[News] (April 8th, 2016) Sun Dragon Victorious in Card World Akiba's Shop Tournament

Following the trend of how the Fifth Omni surpassed the Crimson Battlers, who overcame the Thunder Knights before them, one would guess that the baton should be passed on to the Sun Dragons. Players gripped with anticipation, waiting for someone to top with the Sun Dragons. As if responding to these wishes, 'Sorter' (pseudonym) proved their worth at Card World Akiba's shop tournament - bringing the protagonist's deck to greater heights.

08/04/16 Card World Akiba Shop Tournament
First Place: 'Sorter' 
Flag: Dragon World 
Buddy Monster: Heat Dragon Jr. 
Size 0: 4 
x4 Heat Dragon Jr. 
Size 1: 6 
x4 Flarefang Dragon 
x2 Mera Blade Dragon 
Size 2: 8 
x4 Flamewing Dragon
x4 Sun Dragon, Bal Dragon 
Size 3: 4 
x4 Scorching Cavalry Dragon, Second Helios 
Spells: 16 
x4 Sun Dragon Shield 
x4 Green Dragon Shield 
x4 Blue Dragon Shield 
x4 Dragobond 
Items: 8 
x4 Sun Sword, Daylight 
x2 Sun Fist, Balknuckle 
x1 Sun Fist, Burning Sun 
x1 Sun Fist, Rising Knuckle 
Impacts/Impact Monsters: 4 
x4 4 Bal Dragon, "Bal Burst Smasher!!"

The structure of Sorter's deck is extremely linear, with multiple four of's and absence of tech choices. However, when a deck is this streamlined, it is also consistent. 

Perhaps the highlight of the entire deck lies in his spell lineup. Sorter’s ‘triple Gao formation’ is backed by a reliable slew of twelve dragon shields, including the latest Sun Dragon Shield. The new shield grants perks from both Green and Blue, and even has a built-in immunity to nullification. While the card is extremely efficient, it is heavily reliant on having Sun Dragons on the field.  

Thus, it becomes a necessity to maintain field presence in order to cast Sun Dragon Shield. However, destruction abilities are rampant post-D-BT01, with the surge in Black Dragon and Asmodai decks. These abilities distrupt the field and prevent the use of Sun Dragon Shield. To make things worse, the size 2 Sun Dragons are not armed with Soulguard, a stark contrast to the Fifth Omni Drums which boast topdeck Soulguard. Sorter rectifies this with four copies of Dragobond, an old yet relevant spell, keeping the vulnerable Sun Dragons alive. 

Sorter's item choices are arguably bizzare. Sporter mains the vanilla weapon, Daylight, which sports 3000 power and 2 critical, unbefitting of the aggressive theme brought out by the Bal impact monster. It is possible that the use of Daylight is not brought by choice, but by necessity. After all, the higher quality Sun Dragon weapons are concentrated in D-BT01, and the set is still fresh - leaving most unable to complete their decks. 

(Source: Card World Akiba's Twitter)

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