Tenpai Dragon

Master I from
Ciri
on March 30th, 2025
cp-ur 1170 + cp-sr 300
40 cards
Tenpai Dragon Fadra
3 copies
Tenpai Dragon Genroku
2 copies
Tenpai Dragon Paidra
Tenpai Dragon Chundra
Raigeki
Harpie's Feather Duster
Heavy Storm
3 copies
Upstart Goblin
Sky Striker Maneuver - Afterburners!
3 copies
Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage!
2 copies
Lightning Storm
Burning Draw
2 copies
Triple Tactics Talent
3 copies
Ultimate Slayer
3 copies
Triple Tactics Thrust
Sangen Summoning
2 copies
Called by the Grave
Sky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones
Sky Striker Mecha - Shark Cannon
2 copies
Sky Striker Mecha - Widow Anchor
3 copies
Forbidden Droplet
2 copies
Sangen Kaimen
Elder Entity N'tss
Garura, Wings of Resonant Life
Golden Cloud Beast - Malong
Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon
2 copies
Sangenpai Bident Dragion
Trident Dragion
Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion
Mereologic Aggregator
Super Starslayer TY-PHON - Sky Crisis
Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames
Salamangreat Raging Phoenix
Tri-Brigade Arms Bucephalus II
Sky Striker Ace - Kagari
Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze

Prerequisites

  • A registered Konami ID linked to your master duel game
  • Must login to Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards DB using the same Konami ID
  • If the Yu-Gi-Oh! DB website asks to login with Game Card ID just click "I don't have a game card ID" and fill some basic information to proceed

Export Guide

- Via the MDM extension (Recommended): Download on Firefox, or Chromium Browsers
For Chromium browsers (Chrome/Edge/Opera/Brave...etc) just click "Add to chrome" on the store page and it'll work on most if not all chromium browsers.
After using the extension, go to the Master Duel game => Main menu => Deck option => The Card database option at the top right corner => locate the deck you exported and copy it
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- Manually
  1. Click here to copy the export code
    2.
  2. Go to Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards DB and click My Deck => Add a Deck
  3. Once the deck page loads click Edit then do one of the following based on the platform your device is running:
    • (PC Only): Press F12 to open the DevTools window => Navigate to the Console tab in the window => Paste the export code => Hit Enter
    • OR (Other platforms/PC): In the address bar of the current tab remove the URL and type "javascript:" without the quotations then paste the export code, then if you're on mobile look for the *globe* icon and tap on it to run the code (Chrome only), for PC users just hit enter.
  4. The deck will save automatically
  5. Go to the Master Duel game => Main menu => Deck option => The Card database option at the top right corner => locate the deck you exported and copy it

Click here for a more detailed guide

Notes & Combos

Final push from M5-M1 done in about 14hrs from 3/29/25 to 3/30/25, last 20 games were 10-10

M5-4 done with strikers, M3-2 pure handtraps, M2-1 done with strikers

TLDR

  1. Be aware, this list is designed to go 2nd only, it has basically 0 plays if you lose the coin flip against a sky striker or tenpai, tenpai is still popular but isnt worth putting cards like SEALS that you will use like 3 times during the whole run
  2. This variant has a good matchup against the most popular engines/decks from the format
  3. People are still playing pseudo FTKs (reasoning/grass piles, kali yuga, beatrice/rollback floodgates, virus, actual unbreakable U-link boards), and this list has no outs for lingering turn/summon skips
  4. this list is the best to deal with snake-eyes fiendsmith or floodgates, but not recommendable against white forest that much, play handtraps instead

  • i tried 2 different versions of blind strikers, with a different engine to deal with floodgates and mulcharmies but tenpai is still the most efficient way to deal with the rest of the meta

  • also tried the 2 different versions of tenpai and its clear why the handtrap version is better for tournaments, handtraps are better at stopping any type of unbreakable board (aka the top meta), and dont auto-lose the mirror, something that hold me back in M3 for 8 hours with strikers, then i was having the opposite problem trying to escape M2 for 5 hours

  • sky has a better matchup against most stun-like decks, ultimate slayer is the MVP trade card, its always a +1 no matter what you target thanks to tri-brigade > garura, n'tss, mereologic or malong, its rarely a dead card, you always want to see at least 1 copy for the hardest match ups

  • i removed the shark cannon and afterburners for a while, but there were times when i needed them more than the 3rd anchor, removed extra copies of dragions because kash unicorn "banished" from my games at least

  • super poly and lava golem/sphere dont do enough, the only one affordable with an extra cost is droplet

  • nothing worth to mention outside the extra deck being reduced only to your main 2 tenpai dragons at best, if you need to activate rose dragon that means you are in a really bad position already, most of the non-ultimate slayer tech literally came once each (crashing hiita for a genroku search) except typhon, this season carried 0 games, boards are too wide and you wont survive 1 whole turn because top decks have infinite gy gas every turn

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