Gandora FTK

Gandora FTK, also known as Gandora-X FTK, is an FTK strategy that uses "Gandora-X the Dragon of Demolition" and "Crusadia Equimax" in to inflict 8000 or more damage with the former's effect. This FTK is only possible in OCG territories, since the effect of "Gandora-X" only inflicts damage equal to the original ATK of the destroyed monster in the TCG. Furthermore, this FTK is no longer possible in the OCG after the release of Quarter Century Duelist Box, which errataed its effect to match its effect in the TCG.

How it works

When it is Special Summoned from the hand, "Gandora-X the Dragon of Demolition" destroys all other monsters on the field, then inflicts damage equal to the highest ATK among those monsters on the field. The aim of this FTK is to use this effect of "Gandora-X" to destroy "Crusadia Equimax", which gains ATK equal to all the monsters it points to. As such, "Equimax" must point to monsters whose combined ATK is at least 6000.

There are several ways of achieving this, most of them enabled by "Crystron Halqifibrax" and "Guardragon Elpy".

Older versions of this FTK would use the Guardragon Engine along with "Guardragon Agarpain" to Special Summon "Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon" from the Extra Deck, then use it to Xyz Summon "Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon", whose effect can send 3 Dragon monsters from the Deck to the GY. These would usually include "Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms" and "Eclipse Wyvern". The former can banish the latter, which would then add "Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon" to the hand, allowing more Special Summons. The FTK would come to an end after another "Eclipse Wyvern" added "Gandora-X the Dragon of Demolition" to the hand, which would then be Special Summoned by "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon". "Equimax", pointing to "Dark Matter Dragon" and "Darkness Metal Dragon", would have 8800 ATK, enough to win the Duel.

Despite "Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon" becoming Forbidden on January 2019, new versions of this FTK began to appear, becoming even more optimized in terms of card usage thanks to the release of "Ib the World Chalice Justiciar" and "Omni Dragon Brotaur". The only card necessary to start the combo is "Draconnet", which would Special Summon a Level 2 Dragon Tuner Normal Monster from the Deck, such as "Guardragon Justicia", and then Synchro Summon "Ib" to add "World Legacy Guardragon". After that, "Halqifibrax" and "Elpy" would be used again, but this time to Summon "Omni Dragon Brotaur" and add "Gandora-X" directly from the Deck. Instead of "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon", "Saryuja Skull Dread" would Summon "Gandora-X" from the hand, and to give enough ATK to "Crusadia Equimax", "Guardragon Agarpain" would Summon "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss" from the Extra Deck.

Larvaur Version

Cards in hand: "Draconnet" + 1 card.

• Normal Summon "Draconnet" and use its effect to Special Summon "Guardragon Justicia" from the Deck.
• Use "Draconnet" and "Justicia" to Synchro Summon "Ib the World Chalice Justiciar".
• Activate the effect of "Ib" to add "World Legacy Guardragon" from the Deck to the hand.
• Activate "World Legacy Guardragon" to Special Summon "Justicia" from the GY.
• Use "Ib" and "Justicia" to Link Summon "Crystron Halqifibrax".
• Activate the effects of "Halqifibrax" and "Ib" to Special Summon "Mecha Phantom Beast O-Lion" and "World Chalice Guardragon" from the Deck.
• Use "Halqifibrax" and "O-Lion" to Link Summon "Crusadia Equimax".
• Activate the effect of "O-Lion" to Special Summon a "Mecha Phantom Beast Token" to a zone not pointed to by "Equimax".
• Use "World Chalice Guardragon" to Link Summon "Guardragon Elpy" to the bottom-left zone pointed to by "Equimax".
• Activate the effect of "World Legacy Guardragon" to move "Elpy" to the zone to its right.
• Activate the effect of "Elpy" to Special Summon "Omni Dragon Brotaur" from the Deck to the zone pointed to by "Elpy" and "Equimax".
• Activate the effect of "Larvaur" to target itself, discard the other card in your hand and add "Gandora-X the Dragon of Demolition" from the Deck to the hand.
• Activate the effect of "World Chalice Guardragon" in the GY to banish itself and Special Summon "Justicia" to the bottom-right zone pointed to by "Equimax".
• Use "Larvaur" and "Justicia" to Link Summon "Guardragon Agarpain".
• Activate the effect of "Agarpain" to Special Summon "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss" from the Extra Deck to the zone pointed to by "Elpy" and "Equimax".
• Use "Agarpain", "Elpy", and the "Mecha Phantom Beast Token" to Link Summon "Saryuja Skull Dread".
• Activate the effect of "Saryuja Skull Dread" to Special Summon "Gandora-X" from the hand.
• Activate the effect of "Gandora-X" to destroy all other monsters on the field.
  • Since "Equimax" is pointing to "Saryuja" and "Abyss", its ATK on the field is 2000 + 2800 + 3200 = 8000.