Forum:The hardest substance in Duel Monsters

Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude has been one of my favourite cards for a very long time. The ability to use Spells for no cost is incredible. It just feels like a shame that people only ever really use it for 3 things: Monster Gate, Magical Stone Excavation and Lightning Vortex. The deck I present to you today uses him in an entirely different way.

{{Decklist|Diamond Dude’s Friends
 * color=
 * color2=
 * monsters =
 * Ancient Gear Golem x3
 * Dark Magician Knight
 * Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude x3
 * Don Zaloog x2
 * Elemental Hero Stratos
 * Mataza the Zapper x2
 * Mystic Tomato x3
 * Sangan
 * Spirit Reaper x2
 * Summoner Monk
 * spells =
 * A Feather of the Phoenix x3
 * Allure of Darkness
 * Dark Hole
 * Des Croaking
 * Destiny Draw
 * Knight's Title x2
 * Magical Stone Excavation
 * Mega Ton Magical Cannon
 * Monster Reborn
 * Ojama Delta Hurricane!!
 * Reinforcement of the Army
 * Short Circuit
 * Spell Gear x2
 * Trade-In
 * traps =
 * Royal Decree x3

Let’s start with the spells. Diamond Dude will allow me to use them all for no cost, so I’m running 2 summoning spells – Spell Gear and Knight’s Title. Using them, I can summon Ancient Gear Golem and Dark Magician Knight. I’m also running some field wipers – all 4 of them, in fact. I’m using all 4 since I never know what I might end up gaining through Monster Reborn/Creature Swap, so I may as well give myself a chance to use all of them.

As for other spells, my most important one is A Feather of the Phoenix. It will allow me to easily score a hit with Diamond Dude. Destiny Draw and Trade-In are good draw power, as is Allure – the difference being, Allure will be more useful if I draw it, while the other two are best hit by Diamond Dude. Dark Hole and Monster Reborn are obvious. Reinforcement of the Army is great for searching warriors, and Magical Stone Excavation can get me back good spells, most notably A Feather of the Phoenix.

Next up, monsters. 3 Diamond Dudes allow me to use my otherwise high-cost spells easily. Ancient Gear Golem and Dark Magician Knight can be summoned through Knight’s Title and Spell Gear. Stratos searches Diamond Dude, as do Sangan, Mystic Tomato and Summoner Monk. Of course, he’s not all they can search. I’m also running Don Zaloog and Spirit Reaper. They work great with my field wipers, allowing easy discards against my opponent. Lastly, an odd choice – Mataza the Zapper. He can stack up a lot of damage on an opponent with a clear field.

The only traps I have are Royal Decrees, not because I couldn’t think of any better ones, but because I didn’t have enough space.

As always, I’m looking for suggestions. I will be testing it out myself, but outside help is always good, too.

One last question – should I use Landoise's Luminous Moss? Thanks. Battlemaniac (talk • contribs) 13:18, June 7, 2011 (UTC)