Changes: Red Dragon Archfiend (archetype)

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"Red Dragon Archfiend", known as "Red Daemon" (レッド・デーモン Reddo Dēmon) in Japan, is an archetype used by Jack Atlas and Fake Jack Atlas in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime and manga as well as an alternate dimension Jack in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime series.

The archetype is a sub-archetype of the "Archfiend" archetype, and primarily consists of Jack Atlas' Signer Dragon, "Red Dragon Archfiend", and Duel Dragon, "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend", and their upgraded forms in the anime and manga, respectively.

This archetype is the rival to the "Stardust" archetype, used by Jack's rival, Yusei Fudo.

Design

Tyrant Dragon and Scarlight Dragon — "Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend" alongside its evolution, "Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend"

In general, members of this archetype appear as armored, demonic dragons with curling horns and spikes all throughout the body. The root of their design comes from the painting The Great Red Dragon by William Blake.

Playing style

Compared to the more passive "Stardust Dragon", which specializes in negating card effects and overall defense, "Red Dragon Archfiends" have a more smash mouth strategy, revolving around destruction, Special Summoning Tuner monsters and a dominating field presence. The archetype has tremendous synergy with the "Resonator" archetype, making for a very effective Synchro engine.

Skilled players can very quickly Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend" and use it as a bridge to the more powerful monsters. Because of its aggressive style, it meshes very well with cards like "Dark Highlander" (for Special Summon locking) "Black Rose Dragon" and its counterpart, "Black Rose Moonlight Dragon" all the while reaping the benefits of Synchro Summoning. This provides a lot of raw muscle for overpowering the opponent and ample opportunity to force them into a corner early on. From there, cards like "Red Nova Dragon" come into play - not only does it gain 500 ATK for each Tuner monster in the player's Graveyard (it will gain at least 1000 ATK just from Synchro Summoning it), but it has the ability to banish itself to negate an opposing monster's attack and return at the end of the next turn, slowing down the opponent's offensive.

As of April 1st 2020, the deck has seen increased viability due to not being limited to the Extra Monster Zone and discarding its 'protect-the-castle' strategy. With the addition of "Red Supernova Dragon", the game plan is to make it turn one, not difficult with the inclusion of "Crimson Resonator", and protect it with further Synchro monsters such as "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss" and defensive cards such as "Scrap-Iron Signal" or "Return of the Dragon Lords". "Supernova Dragon's" built-in protection combined with its mass banishment effect make it a formidable boss monster that's difficult for your opponent to deal with.

Weaknesses

The archetype has rather lacklustre personal defense, requiring the staple toolbox of Traps and Spells to stay alive in a crisis. One who plays the archetype has to be wary of Decks that outpace it.

The Deck can be rather easily defeated by anti-Synchro or anti-Dragon archetypes. This makes it especially vulnerable to the "Meklord" and "Buster Blader" archetypes. Cards like "Raigeki", "Mind Control", and "Clear Wing Synchro Dragon" quickly prove invaluable.

Recommended cards

Official Deck

Post TDIL Deck[1]

Monsters

Effect Monsters

Tuner monsters

Extra Deck

Synchro Monsters

Spells & Traps

Spells

Traps

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 | image   = ConExclusive-RedDragonArchfiends.png
 | caption = "[[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend]]", "[[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss]]" and "[[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Bane]]"
+| ja_name      = レッド・デーモン
-| fr_name = Dragon Rouge Archdémon
+| romaji       = Reddo Dēmon
-| fr_trans= Archdemon Red Dragon
+| trans        = Red Daemon
-| de_name = Rotdrachen-Erzunterweltler
-| de_trans= Red Dragon Archunderworlder
+| fr_name      = Dragon Rouge Archdémon
+| fr_trans     = Archdemon Red Dragon
-| it_name = Arcidemone Drago Rosso
+| de_name      = Rotdrachen-Erzunterweltler
-| it_trans= Red Dragon Archdemon
+| de_trans     = Red Dragon Archunderworlder
-| ko_name = 레드 데몬
+| it_name      = Arcidemone Drago Rosso
-| ko_trans= Red Daemon
+| it_trans     = Red Dragon Archdemon
+| ko_name      = 레드 데몬
+| ko_trans     = Red Daemon
 | ko_romanized = Redeu Demon
-| pt_name = Dragão Vermelho Arquidemônio
+| pt_name      = Dragão Vermelho Arquidemônio
-| pt_trans= Archdemon Red Dragon
+| pt_trans     = Archdemon Red Dragon
-| es_name = Dragón Rojo Archidemonio
+| es_name      = Dragón Rojo Archidemonio
-| es_trans= Archdemon Red Dragon
+| es_trans     = Archdemon Red Dragon
+| sets         =
-| ja_name = レッド・デーモン
-| romaji  = Reddo Dēmon
-| trans   = Red Daemon
-| sets    =
 * [[The Duelist Genesis]]
 * [[Crimson Crisis]]
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 * [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Volume 6 promotional card]]
 * [[Dimension of Chaos]]
-* [[Shining Victories]]
 * [[The Dark Illusion]]
-| tcg     =
+| tcg          =
 * [[Collectible Tins 2008 Wave 1]]
 * [[Collectible Tins 2010 Wave 2]]
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 * [[High-Speed Riders]]
 * [[Premium Gold: Infinite Gold]]
+* [[Shining Victories]]
 * [[2016 Mega-Tin Mega Pack]]
 * [[Duelist Pack: Dimensional Guardians]]
+* [[Duel Power]]
-| ocg     =
+| ocg          =
 * [[Weekly Shōnen Jump 2008, Issue 18 promotional card]]
 * [[Monster Figure Collection promotional cards]]
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 * [[Booster SP: Highspeed Riders]]
 * [[Dimension Box Limited Edition]]
+* [[Rarity Collection Premium Gold Edition]]
-| korea   =
+| korea        =
 * [[Structure Deck: Cyber Dragon Revolution Deluxe Edition]]
 * [[Advanced Event Pack 2014 Vol.4]]
-| anime   =
+| anime        =
 * [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
 * [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]
-| manga   = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
+| manga        = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
 }}
-"'''Red Dragon Archfiend'''", known as "'''Red Daemon'''" (レッド・デーモン ''Reddo Dēmon'') in Japan, is an [[archetype]] used by [[Jack Atlas]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' anime and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (manga)|manga]], [[Fake Jack Atlas]], and an alternate dimension [[Jack Atlas (ARC-V)|Jack Atlas]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'' anime series.
+"'''Red Dragon Archfiend'''", known as "'''Red Daemon'''" (レッド・デーモン ''Reddo Dēmon'') in Japan, is an [[archetype]] used by [[Jack Atlas]] and [[Fake Jack Atlas]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' anime and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (manga)|manga]] as well as an alternate dimension [[Jack Atlas (ARC-V)|Jack]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'' anime series.
 The archetype is a sub-archetype of the "[[Archfiend]]" archetype, and primarily consists of Jack Atlas' [[Signer Dragon]], "[[Red Dragon Archfiend]]", and [[Duel Dragon]], "[[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend]]", and their upgraded forms in the anime and manga, respectively.
-This archetype is the rival to the "[[Stardust (archetype)|Stardust]]" archetype, used by Jack Atlas' rival, [[Yusei Fudo]].
+This archetype is the rival to the "[[Stardust (archetype)|Stardust]]" archetype, used by Jack's rival, [[Yusei Fudo]].
 ==Design==
 [[File:Tyrant_Dragon_and_Scarlight_Dragon.png|thumb|left|180px|"[[Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend]]" alongside its evolution, "[[Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend]]"]]
-In general, every member of this archetype appear as armored demonic dragons with curling horns and spikes all along the body, although the root of their design comes from the painting ''[[wikipedia:The Great Red Dragon Paintings|The Great Red Dragon]]'' by [[wikipedia:William Blake|William Blake]].
+In general, members of this archetype appear as armored, demonic dragons with curling horns and spikes all throughout the body. The root of their design comes from the painting ''[[wikipedia:The Great Red Dragon Paintings|The Great Red Dragon]]'' by [[wikipedia:William Blake|William Blake]].
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 ==Playing style==
-Compared to the more passive "[[Stardust Dragon]]", which specializes in negating card effects and overall defense, the archetype has a more smash mouth strategy, revolving around destruction, Special Summoning Tuner monsters and a dominating field presence. The archetype has tremendous synergy with the "[[Resonator]]" archetype, making for a very effective Synchro engine.
+Compared to the more passive "[[Stardust Dragon]]", which specializes in negating card effects and overall defense, "Red Dragon Archfiends" have a more smash mouth strategy, revolving around destruction, Special Summoning Tuner monsters and a dominating field presence. The archetype has tremendous synergy with the "[[Resonator]]" archetype, making for a very effective Synchro engine.
 Skilled players can very quickly Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend" and use it as a bridge to the more powerful monsters. Because of its aggressive style, it meshes very well with cards like "[[Dark Highlander]]" (for Special Summon locking) "[[Black Rose Dragon]]" and its counterpart, "[[Black Rose Moonlight Dragon]]" all the while reaping the benefits of Synchro Summoning. This provides a lot of raw muscle for overpowering the opponent and ample opportunity to force them into a corner early on. From there, cards like "[[Red Nova Dragon]]" come into play - not only does it gain 500 ATK for each Tuner monster in the player's Graveyard (it will gain at least 1000 ATK just from Synchro Summoning it), but it has the ability to banish itself to negate an opposing monster's attack and return at the end of the next turn, slowing down the opponent's offensive.
+As of April 1st 2020, the deck has seen increased viability due to not being limited to the [[Extra Monster Zone]] and discarding its 'protect-the-castle' strategy. With the addition of "[[Red Supernova Dragon]]", the game plan is to make it turn one, not difficult with the inclusion of "[[Crimson Resonator]]", and protect it with further Synchro monsters such as "[[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss]]" and defensive cards such as "[[Scrap-Iron Signal]]" or "[[Return of the Dragon Lords]]". "Supernova Dragon's" built-in protection combined with its mass banishment effect make it a formidable boss monster that's difficult for your opponent to deal with.
-The advent of Link Summoning has done much to slow the deck's momentum, but there is still viability to be had; the ability to bring Resonator monsters to the field can make for access to powerful Link monsters such as "Crystron Glassfiber", doing little to hinder the deck. Without it, the deck can easily shift into a protect-the-castle playstyle with a single Synchro Monster occupying an Extra Monster zone, with the player prioritizing the defense or utility of that card.
 ==Weaknesses==
-The archetype has rather lackluster personal defense, requiring the staple toolbox of Traps and Spells to stay alive in a crisis. One who plays the archetype has to be wary of Decks that outpace it.
+The archetype has rather lacklustre personal defense, requiring the staple toolbox of Traps and Spells to stay alive in a crisis. One who plays the archetype has to be wary of Decks that outpace it.
 The Deck can be rather easily defeated by anti-Synchro or anti-Dragon archetypes. This makes it especially vulnerable to the "[[Meklord]]" and "[[Buster Blader (archetype)|Buster Blader]]" archetypes. Cards like "[[Raigeki]]", "[[Mind Control]]", and "[[Clear Wing Synchro Dragon]]" quickly prove invaluable.
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 * [[Vice Dragon]]
 * [[Wandering King Wildwind]]
+* [[Red Familiar]]
 |tuner monsters =
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 * [[Red Nova (card)|Red Nova]]
 * [[Yokotuner]]
+* [[Crimson Resonator]]
 |synchro monsters =
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 * [[Vermillion Dragon Mech]]
 * [[Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend]]
+* [[Red Supernova Dragon]]
 |fusion monsters =
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 * [[Silver Wing]]
 * [[Instant Fusion]] (if running "[[Sea Monster of Theseus]]")
+* [[Resonator Command]]
+* [[Burning Soul (card)]]
 |traps =
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 * [[Synchro Call]]
 * [[Wicked Rebirth]]
+* [[Red Reign]]
 |link monsters =
-* [[Crystron Glassfiber]]
+* [[Crystron Halqifibrax]]
 * [[Duelittle Chimera]]
 }}
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 {{Red (archetype)}}
 {{Archfiend}}
-[[Category:TCG and OCG archetypes]]