Blake Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGJ9APM2DwI3 D/D/D Complete Oblivion Overlord Abyss Ragnarok3 D/D Lilith 3 D/D Magical Astronomer Kepler 2 D/D/D Rebellious Overlord Leonidas2 D/D Magical Astronomer Galilei2 D/D Night Howling 1 D/D Cerberus3 Book of Eclipse 3 Covenant with the Hellgate 3 Covenant with the Swamp King 3 Upstart Goblin1 Book of Moon 1 Foolish Burial 1 One for One3 Mirror Force 2 Fiendish Chain 1 Covenant with the Valkyrie 1 D/D/D Resource Management 1 Ring of Destruction 1 Vanity's Emptiness 3 D/D/D Oracle Overlord D'Arc2 D/D/D Blaze Overlord Temujin2 D/D/D Gale Overlord Alexander1 Chaos King Archfiend1 Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer 1 Constellar Ptolemy M7 1 Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon 1 D/D/D Sniper Overlord Tell 1 D/D/D Wave Overlord Caesar 1 Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack 1 Number 11: Big Eye D'Arc allows the deck to gain a lot of advantage while not dying. Her effect is extremely strong, and she's 28/20, to boot! Thank you, flavor! I could go over combos, but first... Let's go over it like P-Pals! D/D Monsters: Cerberus: Good level, good stats, mediocre/bad scale, "okay" effects... It's decent, I guess? I run 1 because its an extra Level 4 and its stats are goo... So what I said already. Not too much to say here, it's not meant to touch the ED as it's mostly for Xyzing. If you're desperate you can use it with Night Howling, but... 0-1 of. Lilith: The best card in the deck after D'Arc and Abyss Ragnarok. She helps you to maintain advantage, she can turn Foolish into a RotA, and she just allows you to combo out stronger. Her level is good, her ass is good, she's just amazing. Never run less than 2, but I highly recommend 3 of her with 0-1 Cerberus, as opposed to 2 Lilith and 1-2 Cerberus. She's just that good, and she's vital to comboing. 2 minimum, 3 preferable. Galilei: He's a cure protection card. I run 2 because his effect is good enough, he's a decent scale (Allows you to pend Level 4 for 2 turns), and he's still a "D/D". Plus, he can recover something you set as a scale. 1-2 of. Kepler: He's your Stratos and your best Pendulum Scale that isn't Ragnarok. All around good card, merits running One for One in order to get to it faster (and One for One is often the best way to get to it). 3-of. Night Howling: He's a Junk Synchron-style tuner. Except he doesn't negate what he revives. He just shrinks it, potentially burns you, and has bad stats... But! He has a good name, level, and effect. Making Alexander is enough to warrant running it, and it's a decent topdeck. 1-2 of, depends on how much you want Alex. Proud Chevalier: The P-Effect can let you Ragna Zero, but you don't R4 that often... He has a meh/bad scale, and he depends on being NSd. I guess you could tech 1 copy, mostly because you Fusion Summon like mad, anyways. Issue is that he's mostly outclassed by Lilith and Proud Ogre, though he does have the advantage over Lilith of being an extra "use" of her effect, and he doesn't lock you into D/Ds like Proud Ogre, but... you wanna NS Kepler/Lilith/Night Howling a lot of the time. I guess it's a cute 0-1 of. Proud Ogre: The P-Effect lets you get over threats, especially thanks to D'Arc, but... OEPD isn't as good in here any more, and you don't want to Pendulum Summon very often. You run Pendulums that are good as monsters/have a good scale effect, not have decent in both regards. Honestly, this card was good because it let you PS/SS Odd-Eyes from the ED, and now that Odd-Eyes isn't as important... this guy's up shit creek. Not bad, not good, just there. 0-1 of. D/D/D Monsters: Kaiser: This is the jankiest card I have ever seen, even more than the next one. In theory, it's a searchable OTK at the expense of your Covenants. On the other hand... You're giving up your Covenants for an extremely narrow victory condition that may dead draw. I guess you could tech one, but I honestly feel it's a 0-of. Pendragon: This card just doesn't make sense. Why are you running dragons in D/D that aren't OEPD, and even he's not worth it now. I just hate the new starter decks altogether, they're dumb... That said, I actually have tried to convince myself to run this. Unlike Kaiser, reviving this means its live, and, in theory, you can remove extra backrow by reviving it with Night Howling, shrinking it to 4 with Cerberus, then going into Alex, and having Temuj-... yeah, you see what I mean. It does cute things, but I don't think it does enough. I wouldn't be opposed to someone trying it out, I just haven't been able to justify potential dead draws. So, in my eyes, a 0-of, but feel free to try 1 if you like. Hell Armageddon: PFFT HAHAHAHA. This thing is just plain fucking overkill. It doesn't do anything especially awesome, aside from surviving Raigeki/Mirror Force, and takes too much effort to keep it in the gamestate. Just... not worth it for a 3K beater. 0-of. Abyss Ragnarok: HOWEVER, THIS GUY IS THE FUCKING KING. He's essentially a continuous spell that doesn't take a backrow slot, and instead can offer you Pendulum Summoning. And he can be summoned for a pair of fucking awesome effects. Sack a D/D, banish a monster. When summoned, revive a D/D/D... Which means he's a much stronger NS, albeit more costly, than either of the Prouds. And if you have/revive D'Arc with his P-Effect, you gain 1000 LP. Sure, you only do half damage, but it's raw advantage. Trying 3 because he's important to combos. 2-3 of. Leonidas: oh how the mighty have fallen. This guy used to be essential to the deck, undeniable 3-of, yet... now... He's kinda shit. I'm not cutting him lower just yet, but... D'Arc does the job so much better, and is much easier to get onto the board... At least he has a decent level/scale? And decent ATK? "Pick your number"-of. Temujin: Very strong card, despite his tiny body and mediocre level. His revive is so open ended, it's honestly stupid. Getting back any D/D(/D) is really strong, and makes fusing D'Arc into him lucrative instead of a downgrade. Especially if you have Ragnarok. His float is also nice, though not the most likely to go off. 2-3 of. D'Arc: THE QUEEN OF THE DECK! She gives you extra life while being a huge beatstick. Bigger than Trishula, in a vacuum. And she turns the downside of your Pendulums, which Leonidas had held at bay, into an upside. She does the same for Ragnarok, which is a pseudo-covenant. It's also hilarious to use Ring of Destruction and get a LP bonus instead of double burn. Everything about her is what the deck wanted in a second fusion. 3-of, no questions asked. Alexander: He's pretty okay. I wish he hadn't lost his battle effect, but he'll live. He allows you to make Xyz plays, set off Ragnarok, etc., and he's a decent size. Like Temujin, not too much to say. 1-2 of. Caesar: A bro that you won't summon as much as you would like to. He's amazing Fusion/Ragnarok fodder, which makes him a decent revival target, he has pretty okay stats, and he has a decently strong effect. 1-of. Tell: Cute. Really cute. Not necessarily good, but adorable. My main gripe is that he has lower ATK than Caesar, but you use him mainly to help game the opponent or set off Ragnarok/Temujin/etc. THE POWER OF A NAME! 0-1 of, depends on what else you put in the ED. Supports: Covenant with the Hellgate: It's a once per turn RotA, though it does burn you for 1000. That alone is enough to sell it as a 3-of, despite the hard OPT. Covenant with the Swamp King: The actual best Covenant. Now that D'Arc exists and gives you a reason/means to use [Fusion Monster] + [X] = Temujin more effectively, this card is the one that makes your game, moreso than Hellgate. Don't get me wrong, Hellgate is fucking amazing, but I find myself needing this more than Hellgate nowadays. 3-of Post-CORE, for sure. Covenant with the Valkyrie: Another card that's not as strong as it once was. With less Vanity and more good stuff, this card just isn't as strong. It was definitely a 2-of before, but I've just not been liking it as much with the advents of D'Arc and the list. I also have less hand nowadays, so... 1-2 of, all the same. D/D Recruit: Just like Pendragon, I have tried and tried to convince myself this is worth it as a 1-of, if only for recovering Covenants. I have not succeeded. At all. Ever. I cannot endorse it in the least, as the theory of not having monsters with this deck while being alive... doesn't hold up. Just sounds like a dead draw. I would recommend it as a 0-of, but if you're feeling feisty, I guess you could try it? D/D/D Resource Management: This was one I thought was mediocre, but trying it in Tag Force SP made me see its value. So I tried it out a ways back in the deck, and... It's actually pretty decent. Being able to undo your scales/dodge removal/get back dead cards that aren't Lilith/D'Arc is fucking awesome. And you often only need 2 D/Ds, because you'll likely have the third/means to get the third combo piece you need. I'm just trying one because tight space is tight. 1-2 of. Lease Laundering: Um... You're... giving up your valuable covenants for a couple draws? I guess it can win games, or save them, but... meh. It's worse than Leonidas. Who is worse than D'Arc. Who is D/D's based god. I'd say 0-of. The main early combo: Start with Abyss Ragnarok, Kepler, Lilith. You can sub One for One + random monster over Kepler or Covenant with the Hellgate over any of them. You can also work with Lilith + ???? + Ragnarok + Swamp King, but... well, you get the general idea. Get Swamp King and Ragnarok (Scale) on board. NS/SS Kepler (if needed to do that or get to lilith) to do so. Fuse ??? [optimally kepler] + Lilith into D'Arc. Ragnarok goes off, revives Lilith. You gain 1000 from Ragnarok/D'Arc. Lilith goes off, get ??? back. You have a free D'Arc and perfect setup for the rest of the game. The deck is about all sorts of combos like this, and it's always rolling advantage. Most of what you can get is a horde of beaters, but that's still free-ish. And you even gain advantage for that most times. There's also opening Lilith + One for One + Randy monster + either green covenant, but that's obv unlikely. All these little combos exist, and playing the deck to discover all of them is a lot of fun, as you find lots of fun niche interactions between the cards. Out of BA, D/D/D, and Lovecraft, I like the execution of D/D the most. Being able to summon all the types, and pendulum, just feels like you're playing in the anime, which makes it all the more fun. Probably my favorite deck atm, though I still love P-Pals, Fluffals, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimateIRS Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 How often are you summoning all three D'Arc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 How often are you summoning all three D'Arc? Usually 2, sometimes 3. I'd say 30% of the time. She's just... essential and strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Progenitor Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Would you consider dropping 1 Eclipse for DAD considering you have a decent amount of grave control in the deck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Would you consider dropping 1 Eclipse for DAD considering you have a decent amount of grave control in the deck? No, because you actually want stuff to stay in the bin, not leave it, bar being recycled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Progenitor Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 No, because you actually want stuff to stay in the bin, not leave it, bar being recycled. Well, I was thinking just another thing to push for game / make something rather than removal. I have tested it, and yeah, you don't really want to banish unless you need it, but you can manipulate the grave so much in this deck DAD is almost never dead unless you open with it. I's never won me a game or anything since it's pretty much been overkill every time I dropped it, but it's only been useless when I open with it and don't have an opening combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 That's just more reason for me not to use it. The deck needs more consistency, not more overkill wincons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Progenitor Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 That's just more reason for me not to use it. The deck needs more consistency, not more overkill wincons. Fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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