What Am I Panicking For?

Volcanic was a name that should have been quite familiar to many old Yu-Gi-Oh! players.

This Deck had once been a legend of its generation. Even Kira and the friends around him had once considered it the "strongest Deck."

Back then, everyone played cards with their friends. They knew nothing about official tournaments, banlists, and such; everything they knew about Yu-Gi-Oh! came from the anime. Naturally, the rules they played by were based entirely on the anime too.

Just like in the anime, everyone started with four thousand Life Points.

To many duelists, Life Points were just a formality. There was only a difference between having them and not having them. But Volcanic was different. At least in the era when it flourished, Volcanic in a 4000 Life Point Environment and Volcanic in an 8000 Life Point Environment were practically two entirely different concepts.

The reason was simple: this was a burn Deck that practically had "solitaire" written all over its face.

When Volcanic was mentioned, the first thing that came to mind was usually its signature firing weapon, Blaze Accelerator. From the basic Blaze Accelerator, to its upgraded form, Blaze Accelerator - Tri-Blast, and then the further upgraded Volcanic Blaze Accelerator added later in the real card game, they formed the core of Volcanic.

What these Accelerators had in common, and Volcanic's basic strategy, was discarding Pyro Type monsters as ammunition, blowing up the opponent's cards on the Field, and directly inflicting burn damage.

Most other Volcanic monsters also shared the trait of directly inflicting burn damage.

And because using Blaze Accelerator came with the restriction of "you cannot attack this turn," the Deck naturally worked well with all kinds of lockdown methods.

Thus, a legendary Deck was born, combining card destruction, burn damage, lockdown, and heavy traps—every kind