Creative Deck Profile: Cycle of Destruction, Tales of the Yang Zing

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Strategic Summary:

Today’s profile centers around an archetype that has been requested many times recently – the Yang Zing! This Wyrm archetype centers around destruction, as most of the Yang Zing monsters float into another Yang Zing whenever it is destroyed by battle or a card effect. Suanni, Bixi, Bi’an, and Pualo are your non-tuners, while also carrying an effect to Synchro Summon using any Yang Zings during the opponent’s turn on command! Before I get too far ahead of myself, my take on this archetype takes their destruction strength to the extreme, aiming to present tech options that make the most of destroying your monsters. Whether it is Supply Squad for draws each time one of your monsters is destroyed or 3 copies of Yang Zing Creation to give you even more summons, this deck has the tools to augment its advantage to snowball over time. But it doesn’t just gain card advantage – it also can fight back with Liberty at Last! and Pennant of Revolution from Duelist Pack Synchro Storm.

Great, you destroyed a ton of cards, but how does this archetype win? That’s where the Synchros come in. Chaofeng, Phantom of the Yang Zing is a Level 9, completely locking your opponent out of activating monster effects with the same attribute as a Yang Zing Synchro material used for its summon. And Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing is the Level 8 Synchro, spinning a card back to the deck for each attribute used in its Synchro summon. Beyond these two in-archetype bosses, just about any Synchro is fair game, so be sure to choose your own array of threats, disruptors, and bosses! One more thing about my build – I’m also using one of the engines I highlighted in a prior CSC video, the Lord of the Heavenly Prison engine! If you haven’t watched that, I highly recommend checking that out and learning something new. Follow the path of the Yang Zing across the Synchro connections!

Provided Decklist:

Monsters: 18
||| Lord of the Heavenly Prison
| Zefraniu, Secret of the Yang Zing
|| Suanni, Fire of the Yang Zing
|| Bi’an, Earth of the Yang Zing
| Zefraxi, Treasure of the Yang Zing
|| Bixi, Water of the Yang Zing
||| Jiaotu, Darkness of the Yang Zing
| Pulao, Wind of the Yang Zing
||| Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing

Spells: 12
||| Yang Zing Path
||| Dark Hole
|| Pot of Avarice
| Monster Reborn
||| Supply Squad

Traps: 10
| Liberty at Last!
||| Yang Zing Creation
| Imperial Iron Wall
||| Pennant of Revolution
|| Nine Pillars of Yang Zing

Extra:
| Trishula, Zero Dragon of the Ice Barrier
| Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign – Chengying
| Swordsoul Catastrophe – Qixing Longyuan
| Crystron Quariongandrax
| Chaofeng, Phantom of the Yang Zing
| Ravenous Crocodragon Archethys
| Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon
| Draco Berserker of the Tenyi
|| Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing
| Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing
| Cyberse Quantum Dragon
| F.A. Dawn Dragster
| Coral Dragon
| Herald of the Arc Light

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 private message me on the YGOrg Discord server, the comments section of any of my YouTube videos, or just post a comment in response to this article on our Facebook page with your ideas to keep under consideration! On most YGO-related communities my username is Quincymccoy, so feel free to reach out. Current pending requested profiles include: Barian, Barrel Dragon. Some of my prior requests was covered by participants in CDSS6 and even more were re-covered in CDSS7, so I highly suggest checking those out and subscribing to my channel for all of my latest profiles on YouTube!