Barian's Deck Guide: Chaos Xyz of the Seven Emperors

Lore Archive

In Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, Barian World is ruled by seven Emperors: Nash, Dumon, Merag, Vector, Alito, Girag and Mizael. Their personal Numbers are 101 to 107, and Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force turns each one into its Chaos form.

Beyond the Brave tells Vector's side of the story. The Umbral Horror monsters and Number 104: Masquerade V are his, and CXyz Hope Chaos Barian Dragon imagines a timeline where Vector, not Nash, defeated the other Emperors and absorbed their power. It is a dark twin of Nash's CXyz Barian Hope built from Vector's Number C5: Chaos Chimera Dragon, and it wears the crest of Don Thousand, the god of Barian World.

Barian's Hope closes the arc. Its artwork restages episode 138, where Yuma reaches for Vector as Don Thousand pulls him away, drawn as Number 39: Utopia catching Number 104: Masquerade by the arm.

Gameplay Evolution Summary

Beyond the Brave (OCG 18 July 2026 · TCG 8 October 2026): four Barian's cards turn the Number 101–107 family from Rank-Up-Magic high rolls into a control deck. V Umbral Horror ranks up without a Spell, CXyz Hope Chaos Barian Dragon stacks on any Chaos Number and stops searches, and Barian's Seventh Untopia limits every player to two non-Number Extra Deck summons a turn.

Archetype Overview

A going-first control deck, and a finisher any Chaos Number deck can borrow.

"Barian's" is the name family of the Seven Emperors' own cards: their Rank-Up-Magic, their Spells and Traps, and now a boss monster. For most of their history these were high-roll Rank-Up plays that lost a card to every interruption. Beyond the Brave fixes that with a Main Deck engine. The Umbral Horror monsters make , ranks it into Number C104 from the Graveyard, and stacks on top.

The result is a going-first lock. The Dragon stops your opponent adding cards from their Deck to their hand except by drawing. lets each player Special Summon only two non-Number monsters from the Extra Deck per turn, and negates the first card that tries to break the board. Because the Dragon can sit on any Number C101 to C107, the same finisher also fits Shark, Galaxy-Eyes and plain Rank 4 decks.

New Barian's cards

1 Xyz Monster, 2 Spells, 1 Counter Trap

5000

Dragon ATK after the main line

1000 ATK for every material

Non-Number Extra Deck summons

Per player, per turn, under Untopia

Card to the full board

Gorgonic Umbral Horror or Seventh Tachyon

Three ideas behind the deck

Rank up without Rank-Up-Magic

V Umbral Horror banishes itself from the GY to put a Number one Rank higher on top of a Masquerade Xyz. It counts as an Xyz Summon and keeps every material. Rank-Up-Magic Limited Barian's Force is the backup.
Both locks point outward

Numbers don't count toward Untopia's limit and the Dragon's lock only affects your opponent. Your own engine spends one of its two non-Number summons, on the Dragon itself.
Materials are the resource

Each material is 1000 ATK on the Dragon. Its own effect, Barian's Hope and Barian's Seal all add more, and the Seal takes them from your opponent.

Where the four new cards fit
Card	Job	When it works	Found by
CXyz Hope Chaos Barian DragonRank 7 Xyz · Boss	Search lock, 1000 ATK per material, takes 2 cards off the top of your opponent's Deck each turn	End of the combo, stacked on a Rank 5 Chaos Number	Extra Deck
Barian's Seventh UntopiaField Spell · Floodgate	Extra Deck limit, Umbral Horror search, End Phase burn	Turn 1 setup, then all game	Thousand Umbral Horror, Masquerade V, Seventh Ascension
Barian's HopeNormal Spell · Extender	Revives an Umbral Horror or Masquerade, then adds a Number as material from the GY	Mid-combo, or rebuilding after a board wipe	Masquerade V, Seventh Ascension
Barian's SealCounter Trap · Interruption	Negates a card or effect and attaches a monster; later revives 2 Umbral Horror monsters	Your opponent's turn	Masquerade V, Seventh Ascension

Strengths & Weaknesses

Very hard to break going first, and much weaker going second.

Strengths

Two floodgates at once. A Thunder Dragon Colossus-style search lock plus an Extra Deck limit that most of this deck's own summons don't count toward.
Chaos evolution without a Spell. V Umbral Horror's Rank-Up comes from the GY, so Spell negation doesn't stop it.
A boss that grows. The Dragon nets +1 material and +1000 ATK a turn while taking 2 cards off the top of your opponent's Deck.
Built-in recovery. Seal revives 2 Umbral Horror monsters from the GY, Hope revives a Masquerade, and Thousand can place a new Untopia on either player's turn.
Many one-card starts. Gorgonic Umbral Horror, V Umbral Horror, Seventh Tachyon and Untopia's search all lead into the same line.

Weaknesses

Search choke points. Gorgonic, V Umbral Horror, Untopia and Masquerade V all search from the Deck, and Ash Blossom and Droll & Lock Bird punish each one.
Nibiru arrives early. The main line reaches its fifth summon before the Dragon exists.
Removal that doesn't activate. Kaiju and Lava Golem summon by Tributing the Dragon, which the Seal can't negate.
Relies on the Graveyard. V Umbral Horror is a DARK monster in the GY, which D.D. Crow, Bystials and Dimension Shifter all stop.
Weak going second. The deck has no board breakers, and the Untopia burn hits you as well.

Interruptions and what survives

What each common interruption costs the main line
Interruption	Best moment	What you still end on
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring	Gorgonic's search	Gorgonic and your Normal Summon. A second starter (V Umbral Horror, Seventh Tachyon) picks the line back up one step later.
Droll & Lock Bird	After the first search	No more searches. Masquerade V's search can't be activated either, so V never reaches the GY to rank it up. You end on Masquerade V unless a Rank-Up-Magic is already in hand.
Infinite Impermanence	Masquerade V	Chained to the search, it only stops the Seal: the detach cost still sends V to the GY, so the Dragon lands without protection.
D.D. Crow / Bystials	V Umbral Horror in the GY	No C104 from V. A Seventh Ascension in hand can fetch Rank-Up-Magic Limited Barian's Force and still reach the Dragon.
Nibiru, the Primal Being	Fifth summon (Shining and Thousand)	No clean answer. Skipping Thousand's optional revive moves the fifth summon to C104, but Nibiru still Tributes it.

Competitive Verdict

The support takes the Seven Emperors from casual Rank-Up decks to a real control strategy.

In the Advanced Format, Barian's is at its best as a going-first control deck or as a compact Rank 4 engine. The research grades it a Tier 2 anti-meta deck. It is vulnerable to hand traps at a few single choke points, but a search lock backed by an Extra Deck limit is one of the hardest going-first boards in modern Xyz. Going second it struggles: the deck has no board breakers and can't play through several negations.

Advanced · TCG / OCG

Tier 2 control

Go first, set up the lock and Seal, and win over several turns with a Dragon that grows every turn.

Genesys

Heavily pointed

Genesys has fewer omni-negates and hand traps, so the engine carries heavy points. The Dragon alone uses the whole 100-point budget.

CXyz Hope Chaos Barian Dragon 100
Barian's Seventh Untopia 33
Number 104: Masquerade V 20
Gorgonic Umbral Horror 10
V Umbral Horror 7
Shining Umbral Horror 7

Core engine ratios

Recommended copies for a dedicated Umbral Horror Barian's deck
Card	Copies	Why
Gorgonic Umbral Horror	3	The best starter: summons itself and searches.
V Umbral Horror	3	A second starter, and the Rank-Up that needs no Spell.
Shining Umbral Horror	2–3	Extender that draws a card. Weak in the opening hand alone.
Thousand Umbral Horror	2	Places Untopia from the Deck and revives itself.
Barian's Seventh Untopia	2–3	The floodgate. Thousand finds it too, so 2 is enough in lean builds.
Barian's Hope	1–2	More copies risk opening too many Spells.
Barian's Seal	1–2	Masquerade V usually searches it.
Seventh Ascension	2–3	Finds any Barian's card, including Limited Barian's Force.
Seventh Tachyon	1	Reveal Masquerade V to add V Umbral Horror.
Rank-Up-Magic Limited Barian's Force	1	Backup Rank-Up when V Umbral Horror is banished.
Extra Deck	5–6	2 Masquerade V, 1 C104 Victory, 1–2 Dragons, and a spare Number C for Barian's Hope.

Fill the rest with hand traps. The engine needs few slots, and its own interaction is mostly on the board.

Card Breakdown

Card text is the English text from the card database; the printed TCG wording arrives with the 8 October release. Pick a card to see its breakdown.

CXyz Hope Chaos Barian Dragon

CX 冀望皇龍カオス・バリアン・ドラゴン

Boss · Search lock
DARK · Dragon / Xyz / Effect
Rank 7 · ATK 0 / DEF 0

OCG Beyond the Brave · 18 Jul 2026
TCG Beyond the Brave · 8 Oct 2026

Card text

3+ Level 7 monsters

You can also Xyz Summon this card by using 1 monster you control with "Number C101" through "Number C107" in its name (transfer its materials). Gains 1000 ATK for each material attached to it. While this card has a "Number C" monster as material, cards cannot be added from the Main Deck to your opponent's hand except by drawing them. Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; attach the top 2 cards of your opponent's Deck to this card.

Effect by effect

Stacks on any Chaos Number from 101 to 107. The Chaos Number and all its materials go underneath, so it arrives with at least three. Three Level 7s is the backup route, and decks rarely use it.
1000 ATK per material. 3000 straight off the C104 line, 5000 by the end of it.
The search lock. While a "Number C" is attached, your opponent can't add cards from their Main Deck to their hand except by drawing. Adding from the GY, banishment or the Extra Deck still works.
Takes their Deck as material. Detach 1 and attach their top 2 cards, for a net +1 material and +1000 ATK a turn. The cards are attached, not sent to the GY, so they give GY decks nothing.

Why it mattersThe first boss the whole 101–107 family can reach with a single overlay. The Umbral Horror line gets there from one card, Shark gets there through C101 and Galaxy-Eyes through C107. It has no protection of its own, which is Barian's Seal's job.

Consistency: 6.5
Power ceiling: 9.8
Recovery: 7.0
Splashability: 6.0
Overall: 7.3

Rulings to know

The lock depends on the Chaos Number. Never detach your last "Number C" for effect ④, or the lock turns off at once.
It is not a "Number". It is a "CXyz" monster, so it counts toward Untopia's two-summon limit.
Copies: 1, or 2 if you expect removal. A second copy can stack on your next Chaos Number.

Artwork: a dark twin of Nash's CXyz Barian Hope, built from Vector's Number C5: Chaos Chimera Dragon, with Don Thousand's crest on its chest. Its name echoes Number 99: Utopic Dragon, as Barian Hope's echoed Number 39: Utopia.

Barian's Seventh Untopia

七皇の冀望郷

Floodgate · Searcher
Field Spell
Counts as "Seventh" and "Barian's"

OCG Beyond the Brave · 18 Jul 2026
TCG Beyond the Brave · 8 Oct 2026

Card text

Each player can only Special Summon non-"Number" monsters from the Extra Deck twice per turn while this card is face-up on the field. You can only use each of the following effects of "Barian's Seventh Untopia" once per turn. During your Main Phase: You can add 1 "Umbral Horror" monster from your Deck to your hand, then discard 1 card. During the End Phase: Each player takes 400 damage for each Xyz Monster on the field.

Effect by effect

Two non-Number Extra Deck summons per turn, for both players. Decks built on Link chains, Synchro climbs or Fusion loops stall at two. Masquerade V and C104 are Numbers, so they don't count; the Dragon does.
Searches any Umbral Horror, then discard 1. Get the Shining you need this turn or a Gorgonic for the next. The discard can stock Barian's Seal or Barian's Hope, since both have GY effects.
400 damage per Xyz on the field, to each player. A clock that counts both sides of the field, in every End Phase, including your own.

Why it mattersA lopsided floodgate: it limits almost every modern Extra Deck while barely touching this one. Thousand Umbral Horror places it straight from the Deck, so you can often play it as a 2-of and still have it every game.

Consistency: 8.8
Power ceiling: 9.2
Recovery: 6.5
Splashability: 8.0
Overall: 8.1

Rulings to know

Placed, not activated. Thousand Umbral Horror puts it in the Field Zone without activating it, so it can't be negated as it arrives.
The burn hits you too. Thousand's revive stops damage from your own card effects, but only for the turn it revives.
Copies: 2–3. Masquerade V and Seventh Ascension can also search it.

Artwork: Vector in Barian World in episode 136, with his Number C104 beside the Chaos Numbers he took from Dumon and Merag. The burn nods to Sargasso the D.D. Battlefield.

Barian's Hope

バリアンズ・ホープ

Extender · Material
Normal Spell

OCG Beyond the Brave · 18 Jul 2026
TCG Beyond the Brave · 8 Oct 2026

Card text

Special Summon 1 "Umbral Horror" monster or 1 "Masquerade" Xyz Monster from your hand or GY, then you can make the Levels of all "Umbral Horror" monsters you control the same as 1 "Umbral Horror" monster in your field or GY. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 Xyz Monster you control; attach 1 "Number" Xyz Monster from your Extra Deck or GY to it. You can only use each effect of "Barian's Hope" once per turn.

Effect by effect

Revive and fix Levels. Special Summon an Umbral Horror or a Masquerade Xyz from your hand or GY. After a board wipe, a revived Masquerade gives V Umbral Horror in the GY something to rank up, which leads straight back to the Dragon.
Add a Number as material from the GY. Attach any Number Xyz from your Extra Deck or GY. On the Dragon that is +1000 ATK, and if you attach a spare Chaos Number the lock survives losing one.

Why it mattersThe deck's link between turns. On turn 1 it extends the combo, and after a wipe it restarts it. The attach effect works whether the card was activated or just discarded to Untopia's cost.

Consistency: 8.0
Power ceiling: 7.5
Recovery: 8.5
Splashability: 6.5
Overall: 7.6

Rulings to know

Two separate once-per-turns. Activate it, then banish it from the GY for the attach in the same turn.
Attached Numbers are just material. Their own effects don't apply while attached.
Copies: 1–2. Masquerade V and Seventh Ascension find it when you need it.

Artwork: episode 138, as Yuma reaches for Vector while Don Thousand pulls him away, drawn as Number 39: Utopia grasping Number 104: Masquerade's arm.

Barian's Seal

バリアンズ・シール

Negate · Rebuild
Counter Trap

OCG Beyond the Brave · 18 Jul 2026
TCG Beyond the Brave · 8 Oct 2026

Card text

When your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, while you control a "CXyz" monster, or a monster with "Number C101" through "Number C107" in its name: Negate that activation, then you can attach 1 monster from the field or either GY to 1 Xyz Monster you control. You can banish this card from your GY; Special Summon 2 "Umbral Horror" monsters from your GY. You can only use 1 "Barian's Seal" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

Effect by effect

Negates at Counter Trap speed. Only other Counter Traps can respond. After the negation, attach a monster from either field or either GY to one of your Xyz: remove their best monster, or feed the Dragon another 1000 ATK.
Rebuilds from the GY. Banish it to Special Summon 2 Umbral Horror monsters from your GY. With Gorgonic counting as 2 materials, that is another Masquerade V.

Why it mattersThe Dragon's protection. It only needs a CXyz or a Chaos Number from 101 to 107 on your field, so it is live in any shell that reaches one, including Shark and Galaxy-Eyes. Its rebuild effect only works in Umbral Horror decks.

Consistency: 7.0
Power ceiling: 9.0
Recovery: 9.5
Splashability: 7.5
Overall: 8.3

Rulings to know

One Seal effect per turn, in total. The negate or the GY revive, never both, even with two copies.
Only activations. Kaiju and Lava Golem summon without activating, so the Seal can't stop them.
Watch Gorgonic. A Gorgonic revived by effect ② brings back its Extra Deck restriction while it is face-up.

Artwork: CXyz Hope Chaos Barian Dragon absorbing cards as Xyz Materials, the way Vector's Number C5: Chaos Chimera Dragon did in the anime.

The Engine Around Them

The Beyond the Brave Umbral Horror package and the older Seventh and Barian's cards that search, start and back up the four.

Level 4 · DARK Rock
Special Summons itself and searches a non-Rock Umbral Horror. Counts as 2 materials for a Number. While it is face-up, you can only Special Summon Number Xyz from the Extra Deck.
Level 4 · DARK Spellcaster
Searches on summon. From the GY, ranks a Masquerade Xyz up into a Number one Rank higher.
Level 4 · LIGHT Fiend
Special Summons itself when an Umbral Horror or Masquerade is summoned, and draws 1. Counts as 2 materials for a Number.
Level 4 · DARK Fiend
Quick Effect: places Barian's Seventh Untopia from your Deck. Revives from the GY when an Xyz is Special Summoned.
Rank 4 · LIGHT Spellcaster · 2700 ATK
Detaches to search any Barian's Spell/Trap. An Xyz summoned on top of it makes your opponent banish 4 monsters and a Spell from their Deck, or you banish their top 10 cards.
Rank 5 · DARK Spellcaster · 3000 ATK
A Quick Effect that destroys a card. It is the Chaos Number the Dragon usually stacks on.
Normal Spell
Adds, or places on top of your Deck, any Barian's or Seventh Spell/Trap, including all three new ones and both Barian's Force Rank-Ups.
Normal Spell
Reveal Masquerade V (LIGHT Spellcaster, Rank 4) to add V Umbral Horror or Shining Umbral Horror.
Normal Spell
Turns any Rank 4 Xyz into any Rank 5 Number C. Masquerade V can search it, since it is a Barian's Spell.
Field Spell · treated as Barian's
The older Field Spell protects Numbers 101–107, CXyz and Chaos Numbers from targeting and destruction. It competes with Seventh Untopia for the Field Zone.

The Chaos Evolution

Rank 4 to Rank 5 to Rank 7, keeping every material along the way.

Rank 4 · Number

Number 104: Masquerade V

Gorgonic (as 2) + V Umbral Horror. Detach V to search a Barian's card.
V Umbral Horror from the GY, or Limited Barian's Force
Rank 5 · Chaos Number

Number C104: Umbral Horror Masquerade Victory

2 materials. Gains Masquerade V's banish-10 effect on summon.
Direct overlay, no Spell needed
Rank 7 · CXyz

CXyz Hope Chaos Barian Dragon

3 materials, 3000 ATK and the search lock on arrival.

Both Rank-Ups count as Xyz Summons and transfer materials, so nothing is lost on the way up. That is why C104 gets Masquerade V's granted effect, and why the Dragon arrives with three materials.

Every Chaos Number the Dragon can stack on

Number C101 to C107 and how each one is reached
Chaos Number	Rank	Ranks up from	Main routes	Guide
Number C101: Silent Honor DARKWATER Aqua · Nash	5	Number 101: Silent Honor ARK	Xyz Revive Splash, CXyz N.As.Ch. Knight	Shark
Number C102: Archfiend SeraphLIGHT Fairy · Dumon	5	Number 102: Star Seraph Sentry	Barian's Force, Limited Barian's Force	Star Seraph
Number C103: RagnafinityWATER Fairy · Merag	5	Number 103: Ragnazero	Xyz Revive Splash, Limited Barian's Force	Number
Number C104: Umbral Horror Masquerade VictoryDARK Spellcaster · Vector	5	Number 104: Masquerade V	V Umbral Horror, Limited Barian's Force	This page
Number C105: Battlin' Boxer Comet CestusFIRE Warrior · Alito	5	Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus	Barian's Force, Limited Barian's Force	Battlin' Boxer
Number C106: Giant Red HandEARTH Rock · Girag	5	Number 106: Giant Hand	Barian's Force, Limited Barian's Force	Number
Number C107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon DragonLIGHT Dragon · Mizael	9	Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon	Barian's Force, The Seventh One	Galaxy-Photon

Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force works on every row (same Type, one Rank up). Limited Barian's Force turns any Rank 4 into any Rank 5 Number C, so any Rank 4 deck can reach the Dragon with one Spell and two Extra Deck slots.

Combo Lines

Combo Guide

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One main line from a single card, plus three variations for when the main line is interrupted or the deck is built differently.

Gorgonic into the full lock

1 card + 1 discard
9 summons
Nibiru live after step 5

Starts from Gorgonic Umbral Horror alone. The only other card it uses from your hand is the one you discard to Untopia.

Special Summon from your hand and add .

While Gorgonic is face-up, only Number Xyz can come from the Extra Deck. It becomes material before the Dragon is summoned.
Field: Gorgonic · summons 1
Normal Summon V Umbral Horror and add .
Field: Gorgonic, V · summons 2
Activate Thousand's Quick Effect from your hand: send it to the GY and place from your Deck in the Field Zone.

Until the end of your next turn you can only summon Xyz Monsters from the Extra Deck, which this line never breaks.
Field Zone: Untopia · GY: Thousand
Use Untopia to add , then discard 1 card.

A spare Barian's Seal is the best discard: its GY revive is ready for a later turn.
Hand: Shining
Xyz Summon with Gorgonic (as 2 materials) and V. Two triggers: Shining Special Summons itself and draws 1, and Thousand revives from the GY, so your card effects deal you no damage this turn.
Field: Masquerade V (2), Shining, Thousand · summons 5
Detach V Umbral Horror from Masquerade V and add .
Masquerade V (1) · GY: V
Banish V from the GY, targeting Masquerade V, to Special Summon on top of it.

This counts as an Xyz Summon using Masquerade V on the field, so C104 gains its effect. Your opponent banishes 4 monsters with different Attributes and 1 Spell from their Deck, or you banish their top 10 cards.
C104 (2: Masquerade V, Gorgonic) · summons 6
Xyz Summon on top of C104. It takes all three cards as material: 3000 ATK, and the search lock is on.

This is your first non-Number Extra Deck summon under Untopia.
Dragon (3) · summons 7
Xyz Summon a second Masquerade V with Shining (as 2 materials) and Thousand. Detach Thousand and add .
Masquerade V #2 (1: Shining) · summons 8
Activate Barian's Hope to Special Summon Thousand Umbral Horror from the GY.
Field: Dragon, Masquerade V, Thousand · summons 9
Banish Barian's Hope from the GY, targeting the Dragon, and attach a spare Number C from your Extra Deck, such as the original Number C104: Umbral Horror Masquerade.
Dragon (4) · 4000 ATK · two Chaos Numbers attached
Use the Dragon's effect: detach Gorgonic and attach the top 2 cards of your opponent's Deck.
Dragon (5) · 5000 ATK
Set Barian's Seal. In the End Phase, Untopia deals 400 per Xyz, which is 800 to your opponent. You take none this turn because of Thousand's revive in step 5.

End board

Extra Monster Zone CXyz Hope Chaos Barian Dragon 5 materials · 5000 ATK · search lock
Monster Zone Number 104: Masquerade V 1 material · searches again next turn
Monster Zone Thousand Umbral Horror Places a new Untopia if the first is removed
Field Zone Barian's Seventh Untopia Two non-Number Extra Deck summons per turn
Spell & Trap Zone · set Barian's Seal Negates, then takes a monster as material

Plus Shining's draw, and your opponent has either banished 10 cards or 4 monsters and a Spell of their choice.

Seventh Tachyon start

1 card
Same end board

Masquerade V is a LIGHT Spellcaster at Rank 4, so revealing it to Seventh Tachyon adds either Level 4 Umbral Horror that matches: V (Spellcaster) or Shining (LIGHT).

Activate , revealing Number 104: Masquerade V. Add V Umbral Horror, then put 1 card from your hand on top of your Deck.
Normal Summon V Umbral Horror and add Gorgonic Umbral Horror.
Special Summon Gorgonic, since every monster you control is an Umbral Horror, and add Thousand Umbral Horror.
Continue from step 3 of the main line. The summon count and end board are the same.

Rank-Up-Magic fallback

When V is banished

For when D.D. Crow or a Bystial banishes V Umbral Horror from the GY, or its effect is negated.

Add . Masquerade V's detach can search it, but is better, since it leaves Masquerade V's search free for the Seal.
Activate it targeting Masquerade V and Special Summon Number C104: Umbral Horror Masquerade Victory, or any Rank 5 Number C.

It is still an Xyz Summon using Masquerade V on the field, so the banish-10 effect still happens.
Stack the Dragon on it as in the main line.

Shark / WATER: the Dragon on your opponent's turn

Shell line
Summons on the opponent's turn

After Abyss Shark you can only Special Summon WATER monsters for the rest of the turn, and the Dragon is DARK. Full-Armored Xyz summons it on your opponent's turn, when that restriction no longer applies.

Use two Level 5 WATER monsters, such as and a Level 5 Fish it searches, to Xyz Summon , then Xyz Summon on top of it.
Detach 1 from N.As.Ch. Knight to Special Summon on top of it.

N.As.Ch. Knight's effect destroys C101 in your opponent's next End Phase, unless it has become material by then.
Set and Barian's Seal, from Seventh Ascension. C101 already makes the Seal live.
On your opponent's turn, activate Full-Armored Xyz and Xyz Summon the Dragon on top of C101. The search lock starts mid-turn, and C101 is no longer on the field to be destroyed.

Rulings & Timing

The interactions that decide whether the lock holds.

Keep a Chaos Number attached

The Dragon's lock needs a "Number C" as material. Detach anything else with its effect, and use Barian's Hope to attach a second one as a backup.

The Dragon uses one of Untopia's two summons

It is a "CXyz", not a "Number". Masquerade V and C104 are Numbers, so the whole Umbral Horror line uses only one of your two.

Gorgonic's lock lasts only while it's on the field

While Gorgonic is face-up, only Number Xyz can come from your Extra Deck. Use it as material first, and remember that reviving it brings the lock back.

Masquerade V's effect goes one step up

The monster summoned on top of Masquerade V (usually C104) gets the banish-10 effect. The Dragon, summoned on C104, does not.

Thousand's Quick Effect works on either turn

Its once-per-turn resets on your opponent's turn. Thousand on the field can place a new Untopia from the Deck if they remove the first one.

One Barian's Seal effect per turn

The negate and the GY revive share one use per turn across every copy. It only negates activations, so Kaiju and Lava Golem get past it.

Splashing the Dragon

Any deck that can make a Chaos Number from 101 to 107 can finish on the Dragon.

Engine modules for other decks
Deck	Main Deck cards	Extra Deck cards	Route
Any Rank 4 deckUtopia · Onomat	Seventh Ascension, Limited Barian's Force	A Rank 5 Number C, the Dragon	Rank 4 → Limited Barian's Force → Number C → Dragon
Shark / WATERShark · Armored Xyz	Seventh Ascension, Xyz Revive Splash, Full-Armored Xyz	N.As.H. Knight, CXyz N.As.Ch. Knight, C101, the Dragon	C101 → Dragon on your opponent's turn
Galaxy-Eyes / TachyonGalaxy-Photon	Seventh Ascension, Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force	Number 107, Number C107, the Dragon	Number 107 → Barian's Force → C107 → Dragon
Umbral Horror (this page)	The four Umbral Horror monsters and the three new Spells and Traps	Masquerade V, C104 Victory, the Dragon	The main line above

In Galaxy-Eyes, putting the Dragon on C107 removes the Galaxy-Eyes monster that Tachyon Transmigration needs. Only make the Dragon when the lock is worth more than the Counter Trap.

The Barian Emperors' Decks

Each Emperor's Number has its own guide, and each one can climb into the Dragon.

Banlist Impact

Fully Unrestricted

The Barian's archetype, with its Chaos Xyz Rank-Ups into a search-locking CXyz boss, operates at full power with no restrictions on the current TCG banlist.

Maximum Consistency

Play any card at your preferred ratio without restrictions

Full Strength Plays

Access to all archetype synergies without limitations

Strategic Freedom

No banlist constraints holding back your strategy

Banlist Status Summary

Core cards checked:
• Barian's Hope
• Barian's Seal
• Barian's Seventh Untopia
• CXyz Hope Chaos Barian Dragon
• Gorgonic Umbral Horror
• Number 104: Masquerade V
• Number C104: Umbral Horror Masquerade Victory
• Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force
• Rank-Up-Magic Limited Barian's Force
• Seventh Ascension
• Seventh Tachyon
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• Thousand Umbral Horror
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Barian's

Lore Archive

Gameplay Evolution Summary

Archetype Overview

Three ideas behind the deck

Rank up without Rank-Up-Magic

Both locks point outward

Materials are the resource

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Interruptions and what survives

Competitive Verdict

Core engine ratios

Card Breakdown

CXyz Hope Chaos Barian Dragon

Barian's Seventh Untopia

Barian's Hope

Barian's Seal

The Engine Around Them

The Chaos Evolution

Every Chaos Number the Dragon can stack on

Combo Lines

Gorgonic into the full lock

End board

Rulings & Timing

Keep a Chaos Number attached

The Dragon uses one of Untopia's two summons

Gorgonic's lock lasts only while it's on the field

Masquerade V's effect goes one step up

Thousand's Quick Effect works on either turn

One Barian's Seal effect per turn

Splashing the Dragon

The Barian Emperors' Decks

Banlist Impact

Maximum Consistency

Full Strength Plays

Strategic Freedom

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