User blog:RaijinSenshi19/Buddyfight Informative - D-BT02, Darkness Dragon World

Hello everyone, RaijinSenshi / CobaltClaw here. It's time that I wrap up the D-BT02 Informative articles and move onto decklists, because you guys obviously are too high on Zodiac and Dual Cards right now to even care about this set.

Anyway, the last world is Edge World, piloted by everyone's "favorite" character: Kurouzu Gaito. Best character in the show, totally not some tryhard attempt at making a dark and gritty character that is suppossed to be one of the main 3 on the basis that he too uses dragons.

We got a lot of ground to cover, so let's go ahead.

Purgatory Knights
We are starting off with the heroes of the days of old in Dragon World: the Purgatory Knights. A fan favorite deck that gets a lot of attention from the Vanguard-portion of the fans in particular.

First up, we have Purgatory Knights, Death Sickle "Calvary", who is a Size 3 Armordragon / White Dragon, standing tall with 9000 / 2 / 4000 as his statline, and a call cost of 2 gauge and 1 life. If you have a Purgatory Knights who's original size is 2 on your field, the size of this guy reduces by 2, so he is a Size 1 as long as the condition is filled. When he is destroyed by any means, you can add up to one Size 2 or lower Purgatory Knights monster from your drop zone to your hand, and he also has Double Attack.

Starting out strong in this article. Death Sickle "Calvary" adds a lot to the multi-attacking world. Most notably: A wallbreaker by itself, an additional attack, and resource gain. The only issue with this card is that it does become a Size 1 and will be vurnable to counter removal enmasse. This card I would say is an overall must for a lot of PK decks.

Maybe we will get our own "PK Fire" deck in this game? (lol Yugioh Meta jokes)

Then we have the welcomed reprint of the ace card himself; Purgatory Knights Leader, Demios Sword Dragon! The Size 2 Armordragon / White Dragon with his 6000 / 2 / 3000 stats, and his incredible Counter ability to destroy another Purgatory Knights monster you control to stand him.

Dragonic Overlord, anyone?

This card is the cornerstone of all Purgatory Knights decks. The multi-attacking from this card is always a win condition you should go for and include. Combined with an item and a full field that includes Death Sickle "Calvary", you hit the opponent for 7 attacks that add up to over 12 points of damage in one go. You can win in one turn with this deck if the opponent is unlucky with their shields, that is how aggresive and powerful these guys are.

Just be sure to protect Demios from Counter removal.



Next up, we have Purgatory Knights, Venom Spike Dragon. He is a Size 1 Armordragon / White Dragon with 5000 / 1 / 1000 stats. And his ability can be activated when he is destroyed by the effect of a monster, letting you pay 1 gauge to destroy any monster the opponent controls.

Pretty good. The fact it can destroy any monster, even Size 3s, is a very big deal.

The only flaw of this guy is that he does not have 2 crits. Otherwise, perfect card for the deck.



The next one is Purgatory Knights, Paindagger Dragon. A Size 1 Armordragon / White Dragon with the passable statline of 4000 / 2 / 1000. It's ability activates when it is destroyed by theeffect of a monster, giving you a gauge.

I dont know how useful this ability is, to be perfectly honest. But since PKs seem to get more gauge intensive as of lately, then maybe it will indeed see a lot of use?

It's an okay card, just unsure how viable.

Black Dragon
Now we move on to the deck that takes up the most of the support in this set, and that is Black Dragons. So much support for these guys, and not a lot of love for anything else.

First up, we have Blackslash Ghost Dragon, Galnibael. This guy is a Size 3 Black Dragon with 7000 / 2 / 5000 as his stats. His call cost is pay 2 gauge and place a Black Dragon from the drop zone into his soul. When Galnibael is destroyed or enters the field, your opponent has to mill the top card of their deck. When he attacks, if the opponent has 10 or more cards in the drop zone, destroy a monster they control. He also has Double Attack and Soulguard.

In all honesty, this card is pretty strong, having the ability to just nuke two monsters per turn, due to his ability, and then being hard to deal with himself, to some extent. It's one of the better Size 3 Black Dragons we have seen in a long time.

Give him a spin. He might be worth it.

This is Great Demonic Black Dragon, Arch Enemy, and this dragon does not mess around. he is a Size 3 with the solid 9000 / 2 / 7000 stats. His call costs is pay 2 gauge and put a Black Dragon from your drop zone into his soul. He has natural Soulguard, and each time he attacks, you deal 1 damage to the opponent. If the opponent has 10 or more cards in the drop zone, you deal 2 damage instead. And if he/she has 20 or more in the drop, the damage is buffed to 4, instead.

This card is insanely good, just from the stats and the Soulguard alone. His ability takes some time to build up, obviously, but maybe this can be the start of a new Size 3 based deck in Darkness Dragon World?

This card has potential, it just takes a decent deckbuilder to make the most out of his potential.

Yo Gremlin, where are you, man!?



A reprint I appreciate from this end of the earth and back, is the reprint of Graveyard of Demonic Swords, Graybard. This guy is a Size 3 Black Dragon / Deep, with 7000 / 2 / 7000 stats, a call cost of 2 gauge, and when he enters the field youget to destroy an opposing monster anddealdamage equal to it's size.

There once was a time I burned a Size 3 player to death by calling two Graybard after one another, dealing 6 damage with his effect alone.

And that is just one of the few reasons he has recieved the name "Baebard".

This guy is insanely good, and I am glad to see him reprinted and made easier to access for everyone. Now please reprint Diablos as well, please?



Now we have Corpse Black Skeleton Dragon, Cheld Bodom who is a Size 3 Black Dragon. He has 6000 / 3 / 5000 stats, and his ability activates when he enters the field, making the opponent mill the top 3 cards of their deck.

I mean...it's a good Turn 1 play, I guess?

I dont see much use for him, however. Avoid the use of this guy.

This Star Wars-looking mofo is Black Demon Swordsman, Vader. He is a Size 2 Black Dragon with the low 4000 / 2 / 2000 statline and a call cost of 1 gauge. When he enters the field, you can call a Size 1 Black Dragon from the drop zone by paying it's call cost. He also has Move.

This guy is super strong. You use him to call back all the spammable Size 1s from your drop that has on-call abilities and what-not, and he gives you a meatshield in the form of himself. This guy is an important asset for the mill deck, letting you get back all the little dragons and making it even harder for the opponent to kill you.

I am tempted to say this is one of the cards that makes Mill-based Black Dragons actually work, and makes them viable.



We move on to Black Crazed Warrior, Bellzelgal, who is a scary card (in appearance). He is a Size 2 Black Dragon with 4000 / 2 / 4000 stats, and his ability activates when he is put into the drop zone from the field, letting you pay 1 gauge to draw a card.

I dont know how viable this guy is either, but the fact he can meatshield and provide you with a draw is an okay ability. Plus you can force the ability with cards like Scapegoat.

I am not entirely fond of it, however.



Reprint!

Death Wizard Dragon is a Size 2 Black Dragon / Death / Wizard, with the pitiful 3000 / 2 / 3000 statline. When he enters the field, you put the top two cards of your deck into the gauge and take 1 damage.

He was a good gauge booster in his time, and might see some usage here and there. But right now, he is one of the many reprints that is not needed. Saddly.



Talking about amazing and good cards, here is one.

Black Dreaded Motion, Gataclysm is a Size 2 Black Dragon with 6000 / 2 / 1000 as his statline. He has the natural Move, and when he is destroyed, the opponent has to mill the top 2 cards of their deck, and then, if the opponent has 6 ore more cards in the drop zone, you gain 1 gauge.

This card is so insanely good. Move monsters with such abilities is what Black Dragons needed to truely make the mill decks worth playing. Along with Vader, this guy pushed the deck ahead so much, making it actually good, and making deckout an actual win condition. And the gauge gain is so easy to get as well. Six cards is NOTHING.

I am shocked this guy does not have 1 crit.

Let me just say this right away: This card is insanely good.

It's name is Black Twin Head, Skavv. It is a Size 1 Black Dragon with 2000 / 2 / 1000 as it's statline, natural Move, and whenever he is destroyed, if the opponent has 6 or more cards in the drop zone, you destroy a Size 2 or lower monster they control.

It is a free Death Grip.

I repeat.

It is a FREE Death Grip!

THIS combined with cards like Vader, and Gate of Darkness Dragon, is just insane value, and now you might see what I saw a few weeks ago: The reason why this deck has become so good, destructive, defensive and just an all around good deck to actually play!

Black Dragons are here to stay.



Black Corruption, Eixist is another Size 1 Black Dragon that the new Mill-based Black Dragons love.

His statline of 4000 / 2 / 1000 is very good for a Size 1, and his ability more-so. When he enters the field, your opponent mills the top card of their deck, and if the card sent is a monster, you gain 1 life.

Vader. Gate. Spam this guy.

Eixist gives the deck life gain, making the deck stall and prolong the amount of stall they can do, while still being a decent Size 1.

What is it with these good cards, and them not being foils, at all?



Next one is Black Savage Dragon, Zerion, who is a Black Dragon Size 1 with the low 2000 / 1 / 4000 statline, and the ability to rest itself to make the opponent mill two cards from their deck.

Meh.

Not that good, honestly. Avoid using this.



And now we have Black Swamp, Fen, a Size 0 Black Dragon / Deep with 4000 / 1 / 1000 stats.

It's an Armorknight Eagle. AKA the Size 0 you use when you dont have anything better.

But you have stuff that is better, so...

Next, we have the card I highly underestimated.

Abygale, "Unlimited Death Drain!" is a Size 3 Black Dragon Impact Monster with 8000 / 2 / 7000 as the statline, a call cost of paying 3 gauge and destroying two Black Dragons you control (not just monsters). When Abygale enters the field during Final Phase, the opponent mills 10 cards from his/her deck. Also, when this card attacks, if the opponent has 20 or more cards in the drop zone, deal 2 damage to the opponent and then heal 2 points to yourself.

I highly underestimated this card at first. Now, I see how strong this card really is. It is not an Impact Monster you can just mindlessly drop whenever you have the ability to do so, but you have to plan for when to drop it.

Acceling deckout by as many as 10 cards is A LOT of cards. And having decent defense as a wall after that is always welcomed as well. A great finisher for a sub-category Black Dragons now have, or new identity overall.

Spells
Spells spells spells, lots of spells for the dark and edgy dragons

First up we have....a RRR spell? Spells are not suppossed to be RRR. Bushiroad, you are drunk.

Anyway, this is Death Gauge Timer, the card that currently owns the record of most attributes on a single card in the game, with five of them: Black Dragon, Black Knight, Deep, Death and Charge. It has the cast cost of putting five cards from the top of your deck into it's soul to Set it on the field. At the beginning of each Attack Phase, including your opponent's, you put a card from the soul of this spell into your gauge. Then, at the end of any player's turn, if this card has no cards in it's soul, this card is put into the drop zone, along with all the gauge both players have.

A pretty good gauge gainer, and can be devestating if you get a full value out of the nuke. But often, you want to combine this with for example Unlimited Death Drain, who can send this to the drop zone before the nuke effect activates. It is good, just not RRR worthy.

Seriously Bushiroad. Why?



Then we have Million Edge, one of the best spells out of the set.

Million Edge is a Black Dragon / Deep / Destruction spell, with the simple call cost of paying 1 life. Upon being cast, both players mill the top 2 cards of their deck, and then you get to draw a card. You can only cast Million Edge once per turn.

So this not only helps accelerating the milling, but also makes you cycle out a card to draw into a new one. A pretty powerful spell, if I have to say so myself.

Simple. Powerful.

And yes, 1 life to draw a card is worth it.



Jet Black Wind is a Destruction attributed spell that you can only cast if the opponent has 8 or more cards in the drop zone.

By paying 1 gauge to cast this spell, you destroy all monsters the opponent controls.

I guess this has some interesting combo-play with Negulbalz. I dont see this having maindeck space in any other deck however, maybe as a tech card for fun, but not something super serious.

Not a bad card in that sense, however.



We Are Immortal is a support spell for Purgatory Knights.

Sporting the Dragon attribute, this spell can be cast as a Counter and lets you chose a Purgatory Knight monster as the target for the effect. The next time that monster would be destroyed this turn, return it to the hand and add the top card of your deck into the gauge.

Here is a tip: Yes, this does "destroy" the monster, so you can use it with Demios to stand him while returning the monster to your hand. It is a very good spell, because you can use it to save Death Sickle "Calvary" and make sure you will almost always be able to call it. This spell seems like an instant staple for Purgatory Knights, if you ask me.



Fabricated Scar is a Black Dragon / Enhance spell with the Counter ability to give a monster in battle +4000 defense and power, and then the opponent has to mill the top card of their deck.

...I honestly dont see any use for this.

If you want to go hyper mill, then by all means, include this. I personally dont think it is worth it, though.



Black Dragon Remade is a strong card, in contrast. This Black Dragon / Defense spell can be cast as a Counter, lettinb you target a Black Dragon on the field to prevent it from leaving the field the next time it would be destroyed.

Pretty strong ability when used right, because it does activate the "When destroyed" abilities of your Black Dragons. Combine this with Scavv and watch the opponent tilt.

And being a Dragobond in a sense is always good, so...



Well, here we have Edgelord Gaito using his sleeves to stab a card.

Black Cloth Blade is a Defense attributed spell you can only cast during an attack on the opponent's turn while you have no monster in the center. You Counter, nullify the attack, and makes the opponent mill one card.

This is basicly Mill Dragon Shield. A true and told Dragon Shield for Edge World.

Run for the hills, people. It has begun. The Shieldpocalypse.



Black Flame Bullet is a another Set spell, this time with the Black Dragon and Destruction attributes. Once per turn, when the opponent attacks, they have to mill a card from their deck. Also, when the opponent has 10 or more cards in the drop zone, you can activate the Act ability of this card, letting you pay 1 gauge and sending this to the drop zone to destroy any 1 card the opponent has on the field.

Paying 1 gauge to destroy any card is a pretty destructive ability, indeed. And even just having this Set on the field increases mill by a little bit. It is honestly a good card, just not with enough room for usage.

Saddly, with suce a cool artwork and all.

Items and Impact
Items have always been a joy in Darkness Dragon World. They add a whole new flavor to the decks, and it is always a joy to see what they introduce next.

This time we have Sickle of Traces, Revenant, which is a Black Dragon / Weapon with 4000 / 1 stats and an equip cost of 1 life. After attacking with this item, if the opponent has 6 or more cards in the drop zone, this item gains Double Attack for the turn.

Pretty good item, honestly. Not the strongest, but can combo nicely with cards liek Abygale, and it does increase the damage output while being able to deal with small fry.

Mill Dragon decks have been using this item in their decks, for the most part, if that is an indication for where you would use it.



Next up, Blade of Lament, Sadgrieve.

This item has the Deep and Weapon attributes and the 6000 / 1 statline. Equip cost is 1 gauge and 1 life, and this item has... Spectral Strike: 2? When it destroys a monster by attacking, deal 2 damage to the opponent.

This is a first. I honestly thought they were giving up on Spectral Strike as a game mechanic, but here it is.

This item replaces Deathgaze, which I am a bit upset over, but hey, decent item, if I have to say so myself. Some interesting burn decks will like this.

Last up is Blood Dragon Ceremony, Bloody Operate which is an Impact.

This Black Dragon / Summon attribute Impact costs 2 gauge to cast, and is a Counter, meaning you can cast it anytime. The ability lets you call a Black Dragon from your drop zone by paying the call cost of that monster.

This thing does allow for some insane and nutty cheese plays. I can see some fun decks involving this and cheap Double Attack monsters. Experiment with this, I want to see someone have fun with this thing~

Closing Words
Darkness Dragon World wraps up the D-BT02 Informatives, and boy this set has been a blast!

So much new and interesting stuff, including good support for older decks. but now we have to lay all of that behind us and prepare for the meta-changers known as Dual Cards, and boy is that going to be interesting!

Well, decklist articles and a rundown of some Zodiac stuff is coming in the near future. Look forward to that.

But until then: Bye and have a great time!