For those who complain that Paladin isn't that consistent, too bricky, or ruined by Armed Dragon's effect, there is only ONE solution = INCREASE THE "CONSISTENCY" of your deck. Skill: Draw-sense Water NOTE: Use only if you have 2-3 King of Swamp - I can't stress this enough. We know that Paladin is only functional if you have 3 important cards, right? The two fusion monsters, and the Poly spell. With this skill, even if you get the first turn, you have a wildcard next turn (Chazz can't OTK on his first turn) that you can either turn as a Poly card, or a Fusion material! With this extreme flexibility, it's no wonder players who don't use this starting strategy find the Paladin a bit bricky when in fact, there's very little chance to brick with this skill! Reminders: -When people complain that Paladin is too vulnerable to Armed Dragon's effect, the first solution is to get RESD out as soon as possible. A consistent Paladin deck should have protective cards that coincides with its flexibility, namely RESD. It's also the reason why DM is toned to two copies in this deck, as your second priority here is to summon RESD on the field and make it attack to activate its useful effect. The second solution, is to just watch. Oftentimes, just let Chazz do his thing of summoning Armed Dragon on his first turn, or watch while he uses Level-up then just nullify it with Paladin. -"Chthonian Blast ruins my strategy." That's why both RESD and Anti-magic Arrows are here. With RESD, it will be replaced by Buster Blader which definitely has higher ATK as the match goes on. AMA is actually nice if you don't have RESD yet and you want to increase dragon monsters on Chazz's graveyard. Good luck!