Notes & Combos
When I saw Bonds of the Converging Stars at Tier 0 at the start of WCS, I dropped all my gems to invest in it because I didnt want to be frustrated out of my mind fighting a vertical uphill battle the whole time. But with only 1 Stardust Synchron and 1 Stardust Trail, I rarely got the oppurtunity to use the skill's 1st effect going first, so the deck just didn't click with me.
WinRate
I'm an atheist, but thank God for the Anniversary Box's 3 Soul Resonators and Crimson Gaias. I ranked down from DLv 19 a couple times, but ultimately had a 58% win-rate against Stardust / Synchron. And man, Konami must take its job of making Speed format as unenjoyable as possible very seriously, because Stardust / Synchron is out there taking up more than half of the matches. 54% in my experience, that is an insane over-representation!
Card Ratios
Why only 1 Red Familiar? Because I only have 1. Play 3 so you have a better chance of opening it in your hand. Then you don't have to use Soul Resonator to search it and risk getting negated.
Why no Synkron Resonator? There was a time I was using it, but I cut it to increase my opening hand rates. Use Red Familiar instead to adjust levels for Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss.
I also cut Synchro Rumble, Bone Archfiend, and Tuning Gum at one point but added them again because they really help with the long game if your board is somehow wiped.
Strategy
Your full end-board should have every card zone occupied, but you won't complete it until your opponent's main phase using Shining Star Dragon.
- Start with Soul Resonator. Search for Red Familiar if you dont have it, otherwise Skull Meister.
- Skill's 1st effect summons Scarred Dragon Archfiend and Crimson Resonator.
- Crimson Resonator summons Red Resonator and Vision Resonator.
- Summon Red Nova Dragon
- Scarred Dragon Archfiend summons Red Dragon Archfiend and Vision Resonator searches Crimson Gaia or another card if you already have it.
- Use the Skill's 2nd effect to bring Shining Star Dragon to hand and set Fiendish Chain.
- Banish Red Familiar and make Red Dragon Archfiend level 7.
- Summon Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss.
- Use Crimson Gaia to search Fiendish Golem or another card if you already have it.
- Set Fiendish Golem or preferrably Forbidden Droplet. (Droplet > Golem)
- As soon as you can, during your opponent's turn, use Shining Star Dragon to summon Scarred Dragon Archfiend then Crimson Dragon.
- Use Crimson Dragon to get Red Supernova Dragon.

























