Nordic Beasts

In many many months, Konami will spring the next set upon us, Storm of Ragnarok (STOR). Of course it is a little silly to skip ahead so many months/packs, but Starstrike Blast just has nothing for me.

Storm of Ragnarok has a couple things going for it. One is the Meta-Destroying support Six Samurai are receiving. I'm sure a few people will quit YGO the moment the cards are released, but True Six Samurai suffer from the same problem the original Six Samurai do, mass destruction. Of course with My Body As A Shield or Starlight Road on the field, spamming 3-5 six samurais in 1 turn is game clinching. But without those 2 cards, decks that easily summon Black Rose Dragon (Or Demise in our case. Divine Armageddon!) destroys the player's advantage and makes it difficult for them to get their "tempo" back.

A few new themes get support, like Karakuri, Watts and Scraps. None of it is too defining, I think a lot of cards out now are powerful enough to make those 3 decks work. Blackwings also get a couple of new cards, most of which won't see any play.

The thing we ARE excited about are GOATS AND HORSES.

From left to right:
Tanngnjostr - When a monster you control is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. Once per turn, when this Defense Position card is changed to face-up Attack Position, you can Special Summon 1 "Nordic Beast" monster from your Deck, except "Tanngnjóstr of the Nordic Beasts".

Tanngrisnir - When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon 2 "Nordic Beast Tokens" (EARTH/Beast-Type/Level 3/ATK 0/DEF 0) in Defense Position.

Guldfaxe - If your opponent controls a Synchro Monster and you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.

This adds a 3rd Synchro engine to the beast lineup. We have Lockey, Scraps, and now Nordic Beasts. Obviously we won't use Guldfaxe for its effect, it will be just like Scrap beast and Airbellem, one of the main tuner targets of the deck. The 2 big cards are the goats Gnjostr and Grisnir. Grisnir gives you a better destruction effect that Nimble Momonga, and Gnjostr is the card that replaces Scrap Chimera, our synchro enabler. The best part is that both are searchable with MegaHamster and Giant Rat, unlike those scrap monsters. Of course, attack destruction effects are a tad slow nowadays, but the deck has to pack a bit of extra stun to keep your opponent at bay. Running triple Grisnirs means triple Super Rush Recklessly's may find their way back into the deck.

This is all barring the fact that we can use Thor in this deck, and Re-summon it from the grave twice.