Monday, April 16, 2012

Return of the Duelist Full Set Review 5 Overlay Network

First before we dig into the Xyz monsters of REDU let me take a moment to show you all something I found today and nearly died seeing...
http://shriek.twoday.net/stories/96994403/
This link shows you Duelist Edition 1 and 2 which are essentially japan's own mini Ra Yellow complete with Secret Rare D-Draw, Plasma, and wait for it... wait for it... Miracle Fucking Contact Yes!!! It lets you make any Elemental Hero Neos Fusion regardless of summoning conditions... Meaning every Neo-Spacian Fusion and possibly Rainbow Neos if I'm reading it correctly as it must be Special Summoned by Fusion summon but this ignores summoning conditions. If it does summon Rainbow Neos we have a new awesome deck to play with if it doesn't well meh who cares still awesome and makes Neo-Spacian Fusions actually truly playable... We also get Advanced Dark in Duelist Edition 2 which lets us turn all of our Crystal Beasts DARK which makes Rainbow Dark Dragon and Rainbow Dragon far easier to summon... Advanced Dark even sends Crystal Beasts

Then we are also going to be receiving in the new Structure deck.
Sea Emperor Dragon Poseidra

WATER/Sea-Serpent - Effect/8/2800/1600
Effect unconfirmed: You can Special Summon this card from your hand or Graveyard by Releasing 3 Level 3 or lower WATER Monster you control. When this card is successfully Special Summoned by this effect, return all Magic and Trap Cards on the field to their respective owner's hands. If 3 or more are returned, all Monster your opponent controls lose 300 ATK x the number of cards returned.

Straight from Shriek(Who got it from Manjyome Thunder (they are working together after all) it's not absolutely broken but its quite easy to summon and when it does come out you get to bounce all S/T's and possibly even harm the opponents monsters by 900 or more ATK points. Not to mention the Deep Sea Diva and Surfacing Reprints... yum...

We are confirmed to be getting No. 91 Thunder Spark Dragon ya know the 5 rank 4 monster that is nearly impossible to summon on a good day... well we are also getting the monsters used to help summon it.

Then we receive
Black Feather - Damascus the Polar Night

DARK/Winged-Beast - Effect/3/1300/700
Effect unconfirmed: Activate by sending thisc ard from your hand to the Graveyard. Face-up "Black Feather" Monster you control gain 500 ATK until the End Phase of this turn. This effect can (only?) be used during the Battle Phase of your opponent's turn.

This comes from V-Jump Festa

We also are going to get
YF04-JP001
Black Feather - Gram the Twinkling Star 「BF-煌星のグラム」
DARK/Winged-Beast - Synchro - Effect/5/2200/1500

We have no idea what the effect is but it doesn't really matter thanks to Vayus existance... suddenly... Vayu+Shura=Gram... then from Grave you make another?!?!!? WTF WTF WTF?!?!?

Finally from the Numbers Guide we are receiving

OG01-JP001
No. 40: Gimmick Puppet - Heaven's Strings 「No.40 ギミック・パペット-ヘブンズ・ストリングス」
DARK/Machine - Xyz - Effect/Rank 8/3000/2000
2x Level 8 Monster
Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing 1 Xyz Material from this card. Place 1 String Counter on all other face-up monster on the field. During your opponent's next End Phase, destroy all Monster with String Counter on them, and inflict 500 Damage for each destroyed Monster to your opponent
Ultra Rare

We knew this already but the effect is new... and amazing... suddenly all monsters on the field are put on a 1 turn death clock... not to mention this beast is a 3000 beater made simply by two Level 8's thats just too good. This and Giant Killer are going to be very useful in the Extra decks of some things.

Well I'm done with my speal of awesomeness and I'm hoping you all can't wait for such things to be released.... TCG GAOV has revealed another Exclusive. Evoltile Elginero... When tributed draw 1 card... then send 1 Dinosaur from your hand to the deck... Then search your deck for 1 Evoltile... Meaning... Elginero>Evo-Force/Enemy Controller/Monster Gate/W/E...> draw a card>fix your hand>and search for another Evoltile...

The sheer plusage... Imagine it with Evo-Force... Tribute it grab from deck a Diplo or Vulcano depending on field and grave... hopefully a Vulcano in best situation. Vulcano grabs a dead level 4 Evolsaur. Then you get to draw a card... then you get to put back a Dinosaur... then you get to add an Evoltile...

Activate Evo-Force minus 1... tribute Elginero minus 1... Grab Vulcano plus 1... Vulcano grabs a dead Evolsaur plus 1... draw a card plus 1... put back a Dinosaur minus 1... add a Evoltile plus 1...

All in all a positive 1... meaning Overlay please for a neutral gain and a Laggia/Dolkka/any other Rank 4 which can possibly become a plus on its own... It's nowhere near as broken as Najasho but it is still really good.

Finally and truly finally I am done with these unrelated things and can get to the task at hand. today I'm reviewing all 10 Xyz monsters in this set and I like a good number of these so expect me to be slightly detailed. Read More for the Reviews.
FIRST CARD:
HeroicChampionExcalibur-REDU-JP-UR.jpgHeroic Champion Excalibur
LIGHT
Rank 4
Warrior/Xyz/Effect

2 x Level 4 Warrior-Type Monster
Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing 2 Xyz Materials from this card. Until your opponent's next End Phase, the original ATK of this card is doubled.
2000/2000

REVIEW: Amazing and has proved itself already in the OCG. Two high placing Hero builds one of which was Bubblebeat ran this happily taking a spot in their Extra which I can understand. It also OTKs the exact same as Blade Armor Ninja... Stratos>Bubbleman>HC Excalibur>Effect>Monster Reborn>Stratos>Bubbleman>HC Excalibur>Effect... swing in for 8000?!?!? of course they still opted for the double hitting Blade Armor Ninja. Another great thing about this card... is that it can actually ram into Obelisk the Tormentor and destroy it in battle. I like this card and it makes me want to build Bubblebeat lol. Heroics don't benefit too much from this card honestly but its quite nice and quite good splashed into Warriors. The art is quite good too.

NEXT CARD:
OOPArts Crystal Alien
LIGHT
Rank 3
Psychic/Xyz/Effect

2x Level 3 Monsters
Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing 1 Xyz Material from this card when this card is selected as attack target. During this turn, this card is not destroyed by battle or card effects, and Battle Damage to your Life Points from a battle involving this card, is inflicted to your opponent instead.
2100/1000

REVIEW: Well then this card is quite funny being the first Psychic Xyz monster to date and being one of the few Aliens to not actually be an "Alien" monster I hope they don't change the name in TCG because that would kill the entire point of the archetype and name lol. It's LIGHT which is nice. It's clearly made by Crystal Bone and Crystal Skull for an OOPArts deck... It also adds to the Rank 3 Toolbox somewhat by giving us a twice immune to battle monster but also redirects damage from that battle meaning... your opponent won't be attacking this card while it has materials and is in Attack Position. It is though very vulnerable to destruction so should be played with caution. It is a really good card though but I don't have any actual plays for it as it is more of a reactive monster than a proactive one.

NEXT CARD:
No. 33 OOPArts Superweapon Machu-Mach
LIGHT
Rank 5
Machine/Xyz/Effect

2x Level 5 Monster
Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing 1 Xyz Material from this card, and selecting 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. Inflict Damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to the difference between that monster's ATK and its original ATK, then this card gains ATK equal to the amount of inflicted Damage.
2400/1500

REVIEW: This card is amazing... just simply amazing... and only because it allows you to OTK the opponent via a single  attack and it makes any attack boosting look bad... but what about you just use something called Minimum Guts... Ya know tribute 1 monster... opponents monsters goes down to 0... when destroyed they take the difference between original and current... hmm OH... so you would use Machu-Mach... so Minimum Guts any monster with 1900 or more ATK... their monster now has 0 ATK... Machu-Mach effect... they take 1900 damage and Machu-Mach becomes 4300 ATK... run over the monster. for 4300... they take 1900 more... 1900+1900= 3800+4300=8100 trollol. Actually this card makes that Minimum Guts Grinder Golem OTK legal whoulda thunk it... drop a Machu-Mach and keep it alive for one turn... Grinder Golem their side... minimum guts 1 token to make the Golem 0... Machu Mach eff for 3000 damage... swing for 5400 over the Golem GG. Machu-Mach also likes when you use things like Shrink on an opponents monster... oh a BLS... Shrink it deal 1500 damage gain 1500 ATK and run it over for 2400... The best way to use this card is with Riryoku... Half their monster and give it to Machu-Mach... say that monster was a Dark Magician just for fun... 1250 goes to Machu-Mach Dark Magician goes to 1250... Machu-Mach effect... for the other 1250... 4900 ATK... and the opponent takes 1250... swing over Dark Magician for 3650... in the anime that'd be GG. This card just is fun and I like it very much to have thought about it this much.

NEXT CARD:
Super Dimensional Robo Galaxy Destroyer
LIGHT
Rank 10
Machine/Xyz/Effect

3x Level 10 Monster
Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing 1 Xyz Material from this card. Destroy all Magic and Trap Cards your opponent controls. Your opponent cannot activate the effects of Magic or Trap Cards in response to the activation of this effect.
5000/2000

REVIEW: Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha HA Ha HA HA... This makes Galaxy Queens Light not a terrible card I'm impressed... Queens Light Dragons sounds funny... REDMD... grab a Dragon... normal another Dragon... Galaxy Queens Light drop this beastion and only in TCG retain priority for its effect... the opponent must negate the summon of this card... trollol.... Oh they didn't... well thats the whole backrow... swing in for 5000... Or in Heiroglyphs if you don't want to make Gustaph... Atum for REDMD... Inferno Reckless Summon... use one REDMD to get back W/E you want with atleast 400 ATK... Overlay for Super Dimensional Robo Galaxy Destroyer!!!! Pop all backrow... Chaos Xyz Change the Atums into Gaia Dragoon.... 400+2600+5000= GG GG GG GG GG GG GG GG GG... Meaning Atums>REDMD>Atums>REDMD Banish 1 Atums for REDMD from hand muhahahahahaha... Chaos Xyz Change for Gaia Dragoon... revive w/e you want... Overlay for SUPER DIMENSIONAL ROBO GALAXY DESTROYER!!!!!! Pop all backrow... X+2600+5000 muhahahahahahahahhahaa best alternative OTK of all time and it doesn't require the TCG to ever get Gustaph MAX. Otherways to summon this are Meh at best but these ways are all hilarious and still competitive as I'm expecting this card to be very cheap when it hits stateside due to being nigh unsummonable lol. I love this card... drop it nuke Backrow... Limiter Removal swing for 10000 damage and chuckle like you have never chuckled before.

NEXT CARD:
Magical Hierophant Hairon
DARK
Rank 7
Spellcaster/Effect

2 Level 7 Spellcaster-Type monsters
Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to target Spell/Trap Cards your opponent controls, up to the number of "Book of Spell" Spell Cards in your Graveyard; destroy them.
2800/2600

REVIEW: Meh... wait why did I say Meh?!?!? Once this card hits field and gets its effect off safely you have won lol... Hairon nuke backrow like a boss... Necronomicon grab Junon nuke monster like a boss... Swing in for big damage... or better yet... Necronomicon for Dark Magician Girl> 2x Sages Stone for two Dark Magician>Dark Magic Attack swing in for 2500+2500+2000 opponent has 1000 left... overlay for Hairon just cuz you can... end turn... oh you tried to defend yourself again... Think AGAIN!!! Making this card is simple just any two Level 7 Spellcasters... now making this card useful isn't easy... I mean 2800 beater is amazing and all  but what do you do with it... if it was summoned safely you'd sure hit a backrow and swing in... but thats all... nothing truly amazing aside from Harpies Feather Duster for two turns. I'm still trying to break these Xyz monsters but this is one of the few actually on DN so I don't have much to work with right now so I'm focusing on him... but meh he doesn't need to be broken to be amazing...

NEXT CARD:
Gear-Gigant Cross
EARTH
Rank 4
Machine/Effect

2 x Level 4 Monster
Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing 1 Xyz Material from this card. Select 1 Level 4 or lower Machine-Type Monster in your Deck or Graveyard and add it to your hand. Also, when this card is removed from the field, you can select 1 Level 3 or lower "Geargia" Monster in your Graveyard and Special Summon it.
2300/1500

REVIEW: I've said enough about this card already... I've spent multiple posts just on this card... I dedicated two posts to OTKs with this card... I only OTKed once 8000>0... othertimes was close enough... best one ending with a field of two Gear-Gigant Cross and 1 Gigant Brilliant... 2600+2600+2100. The deck doesn't need such things though all it needs is to abuse Accel for explosive Xyz plays after grabbing a ton of advantage... Iron Call helps with those Xyz plays... Arsenal and Duality ensure the obtainable of Armor... so the review will focus on Cross here... He can grab any Level 4 or lower Machine in your Deck or Graveyard... WTF WTF WTF... I didn't notice the Graveyard part... He can grab dead Accels... meaning if you have no Accels left in deck grab them from the grave lol... So combo idea... if you have an Accel in hand Armor for Accel... special Accel make Cross... grab MK-II... MK-II for Accel Special Accel make Cross who grabs the 3rd Accel... who gets special summoned... Iron Call for Accel/Armor... Overlay for Utopia... 2300+2300+2500+1000... Iron Call makes us have free OTKs. If you had dead Accels from earlier in the duel you can still do it... just grab those from grave instead... Extension to combo with 1 Accel and 1 MK-II in hand... Flip Armor grab Accel... Special Accel make Gear-Gigant X... Search Accel... Normal MK-II Special Accel from grave... Special Accel from hand overlay for Gear-Gigant X... Grab Accel from Grave...  Special both Accel... Overlay for Utopia... 2300+2300+2500+1000... which just for having two searchable monsters in hand and 1 Armor on field is quite easy and amazing... Not to mention if it fails you still have a MK-II on field and you plused during the combo anyway.

NEXT CARD:
Alchemic Magician
DARK
Rank 4
Spellcaster/Xyz/Effect

3x Level 4 Spellcaster-Type Monster
This card gains 200 ATK for each Magic Card in your Graveyard. Also, once during your End Phase, you can activate this effect by removing 1 Xyz Material from this card and sending 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard. Select 1 Magic Card in your Deck, and set it in your Magic & Trap Card Zone.
1500/1500

REVIEW: Amazing art I love this card already and I want a binder page of them... making this card isn't hard so meh... Summoner Monk>Summoner Monk>Level 4 Spellcaster... and in the process you pitched two spells putting her automatically at 1900... you probably played other spells that duel too... such as Grimoire Book of Spells and generic things like MST so she comes out with say 2500... End turn... detach and discard 1... set 1 Spell from your deck... greatness... next turn Monster Reborn for W/e you discarded boosting her further... if the opponent MST's oh well. regardless I really like this card... I probably won't use it though as its effect though great shouldn't be so nerfed... Spellcasters deserve the boost... it shouldn't have the discard cost as to make it you minus enough already... it should also say during your opponents End Phase that way it must actually survive the turn and it makes it slightly harder to ruin your dreams...

NEXT CARD:
Giant God of the Silver Summit
EARTH
Rank 3
Rock/Xyz/Effect

2 x Level 3 EARTH Monster.
Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing 1 Xyz Material from this card, and selecting 1 set card in your opponent's Magic & Trap Cards Zone. While this card is face-up on the field, the selected card(s) cannot be activated. If this card with Xyz Material(s) destroys an opponent's Monster by battle, you can select 1 EARTH Monster in your Graveyard and Special Summon it into face-up Defense Position.
1800/2200

REVIEW: I've reviewed this a few times in the past few days on accident while reviewing other cards... So I don't have much more to say... I mean Madolce Mille-Feuilla>Madolce Meeple>This Beast>Run over the newly Defensed monster grab back Meeple or w/e else EARTH is in your graveyard like a boss... yes you can even grab Three Thousand Needles which is a genius idea... though I'd just grab a Koa'ki Meiru every time and troll... or even a Uniforia to grab the Three Thousand Needles lol... good card is good... Final Attack Orders I wonder if that'd allow me to get to attack with the summoned EARTH monster. Also the effect to stop any backrow while its on field is nice especially if it goes unnegated then you are definitely sure they can't stop your swing. This card also works nicely with Xyz Reborn... revive it and run over something... because it has a Material it gets its effect. EARTH is coming along nicely right now. Madolce Majoleine+Mille-Feuilla+Meeple as an Engine of sorts sounds nice... Puddincess to piss people off cool... the plan is to fill the grave though so meh I don't know I'll try anything but I really want to murder someone with these cards so badly.

NEXT CARD:
Fairy King Alverd
EARTH
Rank 4
Plant/Xyz/Effect

2x Level 4 EARTH Monster
Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing 1 Xyz Material from this card. All Non-EARTH Monster on the field lose 500 ATK and DEF.
2300/1400

REVIEW: Fairy King Oberon's elder brother who gives 0 fucks about the naked fairy bitches. He also has awesome art and just looks like a Badass. His effect is cool too... He can once per turn reduce all non-EARTH monsters to killable levels for Madolce lol... Chateau plus him means your Madolce monsters can kill stuff for real... his own effect allows him to run over any 2700 or less monster that isn't EARTH. if you cheat out two of him you can kill a BLS in battle... he also tends to like Xyz Reborn... make him make them all weak... oooh hes a plant... lonefire tributes itself for Fairy King Oberon... go my BEAST!!! Alverd can now mow down any monster that stands in his way. if only Oberon was EARTH too then it'd be a perfect combo. Still really good support for Earth so I like it...

FINAL CARD:
Sword Breaker
EARTH
Rank 6

2x Level 6 Monster
Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing 1 Xyz Material from this card and declaring 1 Monster-Type. If this card battles with a Monster of the declared Type, skip Damage Calculation and destroy that monster immediately
2700/1000

REVIEW: Catastor for types in Xyz form with 500 more ATK... essentially you would pick whatever type is dominant in the opponents deck... playing against Dino Rabbit... call Dragon troll lol... playing against Dragon call Machine lol Gustaph as Gaia Dragoon is 100 too weak to beat this... and doubtful they would have a REDMD to put out... also Super Dimensional Robo Galaxy Destroyer is Machine too lol... It's a fun monster and I'd run it as a side board in something like Hieratics for specific match-ups like Six Samurai or Blackwings where things are a single type for the most part. Card is good though and its art is hilarious... he just runs so many weapons... I'm like damn he even has ammo and rockets to go along with his pikes, swords, maces, katana, shuriken, axes, crescent moon pikes, Grenades, bandolier of ammo, drills, spikes, etc,etc,etc... if someone names off every single weapon he is carrying i'd be greatful.

Anyway I'm done with review for the day... tomorrow I'll review the first 10 Spell Cards... that'll be quick lol. Sorry for the long post and good night or good morning or good afternoon (I have no idea where you live) well anyway Good night.























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