Saturday, July 14, 2012

Random Card of the Week [13]


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Now featuring...Final Psychic Ogre
Effect:If this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, you can pay 800 Life Points to select 1 Psychic-Type monster in your Graveyard, and add it to your hand.

Rulings
- Paying 800 Life Points is a cost.
- This effect targets the monster in your Graveyard.

Tips
"Foolish Burial" combos well with this card. 
- Return "Lifeforce Harmonizer" to reuse its effect.
- Use "Teleport" to summon this card without tributing a monster.

Trivia
- This card's effect is similar to "Armored Axon Kicker".

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Random Card of the Week [12]


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Now featuring... King Dragun
Your opponent cannot select any Dragon-Type monsters as thetarget(s) of Spell, Trap, or Monster Card effects. Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Dragon-Type monster from your hand.

Rulings
- The first effect of "King Dragun" is a Continuous Effect. The second effect of "King Dragun" is an Ignition Effect.
"Divine Wrath" is NOT a card that targets, so "Divine Wrath" may be used against Dragon-Type monsterswhile "King Dragun" or "Lord of D." is on the field.

Tips
- You can easily fusion summon this card with "Future Fusion", and even if "Future Fusion" get destroyed by your opponent card effect you can still bring it out by using "Dragon's Mirror" since you already sent the fusion material to the graveyard
- You can give this card near-immunity in a dragon deck with Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8Royal Decree and then finally Stardust Dragon and or Prime Material Dragon. All of which can be easily brought out in a dragon deck.
- The use of DNA Surgery would work well with this card, giving all of your monsters protection from your opponent's effects whether or not they were originally Dragon-types.
- If you control 2 "Golem Dragons" and this card, it creates a very effective lockdown.

Trivia
- In the Maltese language, "Dragun" means dragon.
- "King Dragun" is holding "The Flute of Summoning Dragon" in his right hand. According the anime, it appears to be his weapon.
- This card has a Xyz counterpart "Queen Dragun Djinn".

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Random Card of the Week [11]


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Now featuring...Vampire Lady
Effect: When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent: Declare 1card type (Monster, Spell or Trap); your opponent sends 1 card of that type from their Deck to the Graveyard.

Tips
- This card can be searched via "Pyramid Turtle".
- When using "Vampire Lady"'s effect, the safest bet is to get your opponent to discard Traps since they are the hardest to recover from the Graveyard. Monsters are almost never a good idea as many decks are designed to make use of cards in the Graveyard.
- This card works well with "Shadow Delver".

Trivia
- "Vampire Lady" has a counterpart, "Vampire Lord".
- This is the first card to have 1550 ATK and DEF.
- This monster is similar to the Lady Bats from Konami's Castlevania games.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Random Card of the Week [10]


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Now featuring... Cyber Ogre 2
Effect: "Cyber Ogre" + "Cyber Ogre"A Fusion Summon of this monster can only be conducted with the above Fusion Material Monsters. When this card attacks, it gainsATK equal to half the ATK of the attack target, during damage calculation only.

Tips
- An easy way to Special Summon this card is to use Cyber Ogre and The Earth - Hex-Sealed Fusionwhile they are both on the field.
- By activating Limiter Removal after the ATK gain effect, you will effectively gain more ATK than activating Limiter Removal before you attack.
- Use this card with  Metalmorph so it gains the ATK of the attacked monster.

Trivia
- This is Chancellor Sheppard's (from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Series) ace card.
- This card's attack boosting effect is similar to that of "Metalmorph".

(Cyber Orge)

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Random Card of the Week [9]


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Now featuring... Dust Lord Ash Gash
Effect: When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent: This card gains 1 Level (max. 12).

Rulings
- The effect of "Dust Lord Ash Gash" which increases its Level by 1 is a Trigger Effect which activates when it inflicts Battle Damage to the opponent's Life Points.
- If "Dust Lord Ash Gash" changes its own Level and is then affected by "Skill Drain", then "Dust Lord Ash Gash" returns its original Level of 4.

Tips
- Use "Secret Pass to the Treasures" to allow this card to attack directly and use its effect.
- This is useful for Synchro Summons and Xyz Summons.

Trivia
-This monster's face is similar to the face of "Mad Archfiend", which may not be a coincidence, as they are both used by Jack Atlas. They also share the same Level, Type and Attribute.
- This monster's face also bears a resemblance to Taokaka from Blazblue.

Random Card of the Week [8]


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Now featuring... Sauropod Brachion
Effect:You cannot Special Summon this card from your Deck. You canTribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Dinosaur-Type monster. Once per turn, you can change this card to face-down Defense Position. When this card is Flip Summoned, change all other monsters to face-down Defense Position. If your opponent attacksthis card, any Battle Damage they take is doubled.

Rulings
- "You cannot Special Summon this card" and "You can Tribute Summon this card by tributing 1Dinosaur-Type monster" are not effects.
- You can Tribute a face-down monster to Tribute Summon this card.

Tips
- Force your opponent's monsters to battle this card with "Battle Mania". They'll take an enormous amount of damage due to this card's damage-doubling effect and high original DEF. You can further increase the damage they take if you drop their monsters' ATK with "Fairy Box" or "Mirror Wall", and you can destroy their monsters if you use "Continuous Destruction Punch".
- If this card is in DEF, and it's the only monster on your side of the field, you can use this card,"All-Out Attacks", and "Nightmare Archfiends" or "Ojama Trio" for an OTK.
- Use "D2 Shield" to inflict further damage to your opponent.

Trivia
- This card's name is a pun on the words Sauropod and Brachiosaurus.
- This card's anime artwork features "Jurassic World".

Brachiosaurus

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Random Card of the Week [7]


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Now featuring... Roll Out!
Effect: Select 1 Union Monster in your Graveyard and equip it to an appropriate monster you control.

Rulings
- The effect of "Roll Out!" targets one Union Monster in your Graveyard.

Tips
- This is a great way to protect important monsters from being destroyed last minute by battle or by a card effect (depending on the Union Monster used).
  - One such use is equipping an "Oilman" with this cards effect to something like "Cyber Twin Dragon"in which a "Limiter Removal". This would allow you to attack twice, and draw 2 cards if you destroy 2 monsters in battle, and would protect the "Cyber Twin Dragon" from being destroyed at the End Phase.
- Very useful for VWXYZ deck.

Trivia
- The English name may be a reference to the Transformers  franchise; more specifically, the recurring Autobot phrase "Transform and roll out!"
- The monster shown on this card is "Perfect Machine King" equipped with "Heavy Mech Support Platform".

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Random Card of the Week [6]


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Now featuring... A Rival Appears!
Effect: Select 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. Special Summon1 monster from your hand that has the same Level as the selected monster.


Rulings
- For the effect of “A Rival Appears!”, refer to the levels of the monster on the field and the monster in the handat the time “A Rival Appears!” resolves (for purposes of “Cost Down”, “Level Conversion Lab”, “Mystical Space Typhoon” in a chain destroying “Demotion”, etc.)
- If the opponent’s monster is face-down or not on the field when “A Rival Appears!” resolves, then its effect disappears.
- If you do not have a monster of the same level as the target, you cannot activate “A Rival Appears!”


Tips
"Rare Metal Dragon" works great with this card.
- If you combo "A Rival Appears!" with "Shien's Spy", it acts as a double Summon. Plus, you get the monster used for "Shien's Spy" back during the End Phase.


Trivia
- The girl on the left of the card is "Ebon Magician Curran".
The girl on the right is "White Magician Pikeru".

(http://ricko-chett.deviantart.com/art/White-Pikeru-and-Ebon-Curran-273981943)

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Random Card of the Week [5]


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Now featuring... Black Salvo

Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned, you can select 1 Level 4DARK Machine-Type monster from your Graveyard, and Special Summon it in face-up Defense Position. Its effect(s) is negated.

Rulings
- When this card is successfully Normal Summoned, the effect is a Trigger Effect which activates.
- The effect targets one DARK/Machine monster in your Graveyard.
- When a monster like "Exiled Force" is Special Summoned by "Debris Dragon"/"Black Salvo"/etc, if you activate the effect of "Exiled Force", then the effect will still be negated since it activated on the field, even though "Exiled Force" is no longer on the field.
- When "Debris Dragon"/"Black Salvo"/"Doomkaiser Dragon/Assault Mode"/etc Special Summon a monster with an effect that activates in the Graveyard like "Sangan"/"Giant Rat"/"Mystic Tomato"/etc, then that effect is not negated. This is because "Debris Dragon etc only negate effects which activate or are applied on the field.

Tips
- If you are in a tough spot, you can Normal Summon this card and Synchro Summon "Black Rose Dragon" (http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Rose_Dragon).
- This card has plenty of targets in an Ally of Justice Deck 
(http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Ally_of_Justice).
- Other than the "Reactor" monsters (http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Reactor),
you can also use this to Special Summon DARK Machine-Type Monsters from your Deck after activating "Future Fusion" for "Chimeratech Overdragon". Examples include: "Cyberdark" monsters, "KA-2 Des Scissors", "Twin-Barrel Dragon", "Blast Sphere", "Cannon Soldier" or "Stealthroid".

Trivia
- This card's effect is similar to "Junk Synchron", "Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North" and "Alien Ammonite".
- This card looks similar to "Chain Chomp" from Mario Series.


Sunday, May 13, 2012

Random Card of the Week [4]

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Now featuring... Synchro Soldier
Effect: Once per turn, during your Main Phase 1, you can select 1 face-up Synchro Monster you control. Remove that face-up Synchro Monster you control from play and inflict 600 damage to your opponent. If you use this effect, during your next Standby Phase the removed from play monster returns to the field.

Rulings
- Removing the Synchro Monster is an effect that targets that monster, not a cost.
- Returning the removed from play Synchro Monster during your next Standby Phase is part of the Ignition Effect that inflicts damage

Tips
- You can remove from play "Majestic Star Dragon" or "Majestic Red Dragon", preventing them from returning to the extra deck and getting them back next turn.
- You can combine this card with "Meklord Emperor Granel", by Special Summon an a opponent´s Synchro Monster, and remove from play, then inflict damage to you opponent.
            during your next Standby Phase the Synchro Monster is Special Summoned to you opponent´s side field, and You can simply Re-Equip to "Meklord Emperor Granel".

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Random Card of the Week [3]


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Now featuring.... Batteryman Micro-Cell

Effect: FLIP: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Batteryman" monster from your Deck, except "Batteryman Micro-Cell". After this card has beenflipped face-up, when it is destroyed by battle and sent to theGraveyard, draw 1 card.

Rulings
If "Batteryman Micro-Cell" is flipped face-up with "Ceasefire", etc., you will still draw 1 card when it is destroyed in battle and sent to the Graveyard, but you won't be able to Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Batteryman" monster from your Deck since it's a Flip Effect.

Tips
 -If this card is attacked and flipped face-up, special summon "Batteryman D" because of its high DEF, to block more attacks.

-An incredible combo with this card is to flip it during your main phase and summon "Batteryman AA" (http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Batteryman_AA) from your deck. Then, activate "Inferno Reckless Summon" (http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Inferno_Reckless_Summon). This allows you to summon all AAs from your deck. So now you have three 3000 attackers, with just 2 cards-combo. And if you can clear your opponent's field (ex. with "Short Circuit" http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Short_Circuit), it's an OTK.

    -This card is effectively a +1.
      Trivia
      This card is based upon the "button cell" battery; commonly used in watches, calculators, laser pointers, etc.

      Tuesday, May 1, 2012

      Random Card of the Week [2]


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      Now featuring Photon Cerberus

      effect: During the turn this card was Normal Summoned, neither player can activate Trap Cards while this card is face-up on the field.

      Rulings
      - When this card is successfully Normal Summoned, its effect does not start a Chain Link.
      - While the effect is active, you can still activate the effect of Continuous Trap Cards.

      Tips 
      - Running this in a deck with few traps would be beneficial. Because it won't interrupt your steps.
      - Use Mist Valley Shaman, Mist Valley Thunder Lord, Genex Ally Birdman, Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, or Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier to bounce this card back and reuse for benefits.

      Trivia
      - This card is based on the mythical beast, Cerberus (more information about Cerberus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus), the guard hound of the underworld. Unlike the other "Cerberus" monsters, this card stays true to its namesake.
      - This card is a monster version of "Trap Stun".

      Tuesday, April 24, 2012

      Random Card of the Week [1]


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      Now featuring Diskblade Rider
      Effect: Once per turn, you can remove from play 1 Normal Trap Card from your Graveyard. This card gains 500 ATK until the End Phase of your opponent's turn.

      Rulings
      - Removing 1 Normal Trap Card from play is not a cost.
      - "Diskblade Rider's" effect targets 1 Normal Trap Card in your Graveyard.

      Tips
      - Use this card's effect to deplete traps in your graveyard allows you to use "Treacherous Trap Hole" (http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Treacherous_Trap_Hole) multiple times.


      Trivia
      - "Chaosrider Gustaph"(http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Chaosrider_Gustaph) is this cards counterpart that effect is based on Spell Cards.