In the court of the Crimson King
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Darkness Resonator
DARK Fiend / Tuner / Effect
LV3 1300/300
You can only use the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) You can reveal 1 “Red Dragon Archfiend” in your Extra Deck; Special Summon this card from your hand, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except Synchro Monsters.
(2) If this card is Special Summoned: You can activate this effect; during your Main Phase this turn, you can Normal Summon 1 “Resonator” in addition to your Normal Summon/Set (you can only gain this effect once per turn).
(3) You can target any number of Tuners you control; their Levels become 1.
Power Vice Dragon
DARK Dragon / Effect
LV5 2000/2400
You can only use the 1st and 2nd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) If you control no monsters, or all monsters you control are DARK Synchro Monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand.
(2) If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 “Resonator” monster from your Deck to your hand, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except DARK Synchro Monsters.
(3) A “Red Dragon Archfiend” Summoned using this card as Synchro Material cannot be destroyed by battle.
Demon Piece Golem / Fiend Piece Golem
DARK Fiend / Effect
LV5 2100/0
You can only use the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) If you control a Fiend Tuner: You can Special Summon this card from your hand.
(2) If this card is Special Summoned: You can decrease its Level by up to 2.
(3) If this card is sent to the GY as material for the Synchro Summon of “Red Dragon Archfiend” or a monster that mentions it: You can target 1 Level 4 or lower Fiend monster in your GY; Special Summon it in Defense Position.
Scar-Red Nova Dragon/Buster / Red Nova Dragon/Assault Mode
DARK Dragon / Special Summon / Effect
LV12 4000/3500
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned with “Assault Mode Activate”.
(1) When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can banish this card until the End Phase; banish cards your opponent controls up to the number of Tuners in your GY.
(2) When an opponent’s monster declares an attack: You can banish this card until the End Phase; negate the attack, then end the Battle Phase.
(3) If this card is destroyed: You can Special Summon 1 “Red Nova Dragon” from your GY.
The Crimson King
DARK Dragon / Synchro / Effect
LV8 3000/2500
1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner DARK monsters
You can only use the 1st and 2nd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) If this card is Synchro Summoned: You can add 1 card that mentions “Red Dragon Archfiend” from your Deck to your hand.
(2) When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can banish this card; Special Summon 1 “Red Dragon Archfiend” from your Extra Deck (this is treated as a Synchro Summon), and if you do, its current ATK becomes doubled, also it cannot be destroyed by your opponent’s card effects.
Crimson Blade Dragon
DARK Dragon / Synchro / Effect
LV7 2400/2600
1 “Resonator” Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters
This card is always treated as “Crimson Blader”. You can only use the 1st effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) If this card is Synchro Summoned: You can add to your hand, or Special Summon (but its effects are negated), 1 Level 8 or higher monster from your Deck or GY that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set.
(2) At the start of the Damage Step, if this card battles a Level 5 or higher monster: You can destroy that monster.
Crimson Hell Call / Crimson Call
Normal Spell
You can only activate 1 card with this card’s name per turn.
(1) Add 1 Level 4 or lower Fiend monster from your GY to your hand, or, if you control “Red Dragon Archfiend” or a Synchro Monster that mentions it, you can add the monster from your Deck instead.
(2) If your “/Assault Mode” monster or “Red Dragon Archfiend” attacks, at the end of the Damage Step: You can banish this card from your GY; that monster can make a second attack in a row.
Hasha no Meidou / The Ruler’s Rumbling
Normal Trap
You can only activate 1 card with this card name’s per turn. Neither player can activate cards or effects in response to this card’s activation if your opponent Special Summoned 10 or more monsters this turn.
(1) Apply these effects, in sequence, based on the number of monsters your opponent Special Summoned this turn.
● 1+: Special Summon 1 DARK Synchro Monster from your GY or banishment.
● 3+: “Red Dragon Archfiend” in your Monster Zone is unaffected by your opponent’s activated effects until the end of your next turn.
● 5+: Change all monsters your opponent currently controls to face-down Defense Position.
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THERE IS ONLY ONE KING!
AND HIS NAME IS JACK ATLAS!
So much fun to be had!
CRIMSON HELL YEAH! New support for The King himself, the Master of Faster, JAAAAAACCCKK ATLAASSS!
I love The Crimson King’s pose lol
We finally have a new route in resonator and assault cards even have a route to resonator now 😭😭
meh
Wrong post, buddy.
not wrong
So you read Crimson Bladed Dragon, debatably one of the strongest synchro monsters we’ve ever seen, and you thought “yeah this is bad”? Yeah you’re not very good at this game.
Bro thinks Crimson Bladed Dragon is one of the best Synchro Monsters. It’s not even in the top 30.
Lately, I’ve gotten the impression that the (main) cards don’t deviate from the usual Fiend, Spellcaster, Dragon, Cyberse, and Illusion formula, with very infrequent rotations. The fact that the TCG is apparently carrying types like Reptile or Zombie doesn’t bode well either…
Not to mention Dinosaur with its new TCG-exclusive Archetype.
However, this is a byproduct of the fact that the Anime Main Characters in Master Duels only focus on Spellcaster, Warrior, Dragon and Cyberse (with Fiend and Fish thrown in), in addition to the constant focus on the MC/Main Rival.
The variety is found in the Best Friends, the Female Leads and the Final Bosses.
the game has been fiend spellcaster and dragon forever, cyberse only made a splash because yugioh has always had a future tech-y appeal which can be attributed to coming out in the 90s and vrains finally gave an outlet for that, and illusion is just spellcaster 2 thats basically just an archetype
Level 7 is cracked
What exactly is the target ? It doesn’t ignore summon conditions.
CBD can search Habakiri…….
Your Dark Dragon Synchros in grave. Its meant to further synchro climbing plays.
Crimson Blader/Assault Mode is the intended target to search, but some of the 185 other choices than it or Habakiri include the Metalmorph guys, Lubellion, Levianeer. You could also summon any /Assault Mode to have it float when destroyed. And get ready to get sick of seeing this guy in all the youtube replays where they summon Sophia or Ma’at
@Giant Turtle Who Feeds On Dames it cant summon any of the assault mode guys, only search them
@Snagglepup This is why I’m so baffled by this card. Why does it say “negate their wffects” instead of “ignore their summoning conditions?” How is that desirable, let alone usable? How does that remotely fit into the strategy?
Now that we have the first cards revealed for Blazing dominion now we can play the “what anime characters or legacy decks will get supported” the game for characters I want The sparrow family, Amnael Helios and Homunculus, Dennis Macfield with Performance or Nistros Bounzers and lastly Yusuke clear monsters what characters y’all want to see?
We got Yusuke’s “Clear” monsters already back with Animation Chronicle 04 along with at least some more of the Entermage/Performage” monsters.
For the love of God yes, I would LOVE the Alchemy Beasts getting released.
I want more new Clear or Performage cards as they both need more than what they got so we can see if Konami can make them good from scratch. Also what do y’all think the next Artmage lore deck will be? We already got fusion, synchro and xyz what summoning method do y’all think the Artmage/Doom-Z lore deck is next?
I NEED new Phantom Knight/Dark Rebellion support. Preferably not Pendulums so they can be used fully in Genesys.
I’m definitely with you on the Alchemy Beasts, Sparrow Family, the remaining Performage cards and more Clear and Bounzer support.
What I would also love to see is the Cookpal archetype (as I LOVED that archetype in ARC-V, but with improved effects), more of the Battleguard archetype, Valon’s Armor Deck, the rest of Dartz’s Orichalcos Deck, and legacy support for Dark Scorpions, Rafael (Guardians), Lumis and Umbra (Masks), Arkana (Red Dark Magician), Duke Devlin (Dungeon Dice Monsters), Dextra (Butterspy) and Ponta (Raccoons)
Am I the only one who’s still waiting for Bommer with Reactors & Flying Fortress Skyfire to be supported?
Simply: Blackwing.
@Pro I’m hopping for some more pend cards as we’ve been lacking a good pend deck in the meta
CLOUDIANS
The different Meklord pieces, like when Wisel fought AFD and PTD
also Akaba Reiji’s little brother’s “C/C/C” cards
those artillery/gun ship Link-based monsters from VRAINS
A FULL ORICALCHOS ARCHETYPE
the deck of that Darkness (or w/e his name is) guy in GX who almost beat Alexis
THE REST OF THE G BEAST CARDS FROM ARC V
Since the 5D’s cast have been getting more attention lately, I definitely want all the Dark Signer decks (including Goodwin and Bommer) to get the support they need. Retrains, new boss monsters, you name it. It’s been way too long since they had any attention at all (for some of them).
Fortune Ladies and Reptiliannes are my top priorities, I want those two to get everything they need. The Inca series, Spiders, Dark Apes, and Reactors desperately need any support they can get, and Infernity could still use more help. All of the Dark Signers need a comeback.
(also more support for Tetsu Ushio’s monsters 😗)
I’d love infernity to get good support, used to play that all the time. Sadly since it can’t use handtraps and loses on the spot to ash, I don’t think it’ll see a return 🙁
As for outside anime support I want Metaphys, Mythical Beast, Yang Zing or Nemleria for my personal picks
i smell nibiru and kaijus
u can smell ur ass instead
It is official guys! Jack is the winner against Yusei. More support that even better for every pack. Jack would win 9 out 10 duel against Yusei. I do hope that Yusei received more love so his archetype would be on par with Jack thou!
Junk Speeder: The King’s power overshadows the Fraud’s power (but I’m still the OP Junk)
I’ve tested a lot of the matchup of maxed efficiency jack and yusei builds and so far the results essentially reveal whoever goes 1st wins however jack wins going 2nd more than yusei going 2nd
I wished the card texts would say other level 8 synchro Red Dragon Archfield monsters in the card text name from these new Jack Atlas RDA suppprt cards in this set.
what?
So… Does this make the Deck Tier 0 or at least make it viable as a Rogue/Tier 3 Deck?
Neither.
Well, we have more ways to get non-Tuners which is welcome. But only Golem is an extender.
Eh, so so. Some of the main deck monsters are nice, and its great the deck finally has an in house level 7 synchro. But overall the bosses arent as good as prior waves, and the focus on Assault mode and Classic RDA are a bit disappointing.
You know, I’ve always been fascinated by cards that take the name of card sets/products (ie Return of the Duelist, Duelist Genesis). I think the Crimson King is the both the first monster named after a product, and the first named after a Structure Deck (at least in English).
Wouldnt the Big Piece Golem be an Archfiend? All “demons” where adapted as Archfiend here, right?
Not all demons. While “Archfiend” in the OCG is “デーモン” (Dēmon/Daemon) this new card, and many other cards in the OCG uses “デモン” (Demon). So it is not part of the “Archfiend” archetype.
Ooh, okay thanks!!
I though this wave covered all the corners except for the Majestic aspect which was excluded this time for some reason. Anyway, we got some classic Jack monsters retrained as extenders which the Deck desperately needed all tied up nicely with the Assault support from Burst Protocol.
Bloat Dominion
Crimson Blade Dragon can search habakiri.
For a sec I got excited about Multiple Piece Golem support but it’s just another larper of course. The endless ygo cycle of it’s so over and we’re so back is a brutal one.
Someone getting excited for multiple piece golem is not what I expected to read today but you do you buddy
I’m still hoping for that Photon/ Galaxy Structure Deck so each Rival can get their own deck 🙏.
Yeah, I’m surprised that hasn’t happened yet.
Red Dragon Archfiend is pretty much like Utopia or Odd-Eyes. It’s gotta have at least one new form every couple years. That Extra Deck space is only getting tighter.
Meh. These aren’t bad at all but also not broken
These cards are obviously very good, but I do have to wonder where this card quality was with Power of Fellows. Synchrons really need good non-Tuners and extenders, and both Anchorbolt Cross Sonic just pale in comparison to what Power Vice and Fiend Piece offer their deck, and One Way is just laughable when put against Rumbling.
Scarred Dragon Archfiend: Who the hell are you?
The Crimson King: I’m you, but with an on-summon search
I gotta admit. I like the effect of crimson king
But the fact its artwork looks like its about to disco, is too funny.
It’s RDA doing Jack’s signature finger point when he goes “There is only one king, and that’s I, Jack Atlas!”
Rival slop.
Slop how?
I am 12 years old and I call everything I don’t like slop.
After 3000 years, Jack finally gets a booster pack
CRIMSON HELL YEAH! New support for The King himself, the Master of Faster, JAAAAAACCCKK ATLAASSS!
I love The Crimson King’s pose lol. I guess they saved his support for a full set instead of being part of the Legendary 5Ds deck. Looking forward to buying a booster box of this set.
the legendary 5ds decks were tcg only and only had support for yusei who had an sd in ocg, what you talking about
I’m still waiting for some new “Predap” support, for hells sake the action field “Predaprimal Jungle” would probably become a staple card for the archetype, and theirs still dozens of different types of predatory plants that can so be used for new main deck monsters, and theirs around 10+ different families of carrion flowers and I so want to see some new fusion monsters.
but who knows if they give us any new “Predap” cards, but hay if we get “Predaprimal Jungle” in the coming maze set and Konami gives it the effect to continuously place predator counters on the opponent’s cards and thats the end of all the archetypes support then ill be happy with that.
I’D rather have PK before anymore Predaplant support. They haven’t had an actual new Xyz since Arc-V ended. The last time they got support it was forced to play as combos with Raidraptors which then got their own full support wave afterwards that was exclusively for themselves.
Predaplant got to be in Legend Duelist Pack and then got another wave of original support on a core set afterwards. Then Speedroids got the same treatment. PK is the only one getting royally screwed over.
@ScionStorm- Forgive me if I misunderstood your comment but it seems that you don’t consider Raider’s Knight nor Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon as PK Xyz cards released after Arc-V, completely agree with everything else you are saying though.
To add also, Konami never released key PK cards (i.e. “The Phantom Knights’ Twin Medals” so that we can Xyz summon on opps turn) from the anime which rendered the support wave in Maximum Crisis (last Arc-V set) useless and prevented it from being played as a pure deck .
Konami didn’t even allow us to properly access the Odd-Eyes Rebellion extra deck monsters by releasing “The Phantom Knights’ Possession” (turns Dark Rebellion’s rank into a level that is the same as a monster on the field). Hoping PKs make a return in 2026.
Jack theme just as predicted. 5Ds theme was the only possibility. The final set in the cycle that started with Series 12. April set starts back to zero and could cover theme for any of the series.
Or they may start different scheme for booster packs. We kinda need to wait for Jump Festa to see what is their plan for 2026.
I’d rather Konami keep everything unchanged, I’ve liked this boosrer format ever since they introudced it after the closure of the Vrains era.
Konami employee: Sir, how will this deck be fun and balanced to play against?
Konami design team: Fun and balanced to play against??
Never too late to create healthy format like this. I mean none of nostalgia players woud enjoy playing anime cards if they are imbalanced like today’s format!
The Power….
THE ABSOLUTE POWER FORCE!!!!
Absolute Power Force – if it’s not working, you’re not using enough of it.
It’s pretty good but we’re still floating around MC/Rival(s). We’re almost at the end of the year and no new anime theme. Where are the Armatos Legio ?Stormrider?
how many red dragon archfiends are we going to get until it becomes the red dragon archfiend of theseus?
Scar-Red gets a /Buster? Not expected as Halberd Cannon.
Maybe next time, it will be Shooting Star Dragon (or Quasar)/Buster, xD
Yusei got Majestic instead.
Didn’t they get lots of new cards in a structure deck like 2 years ago? Konami really likes pushing the same decks and completely ignore the others 99%
3 sets in a row where the cover theme is based on the main rival of a series. Makes me surprised they didn’t choose Kite for the cover theme of DUAD. I really wish they’d do a cycle of cover themes that are mostly major villains from each series. Vrains is kinda lacking for that though…
where is my BBWings
Boring and unwanted support. #nokings
@The truth-saying janitor nothing is boring except ur mentality,meta slave ass
Yusei gets shafted while jack gets this kind of support?
King Crimson is such a great band <3
Eh. Still no level 11 or a new level 9 dark dragon synchro. However, these new cards are enticing.
Not sure how much the retrained big piece golem and the trap is needed. Negations and disruptions are concerning, but the removal is another factor.
Do you think well see direct Neo-spacian support since miracle ejector was possible hint for this set?
No, now go sleep.
Years ago, I had mentioned a of these cards as needing fiend or dragon retrains (to fit in with the restrictions).
I’m really glad that they did it.
Huge win.
all*
Funny thing… The Spell search Lacrima.
Let’s watch RDA devolved into Fiendsmith slop plays.
I am 12 years old and I call everything I don’t like slop.
@Hurvitz
How about the 12 years old calling “slop” every opinion he doesn’t like ?
Oh you can fit in a few Assault Mode cards thanks to CBD, nice
I just wish that there was a way to get Majestic Red Dragon out easier, like an “Arrive In Light” but for Red Dragon Archfiend only
Not sure if Shooting Star Dragon can rock Stardust Dragon Assault Mode’s armor as good as Red Nova Dragon does.
A Red Nova Assault? Nice. An its effects aren’t once per turn.
bro all I need now if RDA alt art
>you can Normal Summon 1 “Resonator” in addition
bruh I’m pretty sure that there is no monster called “Resonator”. And that you missed a word in the translation.