The Best Cards Yusei Fudo Uses In YGO 5Ds

Summary

• Stardust Dragon, Yusei’s ace card, is versatile and viable in modern decks.
• Junk Synchron allows for easy Synchro Summons, remaining important in retro formats.
• Scrap-Iron Scarecrow and Starlight Road offer reusable protection and field recovery options.

Yusei Fudo is the main protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds. A renegade from the satellite, Yusei travels to New Domino City to seek out Jack Atlas and reclaim his Stardust Dragon card. This only kick-starts Yusei’s adventure as his escape lands him in more life or death duels than he can count.

With a deck full of strong cards from the 5Ds era of the game, Yusei is able to come out on top as one of the Signers. Yusei has plenty of incredible cards, but some made a bigger impact on the Yu-Gi-Oh! meta of the time. Some cards would even go beyond the era they were introduced in and remain important tech in later strategies.

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Stardust Dragon

Protect Your Monsters

Every Yu-Gi-Oh! protagonist has their ace monster. Stardust Dragon is Yusei’s signature card that pushes him towards traveling to New Domino City. Stardust Dragon is not just a good card for the time, but can also see play in more modern decks.

When this monster is Summoned, it could be difficult to get rid of. It protects your cards from being destroyed by destroying itself. Then at the end of the turn, it comes back to the field. This card saw play as a generic extra deck staple in Edison format and beyond.

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Junk Synchron

Preparing Some Easy Plays

Junk Synchron may not seem like much at first glance, but it could easily get monsters back from the grave to use as Synchro Summoning material. This means with the right graveyard, Junk Synchron could get out a Level five Synchro Monster as soon as it hit the field.

Junk Synchron would remain one of the better options for using the mechanic to the point where, even in retro formats like Edison, it still sees play. It is also less restrictive than other options since it doesn’t force you to Summon any specific Monster type.

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Scrap-Iron Scarecrow

A Reusable Trap

For the most part, Battle Traps have gone the way of the dodo. They can be too slow to keep up with the game. However, it pulled its weight in the anime and in the era. Scrap-Iron Scarecrow could negate an attack, then set itself back to the field to be used again next turn.

This proved an interesting way to reuse a Trap Card that didn’t involve fetching it back from the graveyard. It could also come in clutch and allow you to have another turn for a comeback.

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Starlight Road

A Free Starlight Road

One of the most impressive Trap Cards from the 5Ds era is Starlight Road. When many cards exist that can destroy multiple cards you control in one sweep, Starlight Road can not only protect them, but supply you with a free Stardust Dragon.

This is a great way to utilize Stardust Dragon when you need it most. Without having to get materials on the board to make it, the card also allowed you to go into other Synchro Monsters for a change of pace.

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One For One

Searching For Any Level One Monster

What do you need on the field to make your plays work? Do you need a Tuner for a Synchro Monster? How about a Level one Monster with a good effect? One For One can Special Summon any Level one Monster straight from the deck in exchange for a discard.

Due to this card being so generic, it is not only an important part of Yusei’s deck, but a card that would continue to provide value years after its release. Depending on the deck, the discard can also be a way of setting up your graveyard.

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Effect Veiler

An Early 5Ds Hand Trap

Every Yu-Gi-Oh! protagonist had some way to defend themselves from the hand. Yugi had Kuriboh, Jaden had Honest, and Yusei had a little card known as Effect Veiler. With Effect Monsters being abundant, Effect Veiler can stop those effects from going through.

Not only is it a useful card for stopping plays, but being able to use it during your opponent’s turn, could do more than protect your monsters. Due to its status as a Tuner, you can also bring it onto the field to go into Synchro Plays.

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Debris Dragon

Anything But Level Fours

Debris Dragon is a pretty handy card used by Yusei and also one with an easy-to-miss effect. This Dragon Tuner is a Level four monster that can tap into the graveyard and bring back another monster with 500 or less attack.

The restrictions also limit you to Summoning a Dragon-type Synchro Monster. You also can’t bring back another Level four. However, this is not a cap to the Level requirement. You can bring back something with a higher Level as long as it has 500 or less, making it interesting for Summoning high-level Dragons.

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Quillbolt Hedgehog

Free From The Graveyard

One of the earliest monsters to appear in Yusei’s lineup is Quillbolt Hedgehog. However, despite appearing cuddly at first glance, it did what many players at the time were trying to accomplish. This is being able to get enough cards on the field to try the Synchro Summoning mechanic.

Quillbolt Hedgehog is a free Special Summon from the graveyard as long as there is a Tuner already on the field. Despite only being a Level two monster, this made it perfect for getting those precise numbers needed to get a Synchro Monster with more than two necessary materials.

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Shooting Star Dragon

Stardust Gets An Upgrade

Stardust Dragon’s first upgrade requires it to have two Synchro Monsters on the field to use as material. This upgrade would come in clutch for Yusei but provide players with a way to end games fast. With 3300 attack and multiple strikes in one turn, the duel can be over before you know it.

It can negate any destruction effect that would harm your field. However, unlike its predecessor, it doesn’t have to sacrifice itself to do so. Instead, it can banish itself to negate one of your opponent’s attacks all while coming back during the next End Phase.

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Shooting Quasar Dragon

Multiple Attacks, An Omni, And Floating Effects

Yusei’s signature ace card has an even further upgrade in the form of Shooting Quasar Dragon. This could be a rather difficult monster to make due to needing a Tuner Synchro Monster and two non-Tuners that add up to exactly 12.

In return, you get a monster with 4000 attack and defense with an omni negate to boot. It can also attack multiple times per turn, putting its stats to good use and ending games quickly. If this card is removed from the field, it also floats into Shooting Star Dragon.