Chapter 47. Red-Eyes Core Cards! Glory Cards with Their Own Merits!
After Joey Wheeler and Atticus Rhodes set their minds at ease, the short video continued its explanation.
Red-Dad yyds: "Let's start with the in-archetype monsters."
Red-Dad yyds: "Only by understanding the main cards you'll run can you grasp how Red-Eyes operates."
Red-Dad yyds: "We'll start with this one! A Level 1 monster! 'Black Metal Dragon'!"
"Don't be fooled by 'Black Metal Dragon' being only Level 1; its effects make it one of the core cards for how the Red-Eyes engine runs!"
"Effect 1: From the hand, equip to an in-archetype monster for a 600 ATK boost."
"Effect 2 is the scary one—when it's sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can add a 'Red-Eyes' card from your Deck to your hand!"
"The key point is: there's no 'once per turn' on the name! Do you know what that implies?"
The video creator did not continue.
But every Duelist already understood how valuable this card was.
In other words.
You can keep finding ways to repeatedly cycle Black Metal's second effect.
If you do that.
Your resources become a fearsome, targeted, and relentless stream of searches.
The key is.
It's not just Spells/Traps—you can search monster resources too.
Red-Dad yyds: "Next up, this card! 'Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon'!"
[Name: Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon (Level 6)]
[Attribute: DARK]
[Type: Dragon]
[ATK/DEF: 2000/2000]
"Some of you might not understand what this is for."
"Simply put."
"Effect 1 sends a Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from the Deck to the GY to stock resources, then Special Summons itself."
"With its Level-increasing effect, it can pair with Rank 7 Red-Eyes plays."
"Effect 2 can banish itself later to add Red-Eyes Fusion; if it's already in hand, it also frees up the search so you can grab something else."
"With effects like these, it's fair to call this the second core in-archetype card, right?"
…
With just those two cards explained in full, quite a few old-guard Duelists were wearing grim expressions.
It seemed the Red-Eyes deck had progressed far beyond what they understood.
The power to search.
Plus the synergy with sending to the GY.
Isn't that a bit too much?
Red-Eyes Fusion together with Red-Eyes Insight goes without saying.
Those two also help load the GY with resources.
Combine them.
And you can already tell something's off.
And this.
Still wasn't the end.
...
Red-Dad yyds: "Besides those, the third card, 'Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon,' is also extremely important."
[Name: Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon (Level 10)]
[Attribute: DARK]
[Type: Dragon]
[ATK/DEF: 2800/2400]
Red-Dad yyds: "'Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon' is different from the previous one."
"Under its first effect, it can also Special Summon itself; the difference is, you have to banish 1 Dragon monster."
"Effect 2 is a Main Phase 'Monster Reborn' for a Dragon in the GY, and it can also be from the hand."
"The downside is it can't Special Summon itself."
"Of course, back before it got out of jail…"
"Sigh, saying more just brings tears."
"Let's not dwell on that."
"On to the next card."
"'Red-Eyes Soul'!"
[Name: Red-Eyes Soul (Level 7)]
[Attribute: DARK]
[Type: Dragon]
[ATK/DEF: 900/2000]
"This one works in a pretty fun way."
"In terms of effects, when your opponent Special Summons a monster, you can also send this card to the GY to Special Summon a 'Red-Eyes' from the Deck."
"On top of that, it has a burn effect, burning the opponent for damage equal to the ATK of a 'Red-Eyes' monster."
"So it's not hard to see."
"This one actually doesn't have much direct synergy with the in-archetype Fusion or Xyz, right?"
"But think about it: a vanilla Red-Eyes already has 2400 ATK."
"After you tack on that late-game burn—what happens then?"
...
Duel Monsters world.
After watching these various Red-Eyes cards, each with their own strengths, even Yugi Muto couldn't help giving the short video a strange look.
It was as if each card excelled in its own area.
But if you press the issue.
They still didn't seem like they would give Red-Eyes a terrifying power spike.
Like it's just missing that last little bit.
Could it be.
That's one of the reasons you'd include non-archetype cards in the build?
But thinking again.
Yugi Muto relaxed.
Even Dark Magician runs so many non-archetype cards.
So what's strange about Red-Eyes doing the same?
"Yosh!"
"Not bad, not bad! Up to this point, Red-Eyes' lines are totally fine!"
Joey Wheeler, for his part, was very excited by now.
He couldn't hide the grin on his face.
Just these few never-before-seen Red-Eyes cards.
Were enough to satisfy him.
Even if he didn't understand.
What kind of role these cards would actually play in a Duel.
...
GX world.
Faced with so many quirky Red-Eyes reinforcement cards.
Atticus Rhodes felt like his brain was running out of bandwidth.
Or rather.
By this point.
He was still confused about how this Red-Eyes deck actually unfolds.
Putting aside the simple Red-Eyes Fusion line.
He truly had no idea where the other cards would slot in and shine.
"Black Metal Dragon" searches? How do you repeatedly cycle those searches?
"Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon" for Xyz? How exactly does it pair with Xyz?
"Red-Eyes Soul" for burn? Can it really execute the plays you want?
Precisely because of these doubts.
And because Atticus Rhodes is both a lover of Dueling and a strong Duelist.
He wasn't as happy as Joey.
On the contrary.
Atticus Rhodes was getting a little anxious.
"Uh? Big brother? You don't look so good."
"Are these Red-Eyes buffs too weak?"
Alexis Rhodes noticed his anxious expression.
She asked, puzzled.
"No, sis."
"The main thing is, I still don't understand Red-Eyes' lines."
"You could also say your big brother needs time to think it through."
Atticus Rhodes took a deep breath and forced a smile as he answered.
Hearing that, Alexis' expression hardened.
Just these cards.
Were already pushing her brother's brain cells to the limit?
If we add the non-archetype cards that come later.
Wouldn't that be even more of a headache?
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