Chapter 202. Blue-Eyes White Dragon New-Card Combos Fully Revealed! Is This the Power of a New Era?
The old guard across every Duel World stared, still dumbstruck, at the Blue-Eyes White Dragon deck's upgrades before their eyes.
Just listening to that "simple" combo rundown—
They felt their minds completely fail to keep pace.
What is even… what is any of this?
Blank.
Totally blank.
They simply couldn't understand.
And not just them.
Even Seto Kaiba, at this moment—after carefully replaying the lines once the short video finished—wore a confused expression.
He could see the strength of the new cards.
But the lines of play—
That—
He had no idea how they were supposed to unfold.
Yes.
Seto Kaiba simply couldn't figure out how these new Blue-Eyes cards were meant to extend.
Or rather—
He didn't know how the new Blue-Eyes core was supposed to operate going forward.
"Mr. Sei, could you look for some new Blue-Eyes extension videos?"
"Yeah, Mr. Sei, just seeing the new cards doesn't show what they actually do!"
"Right—if we could see a combo breakdown video, it'd be much easier to understand!"
"So what's Konami's logic with these releases anyway? Why keep buffing Blue-Eyes?"
Very soon,
Kaiba spoke up in the group chat, and quite a few others chimed in.
Most of them were from KaibaCorp.
Sei Yuki understood Kaiba's burning need to learn the new Blue-Eyes lines.
Maybe there really was a Blue-Eyes new-card combo explainer out there.
Sei Yuki: "Ahem! President Kaiba, hold your horses."
Sei Yuki: "I'll search now."
"If there is one, we can play it right away."
"Please wait a moment."
After settling Kaiba and the others, Sei Yuki quickly searched the homepage.
And wouldn't you know it—
He actually found a combo breakdown using the new Blue-Eyes cards.
This, they had to watch.
Click confirm.
Title pops up.
"Blue-Eyes New Build Guide! Learn the combos early and become the king of diehard Dragon-deck players!"
When the title appeared across all Duel Worlds—
And they saw there really was a short video on Blue-Eyes new-card combos—
Yugi Muto, Yuma Tsukumo, Yusaku Fujiki, and the others were stunned.
Whoa.
These just dropped—
and duelists from the Higher World already had OTK combos mapped out?
That fast?
Seto Kaiba smiled, ready to watch.
Very soon,
The video started.
The channel host—"Diehard Dragon-deck President"—launched straight into it.
Diehard Dragon-deck President: "Alright! Thanks for clicking, duelists!"
Diehard Dragon-deck President: "With Blue-Eyes getting buffed again and again—"
Diehard Dragon-deck President: "I bet all you Blue-Eyes diehards have already popped champagne, cheering that Blue-Eyes is finally squeezing into modern Yu-Gi-Oh!"
"Here's the question—within classic Blue-Eyes builds,
what combo changes do these new cards actually bring?"
"Here's my rough understanding of the Blue-Eyes lines."
"If you've got other ideas, drop them in the comments!"
"First, the one-card combo."
"As long as your hand has this buffed Blue-Eyes new card, [Neo Kaiser Sea Horse],
we start by Normal Summoning [Neo Kaiser Sea Horse]."
"Then we make a one-card Link: Link-1 [Spirit with Eyes of Blue]."
"Chain Link 1: [Neo Kaiser Sea Horse]; Chain Link 2: [Spirit with Eyes of Blue]."
"Resolve in reverse."
"CL2 adds [Mausoleum of White] from the Deck to hand."
"CL1 sends [Maiden with Eyes of Blue] from the Deck to the Graveyard."
"Activate the Field Spell [Mausoleum of White] to gain an additional Normal Summon of a Level 1 LIGHT Tuner."
"Use Mausoleum to target Spirit, send Blue-Eyes White Dragon from the Deck to the GY, then Tribute Spirit to Special Summon that Blue-Eyes from the GY."
"In the GY, [Maiden with Eyes of Blue] triggers and Special Summons itself."
"Activate Maiden, Tribute itself, and Set the Continuous Trap [True Light] face-up from the Deck."
"Activate [True Light] to Set [Wishes for Eyes of Blue] from the Deck."
"Activate 'Wishes': discard 1; search [Sage with Eyes of Blue] and [Roar of the Blue-Eyed Dragons]."
"Banish 'Wishes' from the GY and, from the Extra, choose [Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] to Equip to Blue-Eyes."
"Normal Summon Sage; use it to get [The White Stone of Ancients] or [Effect Veiler]."
"Synchro Blue-Eyes + Sage."
"Level 9! [Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon]!"
"Activate Spirit Dragon, Tribute it to Special Summon [Red Dragon Archfiend] from the Extra."
"Activate Red Dragon to search [Synchro Resonance]."
"Then activate [Roar of the Blue-Eyed Dragons] to Special Summon Blue-Eyes."
"Activate [Synchro Resonance] to revive Maiden."
"Synchro Blue-Eyes + Maiden."
"Level 9! [Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon]!"
"Spirit again: Tribute it to bring out the true big boss."
"Level 12! [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon]!"
"Activate Red Dragon's effect, target Ultimate Spirit Dragon to return itself."
"We can Special Summon [Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon] or another Level 12 LIGHT."
"And that's the board."
"As you can see, with these new cards,
Blue-Eyes can now spit out two Level 12 LIGHT negation bodies going first."
"In terms of power, it's got the chops to contest the meta."
Blank stares.
All blank.
After hearing the even more detailed Blue-Eyes line of play,
the expressions of the old guard across the Duel Worlds quietly shifted in many ways.
Complicated, helpless, dazed, shocked—their faces were full of it.
Duel Monsters world.
Seto Kaiba already felt estranged and stunned.
For a moment, he couldn't believe these combos could all come from Blue-Eyes.
In one go—two Level 12 LIGHT Synchros?
And both with interaction?
In the past—that was the kind of thing you wouldn't even dare imagine.
But right now—it was happening right before their eyes.
"Is this… Blue-Eyes White Dragon?"
"Are we sure this is still the Blue-Eyes we know?"
"So it's purely relying on Synchro now?"
"Kaiba! I'm starting to think you're actually from the 5D's world!"
Mai Valentine fluttered her eyes and teased, half-amused.
Kaiba's mouth twitched.
He hadn't expected this either.
After the buffs, Blue-Eyes had completely pivoted around Synchro.
And what was Blue-Eyes before?
Xyz, Fusion—and Synchro was just Spirit Dragon hopping into Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon to hold the field together.
But now—
It changed. Everything changed.
It felt unfamiliar.
5D's world.
For them, the point wasn't even the final Blue-Eyes end board.
It was—
Red Dragon.
What was going on?
Blue-Eyes's [Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon] really could Tribute itself to pull Red Dragon out?
Wait—seriously?
That's not just hot air, right?
Red Dragon is their 5D's card.
How is a Duel Monsters-world deck dipping its hands in too?
Centurion Knights are at least a Synchro deck.
If Yusei Fudo brings out Red Dragon, they can accept that.
But Blue-Eyes isn't strictly a pure Synchro shell, right?
The Extra, after all, is a tangle.
And now it's relying on Red Dragon as a relay point too?
...
Diehard Dragon-deck President: "Next—if you start with just Sage—
it's simple as well."
"We Normal Summon [Sage with Eyes of Blue]."
"Use the effect to get [Maiden with Eyes of Blue]."
"Activate Maiden, Tribute itself to Set [True Light] face-up."
"Activate [True Light] to Set [Wishes for Eyes of Blue] from the Deck."
"Activate 'Wishes': discard 1 to search [Roar of the Blue-Eyed Dragons] and [Priestess with Eyes of Blue]."
"Then we turn Sage into a one-card Link-1 [Spirit with Eyes of Blue]."
"Spirit adds [Mausoleum of White], then we activate it."
"Use Mausoleum to target Spirit and send Blue-Eyes from the Deck to the GY."
"Use Spirit to Tribute itself and Special Summon Blue-Eyes from the GY."
"After gaining the extra Normal Summon, we Normal Summon [Priestess with Eyes of Blue]."
"Priestess recycles Sage from the GY."
"Synchro Blue-Eyes + Priestess."
"Level 9! [Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon]!"
"Spirit Dragon's effect—remember this here—
Tribute it to Special Summon [Ancient Fairy Dragon]."
"Then Ancient Fairy pops Mausoleum to search a Field Spell."
"Activate Ancient Fairy's effect to Special Summon [Sage with Eyes of Blue]."
"Synchro [Ancient Fairy Dragon] + [Sage with Eyes of Blue]."
"Level 8! [Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon]!"
"Activate the Spell [Roar of the Blue-Eyed Dragons] to Special Summon Blue-Eyes."
"At this time, Maiden in the GY triggers to Special Summon itself."
"Banish [Roar of the Blue-Eyed Dragons] to Equip [Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] to Blue-Eyes."
"Synchro Blue-Eyes + Maiden."
"Level 9! [Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon]!"
"Spirit again—Tribute it to Special Summon [Red Dragon Archfiend]."
"Red Dragon adds [Synchro Resonance] from the Deck."
"Activate [Synchro Resonance] to revive Maiden; then Priestess in the GY triggers."
"We send Maiden to the GY and Special Summon Blue-Eyes from the GY."
"Maiden can chain to Special Summon Sage."
"Then Blue-Eyes + Sage can make another [Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon]."
"Next, Spirit tags out into the Level 12 [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon]."
"Red Dragon targets [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon]."
"Return to the Deck, then Special Summon [Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon]."
"So as you can see, opening with Sage gives you more resources."
"And as more buffs arrive, Sage's value only rises."
All one-card lines?
And starting with Sage—
He even kindly puts a Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon on the board to protect Blue-Eyes.
Confirmed. With the new cards in play,
Blue-Eyes is unmistakably a Synchro-centric deck.
Of course, you still pack the Rank 8 Xyz as needed.
But here's the problem—
Judging from this, the Blue-Eyes Extra Deck is extremely slot-hungry.
If the Higher World limits the Extra Deck size,
it'll be tight.
Yugi Muto, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo, and the others immediately clocked Blue-Eyes's Extra Deck commitment.
But that wasn't their main concern.
The bigger point was that Blue-Eyes's lines of play had completely transformed.
Diehard Dragon-deck President: "Then what if you open [Maiden with Eyes of Blue]?"
"The principle's the same."
"Activate Maiden to Set [True Light]."
"[True Light] then Sets [Wishes for Eyes of Blue] from the Deck."
"'Wishes' discards 1 to search [Sage with Eyes of Blue] and [Roar of the Blue-Eyed Dragons]."
"Normal Summon Sage; add [Priestess with Eyes of Blue]."
"And from there, you proceed just like the previous line."
"The above are rough outlines of one-card routes off the Blue-Eyes core."
"Honestly, looking at it this way,
in future Blue-Eyes builds, the actual Blue-Eyes White Dragon count may be fine at just one or two."
"Hands will brick less."
"Lastly, a two-card combo."
"[Sage with Eyes of Blue] + 627 [Neo Kaiser Sea Horse]."
"We Normal Summon [Sage with Eyes of Blue], fetch [Maiden with Eyes of Blue]."
"The following steps are the same—no need to repeat them."
"The key is what 'Wishes' searches."
"First: [Ultimate Fusion]. Second: [Priestess with Eyes of Blue]."
"Then turn Sage into a one-card Link-1 [Spirit with Eyes of Blue]."
"Spirit gets [Mausoleum of White], then we activate it."
"Mausoleum targets Spirit and sends Blue-Eyes from the Deck to the GY."
"Spirit Tributes itself to revive Blue-Eyes."
"'Wishes' banishes to Equip [Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] to Blue-Eyes."
"Then we Special Summon [Neo Kaiser Sea Horse] from hand."
"Synchro Blue-Eyes + Neo Kaiser Sea Horse."
"Level 12! [Red Dragon Archfiend]."
"Red Dragon adds [Synchro Resonance]."
"Neo Kaiser's effect sends [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon] to the GY."
"Now we activate [Ultimate Fusion]."
"Return [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] and [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon]."
"Fusion Summon—[Dragon Master Knight]."
"After that, you proceed to the double Level 12 LIGHTs the same way."
"With this two-card line, your interaction gets much scarier."
"How to put it—"
"I'm basically becoming a diehard Blue-Eyes player."
"Let's look forward to even more in the future."
Absurd.
Utterly absurd.
He even—off a two-card combo—
manages to produce a [Dragon Master Knight].
Those two Level 12 LIGHTs plus Dragon Master Knight—
the power spikes up multiple tiers.
Your interaction count goes up too.
Is this Blue-Eyes's new-era strength?
It's unbelievable.
Whether one-card or two-card lines—
you can smoothly deploy so many ace monsters.
It's already beyond imagination.
Duel Monsters world.
Even Yugi Muto couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.
If Blue-Eyes is like this already—
what about his Dark Magician?
Konami, throw Dark Magician a lifeline!
We can't have Atem just printing and talking up cards forever.
As for Seto Kaiba—he'd gone numb.
"Incredible. Absolutely incredible."
"New-era Blue-Eyes?"
"This is… the most invincible, the strongest Blue-Eyes?"
Coming back to himself, Kaiba quietly replayed the previous lines in his head.
The more he replayed them, the more unbelievable they felt.
5D's world.
Seeing a shell like Blue-Eyes casually make two Level 12 Synchros,
Yusei Fudo, Jack Atlas, Crow Hogan, and Akiza Izinski all wore complicated expressions.
This way of making Red Dragon—
was simpler than anything they do, by who knows how many times.
For a moment, they didn't even know how to "play Synchro" anymore.
Can someone really make Level 12 Synchros without even booting up a D-Wheel?
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