Cyber Dragons are one of the earliest Archetypes released in Yu-Gi-Oh! Used by Zane in the GX anime, Cyber Dragons have been a fan favorite since their introduction, being both iconic in the anime and the TCG itself. Cyber Dragon is known as the card that killed Goat Format, and forever changed Yu-Gi-Oh! It also started the transition into the modern game.
Over the years, Cyber Dragons have received a plethora of support cards, becoming one of the most consistent Rouge strategies out there. The Archetype comes with a lot of playstyles, as well as some of the best cards in the history of the game.
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15 Cyber Eternity Dragon
Cyber Eternity Dragon is a card that you will rarely be fusing into. Instead, it's one of the better targets to bring out with Cyber Dragon Nova's effect should it ever be removed from the field by a card effect. It has fantastic stats, with a hefty 4000 Defense to make it very hard to deal with through battle.
Cyber Eternity Dragon can make itself even harder to be dealt with, as it protects itself from card effects if you have any Machine Fusion Monsters in your Graveyard. If it is ever sent to the Graveyard, Cyber Eternity Dragon allows you to Special Summon a Cyber Dragon from anywhere, so long as it isn't banished.
14 Cyberload Fusion
Cyberload Fusion is one of the in-Archetype Fusion cards that Cyber Dragons have access to. Thanks to it being a "Cyber" card, it can be searched out with Cyber Dragon Core, making it a common inclusion in most Cyber Dragon builds as a one-of.
It is a Quick-Play Spell, allowing it to be used during the Battle Phase to help close out games, or during the opponent's to surprise them with a Chimeratech Rampage Dragon to destroy backrow the opponent just set. It does force the Monster Fusion summoned with it to be the only one able to attack for the rest of the turn, but it's often used as a closer, rather than for fusing.
13 Cyber Repair Plant
Cyber Repair Plant is the second searcher for the Cyber Dragon Archetype, allowing you to search for any Light Machine Monster so long as you have a Cyber Dragon in the graveyard. Thanks to cards like Salamangreat Almiraji, achieving this is incredibly easy.
Most decks only have one searcher, and Cyber Dragon having two is what makes it such a consistent Archetype when mixed with a bit of draw power. In a pinch, it can even shuffle a Light Machine Monster from the Graveyard back into your deck, allowing you to recycle your Cyber Dragon Xyz Monsters.
12 Cyber Dragon Vier
Cyber Dragon Vier is a simple Cyber Dragon card. Whenever a Cyber Dragon is summoned, Cyber Dragon Vier can Special Summon itself out for free. Once on the field, it gives all Cyber Dragons a 500 Attack and Defense boost.
What makes Cyber Dragon Vier so good is its ability to chain block cards. When chained to the summon of a Cyber Dragon Core, Cyber Dragon Vier can prevent Cyber Dragon Core from being Ash Blossomed And Joyous Spring'd. It even gives you a free body on the field, perfect for going into Link Monsters.
11 Cyber Dragon Nova
Cyber Dragon Nova is the original Cyber Dragon Xyz, and is a key card in what makes it such a good deck. It needs two Level Five Light Machine Monsters to make and can give itself a power boost by banishing a Cyber Dragon on the field.
However, Cyber Dragon Nova is more commonly used to rank up into Cyber Dragon Infinity, the main Boss Monster of the Archetype. It can also detach a material to Special Summon a Cyber Dragon out from the Graveyard. This allows you to get a body back on the field for Link Plays, before going into Cyber Dragon Infinity.
10 Cyber Revsystem
Cyber Revsystem is one of the best Graveyard revival cards in the game. It only works for Cyber Dragon, which almost every Cyber Dragon Monster is treated as. Monster Reborn is Limited for a reason, and Cyber Revsystem is in many cases a better version for it.
Cyber Revsystem does not target, meaning your opponent cannot prevent you from targeting the card you want. In addition to that, it can summon from the hand as well. Cyber Revsystem also prevents it from being destroyed from card effects, giving it an extra layer of protection.
9 Cyber Dragon
Like many Archetypes, Cyber Dragons are built around using their titular card. Cyber Dragon is a simple Level Five Monster that can be Special Summoned if the opponent controls a Monster while you do not. Most Cyber Dragon support cards are built around using Cyber Dragon, making it one of the most useful Monsters in the deck.
Cyber Dragon is even good on its own. When going second, it is a free body on the field, and 2100 Attack is a decent statline to attack over your opponent's Monsters. Level Five is a great Level as well, allowing for solid Synchro and Xyz plays.
8 Cyber Dragon Sieger
Cyber Dragon Sieger is the Archetypal Link Monster for Cyber Dragons, and one of the modern ways Cyber Dragon decks can OTK. It has easy materials to meet, only needing a Cyber Dragon and another Machine Monster. Afterward, Cyber Dragon Sieger can boost both itself or another Monster with 2100 Attack by another 2100 Attack.
There's a stipulation that it can't do damage the turn it activates that effect. However, if it boosts another Monster the damage will go through. This means that when paired with a card that can attack multiple times per turn, it's an almost guaranteed OTK.
7 Chimeratech Rampage Dragon
The main target of Cyber Dragon Sieger, Chimeratech Rampage Dragon is the main way modern Cyber Dragon decks go for the OTK. By sending two cards to the Graveyard, it gets two extra attacks. At 2100 Attack, it can almost OTK on its own, and when paired with almost any other Cyber Dragon Monster, it will be able to OTK twice over.
Chimeratech Rampage Dragon can even act as a Foolish Burial for any Light Machine Monsters, allowing you for free Graveyard setup while getting extra attacks out of it.
6 Cyber Dragon Herz
Cyber Dragon Herz is the primary discard fodder for Cyber Dragon. It's often timed with "honorary Cyber Dragon" Galaxy Soldier, with the combo allowing you to get two Level Five Light Machine Monsters on the field to go into the Cyber Dragon Xyz Monsters.
Cyber Dragon Herz can fetch out Cyber Dragon from the Deck or Graveyard, and since all Cyber Dragon Monsters are considered as such in the Graveyard, can recycle almost any Monster. If it's Special Summoned, you can make it Level Five as well, also letting you go into Xyz with it.
5 Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon
Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon was the main reason Cyber Dragons were a fantastic Rouge deck during Master Rule Four. Even now, it is still a fantastic card that can take care of any problem Monster in the Extra Monster Zone.
So long as you have any Cyber Dragon Monster on the field, you can Contact Fuse with the Monster in the Extra Monster Zone to get rid of any protection it may have. Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon can be used for Link material, or kept around for a solid 2400 Attack Monster, and allows for a push in the board state in your favor.
4 Cyber Emergency
Cyber Emergency is the main searcher for Cyber Dragon decks. Cyber Emergency searches out any Cyber Dragon Monster, as well as any Light Machine Monster that can't be Normal Summoned. Due to the mechanics of Yu-Gi-Oh!, searchers are the best cards in the game, especially one that can get any Monster in an Archetype.
Cyber Emergency has an effect that other searchers dream of, and that's the ability to get it back into your hand if the activation is negated. This allows you to try and search again right away, making an opponent's negate essentially worthless.
3 Cyber Dragon Core
Cyber Dragon Core is the main Normal Summon for Cyber Dragons, and one of the best Archetypal Normal Summons in the game. When Summoned, Cyber Dragon Core searches out any Cyber Spell or Trap Card from your deck. Since Cyber Dragons rely on these cards so much for their strategy to work, Cyber Dragon Core is incredibly powerful.
When in the Graveyard, you can Banish it to Special Summon any Cyber Dragon in the deck as well. Since it has less than 500 Attack, Cyber Dragon Core is the main target for Machine Duplication to get Cyber Dragons out on the field to start your combos.
2 Cybernetic Overflow
For quite some time, Cyber Dragons were an exclusive going second deck. With the release of Cybernetic Overflow, Cyber Dragons got the ability to be a strong going first deck as well. Cybernetic Overflow is one of the best Trap cards ever printed, allowing you to replace it should it ever get destroyed.
Cybernetic Overflow doesn't target or Banish for cost, meaning the opponent has to proactively respond to it or risk losing their most important cards. Cybernetic Overflow has the potential to destroy more than four cards on the field, which is often enough to end the game with one activation.
1 Cyber Dragon Infinity
Cyber Dragon Infinity is the main Boss Monster of Cyber Dragons, and one of the greatest Xyz Monsters ever printed. Cyber Dragon decks have no problem going into Cyber Dragon Infinity and it gives them access to an omni-negate that isn't a hard once per turn, meaning multiple copies on the field can use its effect.
Cyber Dragon Infinity can absorb Monsters on your opponent's field, allowing it to get rid of potential problem Monsters. This allows it to refresh its Xyz Materials, so it can continuously use its effect to negate anything.