Most "Lightsworn" Monsters all have the inherent ability to discard cards from the top of your deck every turn. This mechanic alone allows for easy +1s with the help of milling out the cards that are best off in the Graveyard to begin with, such as "Necro Gardna" or "Plaguespreader Zombie". Along with their very high Attack, "Lightsworn" monsters have a myriad of assorted effects that give the player flexibility at his disposal. A card that can Special Summon another "Lightsworn" Monster, A Monarch type card, A themed "Breaker the Magical Warrior" and so on.
Since the theme is LIGHT, they are one of the best abusers of "Honest". With the nature of dumping DARK monsters into the Graveyard, they are also one of the abusers of "Chaos Sorcerer" and "Dark Armed Dragon", which will transform the deck's type into Twilight.
Being an archetype that is around for more than a year already, "Lightsworn" support are so abundant that its not even funny. They have a Draw Spell, their own themed version of "Reinforcement of the Army", "Call of the Haunted" and so on. The cards are called "Solar Recharge", "Charge of the Light Brigade" and "Glorious Illusion". With the nature of the deck type, all have their ways on dumping cards from the top of the deck to the graveyard.
What makes the theme badass all in all is because of one card: "Judgment Dragon". This card serve the purpose of the archetype milling itself out in the first place. As if you have four or more "Lightsworn" names in your Graveyard, you can Special Summon "Judgment Dragon" and activate its devastating-and usually game ending effect: "Pay 1000 life points. Destroy everything in sight except itself."
"Dark Hole" and "Heavy Storm" attached in a 3000 Attack body is not to be taken lightly. In case everything goes wrong, "Beckoning Light" will bring those unwanted "Judgment Dragon" mills straight back to your hand. It can also serve as "Honest" refill. Whichever floats your boat. Popular techs nowadays are "Archlord Kristya" to disable Special Summons and acts as some sort of reload mechanism in the deck. "Gold Sarcophagus" is now a viable option since the format is not as fast as the previous one.
The only thing that makes "Lightsworn" lose is its own double-edged nature; milling all your guns pose as a risk to you, making you miss that one important "Heavy Storm" that you were hoping to draw thus costing you the game. This unique nature of the deck is also why the deck has little to no Trap cards mained outside "Royal Decree", which disables Traps in the first place.
Being the strongest deck in this format, "Lightsworn" is one of the decks that will take a huge beating this coming March list. Expect the deck to be mangled. Some predictions are "Judgment Dragon" to 1, "Charge of the Light Brigade" to 1 and "Beckoning Light" to 1. Whatever they decide to do with the archetype, its not gonna be smooth.
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