Well this was unexpected. For the last while I had been telling people that the next Structure Deck after the Dark Worlds would have likely been Fire or Water themed to go with the Earth/Wind/Light/Dark ones we already got. To that end I also said Volcanics and Frogs were the most likely choices as they were casual at best older school archetypes that could really use the support.
Of course this is Konami and they've proven time and time again to defy my expectations. In this case they do so by announcing a Light and Dark themed Dragon structure deck!
Here's the link; http://shriek.twoday.net/stories/38766486/
Release Date: 10th December 2011
Price: 1,050 yen (inc. tax)
Contents:
- 40 cards (5 new cards, of which 2 are Ultra Rares, 1 is Super Rare)
- Rule book
- Playing guide
- Duel field
- Deck around the popular LIGHT, DARK and Dragon-Type themes.
- Includes new Dragon-Type monster, as well as support cards.
- Also will include many reprints
So obviously I'm shitting bricks here as I'm a dragon player. This is fantastic stuff as Dragons haven't had a dedicated structure deck since the very first one (Dragon's Roar with Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon. Rise of the Dragon Lords isn't really so much as Dragon deck as a Trade-In beatdown. It's not even pure dragon like Dragon's Roar. Dragunity Legion doesn't count either as it caters specifically to the Dragunity archetype) and we've had to take niche cards that have been released as one or two ofs in booster sets. And before anyone says that dragons are "too supported" I'm going to say you guys have no idea what you're talking about;
-Boss monsters of archetypes that are dragon do not count as support for a monster type. Yes Scrap Dragon is something Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon can revive repeatedly, Number 17: Leviathan Dragon is a big powerful dragon and Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon is also a gigantic 3000 beatstick, but that's all they are. They have no actual synergy with dragon monsters on the scale that Zombies do.
-Recent single dragons released in boosters like Extreme Victory are OCG imports that should have come out here almost ten years ago (I'm looking at you Axe Dragonute). Dodger Dragon has good synergy with REDMD, but he's also just a generic monster that can be teched into other decks. Dread Dragon was the last true support Dragons have had as he specifically aids dragon decks. Dragons also haven't had broken support on the scale of say Tour Guide from the Underworld in well...ever. Totem Dragon is about it.
-Dragons do NOT have the level of support that actual archetypes do. We don't have a Reinforcement of the Army, a themed Solemn Judgment (even fucking PLANTS have Polinosis) or good draw support. Dragonic Tactics is not a good card. The list of actual themed support that specifically caters to dragons is actually quite small;
Lord of D. (Effect Monster), Flue of Summoning Dragon (Spell Card) Burst Breath (Trap Card), A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon (Spell Card), Dragon's Rage (Trap Card), Dragon's Mirror (Spell card), Stamping Destruction (Spell Card), Cards of Consonance (Spell card) Dragonic Tactics (Spell Card), Masked Dragon (Effect Monster), Decoy Dragon (Effect Monster) Totem Dragon (effect monster), Koa'ki Meiru Drago (effect monster), Dread Dragon (effect monster), Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon (Effect Monster), Genesis Dragon (Effect monster) Exploder Dragonwing (Effect Monster), Trident Dragion (Synchro monster), Five-Headed Dragon (Fusion Monster), King Dragun (Fusion Monster).
That's a damn small list compared to all the stuff out there that helps warriors.
I didn't include Exploder Dragon, Prime Material Dragon and the ilk as they aren't actually dragon support (any deck can use them actually) but have synergy with Dragons be it Masked/Dread Dragon toolboxing, REDMD summons, etc. It's really because of Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon that Dragon decks right now are competitive as he's an easily summoned beatstick that gets other beaters to the field.
Frankly this is something that has been long overdue and people upset over this can kiss my Irish/Arab ass. In regards to what this has, I'll speculate on that in a later post. For now I'm just gonna bask in the moment of the OCG giving Dragons some long overdue love. It's been up to the TCG to make them good at this point but I'm glad that Japan's going to lend a hand as well.
Monday 5 September 2011
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