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"Blue-Eyes" (ブルーアイズ Burūaizu) is an archetype of LIGHT Dragon monsters used by Seto Kaiba, Kaibaman, Paradox, and Roku. A mysterious woman named Kisara carries the spirit of the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" as revealed in both the anime and manga.
Though members have existed since the Starter Box: Theatrical Release in 1999, it only received its first explicit support in 2015 with the release of "Priestess with Eyes of Blue".
Most "Blue-Eyes" monsters closely resemble the original "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", as all monsters in this archetype are either retrained counterparts, downgraded, or upgraded forms of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". The With Eyes of Blue monsters are based on the four people who carried the spirit of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, included Kisara.
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon" has multiple Fusion counterparts, the most well known being the Level 12 Ultimate Dragon Fusions. Visually, they are three-headed evolved counterparts of their base forms. Most of these monsters are Fusion Summoned using three "Blue-Eyes White Dragons", similar to the original "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon".
The only Ultimate Dragon that cannot be Fusion Summoned is "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon", which is a Synchro monster, but it can be Special Summoned by using the effect of its Base Counterpart, "Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon".
| Ultimate Dragon | |
|---|---|
| Base form | Ultimate Dragon form |
| Blue-Eyes White Dragon | Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon |
| Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon | Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon |
| Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon | |
| Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon | Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon |
In the original anime, "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" was used as a Fusion Material along with "Black Luster Soldier" for a monster named "Dragon Master Knight". In the OCG/TCG, a retrained counterpart of this monster was also released: "Dragon Master Magia", which uses "Magician of Black Chaos" as its visual Fusion Material. Later a 25th Anniversary Xyz counterpart was released.
| Dragon Master combinations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Dragon | Visual Fusion material | Dragon Master |
| Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon | Black Luster Soldier | Dragon Master Knight |
| Magician of Black Chaos | Dragon Master Magia | |
| Ultimate Dragon of Pride and Soul | Paladins of Bonds and Unity | Dragon Master Lords |
The "Blue-Eyes" archetype centers on the Level 8 LIGHT Dragon Normal Monster, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", swarming the field with copies of it, and/or using it to create various Main Deck or Extra Deck boss monsters. Many support cards in the Main Deck mention the original "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" specifically, whereas in the Extra Deck only the Fusion monsters require the original "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" rather than a "Blue-Eyes" monster or more generic materials.
Game-plan-wise, the archetype's most useful monsters can be broadly divided by their card types.
The archetype's main lower-level support monsters are all Level 1 LIGHT Tuner monsters, and can be divided into two types: the with Eyes of Blue Spellcasters, and the "White Stone" Dragons ("The White Stone of Ancients" and "The White Stone of Legend"). The "with Eyes of Blue" monsters focus on searching and interacting with Level 1 LIGHT Tuners and Special Summoning "Blue-Eyes" monsters, while the "White Stone" monsters gain advantage when sent to the GY.
The card attributes that surround "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" (Level 8, LIGHT, Dragon, Normal Monster) gives it a large amount of external support, such as "Trade-In", "The Melody of Awakening Dragon", "Dragon Shrine", "Dragon Ravine", "Silver's Cry", and "Return of the Dragon Lords". Also, as it frequently summons Level 8 monsters, it can benefit from the generic Rank 8 pool.
One notable build of the deck that strays from the norm is an aggressive OTK strategy, composed entirely of boardbreakers and draw cards, which aims to use "Rage with Eyes of Blue" to OTK with three "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" once the board is clear.
In terms of competitive play, "Blue-Eyes" can be split into two rough categories: Synchro/Fusion and Chaos MAX.
Synchro/Fusion variants aim to go first, gaining field presence with Synchro monsters such as "Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon", "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon", and other Dragon Synchro monsters like "Cosmic Blazar Dragon" (summoned using "Crimson Dragon"). This was the variant that won the World Championships in 2016; it helped that "Spirit Dragon" countered many of the then-meta Decks (its GY negate hurt "Burning Abyss", the "Neither player can Special Summon 2 or more monsters" effect countered Pendulum), and that those Decks were nerfed by the Worlds banlist. With the release of Structure Deck: Blue-Eyes White Destiny, as well as the Normal Monster-supporting "Primite" engine, this variant gained major support, giving it success in later metas. The release of this structure deck also resulted in the deck's Fusion monsters becoming viable once more, with "Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon" playing an especially significant role in the deck going second, and "Dragon Master Magia" being an optional but extremely powerful boss monster.
Chaos MAX variants, meanwhile, focus on Summoning "Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon". In addition to the OTK potential, "Chaos MAX's" destruction and targeting protection made it a difficult monster to get rid of for the time, giving the Deck some rogue-level success in its era. However, because the number of ways to remove "Chaos MAX" has increased (whether through non-destruction non-targeting removal like "Forbidden Droplet", or having higher ATK monsters like "Accesscode Talker"), these Decks are no longer present. This variant of the deck often includes "Impcantation" cards - thanks to their Ritual supporting nature and 0 DEF status, enabling their user to wipe out their opponent's life points in one attack if they give control of the "Impcantation" to the opponent through methods such as "Mystic Box".
Historically, when "Dragon Rulers" were dominant, a small Blue-Eyes engine - consisting of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", "The White Stone of Legend", as well as draw cards "Trade-In" and "Cards of Consonance" - were sometimes used for advantage. They could be used as discards to supplement "Super Rejuvenation", banished from the GY to summon the "Dragon Rulers", and possibly summoned with "Soul Charge" to make Rank 8s.
