Featured in the Alinos Gateway Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Monthly for August 2026. VOD linked below for the recap.
Shout outs to Jose Luis Sanchez Corderos for their top 8 list from the Lima Genesys Regional; seeing their list inspired me to run this list at all! Also thanks to LoganJYA over on YouTube for their dedicated Drytron content; thanks for getting me up to speed with my favourite space dragons again!
I love Drytron; bought the deck in paper on release, first list I built when Master Duel launched... Reignited my love of Ritual monsters. Thrilled to see people build around the heavily-pointed Alpha and Mu Beta Fafnir and still play well, so this was a crafting-light list to brew up. Following Jose's list, I ran Stardust Synchrons and a heavy Synchro lineup to make use of them... I didn't understand Bri Synchron other than making your monster 600 ATK bigger? But Drytron doesn't feel lacking for giant monsters to begin with. Running a small Metamorphosis package was pretty sweet; Thousand- and Millennium-Eyes Restricts are both quite strong, but I was an absolute bungler and dusted my MER when scrounging dust for the Mathematicians. :') This is also your notice that Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon is not in Master Duel?? This would be my preferred level 12 Metamorphosis target instead of Neo BEUD.
I could have also run 3x Mathematician, but I wanted to give Gadget Gamer a run from my initial attempt at brewing this deck; functionally Foolish Burial for your Drytrons. Sideboard also features Batosbuster and Magikey Unlocking for consistent access to a negate, though this didn't end up feeling necessary for this event.
As thanks for reading, here's my Drytron effect mnemonic for aspiring star dragon players:
- Alpha Adds your Aces
- Beta Brings from Banish
- Delta Draws from Deck
- Gamma Grabs from Grave
- Zeta Searches 'ze Spell
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