Yu-Gi-Oh 2011 Part 2

Remember how I said that the way we see the game will be changing a lot this year? Well, with Generation Force announcements, it is becoming more and more clear that this is true. More people will have access to better cards and more decks that you did not expect to face against will be in front of you. The announcement of the GENF collector tins are evidence.

These tins, releasing on August 30th(2 days before the September banlist) only have 2 cards revealed for each, but it is already created a stir on the internet. Old news to some, but the tins both come with Super Rare Pot of Duality. The Leviathan tin comes with Dark Simorgh and the Zenmaister tin comes with Elemental HERO Gaia.
The tins are noted to have great cards at a great price, so we would hope that more cards will be reprinted as Super Rares. Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo? Archlord Kristya? Darklord Asmodeus? There is no way to know until the cards are revealed. Either way, more cards for more people equals out to more decks you as a player have to face. On the other hand, it also means more decks that you can build. Always wanted to try Bambooshoot control, Agents, Gravekeepers, Simorgh Ninjas, or HERO Beat? Even my Koaki's will get a competitive boost thanks to owning more Duality cards.


There is a lot more to look forward to in 2011 besides a Pot of Duality reprint. It is July, the start of the 2nd half of the year, and there is another reprint set to look forward to. That would be Turbo Pack 6. The North American National World Championship Qualifer is this weekend(I won't be there) which just about marks the end of this tournament season. Turbo pack 5 was fun for shiny cards moreso than needed reprints. Turbo pack 6 has the advantage of a great season with a great variety of cards to give rarity bumps. For super rares, there are cards like Spore, One for One, Scrap Beast, Future Fusion, Formula Synchron, and other goodies that could use rarity bumps. Formula Synchron could honestly get any form of rarity bump and make the set hot, hot, hot. The Ultra could be a number of things that are really popular right now. Giant Trunade has never been higher than Super Rare, and it is used in every deck. That could make it a prime choice for the Ultra Rare. As far as the Ultimate goes, I wouldn't mind seeing Ultimate Gorz, as nothing else really screams out at me except for Formula.

Well...one card does. It isn't available in the TCG yet, but it is tearing up the OCG with its 100% broken power.


Shooting Quasar is the epitome of ridiculousness in a single card. Previously seen as difficult to summon, you can make a Shooting Quasar with 2 cards minimum. Perhaps the most trouble free way to summon it is with 3 cards - TCG exclusive Reborn Tengu, Glow-Up Bulb, and a Level 1 monster on your side of the field. For those who don't know what a Shooting Quasar does, it is a synchro using 1 Synchro Tuner Monster and 2 Synchro Monsters.
A) It has 4000ATK and 4000DEF
B, C, D, E) It can Attack a minimum of 2 times per turn. (Up to the number of non tuner synchro monsters you used to make it.)
F, G, H, I, J-L) It can negate 1 Spell, Trap, or Monster effect activation per turn and destroy it.
M-Z) When it is removed from the field, you can Special Summon a Shooting Star Dragon from your Extra Deck.

The card is completely unreasonable, but in Japan, you can get it out of a cool Yugioh book. Here in the TCG, it is unconfirmed when or how we will access it. I am hoping that it is released in ONE way. As the new Championship card for the 2011 (GENF) Season. See what I mean by this year being a very important one? If it is released as a Championship card, it will blow all other Championship cards away in turns of playability. Dark End Dragon had its time when Blackwings were popular, but unless the September banlists makes some serious hits, then SQD will be the best prize card ever. Reborn Tengu alone makes the card more powerful in the TCG than in the OCG, and even with a possible limit on T.G. Hyper Librarian, the TCG can still make SQD without committing too many cards to its summon.

Tomorrow(hopefully) I'll talk about the September Banlist. I know we are only half way through July, but it is important to think about it if you can't finish off a deck by September 1st. See you guys tomorrow.