Water Dragon Deck

The Water Dragon is an often overlooked Water monster in the TCG. It requires 2 Hydrogeddons and 1 Oxygeddon to be bonded together with Bonding - H2O. Its difficulty to summon, weakness on the battlefield, and inefficiency are some of the reasons why most duelists tend to stray away from this lonely Sea Serpent. However, sometimes less experienced duelists may use Water Dragon in, let's say, a "Water" deck. Often, they are largely unsupported. And more often, they are seen as a hindrance rather than a benefit. However, there are ways - some people just have to look a little deeper.

The Primary Cards
Before any Water Dragon Deck building, the following cards are needed:


 * Hydrogeddon x 3
 * Oxygeddon x 3
 * Water Dragon x 3

The First of the Long Lost Buddies of the Water Dragon
Chemistry is a fun thing but sometimes... it has to require a little pyrotechnics. The Water Dragon, despite its watery body, loves to be in the same deck as Pyro monsters. Not only do they enjoy killing them, but these Pyro monsters help the Water Dragon a lot - in of course, many different situations. Here enters the first rival/friend of the Water Dragon: Volcanic Queen. The Volcanic Queen's effect is that it can be special summoned to your enemy's field by tributing one of your enemy's monsters. While it serves as a very good card to remove monsters, it is (we cannot forget) a Pyro monster.


 * Scenario: Water Dragon is on your field. Volcanic Queen is summoned to the enemy's side of the field. You attack Volcanic Queen with Water Dragon. Tadaa - 2800 damage is inflicted directly upon your opponent.

And there is the wonderful combination of water and fire. But of course, the Water Dragon is not completely lonely. Volcanic Queen is only one of the supplements.

The Second of the Long Lost Buddies of the Water Dragon
The Water Dragon knew this one Fiend who he liked to be with. Here enters Lava Golem, a Fire type monster who has a similar effect to the Volcanic Queen. His effect is that he can be special summoned to your enemy's field by tributing two (instead of one) of your enemy's monsters.


 * Scenario: Water Dragon is on your field. Lava Golem is summoned to the enemy's side of the field. You attack Lava Golem with Water Dragon. Tadaa - 2800 damage is inflicted directly upon your opponent.

And there is the second wonderful combination of water and fire. But of course, we must assess that Lava Golem requires two tribute summons. This is why if one is to run such a Water Dragon Deck, it is recommended that Volcanic Queens are used instead for an easier summon. Because as we should know, sometimes there are not 2 monsters on the enemy's side of the field. More often there is 1 than 2.

Brief Overview
The above 2 Scenarios are only examples of this deck's power. Water Dragon Decks, however, are not only limited to just that. It is possible to run the Water Dragon in a multitude of ways, including a generic Beatdown Deck, or a Burn Deck, or a Hand-Control Deck.


 * The latter meaning: Control your enemy's hand. For example, Water decks have an excellent combo in Hand-Control. An example of such a card combination is as follows:


 * Magic Drain
 * Mind Crush
 * Spiritual Water Art - Aoi
 * Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch
 * Trap Dustshoot


 * In the case where one wishes to build a Water Dragon Beatdown, monster removal cards are recommended including water field cards. Some examples are as follows:


 * Lightning Vortex
 * Smashing Ground
 * Torrential Tribute
 * Umi
 * Umiiruka


 * In the case where one wishes to build a Water Dragon Burn, in addition to burn cards that can be found at this link: Burn Deck, cards that should be used are the following. Please note that this type of deck focuses on getting Water Dragon on your side of the field and Lava Golem/Volcanic Queen on your opponent's side of the field. The second action would be to wait and stall time so your enemy is stuck with a 0 ATK Lava Golem or Volcanic Queen, all the while suffering direct damage per turn:


 * Lava Golem
 * Volcanic Queen

A Second Brief Overview
This has been your introduction to the Water Dragon, the lonely serpent in the sea that just wants to help - despite its angry looks. Of course the above stated cards are only just a few. They shall remain just a few, because the writer of this article (whom we cannot disclose so openly in a public wikia), believes that the possibilities are endless. There is no right or wrong variation of a deck - but of course, we cannot stray too far or else we find ourselves lost in the middle of a duel. Never fear the Water Dragon and never fear what he can be in any given situation. But the writer of this article gives you one condition: Glorify the Water Dragon - do what you can - do what you do - but do something original.