HERO - OCG Banlist 2020/10

HERO is the largest archetype of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Series, yet it doesn't seem to be able to compete with today's meta decks.  In this HERO build, we will explore on how can this deck will be able to compete or (hopefully) beat with today's meta.

The main starter for this build is Vision HERO Faris, with this card in your hand including 1 any other HERO monster will surely bring you victory considering your opponent doesn't have any negation. Even if you didn't draw this card, have no worries because there are many searchers in this deck that can lead you to this card. Elemental HERO Shadow Mist, Xtra HERO Cross Crusader, and Elemental HERO Stratos can search for your main starter. Wait, there's more, this additional cards can also help you search for you missing HERO cards Reinforcement of the Army, Fusion Destiny, E-Emergency Call, and A Hero Lives. With that many cards as your searcher, have no doubt that Vision HERO Faris will be in your hands most of the time

One of the most important thing to keep in mind is that you should always bait your opponent's negation so you can execute your combo without distraction. These cards are going to be your bait cards: A Hero Lives, E-Emergency Call, Reinforcement of the Army, Lightning Storm, Elemental HERO Stratos, Foolish Burial, and Forbidden Droplet. When you successfully baited your opponent, their board will be gone in no time and game will be finished in your favor

So this is going to be your main combo:

• 1. Use Faris' effect to discard Malicious or Shadow Mist to the GY


• 1.1 If you discarded Shadow Mist, always chain link 1 shadow mist then chain link 2 Faris to prevent Shadow Mist from being negated by Ash Blossom


• 1.1.1 Using Shadow Mist's effect search for Evil HERO Adusted Gold


• 2. Use Faris' effect to place Vision HERO Increase to the spell/trap zone


• 3. Use Incease's effect to send Faris to the GY, then special summon Vision HERO Vyon to the field, activate Vyon's effect to send a copy of Malicious or Shadow Mist to the GY (whoever is the one you didn't discard from Faris' effect)


• 3.1 If you sent Shadow Mist to the GY, activate it's effect to search for Evil HERO Adusted Gold


• 4. Use Vyon's second effect, banish Shadow Mist to search for a copy of Polymerization


• 5. Link summon Xtra HERO Cross Crusader using Increase and Vyon, then use Crusader's effect to special summon Malicious from the GY, activate Crusader's second effect to tribute Malicious then search for Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier


• 6. Use Adusted Gold's effect to search for Dark Calling


• 7. Use Malicious effect in the GY to special summon another copy of itself from the deck


• 8. Fusion Summon Elemental HERO Sunrise using Malicious and Liquid Soldier, always chain link 1 Liquid Soldier then chain link 2 Sunrise


• 9. Through Sunrise's effect you can search a copy of Miracle Fusion, use this to fusion Summon Elemental HERO Escuridao.


• 10. Activate Dark Calling to fusion summon Evil HERO Malicious Bane (as much as possible banish monster's that are not Destiny HERO, since you can still use them through the second copy of Cross Crusader in the Extra Deck)

Purpose of Side Deck Cards

• Nibiru, The Primal Being - Good against pure going 1st decks like zefra, infernoble knights, megalith, etc.


• Dinowrestler Pankratops - Good against anti-meta decks and backrow decks


• Artifact Lancea - Good against Invoked, Dogmatika, and Banish decks


• Mask Change - If you're forced to be going 1st against certain type of decks, siding this in will give you a higher chance to have Dark Law or perform the Absolute Zero to Acid combo


• Forbidden Droplet - Good against going 1st decks, side this in then take out 1 Mask Change


• Prohibition - Pretty Spicy card that i put in here (At first I was planning to use Crossout Designator but due to being bricky, I decided to use Prohibition) always call Nibiru when using this card unless you're pretty sure that you're opponent doesn't have one. If you're opponent doesn't have one you can just call a keypiece to his combo.


• Vanity's Emptiness - Pretty self explanatory card, great card against combo decks.


• Anti-Spell Fragrance - This card is just a less broken version of Imperial Order


• Imperial Order - Broken card against especially against Sky Striker


• Red Reboot - Since we're using an OTK Deck this card is a must

Things to remember:

• If your opponent uses a targeting negate to your monster, you can chain mask change, Vision HERO Increase, or Forbidden Droplet to dodge the negation.


• Always chain Forbidden Droplet to any of your bait cards in order to force your opponent to activate the negation. Example: You activate A Hero Lives then your opponent chains Borreload Savage Dragon, you can chain forbidden droplet to send A HERO Lives from your field to the graveyard in order to prevent it's effect being negated


• When using Vision HERO Faris' effect, always discard Destiny HERO - Malicious or Elemental HERO Shadow Mist (Though it's more preferable to discard Malicious) so that you can trigger their effect in the graveyard. Malicious is more preferable to discard since if Faris' effect has been negated you can still use Malicious' effect to summon another copy of it from the deck then Link Summon Xtra HERO Cross Crusader.


• Fusion Destiny is the last bait card that you should use due to it's restriction that you will be limited that you can only special summon Dark Hero Monster on the whole turn (I prefer to use this card as a last resort if Faris has been negated, in that way you can still put up a decent board).