The Rikka are the forgotten archetype of Konami’s Secret Slayers set. While the Adamancipators and the Eldlich have run rampant of Yu-Gi-Oh’s meta, perhaps making them some of the strongest decks we’ve ever seen in Yu-Gi-Oh to date, the Rikka archetype has been forgotten.
However, that doesn’t make them a bad deck at all. A Plant archetype made up of fashionable women, the Rikka are based around tributing Plant monsters to gain additional effects. Plant decks have always been rather frustrating to deal with, and Rikka gain much from fusing with additional Plant support like Sylvans. Though not an oppressive meta deck, players seeking something cute and fun can’t go wrong here.
10 MUDAN THE RIKKA FAIRY
Mudan can tribute a Plant monster to special summon itself from the hand. Upon being normal or special summoned by the effect of a Plant monster, Mudan can add a Rikka spell or trap from the deck to the hand.
This is crucial for getting all of the Rikka cards to hand that can’t normally be gotten through a monster like Lonefire Blossom. She’s not a big monster, as she comes out with only 2400 DEF, but she gets the job done of making extra bodies on board.
9 PRIMULA THE RIKKA FAIRY
Primula special summons itself if a monster on the field is tributed for any reason, which means she basically can come out even for things like some of the other Rikka effects where they tribute their monsters to bring out other monsters to the field.
The card can also target up to two Plant monsters on the field and increase their levels by two. This is to create more shenanigans with Xyz monsters, as Primula can increase her own level so she can make Kanzashi. It can also manipulate other levels to make level eights.
8 RIKKA SHEET
Rikka Sheet gives the deck some effect negation. It can target a monster on the opponent’s field, negate its effects for the remainder of the turn.
But the player can also tribute a Plant monster when activating this effect, and in doing so, they get to take control of the targeted monster. The only bad thing about this card is it’s a trap, which means it’s a little slow, and that it targets, which certain monsters can dodge.
7 SNOWDROP THE RIKKA FAIRY
Snowdrop is a level 8 monster that can special summon itself by tributing a Plant monster on the field. Doing so special summons another plant from the hand, but this locks the player into only special summoning Plant monsters for the remainder of the turn.
Snowdrop can also target a Plant monster on the field and make every other Plant monster the same level as that monster. This means Snowdrop can grant access to every Plant-type Xyz monster in the game.
6 RIKKA TRANQUILITY
Rikka Tranquility can special summon a Rikka monster from the graveyard in defense position. But the player can also tribute a plant monster on the field while this is happening, and then special summon another plant from the graveyard in defense position.
In other words, this card can bring back two monsters from the graveyard. The fact that the tributing is optional means in desperate situations the player doesn’t have to strictly rely on having monsters.
5 RIKKA FLURRIES
A continuous spell, Rikka Flurries is great removal. If a Rikka monster the player controls is tributed, the opponent has to also tribute one of their own cards.
If they control multiple monsters, it’s their choice as to what to tribute, but if they only control one monster, they lose that monster. However, during the opponent’s end phase, Flurries is destroyed if the player has a non-Plant.
4 RIKKA GLAMOUR
When Glamour is activated, the player gets to add a Rikka monster from their deck to their hand.
But they can also tribute a Plant monster to add a Plant from the deck that has the same level as the Rikka monster the player is adding, so long as it’s not the same Rikka monster. Glamour could easily search out Rikka Petal, and also Evil Thorn, or multiple level fours or level eights for the Rikka deck.
3 KANZASHI THE RIKKA QUEEN
Made up of two level six monsters, Kanzashi can protect and drain the opponent’s resources. Whenever a monster is tributed, Kanzashi can detach a material from itself to target a monster in either player’s graveyard and special summon it.
Its effects are negated and it becomes a Plant, which means much of the Rikka restrictions aren’t important. Then, if the opponent tries to destroy any Plant monsters the player has, Kanzashi can tribute a Plant from the field or hand to dodge it.
2 TERADROP THE RIKKA QUEEN
Made up of two level eight monsters, Teardrop is the deck’s big boss. She can detach a material from herself to target a monster the opponent controls and tribute it.
This can happen during either player’s turn if Teardrop has a Plant monster as material, which it pretty much always will. It also gains 200 ATK whenever a monster is tributed, and considering it starts out at 2800, this thing can get fairly beefy for a turn, running over any monster that can’t be tributed usually.
1 RIKKA PETAL
Rikka Petal is the deck’s search card, taking a Rikka monster from the deck and adding it to the hand or sending it to the graveyard, giving it an additional Armageddon Knight type effect.
If the player controls no monsters or only plant monsters, they can bring this card back during their opponent’s end phase, giving them the chance to search out another monster the following turn. This gives Rikka a constant supply of resources to summon their monsters.