Gradius Games

From Yu-Gi-Oh!

These are a series of cards Konami released based off of characters in their Gradius video game series. These include player controlled ships, support items, enemies and bosses.

Contents 1 Playing Style 1.1 Typical cards 1.1.1 Monsters 1.1.2 Spells 1.1.3 Traps 1.1.4 Synchros and Fusions 2 Cyber-Gradius Deck 2.1 Monsters 2.2 Spells 2.3 Traps 3 Anime Appearances

[edit] Playing Style

A Gradius Deck revolves around the use of the cards "Gradius" or "Victory Viper XX03" along with their support cards. The main strategy is to summon one of the ships and its Option and boost them all with attack-boosting cards, and blitz your opponent. As a result, a Gradius Deck operates under a Swarm/OTK hybrid. Fighting under this style is a major gamble because just one wrong move can cripple the deck, so this deck must have a counter ready every turn. It is also a good idea to include the Chimeratech OTK strategy in order to have a backup plan.

The mass swarming of various levels of four and one gives this deck the opportunity to summon the strongest Synchros that need 3 components. However, if this is the desired strategy, then it is best to gear the deck to focus only on performing Synchro Summons.

[edit] Typical cards

[edit] Monsters

• Gradius
• Victory Viper XX03
• Falchion Beta
• Lord British Space Fighter
• Jade Knight
• Blue Thunder T-45
• DUCKER Mobile Cannon
• Heavy Mech Support Platform
• Shining Angel
• Honest
• Cyber Dragon
• Cyber Valley
• Jinzo
• Tuningware
• Road Synchron

[edit] Spells

• Power Capsule
• Future Fusion
• Hidden Armory
• Overload Fusion
• United We Stand
• Mage Power
• Big Bang Shot
• Limiter Removal
• Giant Trunade
• Pot of Avarice
• Release Restraint Wave
• Cold Wave

[edit] Traps

• Torrential Tribute
• Solemn Judgment
• Mirror Force

[edit] Synchros and Fusions

• Power Tool Dragon
• Stardust Dragon
• Chimeratech Fortress Dragon
• Chimeratech Overdragon
• Goyo Guardian
• Mist Wurm
• Armory Arm
• Light End Dragon
• Avenging Knight Parshath

[edit] Cyber-Gradius Deck

This deck presents some similarities to the popular Lightsworn Deck, as it needs a lot of Mill effects to have a lot of Machine-type monsters in the Graveyard and on the field to use the effect of Cyber Eltanin to clear your opponent's field and attack it directly for an OTK, but be careful, your opponent's Spells & Traps willn't be destroyed, so the use of Heavy Storm, Giant Trunade, Cold Wave, along with Counter Trap Cards can totally clear your opponent's field or save you from devastating effects like Mirror Force, Magic Cylinder, or Bottomless Trap Hole.

[edit] Monsters

• Gradius
• Victory Viper XX03
• Falchionβ
• Jade Knight
• Lord British Space Fighter
• Honest
• Cyber Dragon
• Cyber Eltanin
• Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress(For getting monsters on the graveyard quickly)
• Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter(Same reason as Lyla)

[edit] Spells

• Inferno Reckless Summon
• Mystical Space Typhoon
• Giant Trunade
• Hand Destruction
• Card Destruction
• Heavy Storm
• Limiter Removal

[edit] Traps

• Dark Bribe
• Solemn Judgment
• Bottomless Trap Hole
• Beckoning Light
• Ceasefire

[edit] Anime Appearances

• Gradius was used by Duke Devlin and Noah Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh!.
• The "Bosses", or B.E.S. cards, were used by Lorenzo in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Gradius Games
Members
TCG/OCG	Falchionβ ● Gradius ● Jade Knight ● Lord British Space Fighter ● Victory Viper XX03
Anime/Manga	Alert
Support
TCG/OCG	Falchionβ ● Gradius' Option ● Jade Knight Cyclon Laser ● Power Capsule
Anime/Manga
Related
TCG/OCG	B.E.S. Big Core MK-2 ● B.E.S. Covered Core ● B.E.S. Crystal Core ● B.E.S. Tetran ● Big Core ● Brain Golem ● Flint Lock Boss Rush ● Spacegate
Anime/Manga	B.E.S. Armored Core Shield Recovery
Video Game	B.E.S. Armored Core Shield Recovery

Gradius-themed Cards

Protagonists Gradius • Gradius' Option • Cyclon Laser Jade Knight • Falchionβ • Lord British Space Fighter Victory Viper XX03 • Power Capsule Anime Only Matter Leveller Supporters Flint Lock • Flint • Flint Missile Blue Thunder T-45 Heavy Mech Support Platform Satellite Cannon • Satellite Laser Balsam Metal Shooter Spacegate Enemies Moai Interceptor Cannons • The Statue of Easter Island Option Hunter Solar Flare Dragon DUCKER Mobile Cannon Brain Golem System Down Space Mambo Bosses Big Core • B.E.S. Big Core MK-2 B.E.S. Covered Core • B.E.S. Crystal Core • B.E.S. Tetran Boss Rush Anime & Video Game Only B.E.S. Armored Core • Shield Recovery