The Cyber Dragons Guide

This is meant to be a comprehensive Cyber Dragon (Cydra) guide, and will cover almost everything you'll need to know to become a good Cydra player, including deckbuilding, combos, and matchups. However, if you still have any queries regarding playing the deck or about the information in this guide, feel free to ping one of us in the #cyber-dragon channel in the discord.

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Introduction to Cyber Dragons in Master Duel

Difficulty: Easy - Medium

Deck Type: Aggro/Combo

Cyber Dragon (Cydra) is one of the easier archetypes to play and is quite linear in our ideal game plan. We focus on being able to take out all 8000 of our opponent’s LP in a single turn. Although it has tools to win a long duel, this deck wants to and can kill your opponent quickly. Cydras mainly use Link and Xyz Summoning to help them reach a board to One Turn Kill (OTK), and a lot of the damage comes from our primary Fusion boss monster, Chimeratech Rampage Dragon.

Crafting & Building the Deck

Luckily for us, it’s relatively cheap to build Cydra (assuming you have staples). Almost all our engine pieces are in the Pearlescent Cyber Dragons secret pack and Structure Deck: Cybernetic Successor. To start, you can craft Loading... and once you get the cards in those packs, you need to craft Loading... , Loading... , Loading... and Loading... .


If you’re new to the game and like fast damage decks, Cydras are a good and cheap deck to start with.

Deck Core

22 cards
3 copies
Cyber Dragon Herz
3 copies
Cyber Dragon Core
2 copies
Cyber Dragon Nachster
3 copies
Cyber Dragon
2 copies
Galaxy Soldier
Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju
3 copies
Machine Duplication
Overload Fusion
3 copies
Cyber Emergency
Cyber Repair Plant
Chimeratech Rampage Dragon
Chimeratech Fortress Dragon
Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon
2 copies
Cyber Dragon Nova
2 copies
Cyber Dragon Infinity
Salamangreat Almiraj
Cyber Dragon Sieger
Predaplant Verte Anaconda

Main Deck

Before we get into explanations, let's go over some terms.

  • Baby Cydra: Cyber Dragon monsters that copy the “Cyber Dragon” name as any of their effects. They’re treated as “Cyber Dragon” on the field and in the GY, but that effect does not apply in the hand, deck, while banished, or when set face-down.

  • OG/OG Cydra: Refers to the Level 5 Cyber Dragon.