Discard To Draw Cards Yugioh

The game ofYu-Gi-Oh!is filled with cards that enable the player to draw more. Since there is no mana system, card advantage is one of the most important aspects of it. As such, the ability to draw additional resources is one of the best in the entire game.

Many Spells are able to draw 2, heavily based on the iconic "Pot Of Greed." Draw Spells have been at every power level, with some being the best in the game, while others are at the bottom of the barrel. Thanks to the power of drawing 2, these cards are musts in Decks that can run them.

10 Pantheism Of The Monarchs

Currently Limited, "Pantheism Of The Monarchs" is a fantastic Archetypal draw Spell. By sending a "Monarch" Spell or Trap from your hand to the Graveyard, you get to draw 2 cards. In addition, "Pantheism Of The Monarchs" can banish itself to add a "Monarch" Spell or Trap to your Hand by showing your opponent 3 from which to choose.

This can include other copies of "Pantheism Of The Monarchs," which was a big reason why it was Limited for being too powerful and how easy it was to use multiple copies of it.

9 Cards Of Consonance

"Cards Of Consonance" is a Spell, that under the right build, can give you an insane amount of advantage with just one activation of it. As the art implies, "Cards Of Consonance" works best with the "Blue-Eyes" support Tuners like "The White Stone Of Legend."

If used in a combo in this way, not only do you get to draw two but you get to add a replacement card to your Hand in order to gain a bigger advantage. While the conditions of needing to discard a Level 1 Dragon Tuner with less than 1000 Attack is specific, the Monsters that can be discarded more than make up for it.

8 Destiny Draw

"Destiny Draw" is another Spell that only a certain Archetype can use, that being "Destiny HEROs." By discarding one "Destiny HERO," you can draw 2 cards. This cost is great for "Destiny HEROs," as many of them like being in the Graveyard.

This means that you get to set them up in your Graveyard while gaining advantage which will later allow you to draw into even more extenders. The best use of it would be discarding "Destiny HERO - Malicious" which can go into tons of different combos thanks to its effect to Special Summon from the Deck.

7 Pot Of Avarice

One of the many spiritual successors to "Pot Of Greed," "Pot Of Avarice" allows its user to shuffle back 5 Monsters from your Graveyard into the Deck to draw 2 cards. This makes "Pot Of Avarice" a great tool to use for Archetypes like "Sky Striker" and "Zoodiacs" to recycle their Monsters.

That being said, "Pot Of Avarice" can shuffle back Extra Decks Monsters as well as regular ones, being able to use them continuously. This is especially useful if you're playing with a card that's Limited, such as "Zoodiac Drident."

6 Spellbook Of Knowledge

"Spellbook Of Knowledge" is one of the few Spells that can also help thin your Deck before using its drawing effect. This is because it's searchable with "Spellbook Of Secrets" and "Crowley, the First Propheseer."

It does require you to send a Spellcaster Monster from your Hand or Field to the Graveyard to get the draw effect, but that cost is nothing as the "Spellbook" engine is great for Deck thinning to get to your combo starters. It's a staple in practically all Spellcaster-based strategies, which speaks to just how powerful "Spellbook Of Knowledge" is.

5 Orcustrated Return

The "Orcust" engine is incredibly powerful, as well as its own standalone Deck. As such, its Archetype exclusive draw 2 Spell is fantastic. Orcust Monsters want to be in the Graveyard, as that's where all of their effects are triggered.

So, "Orcustrated Return" can not only put "Orcust" Monsters in the Graveyard (or a "World Legacy" one) but allows you to gain advantage out of that setup with the draw 2 effect to get to your good Normal Summons. "Orcustrated Return" is the best Archetype exclusive draw 2 Spell, as it does so much for the already great Deck.

4 Trade-In

"Trade-In" was a part of one of the best draw engines in the whole game, and is a staple of any strategy that uses Level 8 Monsters. It's a simple effect: discard a Level 8 Monster, and draw 2 cards. This is most often used with "Blue-Eyes White Dragon," because of how easy it is to search in order to Deck thin and then activate "Trade-In" to get to your key plays faster.

This combination allowed "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" to become a staple of the meta, thanks to just how good it was with "Trade-In."

3 Pot Of Desires

"Pot Of Desires" was a rather controversial addition to the game upon its release, with people questioning if the cost of Banishing 10 cards facedown was worth the draw 2 effect. As time showed, it very much is.

While not every Deck can play "Pot Of Desires" if they're playing an important copy of a card at any less than 3 copies, players that can very much appreciate the consistency boost. Some strategies can even take advantage of the cost, most notably "Gren Manju" which wants as many cards Banished from the game as possible.

2 Allure Of Darkness

"Allure Of Darkness" is essentially a more generic version of "Trade-In." All "Allure Of Darkness" needs is for you to Banish any Dark Attribute Monster after drawing 2. The downside is if you can't, then you must send your Hand to the Graveyard.

This effect rarely is a downside, as more often than not you'll be activating it when you know you can pay the cost. It can be used without already having a Dark Monster in your Hand as a desperate last-ditch effort, which can sometimes be enough to completely turn the game around.

1 Pot Of Greed

The original draw 2 Spell Card, "Pot Of Greed" is still the best draw 2 Spell ever printed. It's been banned for years and is way too good to ever be unbanned. There is absolutely no downside to "Pot Of Greed."

It doesn't have a cost, restriction, or activation requirement. As soon as "Pot Of Greed" is in your Hand, you can use it right away. This makes any Deck that runs it essentially a 38 card Deck if used at once, even less if it had no limitation on it. That's why "Pot Of Greed" has one of the most powerful effects in all ofYu-Gi-Oh!

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