After a long wait, the Darklords are finally available to Duelists world-wide!  Previously available only as rare promo cards, the Darklords have finally been reprinted.  You’ll findDarklord Asmodeus; Darklord Superbia; and Darklord Edeh Arae in every Legendary Collection 2, and lucky Duelists may find Darklord Desire in a Legendary Collection 2 Mega-Pack.  Now that you have the Darklords at last, here’s some cool stuff you can do with them!

If you’re a die-hard Darklord fan, you can build your entire Deck around them.  Use DarklordAsmodeus; Trade-In; or Foolish Burial to send Darklord Superbia and Darklord Zerato to your Graveyard.  Then cut loose with this killer combo:

-If you have 5 or more DARK monsters in your Graveyard, you can Special Summon The Dark Creator.  Its effect lets you banish a DARK monster from your Graveyard, to Special Summon back another DARK.

-Use that ability to Special Summon Darklord Superbia.  When Superbia is Special Summoned from your Graveyard, its effect lets you Special Summon another Fairy-Type from your Graveyard.

-With Superbia’s effect, Special Summon Darklord Zerato.

Zerato’s effect can destroy all of your opponent’s monsters.  From there, your 3 attackers will have a combined total of exactly 8000 ATK!  With 1 combo, you can demolish your opponent.

Getting Darklord Zerato and Darklord Superbia to your Graveyard is really easy withDarklord Asmodeus.  Once a turn, Asmodeus can send a Fairy-Type monster from your Deck to your Graveyard.  That’s perfect for setting up your 8000 ATK Darklord play.  It’s also a great way to get the most out of Monster Reborn or Call of the Haunted: Whatever you want to Special Summon, just send it straight to the Graveyard.

Darklord Asmodeus is a Level 8 monster, but you can Special Summon it without Tribute by playing Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen or Celestial Transformation.  Valhalla lets you Special Summon Asmodeus for free if you don’t control any monsters.  Celestial Transformation is a Quick-Play Spell that lets you Special Summon Asmodeus, but it destroys Asmodeus in the End Phase.  Use Transformation for Asmodeus, activate Asmodeus’ effect, and when it’s destroyed in the End Phase, it’s second ability will kick in.  When Asmodeus is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, you get 2 Token Monsters with a combined ATK of 3000, each with immunity to a certain kind of destruction.

Some of the Darklords can even fit in a Deck alongside Master Hyperion.  Try Darklord Desire: you can Tribute Summon it by Tributing any 1 Fairy-Type monster, even a weak one likeMystical Shine Ball.  Then, once a turn, you can reduce Desire’s ATK by 1000 to send 1 of your opponent’s monsters to the Graveyard.  Since Desire “sends” monsters instead of destroying them, abilities that would negate destruction effects can’t be activated: use it to take downStardust Dragon.  Monster effects that trigger when a monster is destroyed won’t work either, so Desire can send Tech Genus monsters packing – without triggering their search abilities.

The Darklords are some of the coolest, most exclusive monsters in all of Dueling, and thanks toLegendary Collection 2 they can now be yours!  Try them out yourself, and get ready to play with some incredible effects.