Centur-Ion Guide

Extenders

Centurion Gargoyle

This is perhaps the most used lvl 8 centurion monster for all versions of centurion

One of the most used second monsters for a synchro summon as well! It has the strength of being able to summon itself up to two times first by being placed in the backrow, and second by sending a centurion card you control to the grave

This allows for plays like:

1. making Loading...
2. Having discard fodder
3. Not bricking

Centurion Emeth

The lesser used level 8 overshadowed by a Loading... , but with very fascinating appilcation

Why would I wanna use Loading... if Gargoyle looks better as a second monster for synchro summoning?

There are many reasons to use emeth over gargoyle BUT it is still worse turn 1 and the lesser used monster

1. It has targeting protection for your monsters in some cases
2. Loading... Can send it to the grave from the deck, making it live!
3. It allows you to have infinite resources
4. It allows you to play Loading... and not mess up one card combos

It is reccomnded to only play emeth in the pure version of the deck, or if playing Loading...

Wake Up Centurion

This card is very strong, allowing you to send cards like Loading... to the grave from the deck.

This allows you to make even bigger combos. It also doubles as a second body. This is an archetypal foolish burial for spells and traps too! It also allows plays under shifter!

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Centurion Bonds

A controversial card, but a powerful extender. The community doesn't know if this card should or should not be played

Bonds as a card is a strong extender and allows special summoning of a centurion card from hand. It also enables playing when your boss monster is negated or destroyed by cards like Loading... and Loading...

This card is controversial because it is played at 1 copy and if it is not opened a valuable search is usually used to search bonds. Loading... sends this card to the graveyard but that faces issues as being resource ineffective, requiring cards to synchro more than once per turn to have full value.

Post Support Extenders:

Centur-Ion Atrii

Its just a simple tuner... why do we need it?

Searchable tuners are what the deck is specifically missing, it can also synchro by being special summoned off of bonds with {Centur-Ion Primera P

Centur-Ion Primera Primus

Enables itself to be summoned from the grave with cards like Loading... and Loading... and adds Loading... for Synchro plays and better turn 1, Loading... for interruption when opening oath, or just as a body for link plays or battle phase

Interruption

Centurion Phalanx

The most played interruption in centurion, almost every version plays this card.

This card can banish an opponents monster until the end phase where it is special summoned. This means that the special summoned monster will activate effects from that. Some monsters also cannot be special summoned again like making this a permanent removal in some cases. It can also be used to dodge targeting effects or just leave the field for your monsters.

Since centurion monster activate on special, this can also be used as a resource

Centurion True Awakening

A counter trap omni negate? Count me in!

Sadly this card is not as strong as it first appears. First it needs to send a card from the spell and trap zone to be live, second it has no gy effect which Loading... does. Also its a simple destruction, so some cards will not leave field if they do they will enter the grave where they will gain additional effects.

However! This card is not useless

In going second based metas this card is incredibly useful as it is one of the few cards that can negate Loading... . This means this card will have a place as metas adapt, and the cost can be overcome with cards like Loading... and Loading... . Even Loading...

Post Support Interruption

Emblema Salvation

A second search off of Primus

Sometimes a single Loading... is opened making Primus useless.

Bosses

Centurion Auxila

The first boss you'll probably summon per duel

This boss searches any archetypal card for this deck. It also prevents your face up spells and traps from being destroyed usually searching the traps for interruption, sometimes bridging archetypes by adding the field spell.

This card also recycles your banished monsters

Centurion Legatia

Need a way to draw nonengine? Need an interruption? Legatia does both!

This card has draw power and allows you to destroy an opponents monster making it a solid choice for going second. A lot of people love this card so much they play more than one copy! It can recycle bricked centurion cards in hand or ones in grave. With each turn the deck has less centurion cards, so drawing is more likely to add non engine

Post Crimson Bosses

These are the bosses that pack the real power going first.

Crimson Dragon

Target a synchro and get out a boss from your extra deck!

This is self explanatory reading the description. It also however functions as an interruption if it is used in response to an interruption and you get a card out with protection.

For example if my opponent is gonna trigger an effect to destroy a card I have, I can chain Loading... to Loading...

This will summon Loading... from the extra deck nullifying destruction

Red Supernova Dragon

Wins the game IF it resolves

This card is hard to resolve against a skilled player but banishing their entire field is usually a game ending play

Cosmic Blazar Dragon

The centerpiece of boss monsters

This card can negate a variety of actions you opponent does and its ability to skip your opponents battle is very useful in many situations. This card banishes and returns itself as cost meaning special summon restrictions and summoning do not function when returning. It banishes as cost meaning if it is negated during its revival it will come back normal.

This card also has infinite negates during the end phase

Stardust Sifr Dragon

Just a monster negate? The other effects do not seem strong enough to make up for it.

Sifr has value

This card is not only a budget choice, but while cards like blazar have 1 single interruption, but Sifr has up to 3!

1. Being summoned by Loading... in response to a destruction effect
2. Negating monster effects
3. Destroying a different card

Shooting Quasar and Shooting Star Dragon

Usually worse than its other parts, Quasar is an omni negate for when boardbreakers are prevalent.

The maximum value from this boss is when going second decks exist. This needs to be played with Loading... and Loading... due to one floating into the other if it leaves the field in any way Quasar provides an omni negate and fodder for cards like Loading... and Loading... Provides a body to be used to negate attacks, destruction, and be a target for level 10 bosses for Loading...

Janky Level 12 Bosses

Some lists will use these, but its usually not reccomended to ever play these

Despian Luluwalilith (Not recommended)

A generic negate, and a resource generator

Although its a weaker card it is a negate that is an option for cases when cards like Loading... are banished from the extra deck. It also specials summons Loading... from the main deck in the end of a turn when its summoned

Geomathmech Final Sigma (NOT recommended)

An end closer for lethal damage, but a weak card overall

Being unaffected by card effects allows this card to cause lethal damage to an opponent while not being concerned about the opponent's pieces. It also saves space from playing cards like Loading...

Superheavy Samurai Brave Masurawo (Not Recommended)

Draw 3 cards under a few conditions

Not reccomended for play, but it can work due to high HT numbers in centurion Because people will play Legatia to draw into their non engine, Masuwaro sometimes fits this purpose but better since it draws up to 3 depending on how little cards you have in your hand. Practically you usually will end up with a few cards in hand so you will almost never get a +3 or even +2, usually making it worse

Level Eleven and Lower Bosses

Note: Only playable with bystials or Loading... + Loading... or the Loading... + Loading... Package

Barone De Fleur

A generic Omni negate

Provides a lot of utility and a solid level 10 omni negate and destroy. Cannot be cheated out of the extra deck since it is warrior

Bystial Dis Pater

An easy to summon crimson target that is an excellent extender and recycler for non pure variants of Centur-Ion

Recycles facedown cards as well, and follow-up is exceptional on later turns.

Chaos Angel

One of our best level 10s

This card can stall out games for eternity against some decks, banishes cards, and can be made immune to monster effects. So waiting on this while making an arsenal of bosses wins.

Majestic Star Dragon

An incredibly strong crimson target with serious drawbacks

This card has one of the most broken effects in yugioh for a negating boss. It can negate a card and destroy all your opponent controls. This is incredibly strong, and if summoned on your turn it can copy an enemy monsters effect and still keep its effect, letting you choose what to do.

The drawbacks are serious: It can only be summoned with crimson dragon, it returns to the extra deck during the endphase, and it is tributed after use, making it a summon on the enemy turn that dies to called by the grave

Note* If you have Loading... under grave, it revives while Majestic shuffled itself

Satellite Warrior (Turn 0 Builds only)

For turn 0 board breaking

This card isn't used much except for making turn 0 plays and destroying the enemy board using cards like Loading... and Loading... with other turn 0 quick effect tuners to summon this on opponent's turn.

Chaos Archfiend

A strong but rarely summoned card

This card clears every single monster your opponent controls in one battle phase, banishing them so its an effective clear tool. It doesn't see much opportunity to be summoned

Draco Berserker of the Tenyi

A chaos archfiend with more mixed capabilties

Although this does not banish when monsters are destroyed by battle it still can attack multiple times, and it has interruption by banishing opponent monsters turn 1.

Accel Synchro Stardust Dragon

For more level 10 synchro plays

When using gamma this card allows for more consistent level 10 access. Other common level 2 tuners include

1. Loading...
2. Loading...
3. Loading...

Stardust Dragon

Enables turn 0 plays

The second effect of Loading... allows this card to be special summoned out of the extra deck for a quick effect synchro of an unaffected monster and plays through Loading...

Enigmaster Packbit (Not Recommended)

A not strong card, but one with uses

Acts as an Loading... target, and allows for greater plays with Loading... if you have a boss in the spell and trap zone

Non Synchro Bosses

These can be played in almost any Centurion deck!

S:P Little Knight

A strong choice in almost any situation

The applications of this card are endless, but its a strong addition to this deck, with all of its use

I:P Masquerena

enables more disruption

Allows to link into Loading... on enemy turn for a banish

Allows to link into Loading... with monsters from your backrow

Allows to link into Loading... on enemy turn with monsters from your backrow

Artemis, the Magistus Moon Maiden

for an extra SP banish

Allows second banish from SP

Salamangreat Almiraj

for an extra SP banish with different cards

Artemis (above) has Loading... as material, while Loading... uses everything else

Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess

Another application for IP Masq

Using special summoned spell and trap monsters its a powerful negate, another tool

Underworld Goddess of the Closed World

AND ANOTHER APPLICATION FOR I:P Masquerena

Allows you to out troublesome towers and negate opponent monsters

Bagooska

A floodgate for stalling time

Although this card does lose to things like imperm and links it has its value, and paired with handtraps it can have use. It enables board wipe with sky thunder as well

Zeus - Sky Thunder (Not Suggested)

A going second option, but a wasteful and situation one

A boardwipe that can be hardmade or played with a large XYZ package

Double Wipe Zeus Package:

Galaxy Eyes Photon Lord/ Hope Titanic Galaxy >> Full Armor Photon >> Sky Thunder

Allows a 4 material wipe only

Besides full armor only another 8 is needed not all of them

As explained a rank 8 spell or monster negate XYZ goes into full armor into sky thunder for a double board wipe

Single use package Dingirsu >> Zeus

To save an extra deck slot

Despite a single wipe there are turn 2 breaking abilities since Orcust sends one card in addition to the wipe

Another thing is the ability to protect destruction is useful

Horus Package

Not all of these are needed, but each one has interesting purpose

Number 90: Negates a monster effect offering moderate interruption and insulating

Hope Harbinger: Provides a spell negate for poor protection but excellent offense, allowing for a 4+ material board wipe if playing the above 4 material package

Hieratic: Excellent Protection, with little offensive ability

Vampire: Poor offense and defense, but specials a free body providing deck knowledge

Accesscode Talker Package

An effective endgame when summoned, but cluttery and wasteful

This package doesn't need all of the links shown, but is still useful for link climbing nonetheless. The package is pretty self explanatory with the charmers adding extra material, and the link 3 adding extra attack and slight board clear

Starslayer Ty-Phon

An excellent board breaker at a low resource cost

The ability for this card to break boards when combined with interruption is always strong. The inability to special summon will turn some people off but the amount of follow up is sufficient a lot of time

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Example Lists

Standard Variants

Pure: (18 cards)

Extra Deck:

Bystial Ringo

Extra Deck:

Bystial (meta version)

Extra Deck:

Bystial, Anti Going Second

Extra deck:

Horus Centurion

Extra Deck

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Variant Decks:

Stardust Bystial Centurion

Extra Deck

Superheavy

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Resonators

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Credit: Archimo and Resonator Community