Ace Monsters in Yu-Gi-Oh! CROSS DUEL - What are they and how do they work?

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Unlike the traditional card game, Yu-Gi-Oh! CROSS DUEL puts a fascinating spin on the card game. In particular, the limited-turn dueling card game added a new spin with Ace Monsters. These mighty monsters represent the duelists and are key to claiming victory in Yu-Gi-Oh! CROSS DUEL.

Ace Monsters are essentially the victory conditions for your deck or are tied to your overall strategy. After all, in Yu-Gi-Oh! CROSS DUEL, you only have 20 cards in your deck, and there are no duplicate cards. Thankfully, you start with your Ace Monster in your starting hand.

With this in mind, you will want to build for a particular strategy and have powerful cards that will go along with that strategy. For this reason, your Ace Monster needs to help inform your tactics going into a duel.

Yu-Gi-Oh! CROSS DUEL leans more towards the powerful side of the card game and anime since it’s a time-sensitive game. Attack and Defense points are far more critical for this reason, so you will want to pick an Ace Monster that matters.

The idea is that playing this monster will wildly swing the game in your favor and hopefully secure a win. The goal is to have the most life points at the end or be the last duelist standing, after all.

Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to get a powerful Ace Monster. Players need to complete the tutorial, and they will get to pick from several pretty powerful. While any monster can be an Ace Monster in Yu-Gi-Oh! CROSS DUEL, some stand out as more useful.

A fantastic example of a strong monster is Yusei Fudo’s Stardust Dragon. Known for swarming the field with low-level monsters, Stardust Dragon synergizes nicely with that tactic. While Stardust Dragon is on the field, all level 3 or lower monsters you control have Reincarnation.

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