Sometimes things are just so simple

Months and months and months of testing every possible variants of Dragon Ruler (Debris/Dandy, Plant, Dragunity driven, Dragunity added, Blue-Eyes, pure beatdown shit,...) and watching people doing their tournaments with different nice techs, I finally come to a conclusion of...

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People keep making things much more complicated that it really is

Like, having 2 colors = no chance of OTK?

Let's say you only have access to Tempest and Blaster because you banished Redox for Swords. You summon Blaster, then Tempest, then run out of monster. You are afraid of being Blader'd next turn

Why not just add a DDR into the mix? In many scenarios DDR acts simply like another 2800 beater. If you banish REDMD for a Dragon then call it back with DDR things are even more sweet. In this case you can just summon Blaster by banishing REDMD, DDR it back, then use REDMD to summon Tidal or Tempest. This makes a lot of difference if you banish one of those 2 for Swords earlier in the turn

Another problem, Card Trooper

It's a real common knowledge that Card Trooper is a really important card in Dragon Rulers. He mills Dragons, replaces himself after dying, and himself being a target for Debris Dragon

But people are cutting Card Trooper because they don't want their best monster being Blader'd

So, instead of cutting your best card, why not just protect it? You can always play Mirror Force, or even Threatening Roar or Waboku. Using Card Trooper for 2 straight turns often result in a victory, and people don't like it for some reasons

One more thing, Swift Scarecrow

So, again, everyone knows that being stopped by Scarecrow is no good feeling, at all. Being Scarecrow'd = loss in momentum, being open to Blader, and more...

So they use RAIGEKI BREAK on THEIR OWN MONSTER to play around Swift Scarecrow (this comes from a random tourney report on DGZ)

I was like, what the fuck? Why not just Divine Wrath? The same discard cost, the far better outcome

And people still haven't realize that the pure Dragunity build is far more consistent than the homo Dragunity with 2 Phalanx and 8 Dragon Rulers (2 Redox, apparently, what the fuck)

To conclude, I think finding the best way to work with your current cards is a good things to improve your result, but you should also dig for "rogue" solutions for your common problems out there. Just like Merlin Schumacher, who piloted a quite weird Dragon Ruler build to win the whole YCS. Castle of Dragon Souls is busted because it works with the 3500-ATK Scrap Dragon like a real boss, and also helps your Crimson Blader run over Redox or even Star Eater

Just like that

Until next time buddies =3