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From their initial release almost 2 years ago, Pendulum Monsters have grown from being completely undervalued and niche into a competitive dreadnought. Across the TCG and OCG, the Pendulum Craze has taken hold, as the “PePe” deck has finally arrived in the TCG with most of the power it used to dominate the OCG format. This […]

“Blue-Eyes” Special Feature: One Powerful Card After Another!! Reign With Supreme Tactics That Become The Ultimate! “Blue-Eyes” which has won many Duels with its overwhelming ATK… … There are new cards for it in “Shining Victories” which goes on sale January 9th, 2016! Of course, a ton of new support cards have appeared, but “Blue-Eyes” gets […]

Instantly Add A Ritual Spell And Ritual Monster From The Deck To The Hand Using “Pre-Preparation of Rites”! (Included in SHVI) Shining Victories (which goes on sale January 9th, 2016) includes a card with an effect that lets you quickly add a Ritual Spell Card and a Ritual Monster mentioned on that Ritual Spell Card […]

Structure Deck “Pendulum Domination” Special Feature What Lies Beyond Pendulum Summon! The New “D/D/D” Kings, Cross Dimensions And Descend Here! “STRUCTURE DECK Pendulum Domination” (Which goes on sale December 12th, 2015) is a preconstructed Deck of the “D/D/D” Series wielded by Protagonist Yuya’s Rival: Akaba Reiji! Of course you can Pendulum Summon, this “D/D/D” Deck […]

New Card News! “Spirit of the Tailwind” Adds Flip Monsters From The Deck to the Hand! (Included in SHVI) “Shining Victories” (Which goes in sale January 9th, 2016) has a monster in it with a powerful effect to add Flip Monsters from your Deck to your hand!

“Shiranui” Deck: Attack using the Synchro Monster “Ikusagami – Shiranui” which can raise its ATK to unprecidented levels! This is a Deck Recipe centering around the “Shiranui” series which first appeared in “Breakers of Shadow” (BOSH), which is currently on sale (It first went on sale October 17th, 2015), as well as Zombie-Type monsters they […]

“Shiranui” Special Feature: Synchro from the Graveyard!? Atack with Synchro Monsters by manipulating your Zombie-Type monsters that are banished or are in the Graveyard! “Shiranui”, who first appear in “Breakers of Shadows” (which is currently on sale, and was released October 17th, 2015), are a new series of Zombie-Type monsters that fight using Synchro monsters, […]

“Dinomist” & Dracoslayer: A Powerful Tag Team Formation That Overwhelms the Opponent’s Field! We’re introducing a Deck Recipe that combines the “Dinomist” series that first appeared in “Breakers of Shadow” (BOSH) which is currently being sold (First released on October 17th, 2015) along with the “Dracoslayers”, a series that goes well with any series that […]

“Dracoslayer” Special Feature: Manipulate your Pendulum Monsters! Perform Fusion, Synchro and Xyz After Pendulum Summoning! We’re introducing the “Dracoslayer” series that first appeared in “Clash of Rebellion“, and gained more cards in “Dimension of Chaos” and “Breakers of Shadow“! It’s a powerful theme that works together as a team using Fusion Monsters, Synchro Monsters, Xyz […]

“Dinomist” Special Feature: Devour! A Dynamic Duel using Pendulum Summons and Combinations of Battle and Effects!! We’re introducing the “Dinomist” series that has first appeared in “Breakers of Shadow” which is currently on sale (and was first released on October 17th, 2015)! A series that centers around Level 4 and 5 WATER Machine-Type Pendulum monsters, […]

Welcome back to another CDS article, and this time we are going to be discussing a very special archetype, one that actually carves out its unique niche as an engine rather than an actual deck at this current point in time. Introducing the Burgesstoma, the archetype of prehistoric ocean fossils reanimated as Trap Cards that actually can […]

“Raidraptor” Special Feature: Attack by Rapidly Xyz Summoning One Card After Another! Decide The Duel By Counter-attacking With Rank-Up!! Booster Special: Wing Raiders (which goes on sale November 14th, 2015), includes new “Raidraptor” Monsters and Spells and new “Rank-Up-Magic” cards, that makes the “Raidraptor” series even more incredibly powerful! In particular, the new Xyz Monster […]

“U.A. (Ultra Athlete)” Special Feature: All Star Dream Team! Dueling at U.A. Stadium! The “U.A. (Ultra Athlete)” series which first appeared overseas, is finally arriving in Japan!! “Extra Pack 2015” (which goes on sale September 19th, 2015), also includes the “U.A.” series alongside the “Burning Abyss” series we introduced last time! The “U.A.” seires are […]

“Burning Abyss” Special Feature 2: And Powerful Ritual & Fusion Monsters Also Appear! The Trap Cards Are Also Strong! The “Burning Abyss” which first appeared overseas is finally arriving in Japan!! They’re included together in “Extra Pack 2015“, which goes on sale September 19th, 2015! Among them aren’t just the Xyz and Synchro Monsters we […]

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Welcome to my next CDS article, and we will be taking an indepth look into the brand new Red-Eyes Support! Red-Eyes B. Dragon has had multiple waves of support over its history, but its most recent wave of support in Clash of Rebellions and Dragons of Legend 2 has left a lot of duelists staggering, unsure of how to […]

Welcome to my next CDS article, and we will be returning to a deck that I have covered once before! Spell Counter decks have always struggled with one big issue – either you would draw too many monsters and not enough spells, or you would draw too many spells and not enough monsters. Even the […]

For the first time in CDS article history, the focus of this article is not about an archetype, theme or series, but rather this article focuses around a specific monster type! More specificly, the newest monster type! Let’s jump right in and learn about the power of Wyrms! And before you ask, this is NOT a […]

Welcome to my next CDS article, and in this revival of my old article series, I will be discussing a theme that never got to shine. I’m sure you’ve guessed it by the obvious title, but this is all about the Fortune Ladies! The Fortune Lady archetype never caught on for a variety of reasons; mostly that it […]

“Quantum Cat” (Included in EP15): A Continuous Trap Card that can be a monster of whatever Type or Attribute you desire! Extra Pack 2015 (EP15) which goes on sale September 19th, 2015, has a Continuous Trap Card that can become a monster of whatever Type and Attribute you need! It can become a Level 4 […]