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High score Cerberus decks

update 29/05/2017

Example deck

Mythical Beast CerberusRiryokuShard of GreedShard of GreedTwisterTwister
Shooting Star Bow - CealBook of Secret ArtsBook of Secret ArtsStop DefenseAbyssal DesignatorAbyssal Designator
Murmur of the ForestBlue MedicineMooyan CurryMooyan CurryYamiEnchanted Javelin
Enchanted JavelinEnchanted Javelin--------

Possible skills

[Skill] descriptionUser
[Sorcery Conduit]
Can be used each time your Life Points decrase by 1800. In the Draw Phase, instead of doing a normal draw, draw a random Spellcaster-Type monster.
Yugi
Yugi
[Draw Sense: Low Level]
Can be used each time your Life Points decrease by 1800. In the Draw Phase, istead of doing a normal draw, draw a level 1-4 monster card.
Weevil Underwood
Weevil
[Draw Sense: LIGHT]
Can be used each time your Life Points decrease by 1500. In the Draw Phase, istead of doing a normal draw, draw a random LIGHT-attribute monster.
Drop
*Draw Sense: LIGHT and Draw Sense: Low-Level can both be random drops from other Legendary Duelists. (LDs)

How to use this deck

Goal

  • To increase the ATK of Mythical Beast Cerberus to over 10,000 attack.
  • To decrease your Life Points to below 1000 or 100 whenever possible.
  • To deal more than 10,000 damage when you have 0 cards left.
  • To get 5000 - 8000 score. Improve your score by using glossy and prismatic cards for additional assessment points.

1. Receive an attack to get Cerberus

To get Mythical Beast Cerberus from your deck, use either "Sorcery Conduit" or "Draw Sense: Low-Level". Both skills are similar and they require you to receive at least 1800 points. You can use cards like Enchanted Javelin for some protection. After taking 1800 damage, a button will show up during your draw phase if you want to use it.

Some Legendary Duelists often start with monsters that won't deal 1800 or more damage, if you have cards that can reduce your LP like Abyssal Designator on your first turn, you can use it to ensure that you can activate the skill next turn.

  • Even if you have Cerberus in your starting hand, take the first hit if you want to adjust your Life Points to 100 to get the "LP on the Brink" assessment. Unless you use cards that can take you to 100 LP from 4000.
  • Recover your LP if you think you will take damage more than your current LP, use a Blue Medicine or any other healing card. The damage you take will still count towards the required damage for the skill to activate.

2. Grow Cerberus & make your Life Points 100

Place Spell counters on Mythical Beast Cerberus by activating Spell cards, and adjust your Life Points to 100.

The combination

You can get your LP from 4000 to 100 by using Blue Medicine, Mooyan Curry to get 4600 LP. Then 3 cards that reduce your LP by 1000 and then Autonomous Action Unit, or 4 cards that reduce your LP by 1000 and use a Twister.

Use Enchanted Javelin to maintain 4000 LP and still be able to activate skill to draw a Cerberus.

  • Keep equip spells in your hand until you summon the Cerberus. You cannot activate Spell cards if your three spell zones are filled, but you can use a Gravity Axe - Grarl early to lock your opponents in defense position.
  • If your opponent has cards that can inflict effect damage to your Life Points, don't lower your LP early in the duel. Instead, use it on your last turn when you are left with 0 cards in your deck.
  • Combo
    By using Murmur of the Forest, you can re-use a field spell so you can activate it again for another counter to Cerberus. Alternatively, you can use Sword of Deep-Seated and twister it to re-use the effect.

3. Dealing the damage

When you have 0 cards left in your deck, and used up all your spells, you can attack your opponent by using Stop Defense on one of your opponent's defense card and then use Riryoku to increase Cerberus even further. Afterwards, equip Shooting Star Bow - Ceal on to that reduced monster's attack. If you used your stop defense earlier, then you can equip the Ceal bow to your Cerberus to be able to direct attack.

Essential cards

CardRating explanation
Mythical Beast Cerberus
Mythical Beast Cerberus
This deck cannot be built without this monster card.
*Note: It is fine to farm with this Cerberus deck using 1 Cerberus. However, with sufficient testing, it is more consistent to have 2 cerberus in the deck.

Other useful cards

CardExplanation
Yami
Yami
Can be replaced with any other field spell card. Murmur of the Forest allows you to use a field spell twice, giving you more spell counters.
Mooyan Curry
Mooyan Curry
This card, Timidity, Blue Medicine, and Abyssal Designator can be replaced with any spell card unless you aim to get "LP on the Brink" duel assessment.
Black Pendant
Black Pendant
Use any equip spell that can increase your attack by 500. Gravity Axe - Grarl can be helpful to lock their position, or Wonder Wand for a cheap alternative.
Seal of the Ancients
Seal of the Ancients
Can be a great alternative to Abyssal Designator to see your opponent's set cards and deal with them accordingly.
Hieroglyph Lithograph
Hieroglyph Lithograph
Lowers your LP and allows you to hold more cards so you can pass turns and use multiple cards easier.
That Wacky Magic!
That Wacky Magic!
Use Dark-Piercing Light and this card to clear your opponent's monsters to deal direct attack..

Performance against Legendary Duelists

High Score Cerberus deck can be used to farm most of the LDs, but there are some noteworthy things that you might need to remember when going against specific LDs.

Ones with a score of 1 means that you can't use a Cerberus deck against them.

NameScore
(1-5)
Explanation
Yami Yugi
Yugi
5 5000 - 8000 score can be achieved easily.
Seto Kaiba
Seto
1
  • Kaiba uses Enemy Controller to make the battle position of your Cerberus Defense.
  • Kaiba will use D.D. Warrior to banish your Cerberus if it does not have enough ATK to finish Kaiba's LP.
Joey Wheeler
Joey
3You need to deal with Time Wizard by using Abyssal Designator, Eatgaboon or House of Adhesive Tape.
Tea Gardner
Tea
4Bring Shard of Greeds to keep up with her draws. Don't use Stop Defense on a potential Skelengel when she's out of cards.
Mai Valentain
Mai
4Either bring 2 Stop Defense or use Shooting Star Bow - Ceal, don't lower your LP early in the duel since she has Amazoness Archer.
Weevil Underwood
Weevil
55000 - 8000 score can be achieved easily.
Rex Raptor
Rex
55000 - 8000 score can be achieved easily.
Mako Tsunami
Mako
2Mako's Amphibious Bugroth MK-3 can attack directly while 'Umi' is present on the field. Need to bring Twister against him.
Bandit Keith
Keith
1Keith uses monsters, such as Barrel Dragon and Twin-Barrel Dragon that have an effect to destroy your Cerberus.
Ishizu Ishtar
Ishizu
1Ishizu uses Gravekeeper's Assailant to change the battle position of your Cerberus to defense as long as Necrovalley or Gravekeeper's Priestess is face-up on the field.
Odion
Odion
5Bring more defensive traps to avoid getting hit by Decayed Commander.
Pegasus
Pegasus
2He attacks your Life Points directly with Toon monsters as long as Toon World is face-up on the field. Twister can be used in this situation.

Comments

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Anonymous
I've seen examples of people using a version of the cerberus deck with two copies of cerberus. Does this work better and if so how to adjust the standard recipe for two cerberus?
<< Anonymous
Jeffrey Reply
Two Cerberus works better if you have Riryoku.
Tito
There's another problem in dueling against Mai Valentine.
Her "Amazoness Archer" can attack our lifeponts directly, and this SUCKS!
I keep losing for her.
<< Anonymous(Tito)
Anonymous Reply
Then simply put a counter to that card in your deck when fighting mai
Anonymous
You could add "Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce" if you don't have the Bow and need a replace. Just switch an enemy to attack with Stop Defense and equip him with it to make more damage :)
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
The aim is high dmg not total dmg
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
The aim is high dmg not total dmg
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
But it "is" "HIGH DAMAGE" because is halves the Attack pts of the monster equipped with it.
Anonymous
Book of Secret Arts can be replaced with better equip spell card
Yami Dolly
What about the "Des Counterblow" card? Its a persistent trap that will 🔥 any monsters that inflict damage directly to your LP. Wouldn't that counter all toon monsters from Pegasus?
<< Anonymous(Yami Dolly)
Anonymous Reply
i dont think so. i think pegasus will keep atking u even if it will destroy his monster.
<< Anonymous(Yami Dolly)
Anonymous Reply
2 hot from GAF your gone
Joey
My cerberus have atk 3400 by using spell in second turn,but after third turn pegasus not set his monster to deff position,but they atk me directly,any solution?
<< Anonymous(Joey)
Anonymous Reply
u need murmur to force his atking toon monster into set position. dunno about block atk, maybe it works?
Anonymous
Twister is Super Rare([SR]), not Rare ([R])
Anonymous
what if you cant draw cerberus 1st and the next turn for your opponent did only 1600 the next attack would be killing me how do we draw cerberus then?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Use a diff skill
Mewmew
You don't need Draw Sense or Sorcery Conduit to pull this off. All you need is the skill called Balance:
Deck Recipe:
1 Cerberus
19 Spells

The skill Balance makes that your starting hand cannot draw all spells. Therefore, you must draw the one monster in your deck.
<< Anonymous(Mewmew)
Anonymous Reply
@wrong i feel bad for u. as i said in my previous comment, this way is impossible because balance skill doesnt work this way. just my assumption, but suppose u have 5 spell in 20 deck, i think chance of a spell im ur starting hand will be 5/20 * 4 = 100%. if only 4, then it is 80%. source: i run 4 spell in deck, and sometimes i have no spell in starting hand with this skill
<< Anonymous(Mewmew)
Anonymous Reply
@wrong i feel bad for u. as i said in my previous comment, this way is impossible because balance skill doesnt work this way. just my assumption, but suppose u have 5 spell in 20 deck, i think chance of a spell im ur starting hand will be 5/20 * 4 = 100%. if only 4, then it is 80%. source: i run 4 spell in deck, and sometimes i have no spell in starting hand with this skill
<< Anonymous(Mewmew)
Anonymous Reply
What happens if you have multiple Cerberus in your deck? Will 2 or 3 guarantee getting one in your starting hand?
<< Anonymous(Mewmew)
Anonymous Reply
Wait, never mind, I just reread what you wrote. So it will increase your chances, but there's no guarantees.
Alan
Hello, how the combo Murmur of the Forest + Stop Defense + Twister + Field Spell works?
<< Anonymous(Alan)
Wpnx Reply
Hi Alan.
The combo works (as far as I know):
1. Twister to remove any traps your enemy set.

2. Place field card (boosts Cerberus w spell counter)

3. Murmur of the forest to return field card to your hand (needs opponent to have a monster in attack position, so you can use stop defense if needed,otherwise use it after murmur)

4. Field card again (another spell counter to Cerberus)


<< Anonymous(Alan)
? Reply
Twister only works on trap cards that are face up. The combo doesn't really work well imo
<< Anonymous(Alan)
Fahrai Reply
I use it more as: Stop Defense to switch face-up monster to attack, Field Spell, Murmur to put field spell back in my hand and switch the opponent's face-up to face-down defense, reactivate field spell, then Twister the field spell. This gives you 5 spell counters with 4 cards in one turn and, far as I can tell, the AI likely won't kick in if you're not destroying the opponent's cards.
<< Anonymous(Alan)
Fahrai Reply
I may be wrong about the AI, but in my experience that method has been less likely to trigger Judgment of Anubis. Mileage may vary.
Mega
Just a simple answer to a lot of the questions. The deck build was made to be the cheapest and easiest to acquire as possible, the idea is to use a lot of simple/good spells and buff the cerberus to OTK. Most of them can and should be upgraded if you have the cards to do so.
DesertNinja
Guys I have another deck that I just made that got me 5900+ against kaiba lvl30 (only one I played so far) if used correctly. It's pretty expensive though. I use last gamble ability that gets your life points down to 100 and make sure to draw every card in your deck. The deck is a fusion based deck. Cards are:
double coston
Axe raider
Sphere kuriboh
Bazooh the soul eater
Red eyes black Dragon
Meteor Dragon (you know what's coming)
Battle ox
Dragon zombie
The snake hair(x2)
Jerry beans man
Masaki the legendary swordsman
Flame manipulator

Spells:
Shard of greed
Card trader
Twister
Order to charge
Gravity axe grarl
Polymerization (x2)
Two man cell battle

Extra:
Meteor B Dragon
Great mammoth of goldsfine
Flame swordsman

Note: I just liked to share this deck with you guys.This deck is absolutely not perfect and I am not a professional. So further changes are possible.

If I had another polymerization I would've added it to the deck instead of two man cell card.
<< Anonymous(DesertNinja)
Anonymous Reply
i thought it was lv 40.
<< Anonymous(DesertNinja)
Bogs Reply
i`m using a similar technic for farming kaiba at a 5500 - 7000 assessement. instead of fusion, i use 3 tribute monsters, (i think it can be anything, i use barrel dragon and 2 dark magician). I put them on the field till the end and there i use 2 or 3 riryoku to make one of them with a 5500+ atk. Very important to have also some twister or despell to destroy his damn controller. good luck. :)

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