Drain
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 "Dark Ruler Ha Des" as depicted in "Skill Drain". | |
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Drain (ドレイン Dorein) is a series of Continuous Trap Cards focused on negating Monster Effects. There are three cards in this series: "Skill Drain", which negates effects on the field, "Soul Drain", which prevents effects in the Graveyard and banished cards from being activated, and "Mind Drain", which prevents effects in the hand from being activated. All three cards require the user to pay 1000 Life Points to activate them.
The artwork of these cards shows the transformation of "Dark Ruler Ha Des" into "Revived King Ha Des" by the "Dark King of the Abyss".
Playing style[edit]
A "Drain" deck typically focuses on using the effects of "Skill Drain" to negate the effects of monsters on the field. This allows the player to use powerful monsters with negative-utility effects without worrying about the drawback. Monsters typically used include monsters with more than 2000 ATK ("Giant Kozaky", "Chainsaw Insect", "Goblin Attack Force", etc.). Also used are high-level monsters that can Special Summon themselves, or Normal Summon without Tributing, for an ATK penalty ("Vice Dragon", "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast", "Beast King Barbaros", etc.).
