Introduction to Cyberdark

Published on August 22nd, 2022 by

Updated on October 29th, 2023

Introduction

Cyberdarks are a DARK Machine-based archetype based on the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. The deck was primarily piloted by Zane Truesdale, who also piloted the Cyber Dragon deck, linking the two archetypes.

There are two types of Cyberdark decks: Fusion decks and Link decks. The Fusion variant is the focus of this guide, with room for future expansion.

Cyberdarks have two powerful Fusion Monsters at their disposal: Loading... and Loading... , both of which can be used to form the devastating Buster Lock. However, the deck is extremely vulnerable to disruptions during combos, as well as having the aforementioned monsters tributed by Kaijus (e.g., Loading... , Loading... , Loading... ).

Main Deck

Monsters
Spells
Traps

Dragon Buster Destruction Sword

When equipped to a monster, Loading... creates the Buster Lock, a powerful floodgate that prevents your opponent from Summoning any monster from the Extra Deck. Ideally, you'll equip Loading... to Loading... with the effect of Loading... .

Cyber Dragon Herz

Loading... primarily serves as fodder for Loading... , as Loading... can be sent from your hand or Deck to your Graveyard, triggering its effect to add a "Cyber Dragon" from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand. Because its name is treated as "Cyber Dragon" once it is on the field or in the Graveyard, Loading... can also be used as Fusion Material.

TIP: During the Cyberdark End Turbo combo, after using Loading... to send both Loading... and Loading... to the Graveyard, make sure Loading... is Chain Link 2 to ensure the effect of Loading... resolves and you have enough Fusion Materials to Fusion Summon Loading... .

Cyber Dragon Nachster

Loading... can be Special Summoned by discarding another monster from your hand. When you Normal or Special Summon Loading... , it can Special Summon a Machine monster from your Graveyard with 2100 ATK or DEF; with this effect, you can Summon Loading... , Loading... , Loading... , or Loading... .

Cyber Dragon Core

When Loading... is Normal Summoned, it searches the Deck for a "Cyber" Spell or Trap. Most of the time, you'll be adding Loading... or Loading... , but if you already have access to them, you can add Loading... or Loading... to strengthen your board, or Loading... to ensure you meet the requirements to activate Loading... . Loading... can also banish itself from the Graveyard while only your opponent controls a monster to Special Summon a "Cyber Dragon" monster from the Deck for comeback plays.

TIP: If you already have access to Loading... and Loading... , make sure to Normal Summon Loading... early during your combo to bait disruption from your opponent.

Cyber Dragon

Loading... is a versatile card in the deck. While only your opponent controls a monster, you can Special Summon Loading... to use as Link Material alongside your Normal Summon or to get rid of annoying monsters your opponent controls with Loading... or Loading... . Furthermore, if you need to activate Loading... 's Graveyard effect but cannot use it as Link Material, you can use Loading... as a Tribute to Summon Loading... . Furthermore, Loading... can be used as one of the costs to activate Loading... .

Attachment Cybern

As an Equip Card, Loading... gives the equipped monster 600 ATK and, when sent to the Graveyard, can Special Summon a "Cyber" monster from the Graveyard.

TIP: When equipped from the hand or field, Loading... does not count as being equipped by the Cyberdark Machine monsters' effects, so they will not gain additional ATK other than Loading... 's 600 ATK boost.

Cyberdark Claw

Loading... can be discarded to search your deck for any "Cyberdark" Spell or Trap. Loading... and Loading... should always be your first choices, as both make Fusion Summoning monsters from the Extra Deck easy. Furthermore, once in the Graveyard, Loading... can be used as an Equip Card with the effect of sending a monster from your Extra Deck to the Graveyard during damage calculation.

TIP: If you already have access to Loading... and Loading... , make sure to discard Loading... early during your combos to bait out disruption from your opponent.

Loading... can be discarded to search your Deck for any Machine "Cyberdark" monster (i.e., Loading... , Loading... , Loading... , or Loading... ). When in the Graveyard, Loading... can be used as Fusion Material to Summon Loading... . When used as an Equip Card, Loading... can also send a monster from your Deck to the Graveyard during damage calculation.

Cyberdark Horn, Edge, & Keel

Loading... , Loading... , and Loading... are primarily used as Fusion Materials to Fusion Summon Loading... . When Normal Summoned, they can equip a Level 3 or lower Dragon monster from your Graveyard and gain half of its original ATK. The best of the three is Loading... because it can attack directly, allowing the effects of Loading... and Loading... to be easily activated. Because of its lacklustre burn effect, Loading... is the least used. You should only use two of these three cards, as Summoning Loading... isn't worth it.

Cyberdark Chimera

Loading... is arguably the most important card in the deck because it makes Fusion Summoning monsters from the Extra Deck more consistent. You almost always want to use Loading... 's effect to additional Normal Summon Loading... , then use Loading... 's effect to search your Deck for Loading... by discarding a Spell or Trap while also allowing you to banish monsters from your Graveyard as Fusion Material. Loading... can then be used as Link Material together with your regular Normal Summon, triggering Loading... 's Graveyard effect to mill a "Cyberdark" monster with a different name than the cards in your Graveyard.

Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju

Loading... can be searched from your Deck by Loading... , and then be used to easily remove a monster from your opponent's field.

Therion "King" Regulus

Loading... can Special Summon itself from the hand by targeting and equipping a Machine monster from your Graveyard. You can do this in the middle of your combos to protect yourself from your opponent's disruption via a negate, or after your Cyberdark End Turbo to give yourself a double negate (Loading... can send the monster equipped to Loading... to the Graveyard to negate one of your opponent's cards, then Loading... can send itself to the Graveyard to negate another).

Cyber Eternal

After Special Summoning and equipping Loading... with Loading... , tribute it to Special Summon Loading... , then use Loading... to Special Summon Loading... back to the field from the Graveyard. Loading... can also be banished from the Graveyard to prevent the destruction of Machine "Cyber" Fusion Monsters you control.

Power Bond

Loading... allows you to access the most powerful cards in your Extra Deck while also doubling the ATK of the monster you Summon. The only drawbacks are that you take damage equal to the ATK gained from its effect during the End Phase, and you can only use monsters from your hand or field (a limitation that can be overcome by using Loading... ).

Overload Fusion

Loading... can be used to supplement an OTK by Fusion Summoning a DARK Machine from your Extra Deck by banishing Fusion Materials from your field or Graveyard. Furthermore, if your Loading... is disrupted or your opponent beats your Turn 1 board, Loading... is a viable recovery option.

Cyber Emergency

Loading... can search your Deck for any "Cyber Dragon" monster. You'll mostly be adding Loading... with this effect. If you don't have any monsters to use with Loading... , you can add Loading... instead.

Cybernetic Horizon

Cybernetic Horizon sends Fusion Materials to the Graveyard from both your Main Deck and Extra Deck. The best monsters to send to the Graveyard for cost are Loading... and one of Loading... , Loading... , or Loading... , with other card combinations being suboptimal but acceptable. On effect resolution, the best Extra Deck monsters to send to the Graveyard are Loading... to protect your Fusion Monsters during an OTK, or Loading... to equip to Loading... .

TIP: If you don't have enough Cyberdark monsters to Fusion Summon Loading... , you can use the effect of Loading... to send Loading... to the Graveyard instead to help meet the requirements.

Cyberdark Realm

Loading... allows you to search your deck for any "Cyberdark" monster with a name that differs from the cards in your Graveyard. With this effect, you'll primarily want to add either Loading... or Loading... to your hand. Furthermore, Loading... allows you to Normal Summon a "Cyberdark" monster in addition to your Normal Summon/Set.

Dragon Shrine & Foolish Burial

Loading... & Loading... can be used to send Loading... from your Deck to the Graveyard to be equipped to Loading... , creating the Buster Lock. They can also be used to bait disruption from your opponent or to send another monster to the Graveyard to be used as Fusion Material.

Loading... searches your Deck for a LIGHT Machine monster to use in your combos, such as Loading... , Loading... , and Loading... , or Loading... , which can be used to easily remove a monster from your opponent's field.

Clockwork Night

Loading... is a versatile card that can boost your monsters' ATK/DEF by 500 while decreasing your opponents' by 500. It also makes removing monsters from your opponent's board simple by making them all Machine type, allowing you to send them to the Graveyard with Loading... . It can also be sent to the Graveyard by the effect of Loading... and then banished to search the Deck for Loading... .

Cyberdark Invasion

Loading... can equip a Machine or Dragon monster from either Graveyard to a "Cyberdark" you control. This is normally used to provide more fuel to Loading... for disruption. Additionally, equips on Loading... grant it more attacks per Battle Phase. Loading... can also destroy one of your opponent's cards by sending an Equip Card you control to the Graveyard.

TIP: Keep in mind that the destructive effect of Loading... does not target.

Extra Deck

Chimeratech Rampage Dragon

Loading... allows for more aggressive play and OTKs, especially when combined with Loading... . When Fusion Summoned, Loading... can destroy Spells or Traps on the field up to the number of Fusion Materials used. It can also send up to two LIGHT Machine monsters from the Deck to the Graveyard, gaining an extra attack for each card sent.

Cyberdark Dragon

When you're unable to get five Main Deck "Cyberdark" cards for the Fusion Summon of Loading... , you can send Loading... to the Graveyard from the Extra Deck with Loading... to be used as Fusion Material.

Chimeratech Overdragon

Loading... is a Fusion Monster that can be Summoned by fusing a "Cyber Dragon" and one or more Machine monsters, and it is used to destroy your opponents' monsters and OTK.

TIP: Keep in mind that when you Fusion Summon Loading... , all other cards you control are sent to the Graveyard.

Cyber End Dragon

The main purpose of Loading... is to be sent to the Graveyard with Loading... and equipped onto Loading... to grant an ATK boost and the option of Summoning Loading... . It can also be Fusion Summoned with Loading... for OTK.

Cyber Eternity Dragon

When going for an OTK, Loading... can be sent from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard with the effect of Loading... to protect your Fusion Monsters from being targeted or destroyed for a turn.

Cyberdarkness Dragon

Loading... can be Fusion Summoned with five "Cyberdark" Effect Monsters as materials. When Special Summoned, it can equip a Dragon or Machine from your Graveyard to itself, increasing Loading... 's ATK by the equipped monster's original ATK. The majority of the time, you'll want to equip Loading... for the 4000 ATK boost and the option to Special Summon Loading... .

Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon

Loading... can be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck using a "Cyber Dragon" monster and monsters from the Extra Monster Zone as material, making it an easy way to get rid of an opponent's monster(s).

Chimeratech Fortress Dragon

You can Special Summon Loading... from the Extra Deck with a "Cyber Dragon" and one or more Machine monsters from either field, making it an easy way to get rid of your opponent's Machine monsters (or all of your opponent's monsters if Loading... is on the field).

Cyberdark End Dragon

Most commonly Summoned by tributing a Loading... equipped with a Loading... , Loading... is the ultimate beat-stick, being unaffected by your opponent's activated effects and being able to attack a number of times per turn depending on the number of cards equipped to it.

TIP: Keep in mind that Loading... is still vulnerable to continuous effects like Loading... and Loading... .

Cyber Dragon Sieger

Loading... can be Link Summoned by linking any Machine and a "Cyber Dragon" monster. Because it is treated as a "Cyber Dragon" while on the field or in the Graveyard, it can be used as Fusion Material, or its effect can be used to increase the ATK/DEF of any Machine monster with 2100 current ATK or more by another 2100.

Predaplant Verte Anaconda

Loading... can be Link Summoned by linking any two Effect Monsters, allowing you to use Loading... from your deck for 2000 LP but preventing you from Special Summoning for the rest of the turn. This can be used to Fusion Summon Loading... , Loading... , Loading... or Loading... .

Elder Entity N'tss

Loading... can be sent from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard by using the effect of Loading... (when treated as an Equip Card) to destroy an opponent's card.

Wind Pegasus @Ignister

Loading... can be sent from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard by using the effect of Loading... (when treated as an Equip Card). When your opponent destroys a card you control, Loading... can shuffle a card your opponent controls into the deck by banishing itself from the Graveyard.

Salamangreat Almiraj

When you have a single Loading... on the field and need to use its Graveyard effect to meet the requirements to Fusion Summon Loading... , you can use it as Link Material to summon Loading... . When Loading... is on the field, it can Tribute itself to protect a monster you control from being destroyed by your opponent's card effects, which is useful when going for an OTK.

TIP: If you need Loading... in the Graveyard to use as an Equip Card, you can Normal Summon it and use it as Link Material to Summon Loading... . Keep in mind that if you Summon Salamangreat Almiraj, you will be unable to use Cybernetic Horizon that turn.

Barricadeborg Blocker

Loading... can be Link Summoned instead of Loading... to discard Loading... to the Graveyard for Loading... to equip. It can also prevent the destruction of your Loading... and Loading... .

Qliphort Genius

Loading... can be Link Summoned instead of Loading... to negate a face-up card your opponent controls for a turn. It can also bait disruption from your opponent, who may be unaware that it is unaffected by Link, Spell, and Trap effects.

Tech Cards

IMPORTANT: Since Loading... requires any Spell or Trap to be in your hand to activate its effect, make sure you prioritise using tech cards that are Spells and Traps.

TIP: If your opponent uses disruption while you have a Spell or Trap in your hand that can negate it, such as Loading... , Loading... , or Loading... , use those cards only if your opponent will disrupt a critical part of your combo, and save them to be discarded with Loading... .

Example Decklist

40 cards

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Combos

There are several intricate combinations and plays you can make with Cyberdarks, but the two most common ones are Cyberdark End Turbo and Rampage OTK. These combos require you to have Loading... and one of Loading... or Loading... in addition to any Spell or Trap in your hand.

TIP: Any Cyberdark monster can be used in place of Loading... , while any Cyber Dragon monster can be used in place of Loading... .

Cyberdark End Turbo (Turn 1)

Normal Summon Loading... . Add Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... . Send Loading... and Loading... to the Graveyard. Send Loading... from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard. Add Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... , adding Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... . Add Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... , adding Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... , adding Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... , additional Normal Summoning Loading... .
Activate Loading... , discarding a Spell or Trap to add Loading... to your hand.
Link Summon Loading... by using a Loading... and Loading... as Link Materials.
Activate Loading... , sending a Loading... to the Graveyard.
Activate Loading... , Fusion Summoning Loading... .
Activate Loading... , equipping Loading... .
Special Summon Loading... by tributing Loading... .
Activate Loading... , equipping a monster from either Graveyard.
[Optional] Activate Loading... , special summoning Loading... from the graveyard.
[Optional] Activate Loading... , equipping Loading... .

The Cyberdark End Turbo combo will result in an end board of:

Loading... to boost the ATK of your monsters.
Loading... with an equipped monster (ideally Loading... or Loading... ).
[Optional] Loading... equipped with Loading... , which gives Loading... an extra 4000 ATK.
Loading... for an additional Normal Summon the following turn.

Rampage OTK (Turn 2)

Normal Summon Loading... . Add Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... . Send Loading... and Loading... to the Graveyard. Send Loading... from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard. Add Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... , adding Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... . Add Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... , banishing itself from the Graveyard.
Activate Loading... , adding Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... , adding Loading... to your hand.
Activate Loading... , additional Normal Summoning Loading... .
Activate Loading... , discarding a Spell or Trap to add Loading... to your hand.
Link Summon Loading... by using a Loading... and Loading... as Link Materials.
Activate Loading... , sending Loading... to the Graveyard.
Activate Loading... , Fusion Summoning Loading... .
Activate Loading... , sending two LIGHT Machines to the Graveyard, granting two additional attacks.

The Rampage OTK combo results in an endboard of:

Loading... with 4200 ATK, three attacks, and protection from targeting and destruction.
Loading... with the effect of increasing its own ATK to 4200 or Loading... 's ATK to 6300.
Loading... for an additional Normal Summon the following turn.

Conclusion

Because the majority of the core cards are available through structure deck purchases, Cyberdark is a fun, low-cost deck. Being able to disrupt your opponents with Loading... multiple times per turn, OTK-ing your opponent with Loading... and Loading... , and completely preventing your opponent from using the Extra Deck with Loading... provides a diverse set of play styles contained within a single deck.