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Denglong,
First of the Yang Zing
Monsters with 3 separate
effects are almost assured of being good at least in
some capacity. Money in the bank. Denglong, First of
the Yang Zing is no exception. And while right now,
Denglong is clearly a Yang Zing monster, he has
superb potential outside of the archetype.
At the moment, Denglong is a
great play in straight Yang Zing or in Metalfoes-Yang
Zing decks, but usually after Baxia has been
exhausted or you just can’t make Baxia yet. But as
more Yang Zing and wyrm support is released,
Denglong is most likely going to prove just as
vital. He has so many ways to let you plus, there’s
nearly no drawback to running him in triplicate. And
while it’s easy to associate the wyrm type to Yang
Zings alone, this isn’t the case. With the recently
announced True King/True Draco archetypes in the
OCG, it makes one realize how much potential
Denglong has in the future, since it’s a generic
level 5 synchro monster, a tuner, and it can send
any wyrm type from the deck to the grave. It very
much reminds me of Coral Dragon in its sheer
utility.
So where else could Denglong be
used? My first thought is plants, machines and
zombies, which rely on low level monsters to
manipulate the extra deck many times per turn. And I
think these themes will definitely come to
appreciate Denglong more and more as new options are
revealed, such as the Predaplants, Gozuki, etc. So
once more useful wyrm type monsters are created that
allow for teching in these other various decks,
Denglong could find itself easily inserted into the
fold. But for now, Denglong is strictly a Yang Zing
play, and a dirty one at that. I’m very glad he can
only be summoned once per turn, because he most
likely would have found himself at the heart of many
OTK plays.
Advanced: 4.5/5
Future Potential: 4.5/5
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