I've been thinking a lot about this deck lately. It's a hybrid deck that tries to take advantage of the splashability of Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode in the promising new strategy of Monk-DAD. I'm just trying to think of a way to make it work. My main idea right now is to use it as more of an aggro deck that can synchro and draw quickly while using Stardust Assault for control and a pretty heavy beatstick.

Monk-Rose gives me really quick access to Stardust, and I can use Assault Beast or Gold Sarc for even faster setup for SD/AM to hit the tables. I was just wondering how to incorporate the DAD aspect of Monk-DAD.

Thoughts?

Eh, I wouldn't exactly call Stardust Dragon/Buster "splashable". Usable yes, but not every Deck can make space without hurting it somehow. (Considering you need /Buster itself, Buster Mode, and probably something like Buster Beast.)

Though, I don't think DAD is really necessary either.

This is the version of the deck that Tomas Mijares took to a 9-2 record at Shonen Jump Championship Anaheim:

Monsters: 20
2 Assault Beast
2 Krebons
2 Stardust Dragon / Assault Mode
2 Summoner Monk
2 Destiny Hero Diamond Dude
2 Destiny Hero – Malicious
2 Rose, Warrior of Revenge
1 Armageddon Knight
1 Dark Armed Dragon
1 Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
1 Elemental Hero Stratos
1 Plaguespreader Zombie
1 Sangan

Spells: 14
2 Upstart Goblin
2 Allure of Darkness
2 Destiny Draw
1 Brain Control
1 Emergency Teleport
1 Giant Trunade
1 Heavy Storm
1 Magical Mallet
1 Mind Control
1 Monster Reborn
1 Reinforcement of the Army

Traps: 6
3 Threatening Roar
2 Assault Mode Activate
1 Crush Card Virus

Side Deck:
3 Skill Drain
2 Beast King Barbaros
2 Destiny Hero – Defender
2 Hanewata
2 Legendary Jujistu Master
2 Lightning Vortex
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Mirror Force

Seems like a more updated version of TeleDAD overall...now like...TeleMonkDADAssault or something, lol.

Haha that decklist is basically what I was able to come up with. I had completely forgotten about this deck being played at SJC. And here I was thinking I was original.

Although I didn't use the Destiny Engine. I used Machine Duplication with Tuningware. Oh, and I don't have CCV. I'll post the list in the Deck Depot.

And I know that using an /Assault Mode monster isn't really "splashable" given the amount of cards needed to use it properly, but it does fit into many decks pretty easily without becoming the dominant win condition. I'm definitely going to be proxying and playtesting this deck though.

Yeah, but if I don't really need it, I don't see any need to try to splash stuff in unless it REALLY supports the Deck somehow. Just being a generally "good" card alone isn't really enough unless it really IS that good and/or doesn't clash with my Deck somehow.