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Executive Summary

The "Fur Hire" archetype is a dynamic crew of anthropomorphic sky-pirates whose strength lies in a potent swarm-and-control strategy. The core gameplay involves rapidly summoning multiple "Fur Hire" monsters, triggering a cascade of effects to generate overwhelming card advantage. While formidable as a pure build, its modern competitive power shines when used as a compact and efficient engine, especially when paired with top-tier archetypes like Spright and Runick. This versatile group of mercenaries is always available "For Hire", ready to enable some of the most resilient boards in the game.

The Crew and Their Arsenal

The "Fur Hire" strategy is divided between low-level "Enablers" who build the board and high-level "Commanders" who provide powerful disruption and payoff.

The Crew: Core Monsters

Rex, Freight Fur Hire

The premier one-card starter. Searches any "Fur Hire" Spell/Trap on summon and provides crucial GY recursion for disruption on the opponent's turn.

Beat, Bladesman Fur Hire

The primary monster searcher. When another "Fur Hire" is summoned, Beat can find any crew member from the deck.

Filo, Messenger Fur Hire

A critical graveyard extender. Revives a "Fur Hire" from the GY, providing extra bodies for Link Summons.

Rafale, Champion Fur Hire

The main deck boss monster. Provides card advantage via excavation and a powerful monster effect negation.

The Armoury: Essential Spells

Rookie Fur Hire

A Quick-Play Spell that tributes a monster to summon a "Fur Hire" directly from the deck, enabling the deck's most efficient one-card combo.

Mayhem Fur Hire

A Quick-Play revival spell. Essential for extending combos or disrupting the opponent by summoning a monster like Donpa on their turn.

Fandora, the Fearsome Flying Furtress

The new Field Spell that provides searching and recovery, allowing you to summon from the deck if a "Fur Hire" monster is destroyed.

Core Combo: The One-Card Rex Starter

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This walkthrough shows how a single Rex, Freight Fur Hire can generate a full board and set up the deck's signature disruption.

Rex, Freight Fur Hire
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Summon and Search

Normal Summon Rex, Freight Fur Hire. Activate its effect to search Rookie Fur Hire from your deck.

Beat, Bladesman Fur Hire
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Summon from Deck

Activate Rookie Fur Hire, tributing Rex to Special Summon Beat, Bladesman Fur Hire directly from the deck.

Folgo, Justice Fur Hire
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Build the Board and Link Summon

Use Beat to summon another "Fur Hire" from hand (like Filo), triggering Beat to search and Filo to revive Rex. This establishes three monsters with different types to Link Summon the Admiral, Folgo, Justice Fur Hire.

The Ideal End Board: The "Draw 3" Loop

The primary goal is to establish an interactive board that can disrupt the opponent while generating massive card advantage. This setup enables the deck's signature "Draw 3" loop during the opponent's turn.

Folgo, Justice Fur Hire

Folgo, Justice Fur Hire
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  • Admiral of the Fleet: The heart of the strategy. Summons a "Fur Hire" from the deck to extend combos.
  • Card Advantage Engine: If an opponent's card is destroyed, allows you to draw up to 3 cards, creating an insurmountable resource gap.

Key Interactive Pieces

Donpa, Marksman Fur Hire
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  • Donpa, Marksman Fur Hire: Provides face-up card destruction, triggered on the opponent's turn by Rex's GY effect.
  • Rex, Freight Fur Hire (in GY): The trigger for the entire loop. Banishes itself to revive a "Fur Hire" like Rafale, starting the chain of disruption and draws.
  • Rafale, Champion Fur Hire (in GY): The monster revived by Rex, providing an on-field monster negate.

Competitive Analysis

Strengths

  • Explosive Resource Generation: The Folgo loop is one of the most efficient advantage engines in the game.
  • High Strategic Ceiling: Non-linear combos reward skilled pilots who can adapt to different hands and game states.
  • Premier Engine: Functions as a top-tier engine for hybrid decks, generating Level 2 bodies with varied types for strategies like Spright.

Weaknesses

  • Chokepoint Vulnerability: Highly reliant on its Normal Summon. A single well-timed hand trap can stop the combo.
  • Susceptible to Floodgates: Extremely vulnerable to cards like Nibiru due to the high number of summons and cards like "There Can Be Only One."

Powerful Alliances

  • Spright Engine: The core "Fur Hire" monsters being Level 2 provides perfect synergy, adding multiple layers of accessible negation.
  • Runick Engine: Provides a powerful grind game and disruption. The card draw from Runick Fountain combined with Folgo's effect is overwhelming.

Banlist Impact

Fully Unrestricted

As of the current TCG format, the Fur Hire archetype is entirely unrestricted, allowing it to operate at full capacity.

Maximum Consistency

Play any card at your preferred ratio without restrictions

Full Strength Plays

Access to all archetype synergies without limitations

Strategic Freedom

No banlist constraints holding back your strategy

Banlist Status Summary

analyzed • 0 restrictions found • All cards legal at 3 copies