Card Tips:Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon


 * This card can be searched by "Dogu", "Single Purchase", "Chaos Zone", "Draconnection" and "Black Metal Dragon".
 * Use this card in a "Vullet" Deck, since they give you certain advantages when sent to the Graveyard by a Link Monster's effect. Plus, if a "Vullet" Monster on your field was destroyed, you can summon another one from your Deck during the End Phase.
 * If an "Akashic Magician" you control is co-linked with at least your "Varrel Load Dragon", her second effect can be used to excavate at least 4 cards, and hopefully send a Dragon(s) to the Graveyard.
 * This card can contribute to the Red-Eyes/Beelze OTK. Use the effect of "Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon" to Special Summon "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" from your Graveyard, and Tribute it to summon this card. Attack your opponent's "Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons" with this card to trigger its effect, setting off the deadly loop.
 * "Forbidden Graveyard" can discard a Dragon to the Graveyard, and has the benefit of negating Graveyard effects for the turn. Apart from rendering Monsters like "Newdoria", "Starving Venom Fusion Dragon", and "Electromagnetic Turtle" useless, it can also restrain "Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World" and Monsters like the "Shaddolls".
 * "Cards of Consonance" dumps a Dragon-type Tuner from your hand to the Graveyard, giving this card 300 more ATK, and it also gives you two cards to draw.
 * While you control "Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon", activate "Destruction of Destiny" to dump 3 cards and hopefully damage yourself. "Blackfeather Darkrage's" effect will dump at most 5 cards from your Deck to the Graveyard, likely powering both it and this card up.
 * After equipping "Black Metal Dragon" to this card, activate "Release Restraint Wave" to destroy it, as well as your opponent's Set Spell and Trap Cards. Then use "Raigeki" to destroy their Monsters, and attack directly with this card for an OTK.


 * Using "Troop Dragon" and/or "Masked Dragon" is very useful, as either card can Summon another copy of itself when destroyed by battle and give "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon" an ATK boost.
 * As the ATK of both cards are very low, you can use "One Day of Peace" to prevent massive Battle Damage and draw a card.


 * This card works well in "Cyberdark" Decks as the main aim of the deck is to get Dragon-Type monsters into the Graveyard.
 * "King Dragun" can protect this card and other Dragons from being targeted by card effects, which can create a lockdown with "DNA Surgery". A Deck can be built around it, with this card being the Ace Monster.
 * "That Grass Looks Greener" can dump Dragons from your Deck to the Graveyard.
 * "White Veil" can ensure that this card will be able to attack without interruption.
 * If it is also equipped with "Tyrant Burst Dragon", this can lead to an OTK.
 * "Zaborg the Mega Monarch" can destroy itself with its effect, which will allow you to send at most 8 Dragons to your Graveyard, giving this card a maximum of 2400 additional ATK.
 * In case you fail to defeat your opponent with this card, put "Converging Wishes" in your Deck.
 * "Meteor Dragon Red-Eyes Impact", when Gemini Summoned, can protect this card from destruction.
 * This card can be used in a "Destruction Sword/Buster Blader" Deck, due to the amount of Dragon-type Monsters used. "Buster Dragon" and "Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman" can lock down your opponent's Monsters, while yours will be powered up. In addition, "Dark Paladin's" effects make it a good backup plan if this card is defeated.
 * Summon "Grinder Golem" in Defense Position while you control this card and "Dragon's Rage", before attacking your opponent's new Monster for heavy damage.
 * This card's high Level makes it a good candidate for "Ante".
 * A Virus Control Deck revolving around Dragons can use this card with ease. The Viruses require you to Tribute a DARK Monster to activate them, which gives the cost two new purposes: Increasing this card's ATK and destroying your opponent's cards.
 * With Milling cards as support, your opponent will lose a huge chunk of their Deck, while this card will gain a heavy boost in ATK.
 * If one of your Xyz Monsters is "Number 92: Heart-eartH Dragon", "Fiend Comedian" is a good card to use. If you call it right, "Heart-eartH Dragon" will return when destroyed with 1000 ATK for every card banished from your opponent's Graveyard. If you call it wrong, several Dragons will be dumped into your Graveyard, powering this card up.
 * "Future Fusion" can be used to dump 5 Dragons in the Graveyard, and subsequently, summon "Five-Headed Dragon".
 * This card will have at least 6300 ATK if it is equipped with "Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword".


 * This card can be most rapidly summoned by using a "Black Dragon's Chick" or "The Black Stone of Legend" to instantly summon a "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" from your hand or Deck, then summoning this card from your hand. Doing it this way will also grant a minimum of 600 extra ATK for it.


 * Cards that require a discard cost (i.e. "Lightning Vortex", "The Dragon's Bead", "Raigeki Break") can enable you to dump Dragons into the Graveyard and boost this card's ATK while using your other card effects.


 * "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8"'s effect can also be beneficial, because you can stall for time until you draw a means to summon "Darkness Dragon".
 * You can also use "Cyberdark" cards as support, ultimately causing this blend to become an intimidating force.


 * A great card to use this with is "Elemental HERO Prisma", which can both fulfill the requirement of sending a "Red Eyes" on your field to the grave, and at the same time, place more copies of "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" into the Graveyard for future cards such as "Birthright" and "Swing of Memories".


 * A good card to combo with this card is "Armed Dragon LV5" or higher "Armed Dragon" monsters. By sending Dragon-Type monsters to the Graveyard, with "Armed Dragon LV5's" effect, you can increase "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon's" ATK while still destroying your opponent's monsters by discarding cards like "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". "Darkness Dragon" can easily become more powerful than those monsters. You can also use this card after Summoning "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" because this card can gain 900 ATK for the 3 "Blue-Eyes" in the Graveyard.


 * If you send Dragon-Type Normal Monsters to the Graveyard with the effect of "Spirit Ryu", you power up "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon" permanently while giving "Spirit Ryu" 1000 ATK for each monster sent (but only for the turn).


 * You can use "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" to revive "Red-Eyes B. Dragon", and then tribute it for this card.


 * You can Tune this card with a Level 1 Dragon-Type Tuner to Synchro Summon "Trident Dragion".


 * You can equip this card with "Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword", which will give it 800 ATK for each Dragon in your Graveyard. Said Fusion Monster is particularly helpful with this card, as Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon's ATK can reach around 5000 even if the number of Dragons in your Graveyard is at a minimum, and this card will have 3900 ATK if neither you nor your opponent have a single Dragon in your Graveyard(Although such is very unlikely).
 * A "Meteor Black Comet Dragon" that was Fusion Summoned by "Red-Eyes Fusion" can be Tributed to Summon this card. The effect of "Meteor Black Comet Dragon" can then be used to Special Summon a Normal Monster from the Graveyard. Alternatively, if "Meteor Black Comet Dragon" is destroyed by your opponent, you can use its effect to revive a "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" to Tribute for this card.

Traditional Format

 * This card can be searched by "Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms".
 * Choose this card when you activate "Last Turn", to send any remaining Dragons on your field or in your hand to the Graveyard. By the time you activate said Trap, this card's ATK will likely be high enough to destroy the Monster your opponent summons.
 * And to be sure your opponent cannot retaliate against this combo, use "Forbidden Graveyard" so the opponent cannot retaliate for being forced into this maneuver.
 * While the adult Dragon Rulers' Summoning Methods can be detrimental to this card's ATK, they can still be of help. Make sure your Deck contains "Necroface" so that all of your banished cards will return to your Deck, and you can send them to the Graveyard later on. The "Baby Rulers" can dump themselves along with another Dragon to the Graveyard to summon their adult forms, which works well with "Super Rejuvenation".
 * "Redox" can also be banished to add "Mythic Tree Dragon" and "Mythic Water Dragon" to your hand. Afterwards, they can be used to Xyz Summon a "Galaxy-Eyes" Xyz Monster, which itself can be used to Xyz Summon "Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon", whose effect can send 3 Dragons to the Graveyard.
 * They can be used to Xyz Summon "Number 11: Big Eye" and steal an opponent's Monster before attacking with both it and this card.
 * They can be used to Tribute Summon "Light and Darkness Dragon", whose negation effect can protect this card when it is attacking. Alternatively, the Monsters you banished can be brought back with "Return from the Different Dimension" and used for the Tribute Summon.
 * The "Adult Rulers" can be discarded along with a Dragon with the same attribute for different purposes. "Blaster" will destroy a pesky card on the field, "Redox" will summon a Monster from your Graveyard, "Tidal" will send a third Dragon to your Graveyard, and "Tempest" will add an important Dragon from your Deck to your hand.
 * Summon "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End" while you already control "Meteor Black Comet Dragon" and "Black Metal Dragon" before activating its effect. Use "Meteor Black Comet Dragon's" effect to summon "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" from your Graveyard, and use "Black Metal Dragon's" to add this card from your Deck to your hand. After summoning "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon", attack your opponent directly for a One Turn Kill.
 * Tribute Summoning "The Tyrant Neptune" using this card and "Five-Headed Dragon" will result in you gaining a Monster with at least 7400 ATK and 7000 DEF. Give "Neptune" this card's effect so that its ATK will continue to rise. If you have a minimum of 9 Dragons(Including the aforementioned Monsters) in your Graveyard when you Tribute Summon this card, it will have at least 10,100 ATK.
 * If you roll either of the numbers you declared with "Sixth Sense", you will draw more cards. Otherwise, you run the risk of sending more Dragons from your Deck to the Graveyard.
 * Use cards like "Card Destruction" or "Morphing Jar" to send Dragons from your hand to the Graveyard.
 * If you are also using Viruses(See the underlined tip above), your opponent will likely have less cards in their hand than before.
 * Alternatively, you can use "Forced Requisition" with them and similar cards to keep your opponent's hand small.


 * "Painful Choice", if you target 5 Dragon-Type monsters, can give this card at least 1200 ATK.