Chapter 240. A History of Dragon Fist's Evolution! Board-Building Dragon Fist and Blue-Eyes Guardragon!
Besides that!
The old-school veterans also noticed one more point!
That this "Dragon Fist" line of decks!
Seemed inseparable from Crusadia's combo and operations!
If you threw Crusadia out!
For a moment—
They honestly didn't even know what kind of Dragon Fist deck framework would still pop out!
Likewise.
Since this is an evolution history!
Then the Crusadia Dragon Fist is definitely not the only one—
Nor the last Dragon Fist!
With that in mind!
Yugi Muto, Jaden Yuki, Yuma Tsukumo, and the others refocused on the short video!
They were all waiting to see which engine the later Dragon Fist builds would land on!
In the clip!
The breakdown continued!
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "We've covered Guardragons and the Gandora-X Dragon Fist FTK!"
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "Next, let's look at that engine's weaknesses!"
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "Gandora-X's supposedly invincible FTK!"
"But in practice, breaking it is simple!"
"If you're relying on Crusadia Equimax to reach 8000 ATK for the FTK!"
"Then just find a way to negate Equimax's effect and the whole line collapses!"
"For example, Infinite Impermanence!"
"Save it for the final Equimax and it's a checkmate trap!"
"And FTK strategies are something Konami won't tolerate!"
"So another drawback of Gandora-X is that its lifespan likely won't be long!"
"If you want Dragon Fist to live longer, you must think of something different!"
"And so!"
"A board-building style of Dragon Fist entered the public view at the time!"
"In a format before Dark Ruler No More existed!"
"A fully completed Dragon Fist end board was absolutely enough to win."
"The early play is the same as before!"
"Use Crystron Halqifibrax to pull out Blackwing – Steam the Cloak to cooperate!"
"Then reach the board state we need again!"
"Guardragon Elpy + Crusadia Magius."
"This line has a neat upside!"
"It makes the opponent think you're going for Gandora-X FTK."
"That way they hold their trap for Equimax."
"But actually!"
"What we're building is a 'Kang Master' board (slang for a negate-heavy board)."
"By the time the opponent catches on, it's already too late!"
"Now, let's start the breakdown of this 'Kang Master' board!"
Here we go!
So there was an optimized evolution!
A board-building, storyteller 'Kang Master' Dragon Fist, huh!?
The Duelists who were eager for a brand-new Dragon Fist.
The moment they heard the next Dragon Fist system was a board-building control line!
One by one, their faces turned both excited and solemn!
How could they not understand!
This board-building Dragon Fist system!
Might in fact be stronger than the FTK version!
But here's the problem!
Among the Dragon-Type negation pieces you can choose!
Which ones, exactly?
In that second.
Yusei Fudo, Seto Kaiba, Kite Tenjo, and the rest all wracked their brains, carefully recalling the Dragon negation pieces they'd seen!
In the VRAINS world.
Varis already wore a meaningful smile.
"Heh heh heh."
"If my guess is right!"
"This Dragon Fist 'Kang Master' board!"
"Will definitely include my ace monster!"
"Borreload Savage Dragon!"
"Since this involves Links!"
"Only Borreload Savage Dragon fits as one of the negates!"
With Varis's comment.
Yusaku Fujiki and Takeru Homura quickly showed thoughtful expressions as well.
Thinking about it that way.
It really was possible!
If Borreload Savage Dragon was included—
Then what would the other Dragons be?
Kite Tenjo of the ZEXAL world, who already had an answer in mind,
also fell into thought.
What came to his mind was—
A Galaxy-Eyes ace monster.
Since we're going to use Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon,
we'd obviously be using that card, right?
While everyone was thinking!
The line of play appeared.
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "First, we still start with Guardragon Elpy!"
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "Special Summon Eclipse Wyvern from the Deck!"
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "Link Eclipse Wyvern and Guardragon Elpy!"
"Link-2! Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres!"
"In the GY, Eclipse Wyvern banishes Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon from the Deck!"
"In the GY, Blackwing – Steam the Cloak tributes a monster on the field to Special Summon itself!"
"In the GY, Spheres tags out to pull Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon from the Deck!"
"Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon revives Crusadia Spatha from the GY!"
"Crusadia Magius, Blackwing – Steam the Cloak, and Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon are Linked!"
"Arrows confirmed!"
"Link-3! Saryuja Skull Dread!"
"In the GY, Steam makes a Level 1 Token."
"Use Crusadia Spatha alone to Link Summon!"
"Link-1! Guardragon Pisty!"
"Guardragon Pisty revives Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon from the GY!"
"Darkness Metal again revives Crusadia Spatha!"
"Link Darkness Metal with Saryuja!"
"Link-2! Guardragon Agarpain!"
"Guardragon Agarpain activates to pull Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon from the Extra!"
"Then Overlay into Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon!"
"Number 95 mills a second Eclipse Wyvern, Destrudo the Lost Dragon's Frisson, and Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms!"
"In the GY, Eclipse Wyvern banishes Chaos Dragon Levianeer from the Deck!"
"Guardragon Agarpain and Guardragon Pisty Link again!"
"First negate! Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres!"
At this point!
Dark Matter's value shot up again!
Even though they'd already seen precise 3-card milling many times!
Seeing this sequence again—
They still couldn't help but stare, slack-jawed and a little bitter!
This in-archetype Galaxy-Eyes card!
Is absurdly over the line!
With just Dragons!
You can get such precise GY setups!
If other popular engines had an effect like this!
It's scary to imagine what the game would become!
Like an Xyz that precisely mills 3 Warriors!
Or precisely mills 3 Machines!
Don't even think it—don't even think it.
Seriously, don't.
As for when the first negate hit the board!
All the Duelists re-examined Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres!
After reading it! They fell silent again!
A Link-2 monster!
That can, during the opponent's turn, Tribute a monster from your hand or field to activate—
And bounce a face-up card on the field back to the hand, without targeting!
This card! So it can be an end-board piece!
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "In the GY, Destrudo the Lost Dragon's Frisson targets Crusadia Spatha and Special Summons itself; it becomes Level 3!"
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "Level 3 Destrudo + Level 4 Spatha + the Level 1 Token = Level 8!"
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "Second negate! Borreload Savage Dragon!"
"Activate Borreload Savage Dragon, equip the Saryuja Skull Dread in the GY to gain 4 Borrel Counters!"
"And White Borreload's ATK can reach 4400!"
"In the GY, Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms banishes the first Eclipse Wyvern and Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon to Special Summon itself!"
"The banished Eclipse Wyvern adds the banished Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon back to hand!"
"Place Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon in the Pendulum Zone; pay 1000 LP to add the banished Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon back!"
"Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon self-destructs to go face-up in the Extra Deck, then banishes Eclipse Wyvern and a DARK to Special Summon itself!"
"The second Eclipse Wyvern recovers Chaos Dragon Levianeer!"
"In hand, Chaos Dragon Levianeer banishes 3 DARKs to Special Summon! Shuffle 1 random card from the opponent's hand back into the Deck."
"Overlay Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon and Chaos Dragon Levianeer!"
"Overlay for the third negate—Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy!"
"The board-building line ends here!"
"This is the oppressive power of a 'Kang Master' end board that abandons FTK!"
A four-counter White Borreload!
A hand-rip of one for pressure!
Number 38 to negate Spells!
Spheres to bounce!
This wall of negates!
Once again rendered old-school Duelists in every world silent!
If—
Gandora-X FTK refreshed their understanding!
And made them see Dragon Fist's true meaning anew!
Then this negate-stacking board!
Shattered their three-views on Dragon Fist all over again!
And in that instant!
They finally realized why, among the three little Guardragons—
Two are still Forbidden to this day!
As long as Guardragons aren't dead!
People will only keep discovering more auxiliary combos down the line!
What we call Dragon Fist!
Might as well point straight at these three Guarddragons!
Yugi Muto: "Yeah… only by broadening our horizons and mindset can we truly refresh how we understand deckbuilding."
Jaden Yuki: "Right. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I'd have thought Guardragons were just toys for Gandora-X FTK."
Yuma Tsukumo: "So we were shallow. Guardragons can be seen as toys for all Dragons—hardly mere toys."
Kite Tenjo: "Hey, hey, hey—can't you see Number 95 is the real core? Without that precise mill of 3, it's hard to go off afterward!"
Yusaku Fujiki: "Honestly, every single card in the line can be considered a core in its own right! Let's keep watching how Dragon Fist evolves."
In the group chat, Duelists from across worlds quickly dove into debate.
And the hot topic shifted from Gandora-X over to Guardragons.
Guardragons once again shattered their three-views!
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "The pros and cons of this board-building Dragon Fist are obvious too!"
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "Compared to the FTK Gandora build—"
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "This deck's startup is simpler!"
"A single Halqifibrax can get you going!"
"Simply put, Halqifibrax's power is just too wild!"
"Its effect's range of choices is huge!"
"Next, the quality of the end-board negates is very high!"
"Both in number of negates and in raw stats, it's excellent!"
"Finally, don't forget this combo line—"
"We also recovered Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon!"
"In other words, our follow-up for the next turn is already secured!"
"The downside is also obvious: it uses tons of Extra Deck resources!"
"It's hard to support you through 2–3 waves!"
"All in all, board-building Dragon Fist is one solid idea!"
"Next we move to the second Dragon Fist deck."
"Blue-Eyes Guardragon!"
"When the three little Guarddragons first appeared!"
"Plenty of Blue-Eyes diehards were already researching lines!"
"Abandon the Crusadia package; use a single Halqifibrax + one Special-Summon point, or The White Stone of Ancients and World Legacy Guardragon as your starters."
"This also falls under board-building Dragon Fist!"
"The final end board is similar to the previous one!"
"Spheres + Borreload Savage + Number 38 as your core!"
"The key is your last negate!"
"This final negate has multiple options—Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon is one!"
"Or Knightmare Gryphon!"
"And the nastiest of all! Go up to Link-4 Topologic Gumblar Dragon!"
"This card has an effect!"
"If this card is on the field, when a monster other than this card is Special Summoned to a Link Monster's linked zone, this must activate."
"You randomly discard any number of cards from your own hand (max 2). Then your opponent discards the same number."
"And a second effect."
"If this card is Extra Linked, it can activate. Your opponent discards up to 2 cards from their hand if possible."
"If this effect makes your opponent's hand become 0, it also deals 3000 damage."
"Well then! I believe anyone who's seen this card already knows Blue-Eyes Guardragon's gameplan!"
"That's right!"
"It's an even scarier first-turn 'discard 4' plus 3-negate oppressive board than the previous line!"
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What the heck?
So it is Blue-Eyes Guardragon's turn!
At this moment!
Duelists in all worlds stared at the short video's Blue-Eyes Guardragon primer!
Although—
They had suspected Dragon Fist might have a seat for the Blue-Eyes White Dragon deck!
However!
Hearing that Blue-Eyes White Dragon, using Guardragons, could also stack negates and hand-shred—
Even up to discarding 4—
Everyone was stunned!
They all shot odd looks toward Seto Kaiba of the DM world!
And Seto Kaiba, right now, was also speechless.
Originally.
He'd been thinking the Guardragon Dragon Fist could support Blue-Eyes White Dragon's development!
But he hadn't expected!
It was actually his Blue-Eyes White Dragon supporting Guardragons to create a heavy negation and hand-rip board!
The end-board payoff didn't even need Blue-Eyes White Dragon!
Seto Kaiba couldn't help twitching at the corner of his mouth.
Good grief!
Is this still Blue-Eyes White Dragon?
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "Of course!"
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "If you're going into Rank 8s!"
Hardcore diehard Dragon-deck fan: "In a Blue-Eyes shell—"
"You can also run Divine Dragon Knight Felgrand!"
"'Once per turn: you can detach 1 material, then target 1 face-up monster on the field; negate its effects, and it is unaffected by other card effects except its own. This can be used during your opponent's turn as well.'"
"That gives you a further chance at extra suppression!"
"As for the Blue-Eyes build of Dragon Fist!"
"Before I explain the lines, one more thing."
"The player base was huge!"
"Simply put, there were a lot of Blue-Eyes players at the time!"
Huh?
What the heck?
Blue-Eyes White Dragon players! Over there in the high-tier world!
There were that many of them!?
Well then, no wonder!
When lots of people play it!
It's only natural that genius Duelists worked out the lines, right!?
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