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Today's CDP features the return of the Light and Darkness Ritual [LaDR] strategy to my channel, and this time I'm turning away from the giant Mitsurugi piles to hone in on Dragons (Shoutout The Scholar from my locals who has been iterating on that with Zalen: https://www.youtube.com/@DCTheScholar )! To get the primary theme out of the way, the goal of the LaDR strategy is to use its absurd consistency to Ritual Summon mostly unaffected boss monsters, that then protect your board and begin to apply pressure to the opponent. How is it so consistent? Well since Black Chaos and Griffoh both get you to a copy of Mind Shuffle, Mind Shuffle gets you to any monster that mentions Light and Darkness Ritual, and Ragged Records of Rites exists to get you to any monster that mentions it... yeah, it's easy. Oh, and need I mention Skull Archfiend of Chaos, which sends Light and Darkness Ritual from Deck to GY and tutors either of your Ritual Monsters? That's the key bridge here, bringing us to the Dragon Ruler portion of the deck.The Dragon Ruler strategy may have reached the heights of its power way back in the day, but the new support wave that gave it LIGHT and DARK forms was actually quite successful at reintroducing the deck into the modern game. You see, Spectral, Dragon Ruler of Flickers can discard itself alongside any Dragon or LIGHT monster to tutor 2 other Dragon Rulers, which then facilitates a baby Dragon Ruler, such as Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts, summoning a big Dragon Ruler, such as Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms, and getting another to GY. The two big Dragon Rulers together can then Xyz Summon Chasma, Dragon Ruler of Auroras, a R7NK that can send any Dragon Ruler from Deck to GY to apply its effect as if it was discarded. In particular, the key here is Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls, as it can send ANY monster from Deck to GY, such as your Skull Archfiend of Chaos. Opening Spectral isn't the only way to initiate this combo - you can also do so with just about any combination of Dragon Ruler monsters, and it's even easier if you run other Level 7 Dragon options... which are also featured in the Rokket archetype!
The Rokket/Borrel strategy is up last today, and this portion of the build aims to capitalize on all of the free Dragon-based card advantage your deck is sure to build up. Typically this engine starts with Quick Launch or Triple Borrel Launch (YGOrg Translation), since either summons a Rokket from deck, and quickly escalates through Striker Dragon and Breechborrel Dragon, ultimately ending on at least 1 LINK-5 Borrel monster, such as Borrelshroud Dragon. Alone, this isn't that much, I'll admit - but it does get you a free Field Spell along the way in Boot Sector Launch, and when you have Field Spells and a Level 6+ DARK Spellcaster to tutor Magicians' Souls and send Cosmo Queen the Queen of Prayers to the GY, you have access to Secret Village of the Spellcasters, yet another way to lock your opponent out of using Spell cards. At the end of the day, this may be a 60-card pile of strong cards, but the fun interactions continue even further than they initially appear, so I hope you enjoy this build as a new way to try out the LaDR strategy!
Provided Decklist:
Monsters:
1 Black Skull Dragon the Archfiend Dragon of Unity
3 Black Chaos
1 Cosmo Queen the Queen of Prayers
3 Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos
3 Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls
3 Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms
1 Rokket Detonator
3 Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders
1 Absorouter Dragon
1 Destrudo the Lost Dragon's Frisson
1 Noctovision Dragon
2 Skull Archfiend of Chaos
1 Amorphage Sloth
1 Rokket Barrage
1 Reactan, Dragon Ruler of Pebbles
1 Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets
1 Rokket Loader
1 Rokket Recharger
1 Burner, Dragon Ruler of Sparks
1 Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts
1 Nebulus, Dragon Ruler of Mishaps
3 Spectral, Dragon Ruler of Flickers
3 Griffoh
1 Magicians' Souls
1 Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Light and Darkness
1 Magician of Dark Chaos - Black Chaos
Spells:
3 Ragged Records of Rites
1 Gold Sarcophagus
2 Light and Darkness Ritual
1 Chaos Magical Hats
1 Here There Be Dragons
1 Called by the Grave
3 Quick Launch
1 Chaos Mystic Box
1 Spell Shattering Sword
1 Triple Borrel Launch
1 Boot Sector Launch
1 Secret Village of the Spellcasters
Traps:
2 Mind Shuffle
Extra Deck:
1 Dark Magician of Destruction
1 Magistus Chorozo
1 Chasma, Dragon Ruler of Auroras
1 Eclipse, Dragon Ruler of Catastrophes
1 Voloferniges, the Darkest Dragon Doomrider
1 Disaster, Dragon Ruler of All Apocalypses
1 Borrelshroud Dragon
1 Borrelend Dragon
1 Zenna's Deceiving Doll Maidens
1 Charmer Quartet in Bloom
1 Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians
1 S:P Little Knight
1 Breachborrel Dragon
1 I:P Masquerena
1 Striker Dragon
Note: This is continuing the style of Creative Deck Profile articles, designed to showcase a build through replays and an attached summary. If you wish to see a CDP for an archetype, theme, or strategy you love, feel free to message me on the YGOrg Discord server in Decklists-Garage or the comments section of any of my YouTube video with your ideas for me to keep under consideration! On most YGO-related communities my username is Quincymccoy, so feel free to reach out. Current pending requested profiles include: Suship, Amazoness, Toon, Zenet, Salamangreat, Reindsurm
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