"Dragunity" (ドラグニティ－ Doragunitï) is an archetype released in the Duel Terminal. The term "Dragunity" is a portmanteau of the words Dragon and Unity. Their effects mainly revolve around equipping any Level 3 or lower Dragon monsters in your Graveyard to your Winged Beast monsters in play (in the sense of the Dragons transforming into weapons, or the Winged-Beast "Dragunity" monsters "uniting" with their Dragon "steeds" as "Dragunity Knights"). Because of their heavy focus on sending monsters to the Spell & Trap Card Zones, the "Dragunity" archetype is often compared to the "Crystal Beast" and "Cyberdark" archetypes. They also utilize powerful Dragon Synchro Monsters, although they require Dragon Tuner monsters as well as Winged Beast non-Tuners.
Design
Appearance
The Dragon "Dragunity" monsters so far all have armor which either covers most of their body ("Dragunity Phalanx"), or have a piece of armor that resembles, and is named after, a weapon (i.e. "Dragunity Darkspear"), or wielding the weapons themselves (i.e. "Dragunity Arma Leyvaten").
Etymology
"Dragunity" is probably a portmanteau of "Dragon" and "Unity".
The Dragon "Dragunity" monsters are named after either a pole weapon or a strategic military grouping, except "Dragunity Arma Gram". By contrast, the Winged Beast "Dragunity" monsters seem to be named after historical warriors (e.g. "Dragunity Legionnaire" is named after the common solider in the Roman army).
Members
Playing style
The main purpose of "Dragunity" Decks is to have combo plays available for easy Synchro Summons. "Dragunity Phalanx" and "Dragunity Couse" are the key cards here - Tuner monsters that can be Special Summoned while they are equipped to a monster. By equipping "Phalanx" or "Couse" to either "Dragunity Dux" or "Dragunity Legionnaire" (both of which can equip the tuners as soon as they're Normal Summoned), they allow access to Level 5 to 8 Synchro Monsters. Alternatively, "Dragunity Senatus" can equip itself with a tuner from the deck by discarding a "Dragunity" card.The most used Synchro Monster in this Deck is "Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana", which has similar equipping abilities to "Dux" and "Legionnaire" that can be utilized to Synchro Summon Level 8 or 10 monster (using "Dragunity Knight - Barcha" as an intermediate Synchro Monster). This is commonly known as a "Synchro Climb".
This combo only requires "Dux" in your hand and "Phalanx" or "Couse" in your Graveyard, and it is incredibly simple to set-up with the help of "Dragon Ravine". It's basically a "Dragunity" version of either "Reinforcement of the Army" or "Foolish Burial", it allows you to placing cards necessary for your combo, while also maintains the longevity and consistency of your combo. This allows you to continuously Synchro Summons in virtually every turn. A notable Synchro monster to make with this combo is "Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon". After Shining Victories it is very easy to make in "Dragunity", requiring the "Dux" and "Phalanx" combo, Synchro Summoning "Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana then equipping "Phalanx" again.
Cards like "Dragunity Arma Mystletainn", "Instant Fusion" (with "Mavelus"), "Garuda the Wind Spirit" "Silpheed" and “Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite" can provide more Summoning power, exponentially increasing their speed and allows more Synchro and Xyz Summons in one turn. "Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms" ,combined with "Gold Sarcophagus" can also help search "Dragunity Arma Mystletainn" (or any other WIND Dragon monster necessary for your combo), aiding in consistency.
Other support cards such as "Hieratic Dragon King of Atum" and "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" allows the deck to take their Synchro Summoning power into the next level, raising their capabilities of Summoning multiple monsters at once, and at the same time, allows them to occasionally perform an OTK or create near-invulnerable fields such as "Stardust Dragon" + "Queen Dragun Djinn" + "Photon Strike Bounzer" combination. Because of this, they can also utilize Rank 6 Xyz Monster for handling certain difficult-to-approach scenarios, such as "Gauntlet Launcher", "Constellar Ptolemy M7", "Number 24: Dragulas the Vampiric Dragon", and "Number 39: Utopia Beyond".
However, "Dragon Ravine" was at a low legal number, burdening "Dragunity" with a major loss in consistency and power, while "Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms" is now Forbidden. With the September 2017 List (TCG) and October 2017 list (OCG), "Dragon Ravine" is no longer on either lists, thus "Dragunity" regaining all of its former consistency.
- Dragunity Phalanx
- Dragunity Aklys
- Dragunity Darkspear
- Dragunity Dux
- Dragunity Legionnaire
- Dragunity Arma Mystletainn
- Dragunity Arma Leyvaten
- Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite
- Garuda the Wind Spirit
- Silpheed
- Crane Crane
- Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
- Destrudo the Lost Dragon's Frisson
- Dragunity Senatus
- Dragunity Couse
- Dragunity Legatus
- Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms
- Dragunity Remus
- Dragunity Arma Gram
- Koa'ki Meiru Drago
- Dragunity Guisarme
- Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana
- Dragunity Knight - Gae Dearg
- Dragunity Knight - Ascalon
- Dragunity Knight - Trident
- Dragunity Knight - Areadbhair
- Dragunity Knight - Gae Bulg
- Dragunity Knight - Barcha
- Stardust Dragon
- Stardust Spark Dragon
- Scrap Dragon
- Hot Red Dragon Archfiend
- Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend
- Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon
- Goyo King
- Borreload Savage Dragon
- Trident Dragion
- Leo, the Keeper of the Sacred Tree
- Clear Wing Synchro Dragon
- Ancient Fairy Dragon
- Samsara, Dragon of Rebirth
- Hi-Speedroid Chanbara
Konami Rental Deck (OCG April 1st Restriction List)
Weaknesses
The Deck's main strategy is "Dragunity Dux", "Legionnaire", or "Senatus" which makes negating their effects with "Effect Veiler" or "Breakthrough Skill", or destroying them before their equipping effects kicks in with "Bottomless Trap Hole", "Torrential Tribute" and "Solemn Warning" really troublesome for any "Dragunity" players (especially in early game stage). "Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit" also proves very problematic, causing key cards to resolve without effect such as "Dragon Ravine", "Dux", "Legionnaire", "Vajrayana" and "Phalanx".
"Dragunity" Decks relies on their Graveyard since they need monsters like "Dragunity Phalanx" or “Dragunity Couse” in the Graveyard to execute their combo plays, which means cards that banishes like "D.D. Crow", "Crevice Into the Different Dimension", "Chain Disappearance" and "Banisher of the Radiance", or cards that prohibits Graveyard access like "Necrovalley" and "The End of Anubis" can be reliable counters against "Dragunity" Decks. Since most "Dragunity" Decks are built in turbo-style combo based strategy, cards that disallows or disrupts Special Summons such as "Vanity's Emptiness" and "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo" is very catastrophic for this Deck.
Despite the numerous disadvantages "Dragunity" users face, "Dragunity" Decks also have ways of dealing with these cards. "Debunk" and "Mind Drain" can stop "Maxx "C", "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness", "Effect Veiler", and "Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit", while "Imperial Iron Wall" completely annihilate any and all banishing attempts (albeit it also prevents you from Special Summoning any of "Dragon Rulers" if you utilize them). You can add Spell/Trap removal cards to get rid of threats like "Poisonous Winds", "Dimensional Fissure", "Macro Cosmos", "Vanity's Emptiness", etc.
Trivia
- Their archetype symbol is the green emerald for the Dragon monsters, and for the Winged Beast monsters is the green emerald surrounded by a gold outline of wings.
- Each Dragunity Knight is made up out of a Winged-Beast Dragunity monster and a "grown up" form of a Dragon Tuner Dragunity monster.
- Dragunity Knight Gae Dearg is Legionnaire riding what looks like a grown up Darkspear
- Dragunity Knight Gae Bulg is Dux riding what looks like a grown up Phalanx
- Dragunity Knight Luin is Senatus (older Tribus) riding what looks like a grown up Couse
- Dragunity Knight Vajrayana is Militan riding what looks like a grown up Aklys
- Dragunity Knight Trident is Primus Pilus riding a grown up Javalin (According to "Master's Guide")
- Dragunity Knight Barcha is Angusticlavii riding what looks like a grown up Pilum
- Dragunity Knight Ascalon looks like Dux riding the embodiment of Dragunity's Lance of Divinity (who looks like a combination of all 9 Dragon Tuner Dragunity monsters)
- While all Winged-Beast Dragunity monsters have a partner, 3 Dragon Tuner Dragunity monsters don't have a partner or "grown up" form. Namely Brandistock, Partisan and Corsesca.
- As with the "Blackwing" archetype, there is a heavy distinction between the Tuner monsters and the non-Tuner monsters in terms of appearance. Similar to "Blackwings", the non-Tuner monsters are all humanoids in bird outfits with mechanical-like wings, while the Tuner monsters are composed of small, armored dragons (whereas the "Blackwing" Tuner monsters are all small birds).
- Their "rider and mount" style, as depicted in their "Dragunity Knight" forms, are also adopted by later archetypes, such as "Gusto" and "Ritual Beast" (albeit with different types and mechanics).
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