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'''Dino Rabbit''', also known as '''Evolzar Rabbit''' or '''Guide Rabbit''', focuses on using "[[Rescue Rabbit]]" and "[[Tour Guide from the Underworld]]" to summon "[[Sabersaurus]]" and "[[Kabazauls]]" from your deck to [[Xyz Summon]] into Rank 4 monsters. The common choices would be "[[Evolzar Laggia]]" with its effect to negate any spell, trap and summons your opponent play and "[[Evolzar Dolkka]]" with its effect to negate up to 2 monster effects. "Tour Guide from the Underworld" lets you have access to rank 3 monsters such as "[[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]" to recycle banished "Rescue Rabbits", "[[Number 17: Leviathan Dragon]]" for a beatstick and "[[Wind-Up Zenmaines]]" for a destructive wall.
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''This deck is considered a '''Classic Deck''', this page is used to tell the history of a deck rather than how it is played now. This can happen either from mechanics of the game changing, changes from the "TCG" or "OCG" Forbidden/Limited List, or the deck has slowly lost it's ability to be played over time due to years of no support or neglect.''
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'''Dino Rabbit''', also known as '''Evolzar Rabbit''' or '''Guide Rabbit''', focuses on using "[[Rescue Rabbit]]" to [[Special Summon]] Level 4 [[Dinosaur]] [[Normal Monster]]s such as "[[Sabersaurus]]" and "[[Kabazauls]]" from the Deck to [[Xyz Summon]] "[[Evolzar Laggia]]" and "[[Evolzar Dolkka]]" to utilize their powerful negation effects. "[[Tour Guide From the Underworld]]" supplements the play style by Xyz Summoning Rank 3 Xyz Monsters, such as "[[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]" to recycle banished Rabbits, "[[Number 17: Leviathan Dragon]]" for a beatstick and "[[Wind-Up Zenmaines]]" for a defensive wall.
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Due to the September 2013 TCG list, this deck was hit hard by limiting "Rescue Rabbit" and a few support cards, making this deck nearly unplayable in the TCG. However, it remained playable in the OCG, being temporarily semi-limited in September 2012 and becoming unlimited in October 2014. It was unlimited in the TCG in the October 2017 lists, but by then the strategy had fallen out of favor as the release of ''[[Dinosmasher's Fury Structure Deck]]'' meant that Dinosaur Decks could more easily Xyz Summon "[[Evolzar]]" monsters using the new Dinosaur support cards instead.
  
 
==Cards==
 
==Cards==
 
===Monsters===
 
===Monsters===
* [[Rescue Rabbit]] - The main card of the deck, you can use Rescue Rabbit to banish itself and summon two Normal type Dinosaur monsters from your deck to instantly get an Evolzar Xyz Monster.
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* [[Rescue Rabbit]] - The main card of the deck; its ability to Special Summon 2 Level 4 Dinosaur Normal Monsters instantly enables the Xyz Summon of an "Evolzar" Xyz Monster.
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* [[Tour Guide From the Underworld]] - Another one of the main cards of the deck, primarily enabling the Xyz Summon of "Leviair the Sea Dragon" to Special Summon a banished "Rescue Rabbit" to use its effect again, or any other useful Rank 3 monster.
  
* [[Tour Guide from the Underworld]] - Another one of the main card of the deck, Tour Guide allows you to summon a Rank 3 monster instantly with no loss in card advantage, the most common choice would to be go into [[Leviair the Sea Dragon]], [[Number 17: Leviathan Dragon]] and [[Wind-Up Zenmaines]].
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* [[Sangan]] - Can easily search Rescue Rabbit or techs like Maxx "C" or Effect Veiler for this deck. Can also be searched itself via Tour Guide. This card is banned in the March 2013 lists for both the TCG and OCG.
  
* [[Night Assailant]] - 1 way to destroy a threat your opponent controls.  
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* [[Night Assailant]] - Another potential target for "Tour Guide" with a helpful destruction effect.
  
* [[Sangan]] - Searches [[Rescue Rabbit]], [[Tour Guide from the Underworld]], [[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole]], [[Maxx "C"]] and [[Effect Veiler]] Can be summoned via Tour Guide. Due to the March 2013 list, this card is banned, causing this deck to lose one of it's search cards.
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* [[Crane Crane]] - Can Special Summon a Level 3 monster from the [[Graveyard]] to use for an Xyz Summon.
  
* [[Sabersaurus]] - The main [[Dinosaur]] of the deck, can be summoned by [[Rescue Rabbit]] for a Xyz monster. Can also be used as a beatstick when needed.
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* [[Sabersaurus]] - The main Dinosaur Normal Monster of the Deck to be Summoned by Rescue Rabbit. Can also be used as a beatstick when needed.
  
* [[Kabazauls]] - See Sabersaurus.
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* [[Kabazauls]] - The secondary Dinosaur Normal Monster. Commonly played alongside "Sabersaurus" to allow for a second use of "Rescue Rabbit".
  
* [[Jurrac Guaiba]] - Provides another way to go into Laggia and Dolkka, the common meta is full of small monsters such as Tour Guide, Inzektors and Wind-Ups so getting its effect off is pretty easy. Combos well with [[Forbidden Lance]].
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* [[Jurrac Guaiba]] - Provides another way to go into "Laggia" and "Dolkka". Combos well with "[[Forbidden Lance]]" allowing it to destroy stronger monsters in battle.
  
* [[Hydrogeddon]] - See Jurrac Guaiba.
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* [[Maxx "C"]] - Adds draw power. Counters decks focused on Special Summoning.
  
* [[Maxx "C"]] - Adds draw power. Counters decks focused on Special Summoning such as [[Wind-Up]]s.
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* [[Effect Veiler]] - Counters decks that rely on effect monsters, such as [[Inzektor]]s and [[Wind-Up]]s.
  
* [[Effect Veiler]] - Counters popular decks such as [[Inzektor]]s and [[Wind-Up]]s.
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* [[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole]] - Can easily remove all kinds of threats such as "[[Wind-Up Zenmaines]]", "[[Stardust Dragon]]" and "[[Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En]]".
  
* [[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole]] - Grand Mole is a soultion to all kinds of threats such as [[Wind-Up Zenmaines]], [[Stardust Dragon]] and [[Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En]]. Combos well with [[Forbidden Lance]]
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* [[Spirit Reaper]] - Stalls the opponent while you gather the pieces you need to execute combos. Can also serve as an alternate Xyz Material to Xyz Summon "Leviair", "Leviathan", or "Zenmaines".  
  
* [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]] - Popular tech choice, due to excessive Xyz Summoning and searching effects routine in today's Metagame . Can also shut down entire decks.
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* [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]] - Popular tech choice, due to excessive Xyz Summoning and searching effects routine in the metagame. This card was limited in the September 2013 TCG list.
  
 
===Spells===
 
===Spells===
* [[Forbidden Lance]] - The main spell of the deck, it fills out on a lot of weakness the deck has. It can protect your [[Evolzar Laggia]] from any spell and traps meant as baits so you can save your negation effect for something bigger. It can also be your out to beatsticks with over 2400 attack. Also lets you get your [[Jurrac Guaiba]] and [[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole]]'s effects off.
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* [[Forbidden Lance]] - The main Spell of the deck; it fills out a lot of weakness the deck has, protecting the "Evolzar" monsters from Spells or Traps that "Laggia" would otherwise have to negate, or allowing "Jurrac Guaiba" to destroy stronger monsters in battle.
  
* [[Soul Taker]] - Since the rise in popularity of Chaos Dragon and Hero Beat, this card has started to replace Smashing Ground as a single monster removal card. Due to the life point gain it can cause problem cards such as Elemental Hero - The Shining and Lightpulsar Dragon to miss the timing and not get their effects off. Since Dino Rabbit is an extremely fast deck the life point gain doesn't matter very much.
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* [[Soul Taker]] - A monster removal Spell meant to counter Chaos Dragon and Hero Beat Decks, due to the LP gain effect causing cards such as "[[Elemental Hero - The Shining]]" and "[[Lightpulsar Dragon]]" to [[If... You Can VS When... You Can|miss the timing]].
  
* [[Gold Sarcophagus]] - Can search out important cards in the deck such as [[Rescue Rabbit]], [[Tour Guide from the Underworld]], [[Pot of Avarice]] and [[Heavy Storm]]. Recently it has shown less use because the card is a bit slow against fast decks such as [[Inzektor]] and [[Wind-Up]].
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* [[Gold Sarcophagus]] - Can search out important cards in the deck such as "[[Rescue Rabbit]]", "[[Tour Guide from the Underworld]]", "[[Crane Crane]]", or "[[Dark Hole]]". Recently it has shown less use because the card is a bit slow for the current meta, also this card is limited due to the September 2013 list.
  
* [[Pot of Avarice]] - Can recycle your Vanilla Dinosaurs, Tour Guide and Guaiba for more XYZ summoning.
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* [[Dimensional Fissure]] - Shuts down a lot of Graveyard reliant decks, and has a minimal effect on Dino Rabbit decks since they often don't rely on the Graveyard. This card was limited in the September 2013 TCG list.
  
*[[Xyz Territory]] - Is a great way to defeat opposing monsters with higher attack points. It can easily be searched with [[Terraforming]].Its drawback is that it can benefit the opponent as well.
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* [[Pot of Avarice]] - Recycles the Deck's Normal Monsters to use with "Rescue Rabbit" again. This card was banned in the September 2013 TCG list.
  
 
===Traps===
 
===Traps===
* [[Fiendish Chain]] - This card is a very popular tech choice in today's meta, it can counter Dino Rabbit, [[Inzektor]] and [[Wind-Up]], which are the current tier 1 decks.  
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* [[Fiendish Chain]] - An all-around popular card in the meta at the time to stop key monster effects or attacks.
  
* [[Bottomless Trap Hole]] - Can banish pesky monsters such as [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]], [[Number 39: Utopia]] and [[Ally of Justice Catastor]].
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* [[Bottomless Trap Hole]] - Another popular card for monster removal.
  
* [[Dimensional Prison]] - Serves as a similar purpose as [[Bottomless Trap Hole]], except it can banish cards that can dodge destructive effects such as [[Stardust Dragon]] and [[Wind-Up Zenmaines]]. Can also banish [[Sangan]].
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* [[Dimensional Prison]] - Also a popular monster removal tool that can bypass cards that can protect against effect destruction, such as "[[Stardust Dragon]]" and "Wind-Up Zenmaines".
  
* [[Macro Cosmos]] - This card can single handily shut down Chaos Dragons, Mermails, Inzektors and Dark Worlds, with some damage done to Wind-Ups and Hero Beat. Since most Dino-Rabbit decks do not relying on Graveyard-related cards, it's a perfect tech choice.
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* [[Macro Cosmos]] - Like "Dimensional Fissure" above, it single-handedly shuts down Graveyard reliant decks. This card was limited in the September 2013 TCG list.
  
* [[Starlight Road]] - Counter against mass-destruction effects such as [[Dark Hole]] and [[Heavy Storm]], especially the latter since most Dino-Rabbit decks are running large Trap lineup for heavy control elements.
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* [[Starlight Road]] - Good counter against mass-destruction effects such as "[[Dark Hole]]" and "[[Heavy Storm]]", especially the latter since most Dino-Rabbit decks are running large Trap lineup for heavy control elements. This card has lost popularity when "Heavy Storm" was banned in the September 2013 TCG list.
  
* [[Soul Drain]] - Counter against recently-popular [[Atlantean]]-[[Mermail]] decks and any floater-based decks.
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* [[Soul Drain]] - Like "Dimensional Fissure" and "Macro Cosmos", it prevents many popular Graveyard-based effects. This card was limited in the September 2013 TCG list.
  
 
==Decklist==
 
==Decklist==
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* [[Tour Guide from the Underworld]]
 
* [[Tour Guide from the Underworld]]
 
* [[Night Assailant]]
 
* [[Night Assailant]]
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* [[Crane Crane]]
 
* [[Sabersaurus]]
 
* [[Sabersaurus]]
 
* [[Kabazauls]]
 
* [[Kabazauls]]
* [[Jurrac Guaiba]] or
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* [[Jurrac Guaiba]]
 
* [[Hydrogeddon]]
 
* [[Hydrogeddon]]
 
* [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]]
 
* [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]]
<u>Extra Deck</u>
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* [[Deep Diver]]
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* [[Maxx "C"]]
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* [[Effect Veiler]]
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|synchro monsters =
 
* [[Stardust Dragon]]
 
* [[Stardust Dragon]]
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|xyz monsters =
 
* [[Evolzar Laggia]]
 
* [[Evolzar Laggia]]
 
* [[Evolzar Dolkka]]
 
* [[Evolzar Dolkka]]
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* [[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]
 
* [[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]
 
* [[Wind-Up Zenmaines]]
 
* [[Wind-Up Zenmaines]]
* [[Number 16: Shock Master]]
 
 
* [[Photon Papilloperative]]
 
* [[Photon Papilloperative]]
 
* [[Temtempo the Percussion Djinn]]
 
* [[Temtempo the Percussion Djinn]]
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* [[Forbidden Lance]]
 
* [[Forbidden Lance]]
 
* [[Mystical Space Typhoon]]
 
* [[Mystical Space Typhoon]]
* [[Heavy Storm]]
 
 
* [[Dark Hole]]
 
* [[Dark Hole]]
* [[Monster Reborn]]
 
 
* [[Mind Control]]
 
* [[Mind Control]]
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* [[Gold Sarcophagus]]
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* [[Dimensional Fissure]]
 
|traps =
 
|traps =
 
* [[Compulsory Evacuation Device]]
 
* [[Compulsory Evacuation Device]]
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* [[Macro Cosmos]]
 
* [[Macro Cosmos]]
 
* [[Solemn Warning]]
 
* [[Solemn Warning]]
* [[Solemn Judgment]]
 
 
* [[Mirror Force]]
 
* [[Mirror Force]]
 
* [[Starlight Road]]
 
* [[Starlight Road]]
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==Weaknesses==
 
==Weaknesses==
Although this deck is very powerful and controlling, it is not without its drawbacks. With the announcement of Fast-Effects Timing rule many traps can stop [[Rescue Rabbit]]'s effect. [[Compulsory Evacuation Device]] can stop [[Rescue Rabbit]] the moment it's summoned.
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* Cards that remove "[[Rescue Rabbit]]" from the field or negate its effects, such as "[[Compulsory Evacuation Device]]" and "[[Effect Veiler]]" will prevent it from using its effects.
 
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* Due to the prevalence of Spells and Traps in the metagame, players often Xyz Summon "Evolzar Laggia" first, which is vulnerable to monster effects. "Foolish Chain" can stop many of them, but it cannot be activated in response to an effect during the [[Damage Step]], such as that of "[[Snowman Eater]]".
[[Effect Veiler]] can now stop first turn Evolzar plays since it can activate in response to [[Rescue Rabbit]]'s Normal Summon. Even though Rabbit can still [[Banish]] itself for its [[Cost]], the effect negation of Veiler will still "follow" Rabbit and no monsters will be brought out.
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* "[[Chain Disappearance]]" can be used to banish "[[Tour Guide From the Underworld]]" or "Rescue Rabbit", although this can be mitigated by "[[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]".
 
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* Since the "Evolzar" monsters have a maximum ATK of 2400, any Decks that can Summon a large number of recurring beatsticks with ATK of 2500 or more can also be threatening for this Deck. Popularity-wise, [[Chaos Dragon]] is the most prominent, but "[[Malefic]]" decks are harder to handle, due to "[[Malefic Cyber End Dragon]]" having 4000 ATK which even "[[Forbidden Lance]]" is incapable of handling.
[[Snowman Eater]] can be used to destroy [[Evolzar Laggia]] without any loss in advantage, and it can also destroy any non-Xyz monsters that Dino Rabbit decks may utilize.
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* [[Skill Drain]] renders all "Evolzar" effects useless, in addition to several other monsters that a Dino Rabbit deck will typically use, such as "[[Spirit Reaper]]".
 
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* This Deck's heavy reliance on Traps can be stopped by "[[Royal Decree]]".
[[Chain Disappearance]] can be used to banish [[Tour Guide From the Underworld]] or [[Rescue Rabbit]] (although this can be easily mitigated by [[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]).
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* "[[Rivalry of Warlords]]" ensures that no "Evolzar" monsters can be Xyz Summoned at all, and can even prevent "Rescue Rabbit" from activating its effect.
 
 
Since the Evolzars have a maximum ATK of 2400, any Decks that can throw large number of recurring-beatsticks with ATK of 2500 or more can also be threatening for this Deck. Popularity-wise, [[Chaos Dragon]] is the most prominent, but [[Malefic]] decks are harder to handle, due to [[Malefic Cyber End Dragon]]'s 4000 ATK which even [[Forbidden Lance]] is incapable of handling. [[Skill Drain]] also become absolutely disastrous in this matchup, due to the fact that it can render any Evolzar effects useless, in addition to several other monsters that a Dino Rabbit deck will typically use, such as [[Spirit Reaper]] and [[Tour Guide From the Underworld]].
 
 
 
Due to this deck's heavy-Trap elements, [[Royal Decree]] makes an excellent silver bullet against this deck. [[Rivalry of Warlords]] also ensures that no Evolzars can be Xyz Summoned at all.
 
  
==Notes==
 
Other searcher cards, like [[Deep Diver]], can also help acquire the cards you need.
 
 
[[Category:Deck Type]]
 
[[Category:Deck Type]]

Latest revision as of 23:26, 10 July 2023

This deck is considered a Classic Deck, this page is used to tell the history of a deck rather than how it is played now. This can happen either from mechanics of the game changing, changes from the "TCG" or "OCG" Forbidden/Limited List, or the deck has slowly lost it's ability to be played over time due to years of no support or neglect.

Dino Rabbit, also known as Evolzar Rabbit or Guide Rabbit, focuses on using "Rescue Rabbit" to Special Summon Level 4 Dinosaur Normal Monsters such as "Sabersaurus" and "Kabazauls" from the Deck to Xyz Summon "Evolzar Laggia" and "Evolzar Dolkka" to utilize their powerful negation effects. "Tour Guide From the Underworld" supplements the play style by Xyz Summoning Rank 3 Xyz Monsters, such as "Leviair the Sea Dragon" to recycle banished Rabbits, "Number 17: Leviathan Dragon" for a beatstick and "Wind-Up Zenmaines" for a defensive wall.

Due to the September 2013 TCG list, this deck was hit hard by limiting "Rescue Rabbit" and a few support cards, making this deck nearly unplayable in the TCG. However, it remained playable in the OCG, being temporarily semi-limited in September 2012 and becoming unlimited in October 2014. It was unlimited in the TCG in the October 2017 lists, but by then the strategy had fallen out of favor as the release of Dinosmasher's Fury Structure Deck meant that Dinosaur Decks could more easily Xyz Summon "Evolzar" monsters using the new Dinosaur support cards instead.

Cards[edit]

Monsters[edit]

  • Rescue Rabbit - The main card of the deck; its ability to Special Summon 2 Level 4 Dinosaur Normal Monsters instantly enables the Xyz Summon of an "Evolzar" Xyz Monster.
  • Tour Guide From the Underworld - Another one of the main cards of the deck, primarily enabling the Xyz Summon of "Leviair the Sea Dragon" to Special Summon a banished "Rescue Rabbit" to use its effect again, or any other useful Rank 3 monster.
  • Sangan - Can easily search Rescue Rabbit or techs like Maxx "C" or Effect Veiler for this deck. Can also be searched itself via Tour Guide. This card is banned in the March 2013 lists for both the TCG and OCG.
  • Night Assailant - Another potential target for "Tour Guide" with a helpful destruction effect.
  • Sabersaurus - The main Dinosaur Normal Monster of the Deck to be Summoned by Rescue Rabbit. Can also be used as a beatstick when needed.
  • Kabazauls - The secondary Dinosaur Normal Monster. Commonly played alongside "Sabersaurus" to allow for a second use of "Rescue Rabbit".
  • Jurrac Guaiba - Provides another way to go into "Laggia" and "Dolkka". Combos well with "Forbidden Lance" allowing it to destroy stronger monsters in battle.
  • Maxx "C" - Adds draw power. Counters decks focused on Special Summoning.
  • Spirit Reaper - Stalls the opponent while you gather the pieces you need to execute combos. Can also serve as an alternate Xyz Material to Xyz Summon "Leviair", "Leviathan", or "Zenmaines".
  • Thunder King Rai-Oh - Popular tech choice, due to excessive Xyz Summoning and searching effects routine in the metagame. This card was limited in the September 2013 TCG list.

Spells[edit]

  • Forbidden Lance - The main Spell of the deck; it fills out a lot of weakness the deck has, protecting the "Evolzar" monsters from Spells or Traps that "Laggia" would otherwise have to negate, or allowing "Jurrac Guaiba" to destroy stronger monsters in battle.
  • Dimensional Fissure - Shuts down a lot of Graveyard reliant decks, and has a minimal effect on Dino Rabbit decks since they often don't rely on the Graveyard. This card was limited in the September 2013 TCG list.
  • Pot of Avarice - Recycles the Deck's Normal Monsters to use with "Rescue Rabbit" again. This card was banned in the September 2013 TCG list.

Traps[edit]

  • Fiendish Chain - An all-around popular card in the meta at the time to stop key monster effects or attacks.
  • Dimensional Prison - Also a popular monster removal tool that can bypass cards that can protect against effect destruction, such as "Stardust Dragon" and "Wind-Up Zenmaines".
  • Macro Cosmos - Like "Dimensional Fissure" above, it single-handedly shuts down Graveyard reliant decks. This card was limited in the September 2013 TCG list.
  • Starlight Road - Good counter against mass-destruction effects such as "Dark Hole" and "Heavy Storm", especially the latter since most Dino-Rabbit decks are running large Trap lineup for heavy control elements. This card has lost popularity when "Heavy Storm" was banned in the September 2013 TCG list.
  • Soul Drain - Like "Dimensional Fissure" and "Macro Cosmos", it prevents many popular Graveyard-based effects. This card was limited in the September 2013 TCG list.

Decklist[edit]

Weaknesses[edit]

  • Cards that remove "Rescue Rabbit" from the field or negate its effects, such as "Compulsory Evacuation Device" and "Effect Veiler" will prevent it from using its effects.
  • Due to the prevalence of Spells and Traps in the metagame, players often Xyz Summon "Evolzar Laggia" first, which is vulnerable to monster effects. "Foolish Chain" can stop many of them, but it cannot be activated in response to an effect during the Damage Step, such as that of "Snowman Eater".
  • "Chain Disappearance" can be used to banish "Tour Guide From the Underworld" or "Rescue Rabbit", although this can be mitigated by "Leviair the Sea Dragon".
  • Since the "Evolzar" monsters have a maximum ATK of 2400, any Decks that can Summon a large number of recurring beatsticks with ATK of 2500 or more can also be threatening for this Deck. Popularity-wise, Chaos Dragon is the most prominent, but "Malefic" decks are harder to handle, due to "Malefic Cyber End Dragon" having 4000 ATK which even "Forbidden Lance" is incapable of handling.
  • Skill Drain renders all "Evolzar" effects useless, in addition to several other monsters that a Dino Rabbit deck will typically use, such as "Spirit Reaper".
  • This Deck's heavy reliance on Traps can be stopped by "Royal Decree".
  • "Rivalry of Warlords" ensures that no "Evolzar" monsters can be Xyz Summoned at all, and can even prevent "Rescue Rabbit" from activating its effect.