Dark Armed Return

This deck focuses on getting Dark Armed Dragon on the field. A good Dark Armed Return deck uses the Destiny Hero cards such as Destiny Draw and Destiny Hero - Disk Commander to draw cards and then when you have more than three monsters in the graveyard it uses cards like Prometheus, King of the Shadows to even out the graveyard so that you can summon Dark Armed Dragon (DAD). Dark Armed Return decks tend to deal the finishing blows with cards like Return from the Different Dimension or Escape from the Dark Dimension to summon the cards removed from play by Dark Armed Dragon's effect to the field.

While Dark Armed Return builds are very strong, they have an established weakness against Lightsworn decks, that can swarm the field quickly and overpower the opponent before they can set up a Dark Armed Dragon combo. The banning of Dimension Fusion and the Limiting of Return from the Different Dimension has slowed down the deck's ability to counter the swarming abilities of Lightsworn decks. It has also lead to the deck's inability to successfully counter Gladiator Beast decks.

Monster Cards

 * Dark Armed Dragon
 * Elemental Hero Stratos
 * Destiny Hero - Disk Commander (Traditional Format only, as of September 2008)
 * Destiny Hero - Fear Monger
 * Destiny Hero - Dasher
 * Snipe Hunter
 * Armageddon Knight
 * Sangan
 * Caius the Shadow Monarch
 * Destiny Hero - Malicious
 * D.D. Crow
 * Spirit Reaper
 * Darklord Zerato
 * Dark Grepher
 * Jinzo
 * Cyber Valley
 * Dark Magician of Chaos (Traditional Format only, as of September 2008)
 * Prometheus, King of the Shadows
 * Phantom of Chaos

Spell Cards

 * Allure of Darkness
 * Destiny Draw
 * Dimension Fusion (Traditional Format only)
 * D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation
 * Premature Burial (Traditional Format only, as of September 2008)
 * Monster Reborn
 * Reinforcement of the Army

Trap Cards

 * Escape from the Dark Dimension
 * Return from the Different Dimension
 * Trap Dustshoot
 * Mirror Force
 * Solemn Judgment
 * Crush Card Virus
 * Limit Reverse
 * Phoenix Wing Wind Blast