DDS Strats

Order of who you face:
Tristan
Joey
Yugi
Mako
Mai

Espa Roba
Seeker
Rex
Weevil
Pandora
Kaiba

P. Seto
Ishizu
Paradox
Slysheen

Darknite

Passwords are written as such: [Card Number] [Card Name] (Cost) [Password]. Cards written in the first section don't have their costs stated; they all have 15 or lower cost and are put into the deck at the start of the game.

096 Armored Zombie 20277860
098 Clown Zombie 92667214
122 Yamatano Dragon Scroll 76704943
135 Fiend's Hand 52800428
167 Ancient Jar 81492226
200 Petit Dragon 75356564
229 Hourglass of Life 08783685
395 Dancing Elf 59983499
428 Magician of Faith 31560081
510 Laughing Flower 42591472
579 Abyss Flower 40387124
591 Morphing Jar 33508719
628 Witch's Apprentice 80741828
680 Curse of Tri-Horned 79699070
681 House of Adhesive 15083728
682 Eatgaboon 42578427
683 Bear Trap 78977532
684 Invisible Wire 15361130
685 Acid Trap Hole 41356845
- 19
040 Dragon Piper (20) 55763552
072 Cocoon of Evolution (60) 40240595
089 Catapult Turtle (20) 95727991
097 Dragon Zombie (16) 66672569
168 Darkfire Dragon (27) 17881964
214 B. Flame Kagemusha (12) 15401633
224 Trap Master (16) 46461247
258 Beastking of the Swamp (21) 99426834
367 Jirai Gumo (23) 94773007
379 La Jinn (28) 97590747
415 Mechanicalchaser (26) 07359741
440 7 Colored Fish (26) 23771716
447 Giant Red Seasnake (26) 58831685
532 Gemini Elf (28) 69140098
551 Dark Elf (28) 21417692
661 Crush Card (50) 57728570
686 Widespread Ruin (20) 77754944
730 Dark-Eyes Illusion (0) 38247752
733 Thousand-Eyes Idol (0) 27125110
748 Stone Statue (23) 31812496
770 Neo the Magic Swordsman (27) 50930991
771 Man Eating Treasure Chest (26) 13723605
782 Anti Raigeki (20) 42364257
787 Last Day of Witch (50) 90330453
795 Dunames Dark Witch (28) 12493482
- 44 total

- Cards to consider: Nemuriko, Hoshiningen, Skelengel, Toad Master, Doron, Spirit of the Book,

The rest of the guide will be written as deck edits, and tips on certain duelists.

Before 1st duel:
Take out (19):
Sinister
Zone
Sinister
Sinister
Leguhl
Fungi
Leguhl
Monster Eye
Turu
Turu
Boo Koo
Star Boy
Mech
Mystery
2 Mystery
Droll Bird
Bladefly
Gale Dogra

Add the following in this exact order. Hold enter and use arrow keys to make this faster:
096 Armored Zombie
098 Clown Zombie
122 Yamatano Dragon Scroll
135 Fiend's Hand
229 Hourglass of Life
200 Petit Dragon
167 Ancient Jar
395 Dancing Elf
428 Magician of Faith
510 Laughing Flower
628 Witch's Apprentice
591 Morphing Jar
579 Abyss Flower
680 Curse of Tri-Horned
681 House of Adhesive
682 Eatgaboon
683 Bear Trap
684 Invisible Wire
685 Acid Trap Hole

Note: Often, you'll see the game give you near useless cards that have low cost. I've worked this in my strats, in that if I see a card that's worth 0-2 cost, I'll add it to my deck in place of Shadow Specter. It's relevant after about 11 wins. So basically, if you've seen one of those cards, mentally take note of it. Here's a list of the cards I've seen:
350 Dark Piercing Light
670 Black Luster Ritual,
672 Harpie's Feather Duster (2)
677 Hamburger Recipe
681 House of Adhesive,
682 Eatgaboon (1)
687 Goblin Fan (2)
688 Simochi Allergy (Tech vs Paradox? Cuz fuck Dian Keto)
690 Fake Trap
692 Turtle Oath
693 Contsruct of Mask
700 Fortress Whale's Oath
722 Dark Magic Ritual
730 Thousand-Eyes Idol
768 Unhappy Maiden (1)
783 Black Illusion Ritual
785 Multiply
- I've listed a couple of cards that are worth 2 or 1, they'll work at certain points as well. If you see these past 11, try to make a change when its convenient, basically before Mai.

Note: I have good drops listed under every duelist. If I don't have a note for a specific card, or specific typing, that means you would consider adding that drop only when you get to around P. Seto.

After 1 duel:
Take out: Bone Mouse
Add: 97 Dragon Zombie (16)
- Tristan can drop rituals, 395 DANCING ELF, 167 Ancient Jar, 768 Unhappy Maiden, 681 House of Adhesive, Ritual, 690 Fake Trap
- With Dancing Elf drop, take out Swordsman for it after 5 duels.
- With House of Adhesive drop, take out a Shadow for it, it'll be your 0 drop when you get to the 8 duels split.

After 5 duels:
Take out: Jinzo #7
Add: 367 Jirai Gumo (23)
- Joey can drop 097 DRAGON ZOMBIE (16), 078 Axe Raider (28), 224 Trap Master (16), 043 Karbonala Warrior (27), 761 Alligator's Sword (1500/1200 Beast, Wind, 27 cost), Rituals, 682 Eatgaboon,
- With a Dragon Zombie drop, remove Fiend's Hand and 2 Shadows, and add Dragon and the two 0 cost Dreams monsters. Put back Fiend's Hand for Mai. Then at that point, take out Clown Zombie. Remember: You have to wait 1 extra duel to do the following edits, so for example, you may have to do the edit after 8 duels after 9 instead.
- Had a run where I got both House of Adhesive, then Eatgaboon. Take out House for Eatgaboon at next deck edit.

After 7 duels:
Take out: 2 Hiro
Add:
440 7 Colored Fish (26)
447 Giant Red Seasnake (26)

After 8 duels:
TEST:
Take out: Shadow, Frog, Cyber Stein
Add:
795 Dunames (28)
733 Thousand Eyes Idol (0)
532 Gemini-Elf (28)

After 12 duels, 11 only with 0 drop:
TEST:
Take out: Shadow, White Dolphin, Air Marmot, Masked Clown
Add:
730 Dark-Eyes Illusion (0)
(0-drop)
551 Dark Elf (28)
(393 Zone Eater (5))
379 La Jinn (28)
- Yugi can drop 060 Great White (24), 041 Celtic Guardian (26), 747 Gazelle (27), 031 Koumori Dragon (27), 010 Blackland Fire Dragon (23), 628 Witch's Apprentice, Rituals, 681 House of Adhesive, 687 Goblin Fan, 350 Dark Piercing Light, 688 Simochi Allergy
- Without 0 drop at 12 duels, swap out Shadow for a Zone Eater, or some other card worth 5 or less.
- If you get House of Adhesive after already getting a low drop, you can swap out that card for it.
- With Witch's Apprentice drop, take out Abyss Flower for it when you get to Espa Roba.

After 16 duels, 15 with 0 or 2 drop:
Take out: Wretched, Mechanical Spider
Add:
89 Catapult (20)
224 Trap Master (16)
- Mako can drop 135 FIEND'S HAND!, 060 Great White, 229 HOURGLASS!, 122 Yamatano, 001 Blue-Eyes White Dragon (wtf?), 682 Eatgaboon, Ritual
- With Fiend's Hand drop, decided to take out Clown Zombie for it for Mai.
- With Hourglass drop. Decided to take out Clown Zombie for it for Mai. (Do Hourglass over Fiend's Hand for early game. Switch to Fiend's Hand for Seeker.)
- With Eatgaboon drop, took out 0 drop for it.
- With Yamatano drop, take out Petit for it when you get to Mai.

After 20 duels:
Take out: Shadow, Kaminari
Add:
686 Widespread (20)
258 Beastking (21)
- Mai can drop 096 CLOWN ZOMBIE, 098 ARMORED ZOMBIE, 595 Fiend Reflection #1 (1300 Dreams), 682 Eatgaboon
- With a previous Dragon Zombie drop, you have to wait until 21 duels to do these fixes, unless you get a 0 drop. Make sure to do the above, as well as take out Clown Zombie for Fiend's Hand.
- With Eatgaboon drop, took out Milus/0-drop for it.
- With Clown Zombie/Armored Zombie drop, plan to take out Laughing Flower for it when you get to Espa Roba.

After 25 duels:
Take out: Milus, Giant Red Seasnake
Add:
415 Mechanicalchacer (26)
748 Stone Statue (23)
- Espa Roba can drop 756 Reflect Bounder (27 cost), 377 Ryu-Kishin Powered (28), 754 Cyber Raider (24 cost), 782 Anti-Raigeki (20), 684 Bear Trap
- If you got a good Zombie drop from Mai, take out Laughing Flower for it here.
- If you got Witch's Apprentice drop from Yugi, take out Abyss Flower for it here.
- If you get Anti-Raigeki as a drop, take out Laughing Flower for it once you get to Seeker.
- If you get Bear Trap, probably take out Muka for it.

For Seeker:
Take out: Swordsman, 0 drop/Zone, Trap Master
Add:
207 Droll Bird (11)
447 Giant Red Seasnake (26)
782 Anti-Raigeki (20)
- Seeker can drop: 171 Big Eye (1200 Dreams, 22 cost), 256 Dimensional Knight (1200 Warrior, Dreams, 22 cost), 293 Masaki (1100 Light, 22 cost), 624 High Tide Gyojin (1650 Aqua, 29 cost), 493 Maha Vailo (29 cost), 684 Invisible Wire, 782 Anti-Raigeki (20)

For Rex:
Take out: Wretched, Anti-Raigeki
Add: 009 Shadow (7) or 0 drop, 661 Crush Card (50),
- Rex can drop: 032 Two-Headed King Rex (28), 080 Uraby (23) 683 Bear Trap, 684 Invisible Wire, 782 Anti-Raigeki (20)
- From here on, take out a Muka Muka for a Trap drop.
- Put back in Laughing Flower if you got an Anti-Raigeki drop.
- If you notice, because of previous drops, that if you can put in Cocoon at 36 duels, put in 0 drop over Shadow

After 37 duels (2 Rex duels):
Take out: Crush Card
Add: 072 Cocoon of Evolution (60)
- Technically, better strats would probably just risk it and run Anti-Raigeki for 2 duels, hoping to not draw it, and adding in Cocoon. But really, adding Crush makes things easier sometimes; if I truly wanted to make things faster, that is one of the things I would change.

For Weevil:
Take out: Yamatano, Petit, Droll, Giant Red Seasnake
Add:
040 Dragon Piper (20)
168 Darkfire Dragon (27)
214 B. Flame (12)
224 Trap Master (16)
- Weevil can drop: 258 BEASTKING, 55 Giant Flea (27), 290 Moon Envoy (1100 ATK, Warrior, Light, 21 cost), 120 Dream Clown (1200 ATK, Warrior, Dreams, 21 cost), 165 The Judgment Hand (1400 ATK, Warrior, Light, 21 cost), 683 Bear Trap, 782 Anti-Raigeki
- With Beastking drop, took out Stone Statue for it.

For Pandora:
Take out: Abyss, Darkfire, Catapult, Dunames
- Leaving out Seasnake for Neo.
Add:
771 Man Eating Treasure Chest (26)
770 Neo the Magic Swordsman (27)
661 Crush Card (50)
122 Yamatano (12)
- Pandora can drop 281 Mystic Clown (25), 603 Fairy Dragon (Light, 23 cost), 782 Anti-Raigeki (20)
- If you got a good Dreams drop, take out Stone Statue for it if possible.

After 51 duels (Without losses, after 1 win on Kaiba):
- Last run, had 498/500 at this point with a 0-drop in deck, so this might be possible right when you get to Kaiba at 50. Leaving out Dunames for Seasnake. Maybe plan to take out Stone Statue for Dunames here.
Take out: Laughing Flower, Morphing Jar, Stone Statue?
Add:
168 Darkfire (27)
447 Seasnake (26)
795 Dunames (28)
- Kaiba can drop 234 Beautiful Headhuntress (1600 ATK, Shadow, 24 cost), 026 Battle Ox (27), 379 La Jinn (28), 377 Ryu-Kishin Powered (28), 233 Dark Titan of Terror (1300 ATK Shadow 24 cost), 647 Hyosube (1500 Aqua, 24 cost), 661 CRUSH CARD! 782 Anti-Raigeki (20)
- If you got it, take out Dreams drop for Dunames.
- With Crush drop, take out Neo or Treasure Chest for it around P. Seto
- Depending on drops, you could potentially take out Abyss Flower over Laughing, but usually not.

Tier 3: At this point, it's firmly planned to add in any good drops around this point of the game. Since it's kind of random, you'll have to simply play on your toes and think ahead sometimes. Keep track of what your deck limit is, and determine how many duels it may take until you can swap certain cards for drops.

For P. Seto:
Take out: Curse/House/0-drop/Eatgaboon, (Muka, Abyss Flower, Clown Zombie, Neo, Ancient Jar, Yamatano)
782 Anti-Raigeki (20)
- P. Seto can drop: 168 Darkfire (27), 377 Ryu-Kishin Powered (28), 026 Battle Ox (27), 379 La Jinn, Crush Card, 551 DARK ELF (28), 532 Gemini Elf, 523 Bistro Butcher (28), 507 Crazy Fish (26), 466 Skull Red Bird (27), 631 Maiden of the Moon (1500 ATK, Dreams, 28 cost), 636 Blue-Winged Crown (1600 ATK, Wind, 28 cost), 685 Acid Trap Hole, 661 CRUSH CARD!
- The cards in parentheses are the ones you would take out for any good drops that you can add to the deck. If necessary, put in low drop cards.
- If you got any good drops with 1500+ ATK, or Anti-Raigeki drop, take out 2 cards in parentheses for that drop and an Anti-Raigeki (having 2 copies of Anti-Raigeki is preferable).
- With Crush drop, take out Neo or Treasure Chest for it
- If you already have good drops, don't add Blue-Winged Crown

For Ishizu:
Take out: Curse/House/0-drop/Eatgaboon, B. Flame, Anti-Raigeki (Ancient Jar, Clown Zombie, Neo, Yamatano)
Add:
510 Laughing Flower/579 Abyss Flower
1-2 copies of 563 Wretched
787 Last Day of Witch (50)
- Can drop: 551 Dark Elf (28), 532 Gemini Elf (28), 7 Colored Fish, Seasnake, 149 Lord of the Lamp (1400 Shadow, 26 cost), 125 Faith Bird (1500 Light, 26 cost), 581 Takuhee (1450 ATK Wind, 24 cost)  Acid Trap Hole
- I'd you got a good Shadow drop previously, or some other good drops is in mind, add that over a 2nd Wretched when possible.
- If you got a good Dreams drop, take out a card in the parentheses for it when possible.
- With Crush Card drop, don't put in Last Day of Witch.

For Paradox:
If possible, take out an Ancient Jar or Laughing/Abyss for some drop. Other options are Giant Red, Dreams drops, maybe Neo, etc
- 681 Simochi Allergy as a drop? -5000 Dian Keto would be dope
- Paradox can drop: 454 Destroyer Golem (25), 649 Hibikime (24), 281 Mystic Clown (25), 581 Takuhee (1450 ATK Wind, 24 cost)

For Slysheen (Heishin):
Take out: Curse/House/0-drop/Eatgaboon, Last Day of Witch, Treasure Chest, (Laughing Flower, Abyss, Dark Eyes, Thousand)
Add:
486 Boo Koo
782 Anti-Raigeki (20)
Can drop: 415 Mechanicalchacer, 625 Fairy of the Fountain (1600 ATK, Aqua, 27 cost), 433 Ancient Elf (26), 353 Takriminos (1500 Aqua, 27 cost), 230 Rare Fish (27), 066 Kojikocy (1500 ATK Warrior, Earth, 27 cost) 782 Anti-Raigeki, 685 Acid Trap Hole
- Take out any Dream dropped cards. If you get Mechanicalchacer take out a Wretched or Flower for it.
- If you got a good Light monster drop, try to add it in here before Boo Koo, as extra Lights make these duels easier. You may need to wait until after some duels to do so.
- With Acid Trap Hole drop, take out Eatgaboon or Bear Trap for it.

For Darknite:
Take out: Curse/House/0-drop/Eatgaboon, Dark Eyes, Thousand-Eyes Idol, (Laughing Flower, Abyss, the  Boo Koo, Yamatano)
Add:
214 B. Flame
- Darknite can drop: 367 Jirai Gumo (23), 096 Armored Zombie (15)
- Add any additional 1500+ ATK drops in mind

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