Introduction to Cyberdark
Introduction
Cyberdarks are a DARK Machine-based archetype inspired by the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. The deck was primarily piloted by Zane Truesdale, who also piloted the Cyber Dragon deck, thus the two archetypes are linked.
Cyberdark decks are divided into two types: Fusion decks and Link decks. This guide focuses on the Fusion variant, but it will be expanded on in the future.
Fusion Cyberdarks have two powerful boss monsters at their disposal: Cyberdarkness Dragon and Cyberdark End Dragon, both of which have access to the devastating Buster Lock. Despite its strength, the deck is vulnerable to disruptions during combos and having the aforementioned boss monsters tributed by Kaijus.
Main Deck
- Monsters
- Spells
- Traps
Dragon Buster Destruction Sword
Dragon Buster Destruction Sword, activates the Buster Lock, a powerful floodgate that prevents your opponent from Summoning any monster from the Extra Deck, often resulting in an instant surrender. Optimally, you'll equip Dragon Buster Destruction Sword to Cyberdarkness Dragon or Cyberdark End Dragon by using Loading...'s effect.
Cyber Dragon Herz
Loading... primarily serves as fodder for Loading..., as it can be sent from your hand or Deck to your Graveyard, triggering its effect to add a "Cyber Dragon" from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand. Loading...'s name is treated as "Cyber Dragon" once it is on the field or in the Graveyard.
TIP: When attempting to Fusion Summon Cyberdarkness Dragon, after using Loading... to send both Loading... and Loading... to the Graveyard, make sure Loading... is Chain Link 2 to ensure the effect of Loading... resolves and you have enough Fusion Materials.
Cyber Dragon Nachster
You can Special Summon Loading... by discarding a monster from your hand. When Loading... is Normal or Special Summoned, it can Special Summon any monster with 2100 ATK or DEF from your Graveyard; with this effect, you will primarily Summon Cyber Dragon or Loading.... Loading... is rarely used because Loading... is more effective with Loading....
Cyber Dragon Core
The deck's best Normal Summon is Cyber Dragon Core; it searches for a "Cyber" Spell or Trap. Most of the time, you'll be adding Loading... or Cyberdark Realm, but if you already have access to them, you can add Loading... to empower your boss monsters, or Cyber Emergency to ensure you meet the requirements to activate Loading.... Cyber Dragon Core can also banish itself from the Graveyard while only your opponent controls a monster to Special Summon a "Cyber Dragon" monster from the Deck for comeback plays.
TIP: If you already have the cards required to Summon Cyberdarkness Dragon, make sure to Normal Summon Cyber Dragon Core first during your combos to bait out disruption from your opponent.
Cyber Dragon
Cyber Dragon is a versatile card in the deck. While you control no monsters you can Special Summon Cyber Dragon to use as Link Material alongside your Normal Summon or to get rid of annoying cards your opponent controls with Chimeratech Fortress Dragon or Loading.... In addition, if you need to activate Loading...'s Graveyard effect but cannot use it as Link Material, you can use it as a Tribute to Summon Cyber Dragon. Furthermore, Cyber Dragon can be used as one of the costs to activate Loading....
Attachment Cybern
Attachment Cybern, as an Equip Card, gives the equipped monster 600 ATK and, when sent to the Graveyard, can Special Summon a "Cyber" monster from the Graveyard. This card hardly sees use as Loading... and Cyberdark Claw are superior as Equip Cards and can be searched from the deck.
TIP: When equipped from the hand or field, Attachment Cybern does not count as being equipped by the Cyberdark Machine monsters' effects, so they will not gain additional ATK other than Attachment Cybern's 600 ATK boost.
Cyberdark Claw
Cyberdark Claw can be discarded to search your deck for any "Cyberdark" Spell or Trap. Loading... and Cyberdark Realm should always be your first options to consider, as both are required for Summoning your boss monsters from the Extra Deck. Furthermore, once in the Graveyard, Cyberdark Claw can be used as an Equip Card which sends a monster from your Extra Deck to the Graveyard during damage calculation.
TIP: If you already have access to Cyberdark Realm and Loading..., make sure to discard Cyberdark Claw first during your combos to bait out disruption from your opponent.
Loading... can be used as Fusion Material to Summon Cyberdarkness Dragon, and when discarded, it searches your deck for Loading..., Loading..., Cyberdark Edge, or Cyberdark Keel. When used as an Equip Card, Loading... can also send a monster from your Deck to the Graveyard during damage calculation.
TIP: Because it is one of the deck's weaker searches, make sure to discard Loading... first during your combos to bait out disruption from your opponent.
Cyberdark Horn, Edge, & Keel
Loading..., Cyberdark Edge and Cyberdark Keel are primarily used for fodder to Fusion Summon Cyberdarkness Dragon. They can also be Normal Summoned, which activates their effect, which equips them with a Level 3 or lower Dragon monster from your Graveyard and grants them half of its original ATK. Cyberdark Edge is the best of the trio because it can attack directly, allowing the effects of Loading... and Cyberdark Claw to be easily activated. Cyberdark Keel is the least used due to its lacklustre burn effect. You should only use two of these three cards, as Summoning Cyberdark Dragon is not worth it.
Cyberdark Chimera
Loading... is arguably the most important card in the deck because it improves your ability to Fusion Summon boss monsters from the Extra Deck with greater consistency. You almost always want to use Cyberdark Realm to Summon Loading..., then use its effect to search your Deck for Loading... by discarding a Spell or Trap, while also allowing you to banish monsters from your Graveyard as Fusion Material. Loading... can then be used as Link Material in conjunction with your Normal Summon which will trigger Loading...'s Graveyard effect to mill a "Cyberdark" monster with a different name to the cards in your Graveyard.
Cyber Repair Plant & Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju
These cards are primarily used in Cyber Dragon decks, but they can also be used by Cyberdarks. Loading... searches your deck for a LIGHT Machine monster, such as Loading..., which can then be used to easily remove a boss monster from your opponent's field.
Cyber Eternal
Cyber Eternal allows you to make powerful boards with multiple boss monsters at the expense of consistency. After Fusion Summoning Cyberdarkness Dragon and equipping it with Loading..., tribute it to Summon Cyberdark End Dragon, then use Cyber Eternal to Special Summon Cyberdarkness Dragon back to the field from the Graveyard. Cyber Eternal can also be banished from the Graveyard to prevent the destruction of Machine "Cyber" Fusion Monsters you control.
Power Bond
Loading... gives you access to the most powerful cards in your Extra Deck while also doubling the ATK of the monster Summoned. The only drawbacks are that you take damage equal to the ATK gained from its effect during the End Phase, and you can only use monsters from your hand or field (a limitation that can be overcome by using Loading...).
Overload Fusion
Loading... can be used to supplement an OTK by Fusion Summoning a DARK Machine from your Extra Deck. Furthermore, Loading... is a viable recovery option if your Loading... is disrupted or your Turn 1 board is destroyed.
Cyber Emergency
Cyber Emergency can search your Deck for any "Cyber Dragon" monster. With this effect, you'll mostly be adding Cyber Dragon Core. If you don't have any monsters to use with Loading..., you can add Loading... instead.
Cybernetic Horizon
Loading... allows you to Fusion Summon using monsters from your Main Deck and Extra Deck. Loading... and one of Loading..., Cyberdark Edge, or Cyberdark Keel are the best Main Deck monsters to send to the Graveyard with its effect, with other card combinations being suboptimal but acceptable. In terms of Extra Deck monsters, mill Cyber Eternity Dragon to protect your Fusion Monsters during an OTK, or mill Loading... to increase the ATK of Cyberdarkness Dragon or to Summon Cyberdark End Dragon.
TIP: If you don't have enough Cyberdark monsters to Fusion Summon Cyberdarkness Dragon, you can use Loading...'s effect to send Cyberdark Dragon to the Graveyard instead to help meet the requirements.
Cyberdark Realm
Cyberdark Realm allows you to search your deck for any "Cyberdark" monster with a different name from the cards in your Graveyard. You primarily want to search for either Cyberdark Claw or Loading... with this effect. Furthermore, Cyberdark Realm allows you to Normal Summon a "Cyberdark" monster in addition to your Normal Summon/Set.
Cyberdark Invasion
Loading... can equip a Machine or Dragon from either Graveyard to a "Cyberdark" you control. This is normally used to provide more fuel to Cyberdarkness Dragon for disruption. Additionally, equips on Cyberdark End Dragon grant it more attacks per Battle Phase. Loading... can also destroy one of your opponent's cards by sending an Equip Card you control to the Graveyard.
TIP: Keep in mind that the destructive effect of Loading... does not target.
Extra Deck
Chimeratech Rampage Dragon
Loading... allows the deck to play more aggressively and OTK, especially when combined with Loading.... By using two or more "Cyber Dragon" monsters, Loading... can destroy Spells or Traps on the field up to the number of Fusion Materials used for its Fusion Summon. It can also send up to two LIGHT Machine monsters from the deck to the Graveyard, gaining an extra attack for each card sent.
Cyberdark Dragon
When you're unable to get five Main Deck "Cyberdark" cards for the Fusion Summon of Cyberdarkness Dragon, you can send Cyberdark Dragon to the Graveyard from the Extra Deck with Loading... to be used as Fusion Material.
Chimeratech Overdragon
Chimeratech Overdragon is a Fusion Monster that can be Summoned by fusing a "Cyber Dragon" monster and one or more Machine monsters, and it is used to wipe your opponent's board and OTK.
TIP: Keep in mind that Chimeratech Overdragon sends all other cards you control to the Graveyard.
Cyber End Dragon
The main purpose of Cyber End is to be sent to the Graveyard with Loading... and equipped onto Cyberdarkness Dragon to grant an ATK boost and the option of Summoning Cyberdark End Dragon.
Cyber Eternity Dragon
When going for an OTK, Cyber Eternity Dragon can be sent from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard with the effect of Loading... to protect your Fusion Monsters from being targeted or destroyed for a turn.
Cyberdarkness Dragon
Cyberdarkness Dragon can be Fusion Summoned with five "Cyberdark" Effect Monsters as materials. When Special Summoned, it can equip a Dragon or Machine from your Graveyard to itself, increasing Cyberdarkness Dragon's attack by the equipped monster's original ATK. The majority of the time, you'll want to equip Loading... for the 4000 ATK boost and the option to Special Summon Cyberdark End Dragon. Cyberdarkness Dragon equipped with Dragon Buster Destruction Sword is usually the best Turn 1 play because it can prevent removal like Harpie's Feather Duster from destroying your back row while also disrupting your opponent's plays by sending any Equip Card you control to the Graveyard.
Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon
Loading... can be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck by using a "Cyber Dragon" and monsters from the Extra Monster Zone as material, making it an easy way to get rid of an opponent's monster(s).
Chimeratech Fortress Dragon
Using a "Cyber Dragon" and one or more Machine monsters from either field, you can Special Summon Chimeratech Fortress Dragon from the Extra Deck, making it an easy way to get rid of your opponent's Machine monsters. This is especially useful for preventing cards like Loading..., Invoked Mechaba, and Loading... from disrupting your combos.
Cyberdark End Dragon
Most commonly Summoned by tributing a Cyberdarkness Dragon equipped with a Loading..., Cyberdark End Dragon is the ultimate beat-stick, being unaffected by your opponent's activated effects and being able to attack a number of times per turn depending on the number of cards equipped to it. You'll want to Summon this for an OTK on Turn 2, as Cyberdarkness Dragon is considered the better Turn 1 play.
TIP: Keep in mind that Cyberdark End Dragon is still vulnerable to continuous effects like Loading... and Skill Drain.
Cyber Dragon Sieger
Loading... can be Summoned by linking any Machine and a "Cyber Dragon" monster. Because it is treated as a "Cyber Dragon" while on the field or in the Graveyard, it can be used as Fusion Material, or its effect can be used to increase the ATK/DEF of any Machine monster with 2100 current ATK or more by another 2100.
Predaplant Verte Anaconda
Predaplant Verte Anaconda can be Summoned by linking any two Effect Monsters, allowing you to use Loading... from your deck for 2000 LP but preventing you from Special Summoning for the rest of the turn. This can be used to Fusion Summon Chimeratech Overdragon, Loading..., Cyberdarkness Dragon or Cyberdark End Dragon.
Union Carrier
Loading... can be Summoned by linking two monsters of the same Type or Attribute - a requirement that is easily met in a Cyberdark deck due to having an additional Normal Summon with the effect of Cyberdark Realm. Loading... can equip a monster from your hand or Deck to a monster you control that has the same original Type or Attribute. You'll mostly want to access the Buster Lock with this effect by equipping Cyberdarkness Dragon or Cyberdark End Dragon with Dragon Buster Destruction Sword. If your opponent does not use the Extra Deck, consider using Cyberdark Claw or Loading... as an Equip Card instead.
Elder Entity N'tss
Loading... can be sent from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard to destroy an opponent's card using the effect of Cyberdark Claw (when treated as an Equip Card).
Wind Pegasus @Ignister
Loading... can be sent from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard using the effect of Cyberdark Claw (when treated as an Equip Card). When your opponent destroys a card you control, Loading... can shuffle a card your opponent controls into the deck by banishing itself from the Graveyard.
Salamangreat Almiraj
Loading... is useful when you have a single Loading... on the field and need to use its Graveyard effect to meet the requirements to Summon Cyberdarkness Dragon. When Loading... is on the field, it can Tribute itself to protect a monster you control from being destroyed by your opponent's card effects.
TIP: If you need Dragon Buster Destruction Sword in the Graveyard to use as an Equip Card, you can Normal Summon it and use it as Link Material to Summon Loading....
Tech Cards
IMPORTANT: Since Loading... requires any Spell or Trap to be in your hand to activate its effect, make sure you prioritise using tech cards that are Spells and Traps.
TIP: If your opponent uses disruption while you have a 'counter' Spell or Trap in your hand, such as Crossout Designator, Called by the Grave, or Red Reboot, only use those cards if your opponent will disrupt a key part of your combo, and save them to be discarded with Loading....
Maxx "C"
Maxx "C" can give you a huge card advantage or stop a combo deck's turn.
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is a general usage negate that can stop key cards in your opponent's combos.
Effect Veiler
During your opponent's turn, Effect Veiler can negate the effects of one of your opponent's monsters.
Pot of Prosperity
Loading... can improve deck consistency by adding a card from the top three or six cards of your deck.
TIP: Cyberdarks are one of the few decks capable of OTK through Loading....
Called by the Grave
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Called by the Grave banishes and negates a monster in your opponent's Graveyard.
TIP: This card is especially useful for countering hand traps such as Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and Effect Veiler, making the deck less vulnerable to disruption.
Crossout Designator
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Crossout Designator can banish a card from your Deck to negate the effects of all cards with the same name that turn.
TIP: Make sure you have at least one copy of popular hand traps so you can negate them when your opponent activates them.
Forbidden Droplet
On Turn 2, Forbidden Droplet is a powerful card because it can negate and halve the ATK of monsters your opponent controls.
Harpie's Feather Duster
Harpie's Feather Duster can be used to wipe your opponent's back row cards.
Lightning Storm
While you have no face-up cards, Lightning Storm can either wipe your opponent's back row or all Attack Position monsters they control.
Infinite Impermanence
Infinite Impermanence can be activated from your hand to negate one of your opponent's monster effects, and when activated when set, it can also negate a Spell or Trap in its column.
Red Reboot
Red Reboot can be activated from your hand by paying half your LP to negate an opponent's trap. This is especially useful against Infinite Impermanence.
TIP: Red Reboot is especially useful against Infinite Impermanence, a hand trap that can negate your Loading... or Cyber Dragon Core and completely shut down your combos.
Example Decklist
Combos
There are several intricate combinations and plays you can make with Cyberdarks, but the two most common ones are Rampage OTK and the Buster Lock. These combos require you to have Cyber Dragon Core and one of Loading... or Loading... in addition to any Spell or Trap in your hand.
TIP: Any Cyberdark monster can be used in place of Loading..., while any Cyber Dragon monster can be used in place of Loading....
Buster Lock (Turn 1 or Turn 2)
- Normal Summon Cyber Dragon Core. Add Loading... to your hand.
- Activate Loading.... Send Loading... and Loading... to the Graveyard. Send Loading... from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard. Add Cyberdark Claw to your hand.
- Activate Loading..., adding Cyber Dragon to your hand.
- Activate Cyberdark Claw. Add Cyberdark Realm to your hand.
- Activate Cyberdark Realm, adding Loading... to your hand.
- Activate Loading..., adding Loading... to your hand.
- Activate Cyberdark Realm, Normal Summoning Loading....
- Activate Loading..., discarding a Spell or Trap to add Loading... to your hand.
- Link Summon Loading... by using a Cyber Dragon Core and Loading... as Link Materials.
- Activate Loading..., sending a Cyberdark Edge to the Graveyard.
- Activate Loading..., Fusion Summoning Cyberdarkness Dragon.
- Activate Cyberdarkness Dragon, equipping Loading....
[Optional]Special Summon Cyberdark End Dragon.- Activate Loading..., equipping Cyberdarkness Dragon or Cyberdark End Dragon with Dragon Buster Destruction Sword.
[Optional]Activate Cyberdark End Dragon, equipping a monster from either Graveyard.
The Buster Lock combo will result in an end board of either:
- A Cyberdarkness Dragon equipped with two cards: Dragon Buster Destruction Sword, which prevents your opponent from Summoning from the Extra Deck and grants Cyberdarkness Dragon an extra 1000 ATK due to Loading...'s effect, and Loading..., which grants Cyberdarkness Dragon an extra 4000 ATK.
- A Cyberdark End Dragon equipped with two cards: Dragon Buster Destruction Sword, which prevents your opponent from Summoning from the Extra Deck and grants Cyberdarkness Dragon an extra 1000 ATK due to the effect of Loading..., and another monster.
- Loading... to give your boss monster an extra equip the following turn.
- Cyberdark Realm for an additional Normal Summon the following turn.
Rampage OTK (Turn 2)
- Normal Summon Cyber Dragon Core. Add Loading... to your hand.
- Activate Loading.... Send Loading... and Loading... to the Graveyard. Send Cyber Eternity Dragon from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard. Add Cyberdark Claw to your hand.
- Activate Loading..., adding Cyber Dragon to your hand.
- Activate Cyberdark Claw. Add Cyberdark Realm to your hand.
- Activate Cyber Eternity Dragon, banishing itself from the Graveyard.
- Activate Cyberdark Realm, adding Loading... to your hand.
- Activate Loading..., adding Loading... to your hand.
- Activate Cyberdark Realm, Normal Summoning Loading....
- Activate Loading..., discarding a Spell or Trap to add Loading... to your hand.
- Link Summon Loading... by using a Cyber Dragon Core and Loading... as Link Materials.
- Activate Loading..., sending Cyberdark Edge to the Graveyard.
- Activate Loading..., Fusion Summoning Loading....
- Activate Loading..., sending two LIGHT Machines to the Graveyard, granting two additional attacks.
The Rampage OTK combo results in an end board of:
- A Loading... with 4200 ATK, three attacks, and immunity to targeting and destruction.
- A Loading... with the effect of increasing its own ATK to 4200 or Loading...'s ATK to 6300.
- Cyberdark Realm for an additional Normal Summon the following turn.
Conclusion
Because the majority of the core cards are available through structure deck purchases, Cyberdarks is a low-cost deck that is well worth the gems. Being able to disrupt your opponents with Cyberdarkness Dragon multiple times per turn, OTK-ing your opponent with Loading... and Cyberdark End Dragon, and completely preventing your opponent from using the Extra Deck with Dragon Buster Destruction Sword provides a diverse set of fun play styles contained within a single deck.
