Analysis of the Dark City's Vigilantes
The Destiny HERO archetype represents a cadre of dark anti-heroes thematically centered around fate, time, and British vigilante culture. In the modern TCG, they have evolved from a standalone strategy into the powerful core of a synergistic "Omni-HERO" deck. This approach integrates the best of Destiny, Vision, Elemental, and Masked HERO sub-archetypes to create a cohesive and explosive engine. The deck's primary philosophy revolves around manipulating the Graveyard as a second hand, culminating in a devastating end board of powerful boss monsters that can control the game.
Vision HEROs like Faris and Vyon initiate combos without a Normal Summon, swarming the field and setting up the Graveyard.
Elemental & Masked HEROs provide consistency and powerful floodgates, with Stratos searching key pieces and Dark Law locking down the opponent's Graveyard.
Destiny HEROs are the heart of the engine and the ultimate goal, providing recursive resources from the GY and game-winning boss monsters like DPE and Plasma.
Xtra HERO Link monsters like Cross Crusader tie everything together, converting board presence into searches and extending combos.
This is the deck's fundamental combo, demonstrating the synergy that leads to a formidable end board. It's time for these cards to fulfill their destiny.
Special Summon Vision HERO Faris by discarding another HERO. Faris places Vision HERO Increase in the S/T Zone.
Tribute Faris to summon Increase, which then summons Vision HERO Vyon from the Deck. Vyon sends a key Destiny HERO like Malicious to the GY.
Link Summon Xtra HERO Cross Crusader. Use its effect to revive a Destiny HERO, then tribute it to search for the final pieces of your end board.
The ideal Omni-HERO end board creates a layered "soft lock" by attacking the three primary zones of interaction: the field, the Graveyard, and the hand.
Provides recurring, non-targeting destruction. It can eliminate any on-field threat and revives itself every turn, creating a persistent resource drain for the opponent.
Acts as a one-sided Macro Cosmos, banishing any card sent to the opponent's GY. It also rips a card from their hand if they search, attacking their resources directly.
Functions as a one-sided Skill Drain, negating the effects of all face-up monsters the opponent controls. This shuts down most combo and monster-based strategies.
The Destiny HERO archetype, with its DARK Warrior fusion and drawing/graveyard setup, operates at full power with no restrictions on the current TCG banlist.
Play any card at your preferred ratio without restrictions
Access to all archetype synergies without limitations
No banlist constraints holding back your strategy
Banlist Status Summary
Core cards checked:
• Clock Tower Prison
• Cyclone Blade
• D - Chain
• D - Counter
• D - Formation
• D - Fortune
• D - Shield
• D - Spirit
• D - Tactics
• D - Time
• D Cubed
• D-Fusion
• Dark City
• Destiny Draw
• Destiny End Dragoon
• Destiny HERO - Blade Master
• Destiny HERO - Captain Tenacious
• Destiny HERO - Celestial
• Destiny HERO - Dangerous
• Destiny HERO - Dark Angel
• Destiny HERO - Dasher
• Destiny HERO - Decider
• Destiny HERO - Defender
• Destiny HERO - Denier
• Destiny HERO - Departed
• Destiny HERO - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer
• Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude
• Destiny HERO - Disk Commander
• Destiny HERO - Dogma
• Destiny HERO - Dominance
• Destiny HERO - Doom Lord
• Destiny HERO - Double Dude
• Destiny HERO - Drawhand
• Destiny HERO - Dread Servant
• Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster
• Destiny HERO - Dreamer
• Destiny HERO - Drilldark
• Destiny HERO - Dunker
• Destiny HERO - Dusktopia
• Destiny HERO - Dynatag
• Destiny HERO - Dystopia
• Destiny HERO - Fear Monger
• Destiny HERO - Malicious
• Destiny HERO - Plasma
• Destiny Mirage
• Destiny Signal
• Double Dude Token
• Fusion Destiny
• Over Destiny
+ Related cards checked:
• Elemental HERO Stratos
• Fusion Destiny
• Masked HERO Dark Law
• Vision HERO Faris
• Vision HERO Vyon
• Xtra HERO Cross Crusader analyzed •
0 restrictions found •
All cards legal at 3 copies
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