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Welcome back for another CDP, and this time we’re throwing a ton of different engines into one build to shine a spotlight the untapped potential of Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Before I get too far, if you’re looking for a chance-to-be-competitive OG Dragon Deck, I will point you in the direction of Blue-Eyes, but Red-Eyes sure can scratch a good casual itch for the time being. Alright, so the Red-Eyes strategy is best centered around Black Metal Dragon, a Level 1 DARK Dragon that tutors a Red-Eyes card each time it is sent from the field to the GY. This gets you access to Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon to kick off most combos as an initial extender, but also can access the first engine I’ll spotlight today – the Metalmorph cards!
Engine 1: Metalmorph – Led by Max Metalmorph, Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal Dragon, and Red-Eyes Metal Claws Dragon, this engine gives your endboard a boost by adding either an omni-negate or constant burn damage from Metalflame Swordsman. It also combines well with Hieratic Seal of Heavenly Spheres and Red-Eyes Soul, as both can summon Metal Claws during the opponent’s turn to get additional Metalmorph Traps into the fray.
Engine 2: Primite – With the consistency of Primite Dragon Ether Beryl and Primite Lordly Lode, this small engine offers one of the best Fusion engines to the Red-Eyes theme, letting them Fusion Summon any Dragon Fusion via Primite Fusion as long as you use a Normal Monster, such as Red-Eyes itself. If you happen to have access to an extra Dragon extender, this engine also bridges well into the Rokket engine, since you can also leverage Primite Fusion to make Borreload Fatalflare Dragon to tutor a Rokket monster!
Engine 3: Rokket – With Quick Launch to get you even more monsters, this engine is all about making you go faster, while also giving you unexpected access back to your Level 7 DARK Dragon Red-Eyes support cards, through the use of Rokket Loader. In a pinch, you can even leverage it to access your Black Metal Dragon by sending it to the GY via Rokket Barrage (YGOrg Translation), then this engine also gives you some additional Fusion access as well via the effect of Double Interlock.
Engine 4: Dark Time Wizard – Featuring the new wave out of Beyond the Brave, the Dark Time Wizard engine gives you the ability to destroy entire boards, with Dark Time Wizard, steal a monster or S/T from either GY with Foolish Graverobber, or just add disruption to your endboard with Graceful Skull Dice.
Engine 5: Gagaga – Despite being just one card out of LOCH, Gagaga Girl – Cell Phone Subtraction (YGOrg Translation) could be a key contributor to the Red-Eyes strategy of old, allowing you to summon itself and Xyz Summon during the opponent’s turn when they summon from the Extra Deck. In particular, this works extremely well to get out Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon, a R7NK Xyz that will start burning the opponent for every effect they activate!
Engine 6: Malefic – Last but not least, the Malefic engine featuring their new LOCR support cards gives your deck a much-needed power boost, in addition to even more plays during the opponent’s turn. With Malefic Paradigm Shift (YGOrg Translation) to end OTK aggression and Malefic Force (YGOrg Translation) to destroy all monsters on the field, your opponent will have their hands full ending a duel before you’re ready to make them fight ’til your last breath.
While this isn’t a standard CDP approach by any means, hope you enjoyed this engine-heavy take, and hopefully it inspires you to try out Red-Eyes yourself with one or more of these cool pairings!
Provided Decklist:
Monsters:
1 Dark Magician
2 Red-Eyes Black Dragon
1 Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
1 Red-Eyes Black Fullmetal Dragon
1 Red-Eyes Alternative Black Dragon
1 Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon
1 Red-Eyes Metal Claws Dragon
1 Rokket Detonator
1 Absorouter Dragon
3 Red-Eyes Soul
1 Primite Imperial Dragon
1 Metalflame Swordsman
1 Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon
1 Alligator’s Sword Dragon Knight
1 Rokket Barrage
1 Rokket Coder
1 Primite Dragon Ether Beryl
1 Rokket Loader
3 Gagaga Girl – Cell Phone Subtraction
3 Black Metal DragonSpells:
1 One for One
1 Red-Eyes Fusion
1 Double Interlock
1 Dragon’s Mirror
2 Primite Fusion
3 Quick Launch
1 Triple Borrel Launch
3 Dark Time Wizard
1 Graceful Skull Dice
3 Primite Lordly Lode
1 Malefic World
1 Boot Sector LaunchTraps:
3 Malefic Paradigm Shift
2 Malefic Force
1 Max Metalmorph
1 Flame Coating Metalmorph
1 Foolish GraverobberExtra Deck:
1 Red-Eyes Black Dragon Exceed
1 Meteor Black Comet Dragon
1 Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon
1 Borreload Furious Dragon
1 Secreterion Dragon
1 Khaos Starsource Dragon
1 Borreload Fatalflare Dragon
1 Malefic Paradox Dragon
1 Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon
1 Queen Dragun Djinn
1 Trisborrel Dragon
1 S:P Little Knight
1 Breachborrel Dragon
1 Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres
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, Kewl Tune, Witchcrafter, Toon, Unchained, Umbral Horror, RoLaD,
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