Forum:Dragunity Deck

Whoever at Konami had the idea to mix Dragons and Winged Beasts is a genius. The 2 Flying types are joined in unity... or rather, Dragunity!

This deck is all about Dragunity monsters; naturally, there's going to be a couple of odd-looking choices for this deck. First of all, there's 3 of every basic Dragunity monster except Tribul. Here's the run-down on them:
 * Phalanx: When equipped, it special summons itself. This is amazingly useful for synchro summons with the Winged Beast Dragunities.
 * Black Spear: Also quite useful for Synchro summons, because it's a tuner that summons Winged Beasts.
 * Dux: Summon it and it becomes a 1900 ATK beatstick at least. Quite good with Phalanx for a level 6 synchro.
 * Legion: With the swarming going on, suddenly being able to clear your opponent's field on a whim sounds pretty good.
 * Tribul: This is only in as 2 cards, mostly because unlike the other Dragunities its effect activates when special summoned as well.

As for the non-Dragunity monsters, there's Flying Kamakiri 1 to search out whichever I need. Debris Dragon can special summon Phalanx or Tribul for Synchro summons. Strong Wind Dragon can be a quite good beatstick with piercing, punishing defensive play. Behemoth's special summoning effect is perfect for Strong Wind Dragon or Synchro Summons, and it's even WIND. Finally, Lava Dragon is the only non-WIND monster of the group. It can special summon Phalanx/Black Spear/Behemoth from my hand/grave, so it's a good swarming pick.

For spells, Foolish Burial is king, sending Phalanx to the grave or Winged Beasts to set up for Black Spear. United we Stand makes use of the swarming. Rising Air Current allows for some pretty huge monsters very easily. My Body as a Shield can block Torrential Tribute, Mirror Force, and Bottomless Trap Hole without it needing to be o n the field. Monster Reborn has the ability to bring back whatever I need. MST does what it normally does. De-Synchro is something of a tech card, with the ability to deal with a Stardust Dragon and other cards very easily, or to cycle between my own Synchros quickly. Finally, Heavy Storm can deal with troublesome cards (such as Skill Drain, which would mess this deck up).

There's quite a few traps, but I think that's for the best. Icarus Attack can make good use of some of my Winged Beasts (especially Tribul, whose use is limited at best once summoned). Burst Breath can take out a lot of monsters at once, and if used with a powerful enough monster could easily clear the field. Mirror Force can deal with a swarm of monsters. Waboku blocks OTKs and can make cards such as Honest and Kalut useless. Miyabi makes good use of the swarms as well, getting rid of troublesome opposing monsters. Finally, Torrential Tribute can block a swarm of monsters.

For the extra deck, I've got Vajuranda, which can become a frankly incredible card; I can use it as a 3800+ beatstick, or equip Phalanx, summon it, and go for level 8. Gaedarg is a great card, with an amazing search engine that is easily abusable with De-Synchro. Gaebolg isn't quite as amazing, but it can really pull its weight in the damage step, boosting itself to at least 3200. Of course, I don't especially want my Winged Beasts removed from play, so it stays at one. Goyo Guardian's theft effect can be very useful, setting up for Synchro summons. Dragonwing's burn effect is frankly really good, and worth having: Black Rose Dragon is always worth having as a last resort. Stardust is also always worth it; so in my opinion is Thought Ruler Archfiend, which can protect itself from effects that Stardust cannot (IE: Brain Control, Magic Cylinder, etc.) Catastor goes in at 2 for its effect and ease of summoning in this deck; Legion equipped with Phalanx will do it in a flash. Dark Strike Fighter, the famous finisher, is another must-have; finally, Red Dragon Archfiend has the ability to tear down walls, so it goes in.

Tell me what you think of this concept deck. Runer5h 03:33, 15 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

It sounds great, but how in the **** did you get these? You live in the U.S.A. ?


 * Ahem... "Tell me what you think of this concept deck." I haven't made it yet. So, any suggestions? Runer5h 03:40, 15 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

On further reflection, I've decided to make some changes.

Many of these changes are to deal with the new format coming up. (Farewell, DSF... sniff...) With that in mind, I replaced Monster Reborn with Call of the Haunted. However, some choices are just to deal with some bad choices I made. There's one less Icarus Attack, because the deck doesn't have such a huge amount of Winged Beasts. Next, I decided to go to 1 Debris Dragon, as it isn't that useful for Synchro summons. Strong Wind Dragon also is gone, as is Rising Air Current - I feel I don't really need the extra beatdown.

Consequentially, I added in another Behemoth for being quite good; Card Trooper, for beatsticking prowess, milling, and card drawing; and a single Summoner Monk because that's all I can have. It can search out Kamakiri, Debris, and Dux; but more importantly, it can search out Lava Dragon, this deck's Rescue Cat. Summoning Lava Dragon and bringing out one each of Phalanx and Black-Spear means that if I have both Dragunity Dux and Legion in the grave, I can use Black-Spear's revival ability to bring out any synchro leveled 5 to 8. (To get to 8, I synchro summon Vajuranda, equip Phalanx; Phalanx special summons itself and I tune the 2 together.)

For spells, the only addition was a single Pot of Avarice. It lends a little draw power to this deck and can recycle monsters used in synchro summons. Only one goes in because I'm wary of taking too much out of the graveyard; this deck thrives on bringing things out of the grave, be it equipping Phalanxes or using Black-Spear's effect.

For traps, I mentioned the -1 Icarus and Call's addition. I also put in Limit Reverse because it has so many targets; Card Trooper to mill my deck and be a beatstick; Summoner Monk to bring out a plethora of monsters; Black Spear for special summoning any Winged-Beast from my grave; and Phalanx/Debris Dragon for synchro summons. Limit Reverse is amazing in this deck.

Tell me what you think of this new, improved concept deck. Runer5h 15:50, 17 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h


 * Another change: I'm swapping out Debris Dragon for Soldier of Mist Valley, which has a great bounce effect and works with Summoner Monk and Icarus Attack. 72.85.145.229 18:30, 17 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h


 * Personally I think this is a great concept deck, especially seeing how Dragunity is very unsupported at the moment. --Trivi-AM 18:54, 17 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks... Anyways, I'm making another small change; scrapping one Lava Dragon (I forgot it only works in DEF mode, which is quite frustrating) for Koa'ki Meiru Drago. It's a beatstick with a great control effect, so no reason not to use it. Plus, it's WIND (works with Miyabi) and Dragon (works with Burst Breath), and overall a great way to start a game. If summoned with a set Miyabi or Burst Breath, it's amazing. Runer5h 23:18, 17 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Just a note for Twin-Headed Behemoth, according to the rulings, you can use the effect only once per duel. The 'once per duel' is shared among all copies of him, so if one got destroyed & re-summoned, if the 2nd were to get destroyed later, he could not, be re-summoned.Resk 01:13, 18 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Aww... in that case, I'll remove one for another Drago. Runer5h 15:35, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Side Deck

 * Royal Oppression x2
 * Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror x2
 * Light-Imprisoning Mirror x2
 * Mirror of Oaths x2
 * D.D. Crow x2
 * Thunder King Rai-Oh x2
 * Overworked x1
 * D.D. Warrior Lady x2

If you have any questions about this side deck, feel free to ask. But don't hesitate to make suggestions about the main deck either! Runer5h 21:25, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

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i have some questions what are the types of monsters i really dont get them Blackwingggys 22:47, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Can you elaborate? The types of the monsters are generally Dragon and Winged Beast, but I'm not sure why you needed to ask that. Runer5h 22:52, 19 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

oh more Icarus attack it depends on how many winged beasts you have oh and swallows nest thats a great card well thats it R5h hope this helps oh and i got kicked off all 3 channels forever so if you can duel i want to duel here ##yugi-wiki i made it its a very nice place Blackwingggys 23:40, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * OK. By the way, your name gave me an idea; I'm dropping a copy of Black Spear for a single Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind. It's a phenomenal card, with its Shrink effect earning it a Limited status. And being a Winged Beast means it has synergy with Black Spear and Icarus Attak - plus, I can put in Armor Master, which is great. Runer5h 02:43, 20 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Come on, any more ideas? Runer5h 15:59, 20 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h


 * When I looked at Dragunity I instantly thought SIMORGH FOOD! What you've done is interesting, it's not what I would've done fuse Blackwings and Dragunity and to include Simorgh. That's clearly not what you've done though... The immediate fixes I see are:
 * -1 United We Stand
 * -1 Pot of Avarice (you want stuff in the grave...)
 * -1 Burst Breath (sub-par)
 * -2 Koa'ki Meiru Drago (this stays in the side)
 * -1 Card Trooper (Sorry, never liked this)
 * -1 Lava Dragon (interesting but not good enough, the DEF mode kills it)
 * +1 Soldier of Mist Valley (SO AMAZING!)
 * +3 Reckless Greed (slow deck is slow... sometimes ;))
 * +1 Icarus Attack (you have sufficient targets for 2)

--Tantara 01:16, 21 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the ideas. I think I will remove United, Pot, Burst Breath, and Lava Dragon. Hwever, Drago is too good to not have in a deck that it has amazing synergy with; Card Trooper can add some of that speed you mentioned. Icarus and Greed go in, but not Soldier of Mist Valley; I feel like the number of tuners is about right for now - 7 is enough.

As for my own removals, I think that the 2 Waoku can afford to go now; I don't need that much protection. Besides, I had an awful lot of traps. In their place I put in one copy of Lady Ninja Yae, for clearing my opponent's S/T zone and loading the grave; and a single Lightning Vortex for loading my grave.

So, now the deck looks like this.

Thanks, Tantara, for your input. Any more ideas? Runer5h 15:39, 21 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

so far i think its great :) Blackwingggys 15:49, 21 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks! It's evolved into more of a Synchro/Control deck than I envisioned (I thought it would be just Synchro) seeing as I have multiple Miyabis, Icaruses, and copies of Yae and Legion, but that's not a bad thing. Any other ideas? Runer5h 17:33, 21 August 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

4.0
After testing the deck, it needs those Pots of Avarice. The deck will Synchro Summon 5 or 6 times a duel, and it needs to recycle its monsters better than it is currently (it isn't recycling monsters at all right now). Meanwhile, I'm getting no use out of Summoner Monk because there's not a lot of spells and only one good target. Soldier of Mist Valley and Lady Ninja Yae are also getting dropped. I'm also taking out one copy of Miyabi.

Now, I'm putting in another copy of Lightning Vortex, because I need it desperately. Sangan can search out monsters, as can another Kamakiri. Runer5h 17:17, September 4, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h


 * Well, I must say that the deck is working very well indeed. Runer5h 03:07, September 5, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

4.5
This is mostly a tweak job, adding some staples I figure will help this deck and bringing it down to 40 cards. First off, I did some cutting. I've only got one copy of Black-Spear, as it is the least useful of the Dragunities, and can always be searched from the deck by Kamakiri, or sent to the grave in a variety of ways to be brought back using Limit Reverse or Call of the Haunted. Card Trooper was difficult to remove, but it was necessary; too often I was milling my spells and traps instead of monsters. Also, I'm removing Drago; the deck doesn't have enough dragons now to justify it in anywhere but the side deck. For spells, I cut only a copy of De-Synchro because it was more of a tech card than anything. And in traps, I dropped Miyabi only, as it wasn't proving too useful.

For the additions, I put Soldier of Mist Valley back in - but not Summoner Monk. In the spell department, I stuck in a copy of Cold Wave; this deck is reliant on monster effects for its synchro summons (with the exception of Foolish Burial) so I'd rather not go to the trouble of bringing out, say, Colossal Fighter and falling into Bottomless Trap Hole. Speaking of Bottomless, I stuck 2 copies of that in to help with things such as Blackwing swarms and my opponent's pesky synchros. Runer5h 21:27, September 9, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

5.0
See the changes yourself. Basically, I made room for the new card Harmony's Treasure from Absolute Powerforce, which I think really will speed the deck up. It's another draw card and it works with Black-Spear and, more importantly, Phalanx. Runer5h 20:58, September 20, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

6.0
This new version basically revamps the deck for the new cards from DT07. I've cut out Tribul entirely and am sticking in a stock of 2 Dragunity - Brandistocks (turns Dux into a 1900-ATK double attacker) and 2 Dragunity - Militums (will allow me to do some special summoning from the S/T zone even without Phalanx). Also, I've taken out my copy of Twin-Headed Behemoth, and I am putting in 2 copies of Necro Gardna and one The Tricky. Tricky's method of special summon allows me to pull off combos by discarding Phalanx or Brandistock and following up with a summon of Dux or Legion. The Gardnas, meanwhile, work with the variety of discard effects in the deck; it's a good first-turn set. To compensate, I also took out a Soldier of Mist Valley.

For spells, I put in a copy of One for One. This allows me to search out Brandistock if I want to synchro summon, and I can discard Necro Gardna, another Brandistock, or Phalanx, etc, for the summon. For traps, I removed an Icarus Attack and a Limit Reverse. Runer5h 23:11, October 13, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

This is just a suggestion, and I don't expect you to use it, but what about Dark Simorgh? I know you only have 4-5 Dark Monsters, but It's still just a suggestion, or you could at least Side it based on your opponent's play style.--Akiza'sRose66 14:16, October 21, 2009 (UTC)


 * I've changed up the deck. Thanks, Aki, Simorgh sounds like a nice side-deck idea. Runer5h 19:17, October 21, 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Just a thought
This is also just a suggestion but the dragunities do have otk possibilities. If you add in one futurefusion and maybe a card destruction you can send the dragons to the graveyard by targeting five god dragon. Then if you pull out any of the wing beasts that equip you can pull out the level six synchro that equips followed by the eight that equips as many as possible. This pulls out tree of the special summon tuner from grave and then synchs one for tridient dragion who then targets the other two for the additional attacks. This is something I plan to focus on when building my dragunity deck :)


 * I wish. Barcha (the level 8) requires a Winged Beast non-tuner, and unfortunately Vajuranda (the level 6) isn't one. Not to say I don't love to abuse the heck out of Trident Dragion in this deck. Runer5h 20:39, April 1, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h

Brionac
I think you could put in a Brionac in the Extra deck you can clean your oponents field and send some dragunity monsters to the grave where they might be more useful

dragunity arms
there is a new sub archetype as everyone here knows. are you going to incorperate them? user:Jak Da Koopa 22nd april 2010


 * I certainly won't use Dragunity Arms Laevatein, because it RFGs my monsters. Dragunity Arms Misteil is a bit of a better choice IMHO, as it only sends to the graveyard. Dragunity Acuris, on the other hand, is amazing. Combos with Cards of Consonance. Has an amazing combo with Dragunity Legionnaire (send that to the grave to take out their monster, and as a bonus take out another of their cards too!). It's a great card, and I just need to find out where to put it. Runer5h 02:32, April 22, 2010 (UTC)Runer5h