Legendary Modern Decks 2026 Set Guide

Overview

Legendary Modern Decks 2026 is three decks in one product. Its set codes split by deck: ENM for Mitsurugi (23 codes in the catalog), ENS for Sky Striker (28) and ENX for X-Saber (40).

Twelve cards are new, first released with the set on April 23, 2026. Seven are Sky Striker cards, including Sky Striker Ace = Zero and Sky Striker Ace - Camellia, and five are X-Saber cards, including Commander Souza, Swordmaster. The Mitsurugi deck has no new cards; its newest were first released in May 2025.

A few generic cards appear in two decks. Called by the Grave, Triple Tactics Talent and Triple Tactics Thrust each have two set codes, which is why 91 codes cover 88 different cards.

Cards and rarities

Legendary Modern Decks 2026 has 91 set codes, each starting L26D-EN and printed under the artwork on the right. Where a card comes at more than one rarity, every version shares its code, so the table counts set codes at each rarity and a code printed at two rarities is counted twice.

Counts are set codes, so a card printed at two or three rarities counts in each row. The catalog also tags seven new cards with a placeholder rarity, which is left out, and its numbering has gaps (ENM02 and ENS02, for example), so 91 is the number of codes it lists today. Set completion in TurnZero HQ counts the distinct set codes you own against the set's total, so a card printed at two rarities counts once, with an every-rarity count beside it for collectors chasing each version. How set completion works →

The three decks

Each deck is built around one archetype. Two cards from each, starting with Mitsurugi, a Reptile deck whose cards act when they are Tributed:

Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Aramasa

L26D-ENM06

When it is Normal or Special Summoned, or Tributed, it adds a Mitsurugi monster from your Deck to your hand. It can also be Tributed in place of another Reptile you control that would be destroyed.

Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi

L26D-ENM10

A Ritual Monster Summoned with Mitsurugi Ritual. Monsters your opponent controls lose 800 ATK, and when it is Tributed it adds a Mitsurugi card from your Deck to your hand and can Special Summon itself.

Sky Striker Ace = Zero

L26D-ENS34

New. When Special Summoned, it adds a Sky Striker Spell from your Deck or GY to your hand, or you can Tribute it to Special Summon Sky Striker Ace - Raye and Sky Striker Ace - Roze from your Deck or GY, then destroy 1 card.

Sky Striker Ace - Camellia

L26D-ENS31

New. Once per turn, while you have 3 or fewer Spells in your GY, it sends a Sky Striker card from your Deck to the GY. When it is sent to the GY, it moves to your opponent's field for the turn and sends one of their monsters to the GY.

Commander Souza, Swordmaster

L26D-ENX42

New. A Level 10 Synchro Monster always treated as an X-Saber card. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a card or effect, you can Tribute an X-Saber monster to destroy 1 card they control.

X-Saber Pellina

L26D-ENX14

New. When it is Normal or Special Summoned, send it to the GY to Special Summon 2 X-Saber monsters from your Deck, which are destroyed in the End Phase.

Cards worth knowing

Each deck also carries generic cards that work without its archetype. Four worth knowing:

Mulcharmy Fuwalos

L26D-ENX12

If you control no cards, discard it to draw a card each time your opponent Special Summons from the Deck or Extra Deck this turn. A Common here, it was $9.55 on September 30.

Triple Tactics Talent

L26D-ENS21

If your opponent activated a monster effect during your Main Phase, draw 2, take one of their monsters until the End Phase, or shuffle a card from their hand into the Deck. Limited to one copy.

Small World

L26D-ENX23

Reveal a monster in your hand, pick a monster in your Deck that shares exactly one of Type, Attribute, Level, ATK or DEF with it, then add a monster that shares exactly one with the pick. The revealed card and the pick are banished face-down.

Harpie's Feather Duster

L26D-ENS06

Destroys every Spell and Trap your opponent controls. Limited to one copy.

The chase card: Reinforcement of the Army

Reinforcement of the Army

L26D-ENS08

Rarity Starlight Rare

Set code L26D-ENS08

1st Edition market price, September 30, 2026 $259.88

The Starlight Rare Reinforcement of the Army (L26D-ENS08) is the most valuable card in Legendary Modern Decks 2026. It was $259.88 on September 30, 2026, more than twice the next card, the Mitsurugi Prayers Starlight Rare at $106.47.

It is a one-line Spell from the Sky Striker deck: add 1 Level 4 or lower Warrior monster from your Deck to your hand. It is Limited to one copy on the Forbidden & Limited List as of October 1, 2026.

The same card is printed here at three rarities, and the gap between them is large. The Common was $0.19 and the Secret Rare was $0.55.

Every Reinforcement of the Army in Legendary Modern Decks 2026

Every version shares the set code, so the foil is what tells them apart. Check it before you price the copy in your hand. Reading the set code and rarity →

Chase cards and prices

All eight of the most valuable printings on September 30 were Starlight Rares, and five of them were Mitsurugi cards.

These are TCGplayer's 1st Edition market prices on September 30, 2026. Prices for a new set can move a long way in its first months, so treat them as a snapshot. Each card's page shows today's price for every printing. How Yu-Gi-Oh! card prices work →

Playing it

Each deck is built around one archetype, and the new cards are written for their own. The seven new Sky Striker cards name Sky Striker monsters or Spells, and the five new X-Saber cards name X-Saber or Saber cards.

Nothing in the set is Forbidden, but seven cards are Limited to one copy on the Forbidden & Limited List as of October 1, 2026: Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi, Reinforcement of the Army, Harpie's Feather Duster, Sky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones, Called by the Grave, Triple Tactics Talent and Pot of Prosperity. Called by the Grave and Triple Tactics Talent are each printed twice, so if you combine decks, the second copy of each is a spare.

Deck building rules and the Forbidden & Limited List →

Frequently Asked Questions