For those intrigued by the title…….. today I’m going to be posting about a Zombie Lightsworn deck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just kidding.

Now depending on who you ask, the curse of the Lightsworn can refer to two ideas.

The first refers to the fact that a Lightsworn-based build has never won a major Shonen Jump Championship or Nationals in the United States. Seeing as how the set was released around the same time as Phantom Darkness, Lightsworn have been given ample opportunity to win an event. So what gives?

Well I personally feel the curse is rather arbitrary and meaningless. The Lightsworn archetype has swept multiple Nationals tournaments this past year in big markets such as Great Britain. And while it’s never actually won a major tournament in the United States, that’s in a relatively small sample of tournaments. Part of the problem was the dominance of Tele-DaD. Another huge problem was the otherwise kind-hearted Jeff Jones, a frothy-mouthed, rabid anti-Lightswornite who dashed the hopes of an entire generation in the finals of SJC Anaheim!

Nevertheless, some of the best duelists in the world (Anthony Alvarado and Dale Bellido to name a couple) showed up with Lightsworn at the biggest tournament of the year. I actually agreed with them, deciding to run a Lightsworn deck myself. Here is my build:

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