Yu-Gi-Oh!: How To Play HEROs
For fans of the Yu-Gi-Oh GX anime, there is no deck quite as iconic as Jaden's Elemental HEROs. Although the deck has progressed long past summoning Elemental HERO Flame Wingman and comboing it with Skyscraper, there are still many elements of the old-school strategy present in a modern HERO deck: it hits hard and fast, and does a lot of Fusion Summoning.
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The modern HERO deck contains more than just Elemental HEROs, though: it is an amalgam of the best cards from each HERO type, from the familiar Destiny HEROs to the advantage-generating Vision HEROs and the game-ending Evil HEROs. These are all used in combination to create a deck with a solid gameplan both going first and second, that has high consistency and can be very difficult for your opponent to stop. If you're a fan of going-second decks, or enjoy combo-heavy playstyles, then this may be the deck for you.
The Elemental HERO arm of the HERO deck acts more as a supporting engine for your other HERO plays than a force in itself. Most prominently, any HERO deck worth its salt will play three copies of the legendary Elemental HERO Stratos, which, when Normal or Special Summoned, allows you to search for any HERO monster. Similarly, Elemental HERO Shadow Mist can either provide searching when it's sent to Grave, or it can search for Mask Change when Special Summoned, giving you a way of going into your Masked HERO plays.
Don't forget about Stratos' second effect, which can clear your opponent's backrow - this can come in handy against certain decks!
Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier partners well with Shadow Mist, since when Liquid Soldier is summoned its effect allows you to Special Summon a HERO from your
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