Red Dragon Archfiend Deck Profile - May 2024 - Locals 2nd Place!
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Last night I took part in my local Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament, using Red Dragon Archfiend. We got 2nd places (joint) with a 3-1 record, 8-3 in games, which I’m really happy with. My best record over the course of the tournaments I’ve played in, and I’m glad I can do it with a rogue deck like RDA.
I’ll be working on a combo guide for RDA soon to show some of the plays I used in the tournament which will come out in 2 weeks time, followed by fortnightly Yu-Gi-Oh! content going forward, with deck profiles, combo guides and top cards for decks. - Hry
As someone who has played RDA since its release, I will share my decklist with you, as well as possible alternatives, in case it is too expensive or you need more cards. It is a 52-card deck, the ratio is amazing, and in 99.9% of the games, I am getting the cards I need
Main deck:
Monsters:
3x The Bystial Lubellion
3x Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
3x Soul Resonator
2x Crimson Resonator
2x Vision Resonator
2x Synkron Resonator
2x Bone Archfiend
1x Obsessive Uvualoop
1x Wandering King Wildwind
1x Zalamander Catalyser
1x Skull Meister
1x Bystial Saronir
1x Bystial Druiswurm
1x Bystial Magnamhut
1x Centur-ion Truder
1x Centur-ion Primera
1x Centur-ion Gargoyle II
Spell Cards:
3x Crimson Gaia
3x Stand Up Centur-ion
2x Resonator Call
2x Triple Tactics Talent
1x Foolish Burial
1x Terraforming
1x Called by the Grave
1x Absolute Powerforce
Trap Cards:
3x Infinite Impermanace
3x Skill Drain
1x Anti-spell Fragrance
1x Centur-ion Phalanx
1x Etude of the Branded
1x Branded Beast
1x Red Zone
Extra Deck:
2x Red Rising Dragon
2x Scarred Dragon Archfiend
1x Red Dragon Archfiend
1x Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Bane
1x Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss
1x Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity
1x Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend
1x Dark End Dragon
1x Kuibelt the Blade Dragon
1x Bystial Dis Pater
1x Centur-ion Auxila
1x Crimson Dragon
1x Tirshula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
Side Deck:
3x Effect Veiler
3x Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
3x Nibiru, The Primal Being
1x Red Rising Dragon
1x Red Dragon Archfiend
1x Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss
1x Red Supernova Dragon
1x Vagnawa the Moon-eating Dragon
1x Centur-ion Legatia
Optional cards as alternatives:
2x Assault Synchron
2x Fiendish Golem
2x Sychro Zone
1x Wandering King Wildwind
1x Bone Archfiend
1x Vision Resonator
1x Resonator Call
1x Branded Regained (not recommend - as you do not want to have cards that are banished for Red Zone and Dis Pater)
1x Red Zone
1x Fiendish Chain
A small explanation of the deck. You have 3 different engines that work perfectly together. With these cards, the only issue for this deck is Super Polymerization; any other boardbreaker is fine. You can even play when the opponent slaps you with a Nibiru - at any point in the game. The Resonator engine helps you build the dark synchro dragons with 2 negates and a destroy with follow-up effects.
The Bystial engine stops your opponent (in case they play Light or Dark) or extends your play.
The Centurion engine helps you get to the Calamity lock super easily because of the Crimson Dragon.
It might be an option to give it a try for the deck list I have. So far, I have had no issues with Unchained/Yubel, Fire King Snake-eye (maybe I got lucky), Purelly, Dragon Link, Heros, Runnick-stun Fur Hire, Marincess, Rescue-Ace, Branded - any combination, Swordsoul, Ashened etc.
My recommendation :D
Anyways great video
I’ve looked into the centurion engine a little bit with RDA, and I admit, I’m intrigued, I’m just missing the entire engine and crimson dragon unfortunately. I’ll still take a good look through all of this, because I’m always looking to improve, and I’ll definitely be posting more RDA profiles in the future especially with new support and as I get better. Thank you for watching and your advice, it’s really appreciated.
I like this list, but personally, I would prefer playing the pure version bc Bystials and Centurions aren't the best extenders. Yes they do allow you to establish huge boards with major negates and a higher chance at OTK, but at the cost of adding several bricks that cannot extend if you get Hand trapped. Plus the focus of this Deck really isn't about Calamity locking, it's usually about the 1 card starters and breaking boards while OTK'ing quickly. Not trying to be a hater, this is just my personal viewpt on these 2 engines in RDA
@@anthonyvenedicto518 everyone’s entitled to their opinion, you’re cool, never thought you were being a hater at all. You argued your point well, my viewpoint is is that Calamity is one of the most broken effects, and if you get chance to summon it from putting 6 cards in the deck plus Calamity in the extra, then I’d take it and run with it. However, I fully expect Calamity to be banned in the next list, which means we’ve got about a month of this profile before I switch to a more board breaker pure resonator/fiend list, with added crossout protection from hand traps.
I see deck profiles as ideas. I’ve watched a number of profiles, and settled on something I like by combining multiple of them. This is me giving the bystial option a voice to those who want to know what to do with the last few slots of their deck.
You can play Bystial control if you add more Bystial cards. What’s in your side deck?
You could yeah, but I just wanted enough bystial’s to be able to reliably summon King Calamity, but keep the heart of the deck being RDA
As for the side deck, I’d go with a bunch of cards for going second, so 3 cyclone, 1 duster, 3 nibiru, 3 veiler, 2 droll and then 1 each of Saronir, Baldrake and Branded Beast because they’re really useful for slowing down branded players especially, which I have a couple of at my locals. Starting with a bystial and banishing a fallen of albaz always feels good.
To me, an underated card is Scarlet Security at least in the side deck,
A Harpy Feather Duster you can easily search or recover from grave is still good to have
Absolutely worth looking at as a side deck option. Like you say, being able to search it is very useful.
@@BuxtonneTCG yeah, and maybe dumb thing but it's not a ones per turn, I trick a friend to me using his negates, his last one on Security to recover it with Gaia and destroying his field spell + 3 backrows
@@victorleppas3067 good play, bet your friend wasn’t impressed though
@@BuxtonneTCG he was mad playing generaider, no more field spell, no more continuous trap and 2 Runick spells destroyed XD
Try this version ;)
Main Deck:
Nibiru, the Primal Being x1
Earthbound Prisoner Stone Sweeper x2
Bone Archfiend x3
Obsessive Uvualoop x1
Red Lotus King, Flame Crime x1 (new out of Terminal Revenge)
Soul Resonator x3
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring x3
Crimson Resonator x2
Vision Resonator x2
Synkron Resonator x2
Droll & Lock Bird x3
Resonator Call x3
Triple Tactics Talent x2
Called by the Grave x1
Crossout Designator x3
Crimson Gaia x3
Red Reign x1
Infinite Impermanence x3
Red Zone x1
Extra Deck:
Red Supernova Dragon x1
Bystial Dis Pater x1
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Bane x1
Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss x2
Void Ogre Dragon x1
Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend x1
Scarred Dragon Archfiend x2
Red Dragon Archfiend x2
Kuibelt the Blade Dragon x1
Red Rising Dragon x3
Once I have my hands on Red Lotus King I was going to experiment with builds like this ahead of the inevitable Calamity ban. Good profile
One of mine favorite from 5ds is red dragon archfiend. ..
I go 3 red dragon archfiend
1 red nova dragon
1 hot red dragon archfiend
1 Scarlight red dragon archfiend
1 hot red dragon archfiend king calamity
1 crystal wing synchro dragon
2 red rising dragon
1 black rose moonlight dragon
1 ancient pixi dragon
1 brionac
1 bane
1 abyss.
It’s one of my favourites too. I had him in my terribly created deck when I was young, so when they released the new support I was all over it.
I think with your set up, I’d be worried about getting locked out of a couple of cards there. The Brionac, Black Rose and Crystal wing dragons all get locked out of early in the combos, but can all be good if you avoid getting locked out. Scarred Dragon Archfiend is so powerful too, you might want to look that up. Thanks for sharing!
@@BuxtonneTCG
Maybe..
Its a strategy game right?
Mine traps and spell doin homework than monster.
@@BuxtonneTCG
By the way.
Make first win fast.
Otk
@@BuxtonneTCG
Good start from back then..
😅
Ok, I’m very interested in what you’re running in the main deck if it’s a more spell and trap strategy now.
Great profile.
Why play red nova dragon ?
Yeah it’s pretty poor, but I didn’t have anything else to go instead. Void Ogre Dragon would be the better call, but I don’t have it yet. Unless you just need damage. Thank you for watching.
@@BuxtonneTCGVoid Ogre isn't great either. You want to play the deck with a lot of hand traps, and that conflicts with Void Ogre. If you really need a level 8 dark dragon, Dark End Dragon is an option
@@Harmonic14 agreed, another good option. It is however, far more expensive for a card which is unlikely to be used all that much, and I do want my decks to be fairly budget friendly both for me and my viewers. It might be a card I buy in the future, and any future RDA profiles I’ll mention it as an option over the Void Ogre that I’ve bought now. Thank you for watching and for your comment, it’s very much appreciated.
@Harmonic14 FR, I'm looking into grabbing a DED for my RDA deck. I do agree with your view on VOD. There are just so many resources and hand traps that this Deck relies on, and at that pt, VOD becomes a useless beatstick.
@@anthonyvenedicto518 also looking into DED myself now. Shame it’s a bit more expensive currently.