[YGO] Dragons FTW!

[Circuit]

Well, I am going for a 'Lockdown' Dragon Deck. I would like it evaluated, because I would like to be able to beat a Black-Wing deck, that is very good atm. Here it is as it stands;

Total: 40
Monsters: 24
3x Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
3x White Night Dragon
3x Blizzard Dragon
3x Exploder Dragon
2x Totem Dragon
2x Koa'ki Meiru Drago
2x Ryko Lightsworn Hunter
2x Horus lv4
2x Horus lv6
2x Horus lv8


Spells: 10
1x Swords of Revealing Light
1x Heavy Storm
1x Future Fusion
2x Book of Moon
2x Trade-In
2x Dragon's Mirror
1x Burial from a different dimension


Traps: 6
1x Call of the Haunted
1x Solemn Judgement
1x Mirror Force
1x D Prison
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Return from the different dimension

Side Deck:
2x Tuner's Scheme
1x Dark Mirror Force

 

[Captain Fabio]

There is no real theme to it to make it be able to stand up to BW.
You need to run with a certain theme if you want to beat a T1 deck.

Most of those cards are pointless in the meta game of today, so I would consider starting from scratch.

I have played YGO for years and years and that deck would have held its own a few years ago, but now is a different story.

 

[Apple Juice]

Right now Blackwings has dropped in popularity (and X-Sabers have rised), and they are anti-meta now, so this might be okay, but like Fabio said, this deck is just Dragons. It has no "startegy", nothing of the sort. I suggest buying a Structure Deck (Rise of the Dragon Lords) and playing with that. It has many of the needed dragons to perfect a dragon deck. Back to BWs. If you want to beat them, I suggest trying to make a good X-Saber deck, but that's currently extremely expensive... And you sound like BWs are such a hard thing to beat, but that is def. not true. Trust me. ;)

On your current deck, it's too mixed up to be much good, too many monsters, too many high-level monsters, and too little spells/traps to balance it out. Try adding some dragon-related spells/traps and taking out crappy monsters that you put it just because they were dragon type. (When I started YGO I always did that XD)

Hope this helped! By the way, BWs are not T1 anymore.

 

[Circuit]

Ok. So what do you recon I should add to it? I have modified it, updates posted above, and will update agin, if anyone makes suggestions. Thanks again for all comments.

 

[Apple Juice]

Well, I have here, a Dragon deck. I had it made by a friend, then reconstucted it. I would like it evaluated, because I would like to be able to beat a Black-Wing deck, that is very good atm. Here it is;

Total - 43
Armed Dragon lv10
Blue-Eyes White Dragon x3 -3
Montage Dragon
Armed Dragon lv7
Prime Material Dragon x2 -1
Armed Dragon lv5
Mirage Dragon
Lord of D. -1
Vanguard of the Dragon
Paladin of white Dragon -1
Dandylion (if this works keep it, not sure atm)
Masked Dragon x2 +1
Magna Drago x2
Dread Dragon x3
Spore -1
The White Stone of Legend -1
White Dragon Ritual -1
Polymerization
Swords of Revealing Light
Heavy Storm
Sakuretsu Armor x2 -1
Compulsory Evacuation Device x2
Scrap-Iron Scarecrow
Bottomless Trap Hole
Magical Cylinders -1
Call of the Haunted x2
The Selection -1
Solemn Judgement
Judgement of Anubis -1
Mirror Force
Draining Sheild -1
Proof of Powerlessness -1

Extra Deck
Total - 8
Black Rose Dragon
Ancient Fairy Dragon
Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon -1
Trident Dragion
A.O.J Katastor
Stardust Dragon
Red Dragon Archfiend
Black-Winged Dragon -1

That's it. Any Comments and Critisism (not harsh though) is welcome. Thank you!

So, this is what I have so far. I mean, dragons have so many good cards, and you didn't mention what TYPE of dragon deck you are using, I couldn't do much. Anyways, I suggest you choose a type of dragon deck to run before anything else. Go here for possibilites. I hope this helped.

Good luck, and happy dueling to you sir!

 

[Circuit]

I have redecided to do a 'Lockdown' Dragon Deck. Any advice on this deck is gratefully accepted. Updates above.

 

[Apple Juice]

Well, I am going for a 'Lockdown' Dragon Deck. I would like it evaluated, because I would like to be able to beat a Black-Wing deck, i just have to say that BWs are falling down the metagame; in fact they are barely Tier 1.5, let alone T1. You should be worrying about GBs, Frog Monarchs, Machina, etc. the only good BW deck atm is anti-meta. that is very good atm. Here it is as it stands;

Prime Material Dragon x2
Lord of D. x2
Dandylion x2 if this dosent work do 1
Magna Drago x2
Dread Dragon x3
+1 Gorz/Tragoedia
+1 Spirit Reaper

Swords of Revealing Light
Heavy Storm
+1 Mystical Space Typhoon
+1 Brain Control

Sakuretsu Armor -1
+1 Torrential Tribute
+1 Trap Dustshoot
Compulsory Evacuation Device x2 -1
Scrap-Iron Scarecrow test this out
Bottomless Trap Hole +1
Call of the Haunted test this out
Solemn Judgement
Mirror Force

Extra Deck
Total -
King Dragun
Black Rose Dragon
Ancient Fairy Dragon
Trident Dragion
A.O.J Katastor
Stardust Dragon
Red Dragon Archfiend
Black-Winged Dragon

I put in a few personal preferences so you might want to test some of them out, as well as the ones I said to test out. It looks MUCH better than the last build, and this build looks very solid. Good job editting, and I hope this helps!

 

[Eon-Rider]

I believe you need at least one copy of Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon.

 

[Circuit]

I have just updated the Deck again with improvments suggested. Thank you Apple Juice and Eon-Rider for your comments, they are exremely helpful. I have added The Blue-Eyes' because I have a connection with those cards more than anything else and would like to keep them. I however cannot decide between Future Fusion or Dragon's Mirror the the Fusion 'ability', if you will, card. Help here is much apreciated, again, and further help is very appreciated.

Thanks once again!

 

[Apple Juice]

I actually think that either one is good, but don't take my word for it. Just read the cards and see which one fits best into your deck. Trust me, it works. ;D

Nice build, and I would love to duel it sometime!

 

[Circuit]

I actually think that either one is good, but don't take my word for it. Just read the cards and see which one fits best into your deck. Trust me, it works. ;D

Nice build, and I would love to duel it sometime!

Thank you so much Apple Juice. You have been a great help! I would love to duel you with it some time (if that were possible :( ) I will add a couple more cards to take it up to fourty. And it should be a much improved deck.

 

[Apple Juice]

No problem! (there is a way actually, if you're seriously interested PM me)

Great! Question: Do you have the cards in the build irl?

 

[Circuit]

Pretty much, there are just a few I currently need to get, but that shouldn't be hard. Why?

 

[Eternal Nightmare]

Omg yes this is shaping up nicely :D. Dragons are a threat when used properly.

But what about cards like Stamping Destruction and Flute of Summoning Dragon...but maybe that's me xD. But yeah like I said its looking great and like Apple Juice up there I wouldn't mind getting stomped in dueling it against my Gemini's :D.

 

[Cirrus]

Dragons?

King Dragun is... far too slow. Basically the only fusion engine you're going to run EVER is Future Fusion, and maybe a copy of Dragon's Mirror as well. Never play so many copies of Lord of D. and Ragnarok - seriously, they're really bad.

:(

The power of Dragons lies in the fact that they do everything quite well.

Trade-In and Cards of Consonance draw you cards in an effective fashion. Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon swarms like no tomorrow, aided by Red-Eyes Wyvern. Super Rejuvenation is hilarious and effective when you Trade-In the Blue-Eyes White Dragon that you got by playing Cards of Consonance and discarding White Stone of Legend. Dragons combo well; they have Light and Darkness Dragon for field control, Exploder Dragon for spot removal, and Debris Dragon for synchro power alongside Decoy Dragon for pulling out random things in grave (or at the very least, being a great wall). Totem Dragon is excellent tribute fodder, a prime target for.. well, anything in the deck. Masked Dragon grabs it.

Dragons are good.

Gorz and Tragoedia aren't good in Dragons. They may seem like all-purpose cards to slap in, but they're slowpokes that don't do as much good as other cards can.

Cut all copies of Compulsory, as well as Scrap-Iron.

 

[Lockmaster24]

i don't see Five-headed Dragon it is a 5k beat stick and with darkness metal you can bring the fusion materials back (if polyed).

I run a Blue-eyes deck and Five-headed dragon is my only fusion... oh and add future fusion.

also what about totem dragons.

 

[Circuit]

New Update. Hopefully, that should be better now.

 

[revelp8]

personally, assault modes should be outed, they have their own deck AND don't work well when you don't have many tuners or support for AM, they're dead draws pretty much.

don't really understand black winged dragon's effect and as to why you have it in your build :T

ADD trade-in definitely, when you can't tribute/special summon a lvl 8, it'll recycle for 5-headed dragon and or spam with REDMD effect.

and if its lockdown, where's the lockdown dragon? Blizzard dragon is a must and staple for dragons, lvl 4 1800 with an awesome ability to prevent your opponent's monster from attacking. same with tyrant dragon, negates trap cards that target it ie bottomless, sakuretsu etc. 2900 beastly atk, and can atk more than once.

 

[Cirrus]

A Hopeless/Disaster Dragon hybrid should function well.

Sample decklist:

Monsters - 22
3 Blue-Eyes White Dragon
3 Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
1 Light and Darkness Dragon
1 Prime Material Dragon
3 Red-Eyes Wyvern
2 Exploder Dragon
2 Koa'ki Meiru Drago
2 Masked Dragon
2 The White Stone of Legend
2 Totem Dragon
1 Debris Dragon

Spells - 14
3 Trade-In
2 Book of Moon
2 Gold Sarcophagus
1 Brain Control
1 Burial from a Different Dimension
1 Future Fusion
1 Heavy Storm
1 Mind Control
1 My Body as a Shield
1 Mystical Space Typhoon

Traps - 6
2 Bottomless Trap Hole
1 Mirror Force
1 Solemn Judgment
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Trap Stun

 

[Lockmaster24]

make the assult modes wyverns and add future fusion. Future fusion is a must in any dragon deck. and if you want lockdown horus wont stray to far