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Mono-Darkness Hellborof
黒単ヘルボロフ (Kuro Tan Heruborofu)
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Mono-Darkness Hellborof is a monocolored control deck type.

Details[]

With the release of Hellborof, Supreme Dragon Ruler and Welcome Hell, Supreme Devil King Palace, Mono-Darkness Control had been reinforced and it returned into the meta scene, once again reaching the top.

Card Candidates[]

Core Cards[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Hellborof, Supreme Dragon Ruler Graveyard supply and high cost Draguner.
Welcome Hell, Supreme Devil King Palace / Deathgoros, Supreme Devil Corrupt King Cost 5 or less Darkness creature reanimation. May be dragsolutioned, but doing so is not needed to win.
Ninjariban, Dragon Ruler Draguner to be revived by Welcome Hell, can be spammed to flood the battle zone with creatures.
Reddull, Dragon Soul Castle Give speed attacker to your Draguners to further abuse Welcome Hell.

Creature Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Jenny, the Suicide Doll Early discard, can be reused as it destroys itself.
BloodRayne, Start Dash
BloodRayne, Restart Dash
Cost reduction.
Baribari Kedokedo Anti-meta
Darpi Luppi Cost reduction and anti cost trampling meta.
School Man
Dupoiz, Darma
Early removal.
Belle = Gelelle Graveyard supply and Abyss Rush.
Time Tripper, Shadow of Stagnation
Dogongiyos, Misfortune Demon 02
Slow down the opponent.
Zabi Barrel, Western Doll Discarding blocker.
Honenbe, Skeletal Guardian
Honenbe GS, Skeletal Guardian
Graveyard supplying blocker, hand replenishment.
Vader, Dark Armor Self-mill and draw, blocker.
Tigernitro, Explosive Devil Strong Mana Arms discard, may be paired with Upheaval to cut the opponent of its mana.
Jenny, the Dismantling Puppet Classic certain discard.
Hamma = Dhamma Shield trigger, self-mill and removal.
Borof HELL, Super Sin Dragon Ruler Slayer, self-mill, due to being a Neo Evolution Draguner it can replace Ninjariban.
Jigoku Parthenon, Concatenated Sentenced Spirit Discard and removal resistance.
Funk, Guard of Hope Anti-weenie and anti-psychic creature meta.
Heavy, Dragon God
Heavy, Extreme Dragon God
Removal that may be infinitely reused as it destroys itself.
Gokensai, Oni of "Outrage" Tap in upon achieving Onitime.
Syriu Heaven Shield trigger removal or reanimation.
Death Hands, Misfortune Emperor Creature version of Terror Pit.
Borof, Final Dragon Ruler Shield trigger, can bring out strong draghearts, salvage.
Kill the Borof, Rebellion of K Darkness Command Revolution Change, fixed removal.
Ryusei In The Dark Non-Darkness tap in, Slayer granter.

Evolution creature Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Duenyan Emperor Invasion, can loop Draghearts.
Black Psycho, Revenge Hall of Fame Invasion, discards two cards and is supported by Welcome Hell.
Deadzone, S-Rank Zombie Removal that can invade from graveyard, can take care of Premium Madonna, Nobility Dragon Elemental all by itself.
Killer the Kill, Revolution Demon King Mass removal and reanimation, interesting finisher.
Dorballom, Lord of Demons Classic mass removal and mana burn finisher.
Mukade, Asura (Deathshiraz Star) Weenie reanimation.
Jabbaranga (Psycho Star) Discard and salvage.
Voiron (Deazo Star) Guard Strike, strong salvage.


Spell Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Bone Dance Charger
Dorbro, Final Forbidden Gamma / Bone Dance Charger
Slash Charger
Scream Charger
Graveyard supply, start engine.
Phantasm Clutch
Order's Will
Strike Back removal.
Judgment Gate of Revolution Darkness Revolution 0 Trigger
Inferno Sign Hall of Fame reanimation spell.
Zainty Zain
Demon Wolf, Howling Moonlight Castle
Strong single removal and weenie removal.
Death Gate, Gate of Hell Untapped removal and reanimation.
Upheaval Hall of Fame mana burn spell. Can be paired with Tigernitro, Explosive Devil to cut the opponent's mana source.
Skullbent Gades Reanimation and possible removal via Super Shield Trigger.

D2 Field Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Haridelberg, Hell of D Constant -4000 power to your opponent's creatures and nullifies Welcome Hell's Dragsolution demerit via Denjara Switch.

Orega Aura Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Dejilmukade, Mushura Tap in.

Dragheart Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Migawari, Nightmare Manji / Utsusemihenge, Blame Demon Dragon Pseudo-resistance to destruction, can turn into a removal-resistant creature.
Whitey, Dragon Soul Church Freeze an opponent's creature.
Greene, Dragon Soul Ruins Mana Acceleration and progress to Hellborof.
Fanbai, Dragon Flower Fan Mirror match measures.
Blacko, Dragon Soul Palace Discard that doesn't trigger Madness abilities.
Demon Wolf, Soul Eating Moonlight Castle / Minagorosseo, Wolf Demon Dragon Give Slayer to all your Darkness creatures.
Go To Hell, Annihilator Blade / Deathshiraz, Devil Corrupt King Welcome Hell repair.
Urovelia, Divine Dragon Spear / Ultimaria, Divine Dragon Elemental Blocker defense.
Beginning Start, Initial Dragon Tool / Final the End, Finishing Heaven Dragon Draguner cost reduction.

How to use[]

Basically the deck requires early graveyard supply, as well as early discards and blockers to interfere with the opponent's strategy. When you have enough control, summon Hellborof, Supreme Dragon Ruler which brings out Welcome Hell, Supreme Devil King Palace and reanimates Ninjariban, Dragon Ruler which in turn brings out Reddull, Dragon Soul Castle and gives speed attacker to your Draguners, furthering Welcome Hell's reanimation effect and enabling a possible one-shot kill. As such, it is required that the deck has four copies of Ninjariban for it to work smoother. Between the creatures to be reanimated, Heavy, Dragon God and School Man can be taken into consideration, as they can be destroyed and thus recycled.

Depending on the situation, you can also equip Ninjariban with Migawari, Nightmare Manji and Dragsolution at the end of your turn both Deathgoros, Supreme Devil Corrupt King and Utsusemihenge, Blame Demon Dragon, as Welcome Hell will destroy both the Ninjariban equipped with Migawari and another creature in the same time. That way, you can abuse in future turns both Deathgoros and Utsusemihenge as finishers. Deathgoros's attack trigger reanimation effect means that you can spam more Hellborofs from your graveyard and thus bring out more Draghearts.

Overall, due to the deck's flexibility, a multitude of cards and strategies can be adapted to it.

With the restriction of Welcome Hell on the 28th of February, this deck will be seemingly weakened, but due to its flexible nature we will see how it will survive in the future.

With the release of Haridelberg, Hell of D, a simple Jenny, the Suicide Doll could end up giving -4000 power to opposing creatures. Dragsolutioning Deathgoros, Supreme Devil Corrupt King now means that an opposing creature will get -16000 power, meaning that even a Neverlast, Destiny Adoration's Escape effect can be easily dealt with. With Denjara Switch you can nullify all the battle zone losses from the Dragsolution. As such the deck has seemingly received an upgrade, although it is still too slow in the current metagame to reach the top again.

Unfortunately, after Revolution Final, the new meta finishers had proven to be too fast for this deck, as a single Galamuta, Matchless Fear Lord or Shuff, Eureka could render its defenses null. While it did merge with De Szark strategies, the latter works better on its own. Thus it can be said that Mono-Darkness Hellborof has fully left the metagame.

Later the deck received upgrades in the form of Borof HELL, Super Sin Dragon Ruler and Borof, Final Dragon Ruler, thus enabling some lists to play up to at most 16 Draguners, sometimes being nicknamed Mono-Darkness Consecutive Draguner. Although some of these rogue decks won tournaments, ultimately it did not have staying power in the Advanced Metagame. As such, at the July 1st 2022 Hall of Fame update, Welcome Hell, Supreme Devil King Palace was released from its restriction, as it was decided that Mono-Darkness Hellborof would not have that big of an impact on the environment anymore.

Template Build[]

(Updated March 2023)

# Recommended Card:
4 Hellborof, Supreme Dragon Ruler
4 Borof, Final Dragon Ruler
4 Borof HELL, Super Sin Dragon Ruler
2 CRYMAX Jaouga
4 Assault, Onifuda Kingdom!
4 Balad Vi Na Shura
4 Tsuruhashi Doji
1 Inferno Sign
1 Hayabusamaru, Lightfang Ninja
4 Dorbro, Final Forbidden Gamma / Bone Dance Charger
4 FORBIDDEN SUNRISE ~Dawn of Forbidden~
4 Oniyose's Jutsu

Hyperspatial Zone

Amount: Recommended Card:
2 Welcome Hell, Supreme Devil King Palace
1 Diabolos, Prison Dragon Blade
1 Gaiheart, Galaxy Greatsword
1 Gaial, Leader Dragon Sword
1 Beginning Start, Initial Dragon Tool
1 Shake Na Baby
1 Migawari, Nightmare Manji

Weaknesses[]

Since cards such as Honenbe, Skeletal Guardian are used to help Welcome Hell strategies, graveyard emptying cards like Olive Oil, Karma's Burial are a natural threat to this deck.

VAN Beethoven, Zenith of "Shura" is also a threat, as it prevents the summoning of Hellborof and thus you cannot bring out the deck's main engine - Welcome Hell. However, one can get around its Eternal Omega by destroying VAN Beethoven with Death Gate, Gate of Hell and then reviving a Jenny, the Dismantling Puppet to discard it.

Because it is rich in removal, at first glance it seems easy to remove Dokindam X, The Legendary Forbidden and win the game, but since it is a low speed control deck, it often ends up with no shields by the time Dokindam X Forbidden Liberates. If one faces a rush or beatdown deck with Dokindam X, it is advised that more copies of Phantasm Clutch were added, along with some Shinobis.

Light Darkness Draguner (Monochrome Hellborof)[]

This deck focuses more on Light defenses such as Slowly Chain and Holy, Flash Guardian. In order to deal with Invasions and Revolution Changes, Oriotis, Control Wings is necessary for early game.

Later, after you have established control, you can use Saint Rose, Dragon Ruler as an additional finisher next to Hellborof, Supreme Dragon Ruler.

Card Candidates[]

Creature Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Oriotis, Control Wings Anti-Invasion/Revolution Change meta.
Berlin, Bell Gravekeeper Anti-discard meta.
Bega, Vizier of Shadow Shield addition + random discard.
Saint Rose, Dragon Ruler Additional finisher.
Holy, Flash Guardian Shield trigger blocker with a Spark effect.

Spell Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
The Grave of Angels and Demons Conditional mana burn.
Super Eternal Spark Card removal, reuse Memento Guardian Shrine.
Slowly Chain Limit the opponent, stop one-shot kills.

D2 Field Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Memento Guardian Shrine, Prison Court of D Blocker granter, creature tapper.

Dragheart Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Endless Heaven, True Holy Church Synergy with Welcome Hell's Dragsolution.
Heaven's Heaven, Heavenly Justice Blocker spam.
Joan Mizell, Revolution Spear Additional defense, Saint Rose can bring out D'Arc-en-Ciel, Holy Spear Dragon Elemental directly.

Darkness Fire Hellborof (Dormageddon Hellborof)[]

Due to a good amount of Darkness Commands, this deck is compatible with FORBIDDEN STAR ~World's Last Day~. More so, due to the addition of the Fire Civilization, strategies similar to Doguraeater and Darkness Fire Deadzone can be adapted as well.

Deathgoros, Supreme Devil Corrupt King can revive finishers such as Ryusei Kaiser, the Eternal and Diehard Ryusei of Invincibility as well. More so, Hellborof, Supreme Dragon Ruler has synergy with Eternal Sign.

Card Candidates[]

Creature Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Burgmaru-Kun In combination with Demon Wolf, Soul Eating Moonlight Castle, it can grant both removal and draw.
Entertainer of Stealing and Lying Anti-Invasion/Revolution Change meta.
Dolmarks, the Shadow Warrior Mana burn and removal.
Acme M, First Seed Synergy with Welcome Hell when it Dragsolutions.
Mega Manalock Dragon Mana freeze Hall of Fame.
Ryusei Kaiser, the Eternal Anti-discard meta, grants speed attacker to all your creatures.
Diehard Ryusei of Invincibility Shield burn and prevents you from losing the game.
Crossfire, Millionaire Synergy with graving, pseudo-Phantasm Clutch.
5000GT, Riot Additional finisher, synergy with graving, pseudo-lockdown.
Dogiragon, Flaming Revolution Additional finisher, prevents you from losing the game, infinite attack.

Spell Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Scale of Bravery and Love Graving and draw or weenie removal.
Reload Charger Graving and draw Charger.
Eternal Sign Reanimation and speed attacker granting, synergy with Hellborof.

D2 Field Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Forbidden Area Hellfire Power up Honenbe and Zabi Barrel.

Water Darkness Nature Hellborof[]

This version adapts WDN Dead Damned strategies.

Due to Hellborof being a Darkness Command, it can easily invade into Dead Damned, Triple S-Rank Disaster. Cards such as Belladonna, Demon Faerie can also aid progression.

Card Candidates[]

Creature Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Belladonna, Demon Faerie Ramp or discard.
Deddam, Disaster Draw, ramp and self mill.
Ragnarok, the Clock Strong defense.
The Verde, Rainbow Sonic Invasion bait, can be summoned from the mana zone.
Dead Damned, Triple S-Rank Disaster Strong removal, it can invade from almost anywhere.

Spell Candidates[]

Recommended cards: Reason:
Dark Life Ramp and graveyard supply.
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