Notes & Combos

I found a similar version to this on Twitter (I refuse to call it X) and it really clicked with me. Up until now RDA just was not synching with my groove, but this fit my playstyle a lot better.

Harmonia and Bystials felt really bad to play cus it turns off Power Vice Dragon, which is our best starter. Playing other handtraps instead lets you play lower to the ground in the event of Mulcharmies or the dreaded roach.

Zalen was good but I am really not sure if it or Kuibelt is better. They both do different things. Zalen is a great ressurect of Crimson Dragon or Dis Pater, well Kuibelt can pop floodgates and can allow you to synchro climb into The Crimson King when you have awkward hands.

A goal with this deck was to have as few low lv resonators as possible and maximize the average card quality in the deck. You will never trigger Red Rising Dragon's grave effect, and it overall did not feel nessecary to go through it a lot of the time. It provided flexibility however, especially when disrupted. Still a good card to have but you don't need two.

I wanted to keep it at 40 cards to make seeing Mulcharmies as likely as possible. Running 2 Crimson Gaia cus it is our worst starter (dies to FandV) and only 2 FandV cus its awkward when drawn alongside Albaz. 1 Ecclesia beacuse it is turned off by Dominus Impulse and takes our normal summon when going first. Red Zone instead of Chain cus it can hit spell/traps and we do not need more monster only interaction.

Do not let yourself get baited into ending on 5 giant dragons. Storm Bane is only useful on the opponents turn when your board is small, and rlying only on monster interuption is how you lose to set Albaz. Still, this deck will be a lot better when/if Branded loses popularity.

This deck is surprisingly diffcult to play and is stuffed full of options available to it. If your interested in RDA, I highly reccomend trying things out and being open minded to change. Find what works for you. Nothing is set in stone with a deck like this.