Alright people! Sorry for the late update, well I supposed that many of you have seen the latest banlist changes at shriek or duelingdays! If not below here is the list and the thoughts about the latest banlist changes =)
Newly Banned
None
- Now this is quite a nice one, never have all my 5 years of YGO life have I seen a banlist with no banned cards! Thou I would wish for a few cards to be banned, like [Monster Reborn] =X
Newly Restricted to 1
Chaos Sorcerer 「カオス・ソーサラー」
- Mwahahahahahahahahaha! Just when I said that I missed my old deck that was using this card only last friday, it got unbanned this week! lol! Time for that legendary deck to return!
Gladial Beast Bestarori 「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」
- Okay, [Gladial Beasts] decks might be sort of harder to play now? But I wonder, why don't they restricted [Gladial Beast - Gyzarus] instead? Hmmm... Okay, I can also dis-assemble my [Gladial Beasts] deck already!
Goyou Guardian 「ゴヨウ・ガーディアン」
- This Macdonald Uncle is just too strong! Enabling you to take control of [Stardust Dragon] or even stronger monsters makes this card abit too godly for a level 6, with such a high attack power too!
Zombie Carrier 「ゾンビキャリア」
- Expected! This card boosts up the [Dark Syncro] and [Zombie Syncro] decks way too fast! Oh my god? My [Destiny Diamond Carrier] deck is also affected! Ah!!!
Dark Armed Dragon 「ダーク・アームド・ドラゴン」
- Hmmmmm.... Too gay.... With the return of [Chaos Sorcerer]... Restricted this card to 1 reduces the chances of a one turn kill for Dark Decks?
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Boundary 「氷結界の龍 ブリューナク」
- Lucky I only had 1 copy of it always! Expected that this card would be restricted because of its ability to create several loops in several decks, etc [Zombie Syncro] deck.
Mezuki 「馬頭鬼」
- Same as the above! When combined with [Burial From A Different Dimension]....
Urgent Teleport 「緊急テレポート」
- Enables very very fast syncro summoning~! And also the advance summoning of high level monsters such as the [Emperors] and occasionally a [Obelisk The Tormentor]?
Cards of Safe Return 「生還の宝札」
- Zombie decks now have a lower draw rate! Wait! So is my [Junkyard Assault] deck!
Reinforcement of the Army 「増援」
- Noooooooooo~! Spoils my [E-HERO] decks... T_T... But there is still always 3 copies of [E-Emergency call]~! =D
Newly Restricted to 2
Goblin Zombie 「ゴブリンゾンビ」
- Lots of [Zombie Syncro] hate seen here!
D-HERO Diabolicguy 「Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯ ディアボリックガイ」
- Back to 2 I guess! 3 is just too gay! a level 6 combined with a level 2 tuner = instant level 8 syncro monster!
Wind Emperor Raiza 「風帝ライザー」
- o.O I guess this card being at 2 might be a threat again? Jams draw for 2 turns!
Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest 「森の番人グリーン・バブーン」
- Thou being back at 2 copies, you still can't summon both copies at one go! Why? Check here for rulings!
Destiny Draw 「デステニー・ドロー」
- Lesser draw power for [Dark Syncro] decks , or [D-HERO] decks. With [D-HERO Diabolicguy] restricted to 2 too, this card has lesser uses, unless you have more [D-HERO] monsters to discard!
Gold Sarcophagus 「封印の黄金櫃」
- Power of searching! But can you survive for 2 turns in the currrent meta? Sounds challenging! Don't you think?
Allure of Darkness 「闇の誘惑」
- Expected, since upperdeck entertainment has also restricted this card to 2 copies a deck, with [Destiny Draw] and this card coming together, the draw power of [Dark Syncro] is just too much, making it too fast!
Ultimate Offering 「血の代償」
- o.O, [Black Feather]/[Gadget] rush anyone?
Mind Crush 「マインドクラッシュ」
- Please don't name my [Stargazing Beast Garriz] please! Name more of [Honest]!
Newly Unrestricted/Released from Banlist
Manticore of Darkness 「暗黒のマンティコア」
- [Exodia] one turn kill! True, there is only one copy of [Cards of Safe Return], it is still possible but slow! (collects the pile from below DS's window =X)
Twin-Headed Behemoth 「ドル・ドラ」
- Even at 3 copies.... You can only use this effect one per duel.... (Ignores this pile below DS's window)
Phantom of Chaos 「ファントム・オブ・カオス」
- Lots of monsters to copy! [Chaos Sorcerer], [Dark Armed Dragon], [Judgement Dragon] and etc! (collects this pile too)
Book of Moon 「月の書」
- Not bad for a defensive deck! Combo with the below card! (collects one more copy as I only have 2! mwahahahahaha! =X)
Nobleman of Crossout 「抹殺の使徒」
- Combo with [Book of Moon] for effective results! Killing [Lightlord Hunter -Raikou] ain't a bad idea! (ignores the pile below DS's window as I have too many!]
Alright! The above are my thoughts for the latest banlist! Truthfully though, this isn't the banlist that I like the most, true that it is quite refreshing and some would be happy at the return of [Chaos Sorcerer], but still, in this current meta, special summoning monsters doesn't seem to be that easy anymore. So oh well~ Time to run away from below DS's house with all these cards! Mwahahahahahahaha! See you again desu!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Card Review: Stargazing Beast Garriz
Alright guys~! Its has really been awhile since my last review! Well projects are still strangling my neck tightly so I don't really have much time these days to update! Well enough excuses! Lets get the review going! Today's review will be on a card given by the [Yu-Gi-Oh! Tagforce 3] game! The card is [Stargazing Beast Garriz]!
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[星見獣ガリス]
[Stargazing Beast Garriz]
Attribute: Earth, Type: Beast
Effect Monster, 3 Stars, Atk 800/Def 800
Activate by revealing this card in your hand to your opponent. Send the top card of your deck to the graveyard. If it is a monster, inflict damage equal to 200 X the level of the monster to your opponent's lifepoints and then special summon this card from your hand. If it is not a monster, destroy this card.
Here is the star for today! Whats good and not good about this card? Lets get on with it!
Well "Garriz" here doesn't have a high attack strength nor a high defense strength too. However its effects are quite versatile in alot of decks these days. But it also depends alot on the controller's luck!
Decks such as the [Destiny Diamond Carrier] can surely carry a great ally such as [Stargazing Beast Garriz]. It makes the deck not a must to use [Zombie Carrier]'s effect to place a magic at the top of deck always. You can always put a monster such as [D-HERO Diabolicguy] on the top of your deck when you do not have [Destiny Draw] or [Dark Grepher] to discard him. And then activate [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s effect to send your [D-HERO Diabolicguy] that is located at the top of your deck to the graveyard! Not to mention dealing a total amount of 1200 damage to your opponent at the same time! (Sounds alot like [Dark Dive Bomber] huh? Obviously it is much better =X)
However there a few ways to counter this card's effect! For example, when a player activates [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s effect to reveal itself as a cost. You can always chain a [Mind Crush] to get rid of "Garriz"!Or like the always famous [Royal Oppression] will do the job indefinitely. [Macro Cosmos] will also render [Stargazing Beast Garriz] useless because you have to send the top card of your deck to the GRAVEYARD to be able to special summon "Garriz" onto the field. If [Macro Cosmos] was already on the field, you would not be able to activate [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s effect. Oh yeah! Not to mention that [Dimension Fissure] will also do the same thing, rendering [Stargazing Beast Garriz] useless. So... Look out for these cards!
A few nicely done combos with this deck can also be... Using "Garriz's" effect to send a [Lightlord Beast -Wulf] from the top of your deck to the graveyard, inflicting 800 damage and then special summoning both "Wulf" and "Garriz" onto your field. Quite a nice trick for you to release those two for a advance summon of a extremely strong monster such as [Obelisk The Tormentor], [Light And Darkness Dragon] , [Angel Christia] ("Vahalla" is just enough!) and so much more!
Well thats all for the review of this card! Not much but there are more installed in a newly made deck that I've created some time ago! It of course includes [Stargazing Beast Garriz]! And I will be updating the deck next week then! Till then... Tune in to us! See you again desu!
Edited: Thanks to DS for pointing out the mistake! [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s special summoning cannot be negated by [Royal Oppression], reason being that it is a un-confirmed special summon.
GX06-JP001
[星見獣ガリス]
[Stargazing Beast Garriz]
Attribute: Earth, Type: Beast
Effect Monster, 3 Stars, Atk 800/Def 800
Activate by revealing this card in your hand to your opponent. Send the top card of your deck to the graveyard. If it is a monster, inflict damage equal to 200 X the level of the monster to your opponent's lifepoints and then special summon this card from your hand. If it is not a monster, destroy this card.
Here is the star for today! Whats good and not good about this card? Lets get on with it!
Well "Garriz" here doesn't have a high attack strength nor a high defense strength too. However its effects are quite versatile in alot of decks these days. But it also depends alot on the controller's luck!
Decks such as the [Destiny Diamond Carrier] can surely carry a great ally such as [Stargazing Beast Garriz]. It makes the deck not a must to use [Zombie Carrier]'s effect to place a magic at the top of deck always. You can always put a monster such as [D-HERO Diabolicguy] on the top of your deck when you do not have [Destiny Draw] or [Dark Grepher] to discard him. And then activate [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s effect to send your [D-HERO Diabolicguy] that is located at the top of your deck to the graveyard! Not to mention dealing a total amount of 1200 damage to your opponent at the same time! (Sounds alot like [Dark Dive Bomber] huh? Obviously it is much better =X)
However there a few ways to counter this card's effect! For example, when a player activates [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s effect to reveal itself as a cost. You can always chain a [Mind Crush] to get rid of "Garriz"!
A few nicely done combos with this deck can also be... Using "Garriz's" effect to send a [Lightlord Beast -Wulf] from the top of your deck to the graveyard, inflicting 800 damage and then special summoning both "Wulf" and "Garriz" onto your field. Quite a nice trick for you to release those two for a advance summon of a extremely strong monster such as [Obelisk The Tormentor], [Light And Darkness Dragon] , [Angel Christia] ("Vahalla" is just enough!) and so much more!
Well thats all for the review of this card! Not much but there are more installed in a newly made deck that I've created some time ago! It of course includes [Stargazing Beast Garriz]! And I will be updating the deck next week then! Till then... Tune in to us! See you again desu!
Edited: Thanks to DS for pointing out the mistake! [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s special summoning cannot be negated by [Royal Oppression], reason being that it is a un-confirmed special summon.
Monday, January 26, 2009
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR~!
Duel Society hereby wishes all readers a
Happy Lunar New Year~!
Will be updating next week! I'm going to be suffocated by ongoing projects!
Happy Lunar New Year~!
Will be updating next week! I'm going to be suffocated by ongoing projects!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Card Review : Assault Armor
Alright readers! This is the weekly update that I've promised! Today's card review will be on a pretty old card I presume? Today's review will be on a card from the Academy Duel Disk! The [Assault Armor]!
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[アサルト・アーマー]
[Assault Armor]
Equipment Magic
While the only monster card is a Warrior-Type monster on your field, equip it to that monster.
The equipped monster gains 300 attack points. During your Main phase, you can send this card to the graveyard and the equipped monster is able to attack twice in this turn's Battle Phase.
Okay then, lets see what is this equipment's pros and cons! Firstly, it has quite a big drawback of only able to be equipped to a Warrior-Type monster and only if the Warrior-Type monster is the ONLY monster existing on your side of the field! But I guess that such problems wouldn't be existing to a pure Warrior-Type monster deck right? (Hint: My [Wrath Of Neos MK IV] deck!!!!)
As for the second part, this equipment only increases the equipped monster's attack points by 300? Well that isn't much, but it increases [E-HERO Neos] attack strength to 2800!!!!(I still think it isn't enough! They should make [E-HERO Neos] have 3000 attack strength!) But most importantly is the last effect for this equipment! The ability of losing the plus 300 attack strength effect in exchange for the effect for the equipped monster to be able to attack twice in that turn's battle phase is quite powerful!
Surely people would just say this. "Lets just forget about this equipment magic and use [Mataza The Zapper]!".
But I would say this, "But [Assault Armor] can be equipped to any Warrior-Type monster man!"
There is such a very painful combo for such a equipment card! And I'm sure you readers are pretty familiar with it!
Step 1: Equip [Assault Armor] to a Light Attribute Warrior-Type monster.
Step 2: Activate [Assault Armor]'s "attacking twice" effect.
Step 3: Declare attack!
Step 4: Damage calculation! Throw a couple of [Honest] from your hand!
Step 5: The damage ain't enough? ATTACK AGAIN!
Step 6: I think your opponent is almost dead?
Step 7: If not? I think you may need more luck!
So this card is pretty powerful don't you think? But there are tons of ways to counter it! [Cyclone] destroys it before you are able to use the "Attacking twice" effect. [Magic Shield Type 8] or cards that jams magic also counters it totally. So like what I will always say, watch out for them!
Another best combo for this card would be, its searchable by [Arms Hole]!(thats why it came together with it?)
Well thats the end of today's review, not as good as the other posts but do tune in for next week's update! Goulian Signing off~!
ADDR-JP004
[アサルト・アーマー]
[Assault Armor]
Equipment Magic
While the only monster card is a Warrior-Type monster on your field, equip it to that monster.
The equipped monster gains 300 attack points. During your Main phase, you can send this card to the graveyard and the equipped monster is able to attack twice in this turn's Battle Phase.
Okay then, lets see what is this equipment's pros and cons! Firstly, it has quite a big drawback of only able to be equipped to a Warrior-Type monster and only if the Warrior-Type monster is the ONLY monster existing on your side of the field! But I guess that such problems wouldn't be existing to a pure Warrior-Type monster deck right? (Hint: My [Wrath Of Neos MK IV] deck!!!!)
As for the second part, this equipment only increases the equipped monster's attack points by 300? Well that isn't much, but it increases [E-HERO Neos] attack strength to 2800!!!!(I still think it isn't enough! They should make [E-HERO Neos] have 3000 attack strength!) But most importantly is the last effect for this equipment! The ability of losing the plus 300 attack strength effect in exchange for the effect for the equipped monster to be able to attack twice in that turn's battle phase is quite powerful!
Surely people would just say this. "Lets just forget about this equipment magic and use [Mataza The Zapper]!".
But I would say this, "But [Assault Armor] can be equipped to any Warrior-Type monster man!"
There is such a very painful combo for such a equipment card! And I'm sure you readers are pretty familiar with it!
Step 1: Equip [Assault Armor] to a Light Attribute Warrior-Type monster.
Step 2: Activate [Assault Armor]'s "attacking twice" effect.
Step 3: Declare attack!
Step 4: Damage calculation! Throw a couple of [Honest] from your hand!
Step 5: The damage ain't enough? ATTACK AGAIN!
Step 6: I think your opponent is almost dead?
Step 7: If not? I think you may need more luck!
So this card is pretty powerful don't you think? But there are tons of ways to counter it! [Cyclone] destroys it before you are able to use the "Attacking twice" effect. [Magic Shield Type 8] or cards that jams magic also counters it totally. So like what I will always say, watch out for them!
Another best combo for this card would be, its searchable by [Arms Hole]!(thats why it came together with it?)
Well thats the end of today's review, not as good as the other posts but do tune in for next week's update! Goulian Signing off~!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Card Review : Obelisk The Tormentor
Well guys! Its been quite awhile since the last update! Today's post will be on the first ever god card that is able to really be played in a normal duel! [Obelisk The Tormentor]! Though broken cards should not really be reviewed, lets see the pros and cons of this "God" card!
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[オベリスクの巨神兵]
[Obelisk The Tormentor]
Attribute: God, Type: Divine Beast
Effect Monster, 10 stars, Atk 4000/ Def 4000
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set except by Releasing 3 monsters. This card's Summon cannot be negated. When this card is Normal Summoned, the effects of Magic, Trap and Effect Monsters cannot be activated. This card cannot be targeted by the effects of Magic, Traps, or Effect Monsters. If this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. You can Release 2 monsters to destroy all monsters your opponent controls. This card cannot declare an attack during the turn you activate this effect.
Well this "God" card sure has a huge Normal Summoning restriction to it, being only able to be normal summoned by releasing 3 monsters! Now even though you may activate the effects of [Cost Down] or cards that reduces this "God's" level, it still needs 3 sacrifices to be normal summoned! So its unlike cards such as [D-HERO Bloo-D], [D-HERO Dogmaguy] and so on so forth that uses 3 monsters as sacrifices for their SPECIAL SUMMONING =(.... But now, what makes the normal summon worth it is the aftermath of after it has been summoned! When [Obelisk The Tormentor] is being normal summoned successfully, the effects of magic, trap and effect monsters cannot be activated! So there will not be any [Torrential Tribute], [Bottomless Trap Hole] and [Trap Hole] nonsense!
But even so, usually such monsters with big attack strength, are usually used to "kill" the opponent in the turn that they were summoned!(Though not really true most of the time! I blame [Necro Gardna]!) Its rather a relief that [Obelisk The Tormentor] can be SPECIAL SUMMONED! But the drawback of it is that [Obelisk The Tormentor] will be sent to the graveyard during the turn it was special summoned. But I say, special summoning is actually one of the best thing about this "God". In these days, special summoning seems to be just ticking ur finger! If you readers out there did buy the Vjump that gave this "God" card, there are certain combos inside it for [Obelisk The Tormentor]. Special summoning wise, zombie decks are rather good in it! [Book Of Life], [Il Bud], [Mezuki] and so on so forth! Of course best Combo-ed with [Undead World]! And if the plans fail with your opponent using [D.D Crow] on your "God" card, revive it back from the out of game pile by using [D.D.R]! Now these are usually not applicable to cards like [D-HERO Bloo-D] and friends. So I guess special summoning this card with no releases is actually quite powerful lol.
But guys, the text did read that, only when this card is NORMAL SUMMONED, will the effects of magic, trap and effect monsters cannot be activated. But when the god is... SPECIAL SUMMONED, the effects of magic, trap and effect monsters can still be activated! Which is quite a headache too!
Now lets go on to the effect of, this card cannot be single targetted by the effects of magic, trap and monster effects. Which means [Obelisk The Tormentor] is quite safe from the effects of cards like [Sakuretsu Armor], [Dimension Prison], [Shrink], [Enemy Controller], [Dark End Dragon], [Brionac - Dragon OF The Ice Boundary] but not from cards that blasts this god away from the field like [Mirror Force], [Torrential Tribute], [Lightning Vortex] and more. So do watch out for cards like these if you would want your [Obelisk The Tormentor] to survive longer on the field!
As for the last effect of this "God" card, you can release 2 monsters on your side of the field to destroy all monster on the opponent's side of the field, however if you activate this effect, this monster will be unable to announce an attack in this turn! Quite a nice effect yet a huge drawback for it, but just to make it balanced though!(I wonder where is the extra effect of dealing 4000 damage that is from the anime! T_T) However, for such an effect, I wouldn't recommend on using it on a SPECIAL SUMMONED [Obelisk The Tormentor]. As it only survives for that turn and then it will be sent to the graveyard, unless you are really very desperate, such moves shouldn't really be taken? A life saver and a dilenma to use this effect at times, yet powerful!
Well I guess thats all for the review on this "God" card! But I wonder why didn't the creator Kazuki Takahashi-san create [Slifer The Sky Dragon] first!(Its just my most favourite god =X) Well I guess Konami has their reasons too I guess? Well readers here, I will be doing a weekly tuesday update from next week onwards! Since its a WOW-downtime =X.... Well! Till my next update! Signing Off!
VJMP-JP037
[オベリスクの巨神兵]
[Obelisk The Tormentor]
Attribute: God, Type: Divine Beast
Effect Monster, 10 stars, Atk 4000/ Def 4000
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set except by Releasing 3 monsters. This card's Summon cannot be negated. When this card is Normal Summoned, the effects of Magic, Trap and Effect Monsters cannot be activated. This card cannot be targeted by the effects of Magic, Traps, or Effect Monsters. If this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. You can Release 2 monsters to destroy all monsters your opponent controls. This card cannot declare an attack during the turn you activate this effect.
Well this "God" card sure has a huge Normal Summoning restriction to it, being only able to be normal summoned by releasing 3 monsters! Now even though you may activate the effects of [Cost Down] or cards that reduces this "God's" level, it still needs 3 sacrifices to be normal summoned! So its unlike cards such as [D-HERO Bloo-D], [D-HERO Dogmaguy] and so on so forth that uses 3 monsters as sacrifices for their SPECIAL SUMMONING =(.... But now, what makes the normal summon worth it is the aftermath of after it has been summoned! When [Obelisk The Tormentor] is being normal summoned successfully, the effects of magic, trap and effect monsters cannot be activated! So there will not be any [Torrential Tribute], [Bottomless Trap Hole] and [Trap Hole] nonsense!
But even so, usually such monsters with big attack strength, are usually used to "kill" the opponent in the turn that they were summoned!(Though not really true most of the time! I blame [Necro Gardna]!) Its rather a relief that [Obelisk The Tormentor] can be SPECIAL SUMMONED! But the drawback of it is that [Obelisk The Tormentor] will be sent to the graveyard during the turn it was special summoned. But I say, special summoning is actually one of the best thing about this "God". In these days, special summoning seems to be just ticking ur finger! If you readers out there did buy the Vjump that gave this "God" card, there are certain combos inside it for [Obelisk The Tormentor]. Special summoning wise, zombie decks are rather good in it! [Book Of Life], [Il Bud], [Mezuki] and so on so forth! Of course best Combo-ed with [Undead World]! And if the plans fail with your opponent using [D.D Crow] on your "God" card, revive it back from the out of game pile by using [D.D.R]! Now these are usually not applicable to cards like [D-HERO Bloo-D] and friends. So I guess special summoning this card with no releases is actually quite powerful lol.
But guys, the text did read that, only when this card is NORMAL SUMMONED, will the effects of magic, trap and effect monsters cannot be activated. But when the god is... SPECIAL SUMMONED, the effects of magic, trap and effect monsters can still be activated! Which is quite a headache too!
Now lets go on to the effect of, this card cannot be single targetted by the effects of magic, trap and monster effects. Which means [Obelisk The Tormentor] is quite safe from the effects of cards like [Sakuretsu Armor], [Dimension Prison], [Shrink], [Enemy Controller], [Dark End Dragon], [Brionac - Dragon OF The Ice Boundary] but not from cards that blasts this god away from the field like [Mirror Force], [Torrential Tribute], [Lightning Vortex] and more. So do watch out for cards like these if you would want your [Obelisk The Tormentor] to survive longer on the field!
As for the last effect of this "God" card, you can release 2 monsters on your side of the field to destroy all monster on the opponent's side of the field, however if you activate this effect, this monster will be unable to announce an attack in this turn! Quite a nice effect yet a huge drawback for it, but just to make it balanced though!(I wonder where is the extra effect of dealing 4000 damage that is from the anime! T_T) However, for such an effect, I wouldn't recommend on using it on a SPECIAL SUMMONED [Obelisk The Tormentor]. As it only survives for that turn and then it will be sent to the graveyard, unless you are really very desperate, such moves shouldn't really be taken? A life saver and a dilenma to use this effect at times, yet powerful!
Well I guess thats all for the review on this "God" card! But I wonder why didn't the creator Kazuki Takahashi-san create [Slifer The Sky Dragon] first!(Its just my most favourite god =X) Well I guess Konami has their reasons too I guess? Well readers here, I will be doing a weekly tuesday update from next week onwards! Since its a WOW-downtime =X.... Well! Till my next update! Signing Off!
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