Instructions for building and playing Thunder Dragon - TCG

Instructions for building and playing Thunder Dragon - TCG

It must be said that Thunder Dragon is a quite strong card line since its debut until now, the deck's strength is still maintained without losing rank or being severely nerfed like some cards :v But Actually, for a beginner to get acquainted with this deck, you - newbies will need to learn many things through this article ;)




overview

Thunder Dragon is a prototype line of LIGHT and DARK Thunder monsters, first released with Booster Pack vol 7 in 2000 with the original purpose of just being a material to summon Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon. It wasn't until 2018 that Konami officially added a new set of monsters in Soul Fusion (OCG & TCG), Thunder Dragon officially transformed into an Archetype.

Thunder Dragons have a very simple operating mechanism: Thunder Dragons are all level 5/6 and can activate both effects from the hand or when coming from the field to the GY or being banished (except for the original Thunder Dragon , But only activate 1 effect in 1 turn!). Thunder Dragons that are Level 7 or higher will activate powerful attack-boosting, field-locking, and field-clearing effects. Thunder Dragon previously entered the meta, but was hit quite hard in the TCG and OCG battlefields ( Colossus was banned).

And a small note for newbies to note is that Thunder Dragon (referred to as TD) will be very different from Master Duel and OCG! The following will be a fairly concise article about what you need to know to build your own TD set!



Core monster

 

Thunder Dragon (3x)
Thunder Dragon Thunder Dragon

Thunder Dragon – the original card of the Deck, if you feel this effect is not useful in the current meta then sorry for underrating it! The ability to add cards is not too impressive, but this effect is not "Once per turn", meaning you can flash this sub-effect as many times as you like as long as there are copies of it in the Deck. It. Also helps trigger the effects of Thunder Dragon Fusion / Thunder Dragon Duo .

Regarding price: As a card that spawns other supports of the archetype, with a price of less than $4 /card, you have the ability to take one more step to all the core mons of the deck :v

Thunder Dragonmatrix (2-3x)
Thunder Dragonmatrix Thunder Dragonmatrix

Regarding effects: basically not too much special, but a card that can trigger effects during the opponent's turn, which can help us survive within 1 turn or be a bullet for Titan to fire. In addition, it is Level 1, a pretty nice level to be able to call up with One for One or Normal Summon if the card dies. Although rarely used, when sent to the grave, you can get a copy of it in your hand from the Main Deck.

Regarding price: For a card intended to be recycled or simply loaded with materials for Titan, the price of less than $1 is too cheap, right?

Thunder Dragondark (3x)
Thunder Dragondark Thunder Dragondark

The first effect is a card similar to T hunder Dragon , but the brightest point of Dark is the second effect. When banished/sent from the field to the grave, you can get 1 Thunder Dragon card into your hand from deck of cards in hand! An incredibly powerful searcher, searching like most decks!

Regarding price: slightly higher than its predecessor ( 4.05$ ) but for the time being it can be said to be within budget ~~

Thunder Dragonroar (3x)
Thunder Dragonroar Thunder Dragonroar

The first effect will be Roar, which will help you replenish your inventory, especially in case you run out of copies of Thunder Dragon Fusion in your Deck. We will move on to the second effect, this is the effect that made Roar famous. "When sent from the field to the grave/banished, you can recall 1 Thunder Dragon from your deck to the field." An effect that helps you swarm the field as quickly as possible, is a card that helps you start combos.

Regarding price: Roar is considered the same price as TD, about $3.16

Thunder Dragonhawk (2x)
Thunder Dragonhawk Thunder Dragonhawk

The second card helps you start the combo. The second effect will require more foreshadowing, this effect allows you to change hands when this card is sent from the field to the grave/banished. Thanks to that, you can change hands to draw back the necessary cards. But the highlight of Hawk is its 1st effect. You can send this card from your hand to the grave to recall 1 banished/grave Thunder Dragon . Therefore, along with Roar, these are the two best combo opening cards of Thunder Dragon .

About price: A card is said to be SR in Master Duel and UR in Duel Links but its actual cost is only $1 .

Thunder Dragonduo (1x)
Thunder Dragonduo Thunder Dragonduo

A monster called the "boss" of Thunder Dragon , acting as both a searcher and a monster that can be specially summoned from the hand. Sometimes it also helps you adjust the top cards of the Deck. But in reality it is a card that is not very useful for combos.

Regarding price: Duo is quite cheap with a price lower than $0.5 !

Thunder Dragonlord (0-1x)
Thunder Dragonlord Thunder Dragonlord

1 Tech is very interesting and quite good. Have the ability to special summon yourself by banishing a level 8 or lower Thunder monster from your hand or face-up field, with this effect also helping you create conditions for the banished Thunder Dragons to activate. their effects. I don't think the following effect is very useful because Thunder Dragon Fusion monsters can protect themselves through banishing cards. But you should play when encountering a Shadoll deck if you don't want to lose money unfairly. Next, this card will help you avoid Called by the Grave at the cost of banishment (avoid being banned and unjustly banned).

About price: A level 9 animal with a fairly cheap price of $0.11



TD Spell/Trap

 

Thunder Dragon Fusion (1-3x)
Thunder Dragon Fusion Thunder Dragon Fusion

Help us Fusion Thunder Dragons from the Extra Deck. Although we cannot use monsters from our hand as materials, we can shuffle the materials based on the Fusion monster's request list to the Deck. Therefore, Thunder Dragon Fusion is also a recycler that helps you recycle goods to continue reloading for the next turns.

At the same time, this is also a searcher, can banish this card from the grave (except the turn this card is sent to the grave) to search for another Thunder monster from the deck.

Note : Before Colossus was banned, Thunder Dragon Fusion was rarely used (only used when all Colossus was lost), but since being banned, summoning Titans is not as easy as before, so this number of cards play increased from 0-1 (previously) to 2-3.

Regarding price: Fusion costs $1.41 (average), you should buy at least 2 cards. With the current banlist, focusing on bringing the boss to the field is essential.

  • And really, only Fusion is worth using, but the other TD Spell/Trap are considered discarded and not added to the deck.



Extra Deck Thunder Dragon

 

Thunder Dragon Colossus (0x)
Forbidden
Thunder Dragon Colossus
Forbidden
Thunder Dragon Colossus

Strong is strong, but it's already been banned, so don't think about putting it in your deck. But if you have a lot of money, you can buy it to collect for fun :v ($3.18 for Ultra Rare , $15.23 for SR , $75.17 for Ultimate Rare )

Thunder Dragon Titan (2-3x)
Thunder Dragon Titan Thunder Dragon Titan

If Colossus is an annoying Lock card, then Titan is another annoying bombardment card for opponents and this is also the reason why you don't use Discharge in your deck too much or sometimes not at all.

The summoning conditions are equally easy as Colossus, the ingredients are any 3 Thunder Dragons. Possessing enormous attack power (3200), but that's not all. You can destroy 1 card on the field when a Thunder monster activates an effect in your hand. This effect is not "Once per turn", so you can destroy as many cards as you want, as long as you have inventory to activate in your hand. Just like Colossus, Titan is also an extremely annoying monster as you can banish 2 Thunder cards from the grave to help prevent death.

About price: average price is more than $2

Thunder Dragon Thunderstormech (3x)
Thunder Dragon Thunderstormech Thunder Dragon Thunderstormech

Another main version of TD in the form of Link 4. In addition to the high attack, the ability to reuse the effects of previously used TDs is so great, it almost unifies the deck into one, imagine. On the field with Titan, Colossus and Thunderstormech, it is like an unbeatable form to continuously use TDs and finish off the opponent. Like the other two main monsters of the deck, Thunderstormech also avoids being destroyed by banishing 3 cards in the GY.

While there is already a matrix, the recycle ability of this card is not necessary

Regarding price: quite cheap, less than 0.5$ /leaf



Tech Support

The TDs themselves are definitely not enough to make the deck OP. That's why tech supports (let's call it that) will be added quite a bit in the deck to make the deck more consistent.

Aloof Lupine (3x)
Aloof Lupine Aloof Lupine

TD's best SP, as well as lines of cards that trigger effs every time they banish. When Normal Summoning, you can banish 1 monster from your hand to banish 1 card from the Main Deck of the same type. The conditions to satisfy are hardly a problem, because our Thunder Dragons have the same Type, Thunder. You will most likely banish Roar to bring Dark onto the field, and then you can perform Combos as you wish.

Price: 1 silver wolf on the market will cost less than 0.5$

Batteryman Solar (3x)
Batteryman Solar Batteryman Solar

Is a card that helps send 1 Thunder Dragon from the Deck so you can immediately continue the combo by banishing it to spam the field, or using Hawk to recall it to the field, etc. In addition, this card also helps you Generate Tokens when a Thunder is called onto the field, helping you Link Summon/Fusion faster.

Price: 1 solar battery will cost about 0.5$

Gold Sarcophagus (1x)
Limited to 1 copy
Gold Sarcophagus
Limited to 1 copy
Gold Sarcophagus

It's a very good starting card. Like Aloof with the ability to help you not lose your turn to Normal Summon (effectively banishes 1 card, not 2 like Aloof). However, it's a pity that it's Limited, but it seems to increase your ability to initiate combos with Aloof and Solar.

Price: The average price of a gold box is just under $4

Allure of Darkness (2-3x)
Allure of Darkness
Allure of Darkness

In builds, Allure of Darkness is an indispensable card (2 for 2). However, for Thunder Dragon , you at least get a profit of 1, because Thunder Dragons will be able to activate effects when banished.

Price: The price range will be $1.30 for TD's power draw

Predaplant Verte Anaconda (0x)
Forbidden
Predaplant Verte Anaconda
Forbidden
Predaplant Verte Anaconda

A legend is still a legend, an op card in the list of essential cards for the Fusion series but was eventually banned. But thanks to Verte, Titan was released more easily. It's just a shame that it didn't last a little longer (personal opinion). Well, let's leave it here until it's released, then I'll continue writing about it.

Price: 4$ - cheap

Cross-Sheep (1x)
Cross-Sheep Cross-Sheep

Link monsters are used a lot in Fusion or Ritual decks. Helps you restock to continue Combo (like Hundred Thunders)

Price: under 1$

Some tech Link 4
Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Chaos Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Chaos
Topologic Zeroboros Topologic Zeroboros
Unchained Abomination Unchained Abomination
Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess
Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax
Accesscode Talker Accesscode Talker

 

Knightmare Phoenix, Knightmare Unicorn and I:P Masquerena (Combo I:P + Knightmare)
Knightmare Phoenix Knightmare Phoenix
Knightmare Unicorn Knightmare Unicorn
I:P Masquerena I:P Masquerena

 

Linkuriboh and Relinquished Anima (Link 1 is useful)
Linkuriboh Linkuriboh
Relinquished Anima Relinquished Anima

 

Lyna the Light Charmer, Lustrous, Dharc the Dark Charmer and Gloomy (Combo Charmer)
Lyna the Light Charmer, Lustrous Lyna the Light Charmer, Lustrous
Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy

TD's small SP when Verte is banned, this combo is used more. They are used to block opp's GY, and are also used to search for good starters to start new combos. Worth using!

Pot of Desires and Pot of Avarice (Draw Power)
Pot of Desires
Pot of Desires
Pot of Avarice Pot of Avarice

Restock, banish, no matter what you choose, they still give you an extremely useful +2 draw.

Price: It's expensive, Ultimate Rare is under 100$ , regular leaves are under 10$

Handtrap
Limited to 1 copy
Called by the Grave
Limited to 1 copy
Called by the Grave
Infinite Impermanence Infinite Impermanence
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
PSY-Frame Driver PSY-Frame Driver
Nibiru, the Primal Being Nibiru, the Primal Being
Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
D.D. Crow D.D. Crow
Effect Veiler Effect Veiler
Limited to 1 copy
PSY-Framegear Gamma
Limited to 1 copy
PSY-Framegear Gamma

They are an integral part of the deck already. Even though they are a bit heavy, they will prevent your opponent's combo from reaching its optimal level.

Price: most handtraps are quite expensive, but you should also think about the future of a deck that fits the meta, needing at least 2 types of handtraps - that is about 5-6 cards in a set.

Instant Fusion (1x)
Limited to 1 copy
Instant Fusion
Limited to 1 copy
Instant Fusion

A good choice to get the boss out quickly



Engine

Engine is an indispensable part in the builds of any deck. I know they will be quite expensive, but trust me if you buy an engine you can build yourself 2-3 decks of cards enough to compete in tournaments.

Chaos
Chaos Dragon Levianeer
Chaos Dragon Levianeer
Limited to 1 copy
Black Dragon Collapserpent
Limited to 1 copy
Black Dragon Collapserpent
The Chaos Creator The Chaos Creator
Chaos Valkyria Chaos Valkyria
Limited to 1 copy
White Dragon Wyverburster
Limited to 1 copy
White Dragon Wyverburster
Limited to 1 copy
Chaos Space
Limited to 1 copy
Chaos Space

The Chaos engine is the most suitable for TDs because the summoning conditions (must banish the amount of LIGHT and DARK) are too suitable to trigger the effects of TDs in the grave. That's why in almost every build, there are always a majority of Chaos to support the TDs.

Price: if you want, the cheapest price you can refer to is under 10$ (remember it's 10$ - 219,000 VND ). But if you're willing to play, um, the Ultimate Rare will cost somewhere under $70 , will you buy it?

Myutant
Myutant Expansion Myutant Expansion
Myutant Fusion Myutant Fusion
Myutant Cry Myutant Cry
Myutant Evolution Lab Myutant Evolution Lab
Myutant Beast Myutant Beast
Myutant M-05 Myutant M-05
Myutant Synthesis Myutant Synthesis
Myutant ST-46 Myutant ST-46
Myutant Ultimus Myutant Ultimus
Myutant Arsenal Myutant Arsenal

This build will take advantage of Myutant cards that have the ability to banish cards from hand to trigger the effect of calling out Myutant Beast that can negate magic (most of them can be increased) or Arsenal (negate monsters) and other Another powerful Fusion boss. We will mostly use Thunder Dragons as a cost to call out Myutant Beast bosses and also perform our own combos to interrupt opponents (Soulmaker, 2020).

But I won't analyze Myutant's gameplay too closely because there will definitely be gameplay about them. So please wait for YGO Vietnam !

Price: The Myutant line is quite cheap when it comes to price (somewhere under $5 ).



Sample deck

 

Sample deck 01

Main: 40 Extra: 15

3 copiesAloof Lupine 3 copiesAloof Lupine
3 copiesBatteryman Solar 3 copiesBatteryman Solar
1 copyBlack Dragon Collapserpent 1 copyBlack Dragon Collapserpent
1 copyChaos Valkyria 1 copyChaos Valkyria
Limited to 1 copy
3 copiesDimension Shifter
Limited to 1 copy
3 copiesDimension Shifter
1 copyEvil HERO Adusted Gold 1 copyEvil HERO Adusted Gold
3 copiesNibiru, the Primal Being 3 copiesNibiru, the Primal Being
1 copyThe Chaos Creator 1 copyThe Chaos Creator
3 copiesThunder Dragon 3 copiesThunder Dragon
3 copiesThunder Dragondark 3 copiesThunder Dragondark
1 copyThunder Dragonduo 1 copyThunder Dragonduo
2 copiesThunder Dragonhawk 2 copiesThunder Dragonhawk
2 copiesThunder Dragonmatrix 2 copiesThunder Dragonmatrix
3 copiesThunder Dragonroar 3 copiesThunder Dragonroar
1 copyWhite Dragon Wyverburster 1 copyWhite Dragon Wyverburster
2 copiesAllure of Darkness
2 copiesAllure of Darkness
Limited to 1 copy
1 copyCalled by the Grave
Limited to 1 copy
1 copyCalled by the Grave
Limited to 1 copy
3 copiesChaos Space
Limited to 1 copy
3 copiesChaos Space
3 copiesThunder Dragon Fusion 3 copiesThunder Dragon Fusion
1 copyKaminari Attack 1 copyKaminari Attack
3 copiesThunder Dragon Titan 3 copiesThunder Dragon Titan
1 copyTwin-Headed Thunder Dragon 1 copyTwin-Headed Thunder Dragon
1 copyAccesscode Talker 1 copyAccesscode Talker
Forbidden
1 copyApollousa, Bow of the Goddess
Forbidden
1 copyApollousa, Bow of the Goddess
1 copyBlack Luster Soldier - Soldier of Chaos 1 copyBlack Luster Soldier - Soldier of Chaos
1 copyCross-Sheep 1 copyCross-Sheep
1 copyI:P Masquerena 1 copyI:P Masquerena
1 copyKnightmare Phoenix 1 copyKnightmare Phoenix
1 copyKnightmare Unicorn 1 copyKnightmare Unicorn
Limited to 1 copy
1 copyLinkuriboh
Limited to 1 copy
1 copyLinkuriboh
1 copyThunder Dragon Thunderstormech 1 copyThunder Dragon Thunderstormech
1 copyUnchained Abomination 1 copyUnchained Abomination

 




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