Black Rose Dragon was the chase card from the set, although it was quickly reprinted as a tin promo as well. Rose, Warrior of Revenge was the first generic level-four tuner and Plaguespreader Zombie fit perfectly into the Tele-DAD strategy, while also being useful in Lightsworn, which was one of the best decks of that time period. Crossroads of Chaos, the next set after Duelist Genesis brought even more splashable cards to help players synchro summon with ease. The popularity of this strategy was probably what inspired the creation of a new card type.Īnd thus, Tele-DAD was born A Swift ExpansionĪfter the initial wave of great tuner and synchro monsters, they just kept getting better. By sending a specific monster along with the other fusion materials from your field to the graveyard, you could bring out the matching fusion monster. The currently forbidden Metamorphosis opened up the fusion deck, as any Goat Control player will be able to tell you, but after the T-Hero strategy abused the card in 2007, the card got the axe.īriefly after that, the contact fusion mechanic was popularized by the Gladiator Beast fusion monsters. After all, conducting a fusion summon meant that you'd be using up multiple cards to summon one monster, which meant that you would instantly fall behind in terms of card advantage.

For a long time, using cards from outside your main deck was quite a niche thing to do. Imagine playing Yu-Gi-Oh! without an extra deck. Although some players were skeptical of them at first and hesitant to try them out, they quickly became a staple in competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! In this article we'll have a look at the mechanic's lifespan.

Synchro monsters were the first new card type to be added to the extra deck, originally named fusion deck.

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