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Updated Hopeless Dragon Guide
By BF2

Hopeless Dragon, also known as Disaster Dragon, is a powerful beatdown deck which relies almost entirely on the effects of "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" in order to secure victory. The current deck relies on Synchro Summoning a with the help of "REDMD". It has a lot of search power through the use of "Dragon Ravine" and with the release of "Darkflare Dragon" and "Lightpulsar Dragon" it will be better than ever.

Pros
Easy Access to Powerful Monsters: The deck can easily pull out an "REDMD" or another powerful monster every turn or so.

Graveyard Access: Any Dragon-Type monster in your Graveyard can be brought back (unless it has a condition preventing it).

Cheap Synchro Summons: With "REDMD", Synchro Summoning costs little.

Cons
Inconsistent: Without "REDMD" the deck can fall apart.

Graveyard Reliant: While the deck can do things without a Graveyard, being reliant on it means that a "Dimensional Fissure" can be extremely bad for the deck.

Mechanics
A Disaster Dragon deck focuses on using the effect of "REDMD" to bring back Dragon-Type monsters every turn. The primary search engine is "Dragon Ravine", which sends Dragon-Type monsters to your Graveyard. These monsters can be used in a Synchro Summon, especially to Synchro Summon a Dragon-Type monster such as "Black Rose Dragon" or "Scrap Dragon", or for beatdown purposes. "Koa'ki Meiru Drago" is one of the key components, preventing the Special Summon of any LIGHT or DARK monster while having high enough ATK (1900) to withstand most low-level threats. "Light and Darkness Dragon" or "Yamata Dragon" can be tribute summoned via the effect of "Totem Dragon", allowing you to gain massive amounts of card advantage. "Lightpulsar Dragon" is going to be one of the most important parts of the deck, allowing you to bring back a high Level Dragon-Type monster from your Graveyard when it leaves the field. "Darkflare Dragon" has an effect similar to "Dark Grepher's" but with the added benefit of a "D.D. Crow" effect.

Monsters
Fusion Monsters:
 * Alexandrite Dragon:
 * Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning
 * Blue-Eyes White Dragon:
 * Darkflare Dragon:
 * Dark Horus:
 * Dark Simorgh:
 * Debris Dragon:
 * Delta Flyer:
 * Dragunity Arma Leyvaten:
 * Exploder Dragon:
 * Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon:
 * Genesis Dragon:
 * Koa'ki Meiru Drago:
 * Light and Darkness Dragon:
 * Lightpulsar Dragon:
 * Magical Merchant:
 * Masked Dragon:
 * Necro Gardna:
 * Prime Material Dragon:
 * Rescue Rabbit:
 * Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon:
 * Red-Eyes Wyvern:
 * Totem Dragon:
 * Verz Zahhak:
 * White Night Dragon:
 * White Stone of Legend:
 * Yamata Dragon:
 * Five-Headed Dragon:

Spells

 * Allure of Darkness:
 * A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon:
 * Cards of Consonance:
 * Dragon Ravine:
 * Dragon's Mirror:
 * Future Fusion
 * Trade-In:

Traps

 * Burst Breath:
 * Proof of Powerlessness: