Hopeless Dragon Hopeless Dragon , known as Dragon of Despair ( or even Material Deck ) among Japanese players , is a Dragon Deck centered around " Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon " and swarming the field with DARK Attribute Dragons and other useful DARK monsters . The goal of this Deck is to Special Summon Dark Monsters with the effects of " Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon " or " The Dark Creator " . " Foolish Burial " , " Armageddon Knight " , or " Dark Grepher " can be used to dump " Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon " or " The Dark Creator " from your deck into the Graveyard . " Phantom of Chaos " is then used to copy their effects and Special Summon cards like " Dark Horus " or " Van ' Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord " . You can also use cards like Genesis Dragon and Divine Dragon Apocralyph , using their recycling effects to bring back Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon them remove them from play and use it again . If " Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon " is removed from play , a player may use " D . D . R . - Different Dimension Reincarnation " , " Escape from the Dark Dimension " , or " Return from the Different Dimension " to bring it back and use it to Special Summon more monsters . Another way to bring out Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon is using Red - Eyes Wyvern . Most effective if Future Fusion is used to bring the dragons into the graveyard . The ' Hopeless Dragon OTK ' consists of : First , activate Future Fusion to send at least 2 Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon s plus another 3 DARK Dragons . Second , Special Summon The Dark Creator , since there are 5 DARK monsters the Graveyard . Use its effect to remove one Darkness Metal Dragon and Special Summon the other . Third , use DDR to Special Summon the other REDMD you ' ve removed via The Dark Creator ( it would be wise to discard a DARK monster for DDR ) . Fourth , Tribute any monster to Summon Darklord Zerato . Lastly , use Zerato ' s effect to clear your opponent ' s field and use REDMD to revive the discarded Dark Horus . Attack for over 8000 damage . If there are still dragons in your graveyard , Special Summon them through either of the Darkness Metal Dragons for good measure . Another really useful OTK combo is using : Send to the graveyard Dark Armed Dragon , REDMD , Dark Horus and other Dragon cards using Future Fusion , Normal Summon Apocralyph and discard a card to add Dark Armed to your hand , if you have the three Dark monsters to Summon Dark Armed , Summon it and activate its effect to erase the opponent cards and banish REDMD to Special Summon it with D . R . R . and bring out Horus or another Dragon from your grave . With this combo you not only destroy the opponent ' s cards , you will have four DARK Dragons to finish it with 6900 damage ! A counter measure for this OTK against Mirror Force or Torrential Tribute and the like would be Royal Decree ; should the OTK attempt fail , according to the steps above , Red - Eyes Wyvern ' s effect cannot be used to revive a REDMD during the end phase because Zerato was Tribute ( Normal ) Summoned . This type of build is usually expensive , but also very powerful because of the multiple OTK strategies ( mostly based around Swarming the field with strong Dragons ) . With the release of , players building this deck will have easier access to the main card to this deck , Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon ; this is now more so with the release of Dragons Collide Structure Deck . Strengths and weaknesses . Hopeless Dragon counts on fast Summoning and powerful attacks . Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon is the deck masterpiece , able to Summon nearly every Dragon onto the field from the Graveyard or the hand . The best combo to accelerate the deck is to use Future Fusion for Five - Headed Dragon but the use of this card is for traditional format only . If you choose Red - Eyes Wyvern and Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon among the five Dragons , then you ' ll be able to bring REDMD back to the field during the End Phase . D . D . R . - Different Dimension Reincarnation and Hidden Armory work together to Summon the Dragons removed from play with Dark Armed Dragon or Dark Creator . Deck Devastation Virus is really good against decks with weak monsters , like Blackwing s , Morphtronic s or Gadget s , and you can Tribute a powerful Dark Dragon that you plan to bring back then with Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon . Additionally , King Dragun is perhaps a great addition for this Deck , as he may be Fusion Summoned easily with Future Fusion and Dragon ' s Mirror , and his effect allows a Special Summon each turn and keeps your opponent from targeting your monsters . < br > However , Hopeless has some issues . The most difficult is a bad first hand : with so many high - level monsters in the roster , it would sometimes not allow you to Summon any monster . The spell card " Zombie World " also presents a major problem to this deck : all your Dragon - type monsters in the Graveyard cannot be Summoned by Red - Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon , becoming Zombies instead . Dark Armed Dragon and Dark Creator both require a perfect Graveyard management to Summon them . Moreover , with mostly DARK monsters , Shadow - Imprisoning Mirror can be a major threat to the deck strategy , along with Royal Oppression ( Traditional only ) or Koa ' ki Meiru Drago , who will prevent Special Summon . In order to combat these effects , include cards such as Magical Mallet , Reload and Card Trader . Another way to deal with high - level dead draws is Trade - In : not only can you dump a high - powered monster into the grave , you can also gain a powerful draw engine to aid you in your OTK . < br > Lastly , some cards can return the Hopeless Dragon brutal force against you , like Dimension Wall , Magic Cylinder or Honest . Prime Material Dragon can help to counter Sakuretsu Armor , Torrential Tribute or Mirror Force , one of the more popular cards ; you can also utilize Interdimensional Matter Transporter to remove from play the target of Mind Control . This same card can also be useful to implement your own strategies ; use it on Koa ' ki Meiru Drago to temporarily remove him from the field and conduct your Special Summons ; then , once they ' re done , it brings Koa ' ki Meiru Drago back , locking down your opponent ' s Special Summons . Perhaps , the fastest way to defeat this deck is by using Tualatin or discarding Effect Veiler to negate the Dragons ' effects . Hopeless Dragon uses extremely powerful Dragons to attack and defeat your opponent . Tualatin can than stop Summons with DARK - type monsters stopping the deck completely .