How to Play Yugioh's Hardest Deck - D/D/D 

1:18 "I'm not a D/D/D savant." I see what you did there.

Orthros popping Gate is not needed for the first test hand. The standard scale pairing with Thomas is Gryphon. First pend summon Gryphon #1, then the scaled Gryphon #2 pops itself (this is possible with Kepler lines because you have a Contract). Then Thomas grabs that 2nd Gryphon from the ED and special summon it via Swirl. The classic scale pairing with Orthros is Ragnarok. The alternative route to 2x Pend 4s is as follows. With the Gate, search Copernicus instead of Gryphon. Special Copernicus via Swirl Slime and Foolish Gryphon. Copernicus and Rage make Gilgamesh, scale Orthros and Ragnarok. Pend summon just the Copernicus and use Ragnarok to revive the Gryphon, searching Headhunt. Make small Caesar and then 2nd Gilgamesh, searching Swamp King. Activate Swamp King to fusion summon small Genghis using Copernicus from grave and Necro Slime from hand. Banish Necro Slime and Gilgamesh from grave to summon small Genghis #2. Genghis #1 activates to revive small Caesar. Small Caesar make Tell, detach to burn and then Tell becomes the Machinex. The main differences between this alternative route compared to the first is that Gryphon is never pend summoned so Necro Slime does not get discarded to draw a blank. However, instead of having Gryphon as an extra body at the end, your 2nd Gilgmesh is still there in the EMZ. Machinex was made using the monster revived by small Genghis. Both Orthros and Ragnarok are preserved as scales. This alternative line has noticeably better follow up although going for the blank draw is also reasonable.

I wish they’d make a Dark Contract spell that on activation could special summon 1 D/D monster from hand, then as an ignition effect, it could foolish burial or banish another Dark Contract spell from deck to copy its effects for the turn. You pay 2k during standby phase to upkeep it and it would probably have a “You can only summon D/D monsters during the turn you activate this effect” clause. …a man can dream…

I believe that this format the best way to play DDD is with a more engine based strategy and higher card combos. In a format with 15 average handtraps per deck, relying on Copernicus + Gryphon + 3 non engine just doesn't cut it. Cracking up the number of Lamias and Ragnaroks for example allows for a more synchro based playstyle (with odd-eyes package and with Alexander for example) that forces interactions very early in the combos, even before Gilgamesh kicks in. This ensures that no matter how many handtraps they throw on you, you can assure a Machinex with a siegfreid (with Gilg setting Apocalypse and Thomas, whilst having Lamia in rotation, for example). At least I'm having way more success like this. Nevertheless great video and nice test hands.

I liked who you goingt through the "flow of execution" (as Yacine would call it) - the overall strategy, rather then just countless combos (that I have seen before). I think I learned a lot, and I can kind of see D/D/Ds now. I think, if one played it a lot, it might not be that extremely difficult any more. Also, nice that Nightmare Throne can search Keple & Copernicus etc. that is all the good starters. So its a better Piri Reis Map. Cool!

Machinex is so crazy with just 2 dark contracts on the field, because I think you can use its effect 4 times. If you had another on the field, it would be 6 times. That final board with Caesar, Siegfried, and Machinex on the field with Dark Contract with the Gate, Swamp King, and Patent Liscence with D/D/D Headhunt is actually an insane board.

It’s a shame D/D/D is like learning physics because the archetype is so freaking cool

You have to be a different dimension demon in order to comprehend, let alone pull off, combos in this deck. It's like Nouvelles or Dark World. Not so much about linear combo lines but playing your hand to the best of the your ability (which you need an insane amount of deck knowledge and amazing fundamentals to have a chance to set up a D/D/D board). I don't think I'll ever build the deck but I am always amazed how players can just......do things in this deck and not have a psychotic episode keeping track of everything. Good stuff as always, Phantom. The deck is more or less cheap but Nightmare Throne is mandatory to compete (though Map is less optimal, it is a budget option. Wish we had a better card to utilize lol)

Bro this is amazing and help for I play a lot of pendulum decks and I always find them similar but DDD is kinda a bit more reversed (Can play draco/endy/zefra/magicians/pals/odd) however this deck is a bit more different and because its extension is from grave and pile its a bit more confusing for myself this has helped a lot and please continue from one pend player to another keep it up. Aweasome stuff I haven't touch ddd since using ddd/pal/odd with resonators. So I have zero idea on pure since gryphon dropped thanks again.

Sick combos! I still have my old version of D/D/D (I stopped playing a bit after Gilgamesh came out), but your video has ignited my D/D/D Flame (High King Genghis) once again. I can't afford nightmare throne rn tho haha, any recommendations for substitutes? or just not worry about it?

Man i feel we have the same taste to decks and I think I will enjoy this one, U should try dinos or skill drain charmers

Do you have a deck profile up brother?

this is fire

I've always liked this deck, it was my first deck when I came back at yugioh. Maybe with the new fiendsmith engine and the nightmare throne I could see myself picking up again this deck

That first hand is nuts there were so many ways to go in