Card Tips:Victory Dragon

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TIME TO DECLARE VICTORY

The mightiest Dragon monster of all time has finally arrived in Yu-Gi-Oh!: "Victory Dragon" has huge attack power, even bigger defense, and it's the only monster in the game that can win not just the Duel, but the entire Match in one blow!

The winner of a Match is normally the person who can win two out of three Duels. In real tournaments you have to win Matches, not just Duels, against your opponents. If you can defeat your opponent with "Victory Dragon" you only have to win one Duel, instead of two.

Of course, with great power comes a great sacrifice, and "Victory Dragon" can seem challenging to get on the field-—three Dragons is a lot to Tribute! But never fear, because there are lots of ways you can make Tribute Summoning this behemoth a little bit easier.

RITE OF SUMMONING

First up, "Troop Dragon" and "Masked Dragon" will both replace themselves when attacked. Each is a Dragon-Type monster, so they're fair game for "Victory Dragon"'s Tribute requirements. Not only will they Summon new Dragons to Tribute, but they'll also defend your Life Points and trade off in battle against other mid-sized monsters. That can be really valuable when you need to clear your opponent's side of the field of monsters for "Victory Dragon"'s attack.

If you already have three monsters of any Type out, you can flip "D. Tribe" to change them into Dragons until the end of the turn! You could pack your Deck with lots of high defense monsters, like "Big Shield Gardna" or "Destiny Hero - Defender," and when the time is right you can transform them into Dragons with "D. Tribe" and Tribute them to Summon "Victory Dragon."

You could even steal control of one of your opponent's monsters with a card like "Brain Control" or "Brain Jacker." When you flip "D. Tribe," the "borrowed" monsters will turn into Dragons too! Other monsters that can Special Summon themselves, like "Cyber Dragon" or "Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World," can really speed up this strategy.

WITH THIS DRAGON, VICTORY IS ASSURED!

OUTFLANK THE ENEMY

In fact, Special Summoning monsters to Tribute is a great way to make sure "Victory Dragon" makes it to the field! You could Special Summon two Dragons to the field with "Lord of D." and "The Flute of Summoning Dragon." Even better, if you're playing a Deck based around Fusion Summoning "Five-Headed Dragon" (from Dinosaur's Rage Special Set) with "Dragon's Mirror," you'll have a lot of Dragons in your Removed Zone. You could return them all to the field with "Return from the Different Dimension," and then Tribute off the three weakest ones for "Victory Dragon"! That would leave you with three monsters on the field: "Five-Headed Dragon" and your other monsters could take chunks out of your opponent's Life Points, and "Victory Dragon" could attack to finish them off and win you the entire match.

Protecting "Victory Dragon" is important too. "Lord of D." will keep it safe from cards that would target it, like "Exiled Force" or "Ring of Destruction." Fuse "Lord of D." with "Divine Dragon Ragnarok" and it becomes "King Dragun"! (You can find "King Dragun" in packs of Dark Revelation 3, available in Ultimate Edition 2 this holiday season.) Sure, this powerful Fusion Monster prevents cards from targeting your Dragons, but it also lets you Special Summon a Dragon from your hand each turn. That can really help you when you're still trying to gather three Dragons to Tribute!

"Victory Dragon" is completely different from any other monster ever released in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME. It's a truly unique powerhouse, and when it hits the field your opponent will have to act fast to keep up. It's huge, it's fearsome, and you can only find this sweet new monster here in SHONEN JUMP!