Exchange of the Spirit OTK " This deck is considered a Classic Deck , this page is used to tell the history of a deck rather than how it is played now . This can happen either from mechanics of the game changing , changes from the " TCG " or " OCG " Forbidden / Limited List , or the deck has slowly lost it ' s ability to be played over time due to years of no support or neglect . " " While " Exchange of the Spirit " may have returned from the Forbidden List , the card has received an " Errata " , making this combo impossible . " An Exchange of the Spirit OTK was an OTK strategy that involved quickly filling your Graveyard with cards before your opponent could fill theirs , followed by the activation of " Exchange of the Spirit " to switch both players ' Decks with their Graveyards . Ideally , " Exchange of the Spirit " would be activated during the very first turn when your opponent had no cards in their Graveyard , causing them to immediately lose from a Deck out at the start of their turn ( an FTK ) . This Deck build was made unusable in the Advanced Format in April 2006 when " Exchange of the Spirit " was Forbidden , limiting it to only the Traditional Format . As of January 2015 in the " OCG " and April 2015 in the " TCG " , this card has received an erratum that requires both players to have at least 15 cards in their respective Graveyards to activate instead of just the user ' s , thus making this Deck strategy retired and no longer usable in any format . There were many builds for this Deck , but the following list includes some of the more popular cards used : To pull off the OTK / FTK as quickly as possible , the following cards are typically used : Recommended Cards . Trap Card s . First , activate Reasoning . This will burn through your Deck and possibly send 15 cards to the Graveyard . Then , activate " The Cheerful Coffin " and discard " Makyura the Destructor " . Finally , activate " Exchange of the Spirit " . Your opponent has no Graveyard , so they are left with no cards in their Deck , and thus they will Deck Out next turn . In addition to the aforementioned combination , you can also use " Future Fusion " to summon " Chimeratech Overdragon " by sending " Cyber Dragon " and at least 14 other Machine - Type monsters to the Graveyard , thus fulfilling the condition . And at the start of your opponent ' s turn activate " Exchange of the Spirit " . This First Turn Kill also makes use of many Deck thinning cards . Examples include : As another alternative , you can replace " Makyura the Destructor " and " The Cheerful Coffin " with " Tsukuyomi " and " Sixth Sense " . One of the best cards to use in a Deck with " Exchange of the Spirit " , however , is " Necroface " , so on the off - chance that your opponent can skip his / her Draw Phases or has a full Graveyard , they shall lose some cards from their Deck and finally Deck Out easily . Another , but slightly slower , alternative is to use a slightly modified Deep Draw Dragon Exodia OTK deck . Instead of the five pieces of Exodia , plus possible specifics like " Dark Eruption " or " Monster Reincarnation " , run " Needle Worm " , " Exchange of the Spirit " , " The Shallow Grave " and some other similar Deck Out cards . With luck , you can pull this off second turn , by drawing through your Deck quickly , and then Exchanging when your opponent has 3 to 9 cards in their Graveyard , depending on how many copies of " Dark World Dealings " and " Hand Destruction " you run . Another alternative is use a deck consisting of Spell Cards with drawing effects so you can keep drawing and dumping Spell Cards while " Royal Magical Library " and " Magical Citadel of Endymion " are face - up on the field . Recommended cards include " Terraforming " , " Gather Your Mind " , " Spell Power Grasp " , " Magical Mallet " , " Reload " , " Cup of Ace " , " Upstart Goblin " , " Toon Table of Contents " and " Toon World " . In a pinch , " Fiber Jar " can be used to reset the Graveyard .