Kuraz Explosion

This FTK deck devolves around the abuse of 'Kuraz the Lightning Monarch', which is used to draw your entire deck and give to the opponent an impressive amount of direct damage thanks to 'Magical Explosion'. The deck is almost built in the OCG, due to 'Arms Hole' and due to the recent bannings for the Advanced format in the TCG, that make this deck only playable in the Traditional format.

The deck uses two or three copies each of 'Kuraz the Light Monarch and 'Cyber Valley', that provide the useful cards for the combo. 'Arms Hole' is used to search 'D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation', 'Premature Burial' and 'Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade' (the last one almost used only to boost 'Spell Reproduction', 'Magical Stone Excavation', 'Hand Destruction' and 'Card Destruction'). 'Destiny Hero - Disk Commander' is a good card, because it is a warrior-type monster (so that it can be eliminated from the game via Phoenix Blade) and because it provides drawing via 'Premature Burial' or 'Monster Reborn. This deck also uses a Destiny Hero drawing mechanich, involving 'Elemental Hero Stratos', 'Destiny Hero - Dogma' or 'Destiny Hero - Plasma', 'Trade-In' and 'Destiny Draw' (less usual is 'Allure of Darkness'). The deck also abuses the combo 'Dark Magician of Chaos'/'Dimension Fusion'.

Keys for this deck are also 'Reasoning' and 'Monster Gate, that fill the graveyard with the spell cards needed in order to use the effect of 'Magical Explosion. Since in the TCG this deck can be used only for the Traditional format, good choiches are also 'Pot of Greed', 'Graceful Charity' and 'Painful Choice'. 'Giant Trunade' is a good card, because it eliminates fastidious spell and trap cards and because it can be used to retrieve both 'Premature Burial' and 'D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation'. Sometimes one or two copies of 'Foolish Burial are also used.

Uncommon choices are 'Spell Economics' and 'Machine Duplication'. 'Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude' could also be put in the deck, even if it slows the combo very much (sometimes giving your opponent enough time to set 'Solemn Judgment', 'Dark Bribe' and other cards denying the effect of your monsters and spells).

The deck is weak against many cards. 'Royal Decree' and 'Jinzo' can deny the effect of 'Magical Explosion, and both 'Banisher of the Radiance' and 'Macro Cosmos' make the card uneffective. It is still possible to win withouth the Explosion (since the deck is able to summon a bunch of monsters in a very short time), but those card may get the deck very vulnerable. 'Skill Drain' denies the effect of all monsters in play, making thisn deck simply not working at all, and so in for 'Royal Oppression'. 'Prohibition' is also difficult to face off, since it can be used against the summoning of Kuraz - thus slowing the deck very much. 'Imperial Order' simply kills the deck.

It is important when using this deck to go as fast as possible and to be very attentive to the order in wich the various cards are played.