Dinosaur Deck List and Card Guide

Dinosaur is an aggro deck in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. Check out the core deck list, combos, counters, and alternative choices!

Dinosaur Deck List

Main Deck: 42 cards
x3	x3	x3	x2	x2
x2	x2	x2	x1	x1
x3	x3	x3	x3	x3
x2	x2	x2	-	-
Extra Deck: 15 cards
x1	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	x1	x1	x1

Dinosaur Breakdown

Dinosaur Deck Cost

60	120	510	1020

Dinosaur Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

The Dinosaurs excel in strong and fast-paced combos thanks to their ability to easily swarm the field. Dinosaurs also have a lot of agency when doing their combos with the help of Miscellaneousaurus, so even a large Meteor (Nibiru) is useless before their might.
Going Second is not a problem with Dinosaurs as well, since they can easily break boards and lay waste to anyone who opposes them.

Souleating Oviraptor is your main combo starter along with Babycerasaurus and Lost World. Abusing Baby's non-once-per-turn effect is essential to the combo of this deck.
Animadorned Archosaur on the other hand will extend the combo with its effect while also searching for Double Evolution Pill.
Miscellaneousaurus provides massive protection to all of your Dinosaurs on the field, it provides protection to an opponent's activated effect. It also has a Graveyard effect that lets you Summon any Dinosaur from your Deck by banishing itself.

The Scrap engine excels on destroying itself or another card you control. Making it easier to destroy Babycerasaurus multiple times in one turn.
Scrap Raptor is a Dinosaur Type Monster, making it a valuable target for Babycerasaurus's effect. It is also Tuner which can lead to Synchro plays.
Scrap Chimera can be searched by Raptor's effect, and also used to Summon back Raptor from the graveyard.
Scrap Wyvern is another layer of extender for self-destruct plays.

Core Combos and Interactions

Standard Turn 1 Combo #1

This is the typical Dinosaur 2-card combo that can stem out differently, especially when going second.

Card(s) Needed on Hand
+ or
Step	Description
1	Activate Fossil Dig to search for any missing pieces.
2	Activate Miscellaneousaurus from your hand by discarding it. Then use its Graveyard effect, banishing itself to Special Summon Animadorned Archosaur from your deck.
3	Activate Animadorned Archosaur's effect to search Double Evolution Pill from your deck by destroying the Babycerasaurus in your hand.
4	Use Babycerasaurus's effect to Special Summon Souleating Oviraptor from the deck. Use Oviraptor's on-summon effect to add Babycerasaurus from deck to hand.
5	Normal Summon Babycerasaurus. Activate Oviraptor's effect destroying the Babycerasaurus on the field to Special Summon the other Babycerasaurus on the Graveyard.
6	Use Babycerasaurus' effect to Special Summon Scrap Raptor from the deck. Use Scrap Raptor's effect by destroying itself. Use Scrap Raptor's Graveyard effect to search for Scrap Chimera. If Scrap Chimera is already in your hand, do not activate this effect.
7	With the additional Normal Summon you get from Scrap Raptor, Normal Summon Scrap Chimera and Activate its effect to Special Summon Scrap Raptor.
8	Link Summon Scrap Wyvern on the Left Extra Monster Zone using Scrap Chimera and Souleating Oviraptor. Use its effect to Special Summon Scrap Chimera from the Graveyard then Destroy Babycerasaurus. Use Babycerasaurus's effect to Special Summon Giant Rex from the Deck.
9	Link Summon Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess on the Right Extra Monster Zone using Scrap Wyvern, Animadorned Archosaur, and Scrap Chimera.
10	Synchro Summon Borreload Savage Dragon using Scrap Raptor and Giant Rex. Activate Borreload's effect, targeting the Scrap Wyvern in the Graveyard.
11	Activate Double Evolution Pill by banishing Giant Rex and Scrap Chimera in the Graveyard to Summon Ultimate Conductor Tyranno from the Deck. Giant Rex will then Special Summon itself from the Banish zone using its effect.

Your End Board will look like this:

No Active Field Spell
	X
-	-
-	-	-	-

NOTE: Use Ultimate Conductor Tyranno's Quick Effect to flip your opponent's monsters facedown.

Standard Combo Turn 1 Alternative

This combo stems out from the first combo, similar to the first half, but with just a different end board.

Card(s) Needed on Hand
+ or
Step	Description
1	Activate Fossil Dig to search for any missing pieces.
2	Activate Miscellaneousaurus from your hand by discarding it. Then use its Graveyard effect, banishing itself to Special Summon Animadorned Archosaur from your deck.
3	Activate Animadorned Archosaur's effect to search Double Evolution Pill from your deck by destroying the Babycerasaurus in your hand.
4	Use Babycerasaurus's effect to Special Summon Souleating Oviraptor from the deck. Use Oviraptor's on-summon effect to add Babycerasaurus from deck to hand.
5	Normal Summon Babycerasaurus. Activate Oviraptor's effect destroying the Babycerasaurus on the field to Special Summon the other Babycerasaurus on the Graveyard.
6	Use Babycerasaurus' effect to Special Summon Scrap Raptor from the deck. Use Scrap Raptor's effect by destroying itself. Use Scrap Raptor's Graveyard effect to search for Scrap Chimera. If Scrap Chimera is already in your hand, do not activate this effect.
7	With the additional Normal Summon you get from Scrap Raptor, Normal Summon Scrap Chimera and Activate its effect to Special Summon Scrap Raptor.
8	Overlay Scrap Raptor and Souleating Oviraptor to Xyz Summon Evolzar Dolkka.
9	Link Summon Scrap Wyvern on the Right Extra Monster Zone using Scrap Chimera and Animadorned Archosaur. Use its effect to Special Summon Scrap Chimera from the Graveyard then Destroy Babycerasaurus. Use Babycerasaurus's effect to Special Summon Giant Rex from the Deck.
10	Link Summon I:P Masquerena below Scrap Wyvern using Scrap Chimera and Giant Rex.
11	Activate Double Evolution Pill by banishing Giant Rex and Scrap Chimera in the Graveyard to Summon Ultimate Conductor Tyranno from the Deck. Giant Rex will then Special Summon itself from the Banish zone using its effect.

Your End Board will look like this:

No Active Field Spell
	X
-
-	-	-	-	-

NOTE:
Use Ultimate Conductor Tyranno's Quick Effect to flip your opponent's monsters facedown.
Use I:P Masquerena effect to Link Summon either:

1. Knightmare Unicorn to spin 1 card your opponent controls, or;
2. Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess to negate multiple monster effects.

Alternative Options

Dino Bishbaalkin FTK

Dino Bishbaalkin FTK shares most of the Main and Extra Deck Monsters used in this Deck. WIth this, you can easily transition the gameplay of the Deck from a strong Turn 1 setup, brutal Turn 2 attacks, into an FTK.

More Info on Dino Bishbaalkin FTK here:
Dino Bishbaalkin FTK Deck List and Card Guide

True King

The True King engine complements well with Dinosaur's self destroying strategy. Lithosagym can also rip your opponent's extra deck. While Agnimazud can banish one of your opponent's monster on the field or the Graveyard.

Yang Zing

Another Archetype that complements well with Dinosaurs is the Yang Zing. Commonly used in conjunction with the True King. Helps the deck with more Synchro plays and disruptions during the opponent's turn.
True King Yang Zing is a reminiscence of the Dinosaur's full strength back in the day.

Boss Monster

	Ultimate Conductor Tyranno
	Ultimate Conductor Tyranno, or UCT for short, is a large beatstick and the main attacker of the Deck. It also has a Quick-Effect similar to Book of Eclipse but only applies to your opponent's monster. UCT can also attack all of your opponent's monsters once each making it easier to destroy their board.
	Borreload Savage Dragon
	Borreload Savage Dragon is a staple Level 8 Synchro Monster. You can easily summon this since the deck uses lots of level 4 monsters. It is a once per turn omni-negate and it also has a large attack.
	Evolzar Dolkka
	Evolzar Dolkka's effect is similar to Apollousa, but Dolkka Destroys and can also be used multiple times in the same chain.

Dinosaur Counters: How to Beat

Best Deck to Use Against Dinosaur

Drytron Fairy

Drytrons possess multiple chain negates thanks to Herald of Ultimateness, making it hard for Dinosaur to even activate and resolve a single card.
Every single card is an important resource for Dinosaur, so getting continuously negated will be harsh for the deck.
Drytron Fairy Deck List and Card Guide

Gravekeeper's

Gravekeeper's focus on locking the Graveyard from outside effects, makes it harder for Dinosaurs to move freely. Gravekeeper's has a lot of floodgate effects that can greatly slow down and turn back dinosaurs to being fossils.
Gravekeeper's Deck List and Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Dinosaur

	Dimension Shifter
	Dinosaur decks rely too much on the Graveyard to abuse the effect of Babycerasaurus, removing Dinosaur's access to the Graveyard is like hitting them with a big meteor.
	Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
	Ghost Belle can slow down the shenanigans of Dinosaurs as it negates the Special Summon of any Monster from the Graveyard.
	Droll & Lock Bird
	Even without abundant search cards, negating Dinosaur's first search can still slow the deck down as they will find it hard to have more resources ready on the field.
	Artifact Lancea
	Some of Dinosaur's combo involves Banishing cards, like Summoninig Ultimate Conductor Tyranno and Giant Rex. preventing them from banishing cards will stop them from Summoning further.
	Necrovalley
	Necrovalley locks any cards in the Graveyard, rendering Dinosaur's graveyard effects useless.

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