We got a new form of monster, the awesome toolbox known as Xyz.
We got new World Premiere cards from packs that are some of the most powerful and splashable cards in recent years.
We got a banlist that hit overly consistent strategies.
We got a format filled with powerful boss monsters that turn the tide of any duel.
Then of course, we got the best reprints any of us could have asked for. And those reprints aren't stopping either. Legendary Collection 2 was released this week and we have a new set of Holiday tins coming in November. If you thought you were done spending money, I think you will like what these have to offer.
The Legendary Collection is a huge opportunity for casual players and those competitive players who need to bling out their decks. The set is pretty large, so the rarity ratios are actually good in terms of card value. Not only that, but the high retail price of the binder should make some choice cards in the set very valuable to collectors. Before we get into those, there are lots of guaranteed cards in every binder that some of use have been itching to play.
Darklords - I've talked about these guys long ago and now people can actually try them in a deck. I am not a big fan of Edeh Arae, and Superbia has a very specific play style that I do not like. However, Asmodeus is one of my favorite monsters in the game. The classic Phantom Darkness style of Dark Attribute deck is very similar to how you can play Darklord Asmodeus. Since Asmo cannot be summoned from the graveyard, you have to play him from your hand or from the Banish zone. Luckily, Dark monsters have tons of Banish support, removing themselves from the game and summoning themselves at no cost. You can even go so far as to run 3 Gold Sarcophagus to remove Asmo from the game and summon him in the same turn with Miraculous Descent.
Sacred Beasts -
Uria, Lord of Searing Flames
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms
Casual Yugioh players have been aching to play these for a long time. You could get them from Collector's Tins, but these binders are a much better value. Competitive players can have fun making them work in the real world, such as with the new and improved Crystal Beacon deck or even splashing a Raviel into Crashbugs. The costs of Raviel seem a little unreasonable, but there are plenty of cards to spend on its special summon. Any combination of Crashbugs, Fires of Doomsday and Tour Guide with Sangan will let you summon the giant 4000 ATK beatstick. In this format, most monsters will actually stay on the field for at least one turn. All you really have to do is summon it without investing too many cards and it will usually pay for itself. You could even play the D-Boyz and have more tribute options.
Elemental HERO Great Tornado and Parallel World Fusion - These 2 have been out in Japan for a long time. Great Tornado fills the void of not running monsters like Catastor and Scrap Dragon. It is designed for getting over monsters with more than 3200 ATK. Though most decks won't summon anything that strong (except for Nordics) you still need to run 1 Tornado. We've all been in this situation: You are staring down a Stardust Dragon. You didn't draw very well; you have a Stratos in the Graveyard because of Solemn Warning and an Ice Edge in your hand alongside Miracle Fusion. You can't make Absolute Zero because Stardust will negate the destruction effect. Your only other option is Great Tornado with Miracle Synchro. You could even Super Poly your opponent's Stardust into a Great Tornado if you don't want to make Draco-Equeste. Once you use Miracle Synchro, Parallel World gives you ANOTHER play. Alongside Gemini Spark, Hero Blast and Super Poly, Parallel gives HEROs more options than ever before. Some even say that the Fusion Gate version of the deck is Superior to the TCG's "Light Hero Beat."
Dragonic Tactics With Alexandrite Dragon and Rescue Rabbit, Dragonic Tactics may actually become playable. What can you summon with Dragonic Tactics?
Clear Vice Dragon in Clear World Control
Dragunity Arma Lavaetinn for instant LADD shenanigans.
Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon
Tyrant Dragon to clear the field of low level monsters.
Besides the guaranteed cards, there are lots of fun reprints to dig out of your packs:
Secret Rare:
| Banisher of the Radiance Chimeratech Overdragon Cyber Dragon (alt. art) Cyber End Dragon Cyber End Dragon (alt.art) Cyber Twin Dragon Dandylion Dark End Dragon Darkness Destroyer Destiny Hero - Disk Commander Elemental Hero Avian (alt. art) Elemental Hero Neos Alius Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (alt. art) Elemental Hero Dark Neos Elemental Hero Flame Wingman Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer Elemental Hero Sparkman (alt. art) Evil Hero Malicious Edge Gallis the Star Beast Gladiator Beast Bestiari Gladiator Beast Darius Gladiator Beast Equeste Gladiator Beast Hoplomus Gladiator Beast Laquari Gladiator Beast Murmillo Gladiator Beast Secutor Great Shogun Shien Necro Gardna Neos Wiseman Phantom of Chaos Phantom Skyblaster Test Tiger Winged Kuriboh LV9 Yubel Yubel - Terror Incarnate Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare Destiny Draw Dimensional Fissure Fifth Hope Power Bond Skyscraper 2 - Hero City Super Polymerization Gladiator Beast War Chariot |
| Armityle the Chaos Phantom Aurkus, Lightsworn Druid Card Blocker Cyber Dragon Cyber Phoenix Cyber Valley Elemental Hero Chaos Neos Elemental Hero Divine Neos Elemental Hero Electrum Evil Hero Infernal Sniper Garoth, Lightsworn Warrior Gladiator Beast Lanista Gladiator Beast Octavius Hydrogeddon Ice Queen Jain, Lightsworn Paladin Kasha Light End Dragon Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner Proto-Cyber Dragon Rainbow Dragon Rainbow Dark Dragon Shutendoji Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes White Night Dragon Wulf, Lightsworn Beast Crystal Release Crystal Tree Dark Fusion Future Fusion Instant Fusion Magical Mallet Miracle Fusion The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh Defensive Tactics Dimensional Prison Kid Guard Macro Cosmos Mirror Gate |
| Card Ejector Clear Vice Dragon Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus D.D. Crow Darklord Desire Destiny End Dragoon Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude Destiny Hero - Dogma Destiny Hero - Dreadmaster Destiny Hero - Plasma Elemental Hero Aqua Neos Elemental Hero Darkbright Elemental Hero Grand Neos Elemental Hero Inferno Elemental Hero Magma Neos Elemental Hero Mudballman Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster Elemental Hero Tempest Elemental Hero Terra Firma Elemental Hero Woodsman Enishi, Shien's Chancellor Evil Hero Dark Gaia Evil Hero Inferno Wing Evil Hero Lightning Golem Evil Hero Malicious Fiend Evil Hero Wild Cyclone Gladiator Beast Heraklinos Rainbow Neos Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes Clear World Rare Value Hero Ring |
| Destiny Hero - Defender Elemental Hero Glow Neos Elemental Hero Knospe Elemental Hero Necroshade Elemental Hero Ocean Elemental Hero Poison Rose Elemental Hero Steam Healer Evil Hero Infernal Prodigy Bubble Shuffle Burst Return Crystal Abundance Crystal Beacon Crystal Blessing Crystal Promise Dark Calling Fake Hero Feather Shot Gladiator Beast's Respite Gladiator Proving Ground Gladiator's Return Grand Convergence HERO Flash!! Neo Space Over Destiny Overload Fusion Rose Bud D - Time Destiny Mirage Swiftstrike Armor Terra Firma Gravity |
| Card Trooper Chamberlain of the Six Samurai Cold Enchanter Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger D.D. Survivor Destiny Hero - Blade Master Destiny Hero - Captain Tenacious Destiny Hero - Dasher Destiny Hero - Departed Destiny Hero - Doom Lord Destiny Hero - Dread Servant Destiny Hero - Double Dude Destiny Hero - Dunker Destiny Hero - Fear Monger Destiny Hero - Malicious Elemental Hero Avian Elemental Hero Bladedge Elemental Hero Burstinatrix Elemental Hero Bubbleman Elemental Hero Captain Gold Elemental Hero Clayman Elemental Hero Flare Neos Elemental Hero Lady Heat Elemental Hero Marine Neos Elemental Hero Mariner Elemental Hero Necroid Shaman Elemental Hero Neos Elemental Hero Plasma Vice Elemental Hero Prisma Elemental Hero Sparkman Elemental Hero Storm Neos Elemental Hero Stratos Elemental Hero Heat Elemental Hero Thunder Giant Elemental Hero Voltic Elemental Hero Wildedge Elemental Hero Wildheart Elemental Hero Wild Wingman Evil Hero Infernal Gainer Gladiator Beast Andal Grandmaster of the Six Samurai Grave Squirmer Grinder Golem Hero Kid Ice Master Judgment Dragon Mezuki Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin Neo-Spacian Dark Panther Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab Neo-Spacian Glow Moss Neo-Spacian Grand Mole The Six Samurai - Irou The Six Samurai - Kamon The Six Samurai - Nisashi The Six Samurai - Yaichi The Six Samurai - Yariza The Six Samurai - Zanji Thunder King Rai-Oh Winged Kuriboh Winged Kuriboh LV10 Wroughtweiler Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins Clock Tower Prison Cunning of the Six Samurai Cyclone Blade Cyclone Boomerang D - Formation D - Spirit Dark City E - Emergency Call Fusion Recovery Gateway of the Six H - Heated Heart Hero's Bond Hero Heart Instant Neo Space Light of Redemption Hero Mask Neos Force O - Oversoul R - Righteous Justice Skyscraper Space Gift Spark Blaster System Down Transcendent Wings Venom Swamp Change of Hero - Reflector Ray Clay Charge Crystal Pair Crystal Raigeki D - Chain D - Counter D - Fortune D - Shield Destiny Signal Double-Edged Sword Technique Edge Hammer Elemental Recharge Feather Wind Hero Barrier Hero Blast Hero Counterattack Hero Signal Hero Spirit Miracle Kids Non-Fusion Area Offering to the Snake Deity Rainbow Gravity Rainbow Path Return of the Six Samurai Rise of the Snake Deity Success Probability 0% |
Now I know what you're thinking. Where's the Fossil Dyna? Those Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo was in Light of Destruction it did not make the cut for this reprint set. However it made it into something very, very good.
The Wave 2 Holiday Tins are just as awesome as the wave 1 tins Leviathan Dragon and Wind-up Zenmaister.
Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon
Tin Contents:
2 packs of Storm of Ragnarok
2 packs of Extreme Victory
1 pack of Generation Force
1 Secret Rare card: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon
1 Super Rare card: Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo
1 Super Rare card: Guardian Eatos
1 Super Rare card: Malefic Stardust Dragon
1 Super Rare card: Solemn Warning
Number 10: Illumiknight Collectible
Tin Contents:
2 packs of Storm of Ragnarok
2 packs of Extreme Victory
1 pack of Generation Force
1 Secret Rare card: Number 10: Illumiknight
1 Super Rare card: Ehren, Lightsworn Monk
1 Super Rare card: XX-Saber Darksoul
1 Super Rare card: The Tyrant Neptune
1 Super Rare card: Solemn Warning
As you see, each tin comes with 1 Super Rare Solemn Warning, matching the Super Rare Pot of Duality from the wave 1 tins. Lots of players still don't have Solemn Warning and this tones down the power creep you may be experiencing in your locals. After that, each one has powerhouse reprints to be excited for.
Galaxy-Eyes comes with that much needed Fossil Dyna, allowing use to side against some of the most popular decks. I have been waiting for Fossil Dyna to side into Koakis for a long, long time. Guardian Eatos is used in one of the most fun decks ever invented: Dimensional Eatos. It is a mixture of anti-meta and explosive power in the form of Dimensional Fissure and a Cherokee Princess(with wings). Finally, Malefic Stardust rounds out the tin for people who weren't willing to buy the movie packs. Malefic Stardust, for most competitive players, is a side deck option against Gravekeepers and Dragunities. You lose out of a possible 4000 ATK monster in Malefic Cyber End Dragon, but you gain 1-2 side deck spots(as you won't have to commit the original Cyber End Dragon into your build.
The Illumiknight Tin has to be my favorite with the Darksoul reprint. I have always wanted to play my own build for X Sabers, and now I finally can with this reprint. Any player can build Xsabers now while only requiring Hyunlei as an expensive card. For those who don't know, "X-tapirs" uses X-Saber Garsem and additional beast-themed effects to add variety to the deck. Alone, Garsem is a high ATK level 4 monster that most current decks can't Normal Summon and kill. Ehren makes up the other good slot in the tin. Originally a World Premiere card(TCG exclusive), Ehren is ually the best choice after Lyla and Ryko for milling.
After all of these awesome cards, we have Photon Shockwave on the horizon. I haven't done a booster pack review in a while, and that is because I didn't really connect with those new cards. Photon Shockwave has an awesome lineup prepared for us and deserves a look from everyone.
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