Tech to Wreck: Ancient Dragon, Magmaarmor

Hey Cardfighters,

This is a new thing that will be VERY sporadic since I don't always have an interesting card to talk about. As the name suggests it is going to be able a card that will help out a ton in a certain match and usually a card that is overlooked and forgotten. I'll make a page and add it to the list under the banner :) Hopefully this will help you all be ahead of the curve/get new ideas on how to build decks!

Ancient Dragon, Magmaarmor
(In anticipation of the Technical Booster)



(Card image courtesy of Cardfight!! Wikia) [No mate cause he's not as cool :P]

This guy is probably the best forgotten card for Tachikaze right now. He works well in basically every variant of Tachikaze except maybe Dark Rex. He fits into Ancient Dragons (ADs) since he is one so you get name shenanigans and his skill is actually not restricted to ADs which means he'll fit really well into a generic deck as well. Lets go a bit over his pros and cons.

PROS:

• Non LEGION skill lets him hit 19k when boosted by your starter which is super good if your opponent is trying to do that annoying Grade 2 game thing.
• Take advantage of the extremely powerful AD engine. Speedy early game can set the pace of the game and he keeps AD name so your skills don't deactivate unlike if you are teching in Dark Rex/Gaia
• Legion skill is NON-AD this means shenanigans muahahha. Mainly the fact taht engore can eat ANY number of units. So to pay for engorge you could eat a separate side column and then Counterblast 2 & Soulblast 2 and then bring it back for more pain.

CONS:

• Soul will be an issue. Most of Tachi's best starters don't go into the soul so unless you are running soulcharging triggers then you probably won't be getting that much soul.
• Magmaarmor's mate basically does nothing. It is legion specific so it won't work while striding or early game where AD usually shines.

Even though there is only one more 'pro' than there is 'con' I think that he is still a magnificent choice. The mate issues can be worked around by playing 2 mates since you don't need to legion more than once and Tachi has a few soul charging triggers to play around with as well. 

I would highly recommend trying out Magmaarmor in your Tachikaze decks, whether it is Ancient Dragons or Generic he'll make a great back up that takes advantage of the new support very well. 

Let me know if you try him out!

Thanks for reading,

Chris 

Budgetguard 30: Tyrannolegend & Dark Rex

Hey Cardfighters,

Welcome to Jurrasic... Vanguard! Last time we looked at an Ancient Dragon Double Legion build but Dark Rex wants to destroy something so let's bring him out to play and see what we can do!

Winning Image: Restanding plays with Dark Rex and multi-attack patterns in general.


(Image Courtesy of Cardfight Wikia)
     Obviously the main goal of the deck so we'll play him at 4. There are a few things to note about his abilities because he needs to be in the bind zone for his LB4. and then he can place himself in the Bind Zone and give a unit +3k. This can enable early power columns and set up for later in the game. Also he isn't an Ancient Dragon which is going to shut off a lot of your skills when he becomes your vanguard. That being said a "restanding" vanguard is an extremely powerful tool and this should be no exception. Especially one that doesn't require CB.


(Image Courtesy of Cardfight Wikia)
      As a back up we use Ancient Dragon Tyrannolegend. The main purpose of this card is to be fetched with Baby Rex which will enable multi attack patterns, early aggression and a lot of very powerful things. The second job he fills is being able to attack for 21k +1 crit unboosted which will wear out your opponent's resources. and set them up for Dark Rex. Like Dark Rex his skill requires no CB which is important in letting your other skills go off.



Deck List: 
Starter: Ancient Dragon, Baby Rex (x2)
6 Crit
6 Draw
4 Heal

G1s:
4x Archbird (2.00)
4x Ancient Dragon, Tyrannoblaze
4x Ancient Dragon, Iguanogorg (1.50)
1x Savage Magus

G2s:
4x Ancient Dragon, Tyrannobite (0.80)
4x Ancient Dragon, Dinocrowd
3x Ancient Dragon, Criollofall

G3s:
4x Ancient Dragon, Tyrannolegend (2.00)
4x Destruction Dragon, Dark Rex (1.49)

G4s:
4x Destruction Dragon, Archraider (0.40)
2x Madew (6.25)

Final Cost:  $39.3

Deck Comments:
     I focused on Ancient Dragons for this build because they will work really well with Tyrannolegend who I wanted to run because it makes early plays possible with Baby Rex which ends up being extremely powerful. Savage Magus might seem odd but I just wanted to maximize the LBE type effects because both vanguards use LB4 skills I think its really important. 2 Baby Rex's is to help replenish the field during plays and for getting multi attacks off. And lastly the 6 crit 6 draw is to help keep up the number of cards because if we go for many dark rex plays then we end up depleting our own resources a lot since the "Revivers" Iguanogorg and Tyrannobite can't be revived when you use Dark Rex's Skill. I wish I could have fit in more Madew's because they have crazy synergy with Dark Rex but unfortunately it didn't work out.

Match ups:

Overall Performance:
     I'll be honest and say that I'm not really sure how powerful this deck is. I don't think its top tier but its definitely good enough to compete. The main thing holding the deck back is that Dark Rex is a 10k vanguard which really hurts when you use his skill and attack unboosted. I have a feeling the deck will be really strong when they finally get their G-support but until then its definitely a fun variant of Tahcikaze and mixes some of the generic stuff with Ancient Dragons fairly well.

Tips for Mastering:

• You can't revive Tyrannobite and Iguanogorg if you use Dark Rex's skill so be careful.
• Plan out your attacks each turn to get the most out of them. You get an insane amount of drive checks with this deck, be careful of decking out.
• Don't be afraid to take that 4th damage to use your skills as it is your main hurdle.  

Tips for adding money:
      This probably isn't surprising but you need to get 2 more Madew's the combo with Dark Rex is just insane because you get to stride and keep Dark Rex's for extra drive checks pressuring your opponent. And really I feel like that was the only thing missing from the deck. you could experiment with other secondary grade 3s like Tyrannoquake who would Synergize more with Dark Rex but I recommend still running a few Tyrannolegend for Baby Rex as it is very powerful especially early game.

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Thanks for reading,

Chris