks out there.
