How to play the Power of the Dragon deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel

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With the influx of players to the blossoming Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel comes plenty of newcomers attracted to the spectacle and unfamiliar with the game’s rather rigid meta. When this crowd is met with three packs of “structure decks” at the start of the game — each with vastly different playstyles and bearing minimal descriptions or explanations — they’re likely to feel unsure how best to proceed. Fortunately, the Power of the Dragon deck best caters to this mechanically new clientele.

Even those unfamiliar with the ins and outs of Yu-Gi-Oh will recognize the ubiquity of Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and coincidentally therein lies the deck’s biggest strength — its base monster pool. Power of the Dragon features the beefiest standard monsters of the three structure decks, with the likes of Strong Wind Dragon and Luster Dragon providing instantaneous medium attack power (alternatively referred to as ATK) with which to quickly build a competent field, all without relying too heavily upon complex fusions or links. This deck prefers to start second, allowing the strength of its initial roster to attack first and overwhelm the weaker, fusion-based monsters likely to be summoned early by the other starter decks.

The moderate strength of these standard dragons is also the deck’s biggest drawback: while the dragons at the player’s disposal are powerful enough to bully most fusion-based cards, their middling ATK numbers tend to falter once opponents further set up and develop their field. For example, if an opponent running Link Generation manages to chain their lowly Link Streamers and Data Tokens into the much more powerful, 2300 ATK Decode Talker, the