Card Review - Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

DT08-JP042
Dragon of Ice Barrier - Trishula (氷結界の龍 トリシューラ)
Water/Dragon - Synchron/9/2700/2000
Tuner + 2 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card is successfully Synchron Summon, you can remove a card each from opponent's hand, field, and Graveyard from the game.

Well, this is the third dragon synchron in ice boundary series and this have highest attack of all. Well, lets see what so good about this card...

Art: 6/10

The is nothing special in this art......its just have the same background as Brionac...and it just plain...


Stat/Requirement: 8/10

Like Mist Wurm, this card is very easy to summon. It does not state that it need a particular tuner or non tuner to summon it. Though this card still cannot defeat Goyo Guardian. Still a 2700 atk beatstick not to be underestimate.

Effect: 8/10

Unlike the other two dragon (Brionac = Bounce, Gungnir = Destroy), this card lets you removed opponent card 1 each from their hand, field and graveyard. With this effect, you no need to afraid of stardust dragon(since if only removed) and it is better to removed opponent hand than discards to GY coz certain monster effect like Dandylion will activate thus leaving opponent an instant advantage.

Overall: 8/10

This card is one of the powerful card that konami ever made. Although the cost is kinda big and you might think that using 3 cards to removed 3 cards is nothing, you may have halt their combo while having 2700 beatstick.....and maybe because of that, you might win the game...

Card Review - Starlight Road

Starlight Road
Normal - Trap
Activate only when an effect was activated that destroys 2 or more cards you control. Negate that effect and destroy that card. Then, you can Special Summon 1 "Stardust Dragon" from your Extra Deck.

Hi guy, after a long time, I guess i should a card review.

Art: 9/10

The name and the art do make sense. A Stardust Dragon flying toward the road of light. Though its is kinda of plain but I really lie the art.

Stat/ Requirement: 8/10

This is a normal trap card (which obviously its does not have any stat) . The requirement to activate this card is quite simple and there is not cost to activate this card.

Effect: 8.5/10

The effect is simple, as long you have 2 or more card destroy, you negate it and special summon a stardust dragon. So, what is the benefit from using this card? This card give you a instant advantage when opponent use card effect like big storm. Not only you can protect your card, you also special summon 1 stardust which give you a +1 advantage.

Plus, there are many cards that destroy more than 2 cards these days. You can see by Blackwing (Icarus Attack), G.B (Gysarus), Lightsworn (Celestia and J.D), Big Storm, Mirror Force, etc...etc....

The only drawback for this card is opponent can easily destroy this card using effect that destroy one card only such as MST.

Overall: 9/10

Well, since Solemn Judgement has been limited by konami, this card might as well served as a substituted and getting a free stardust is not gonna hurt you. This card is a must in a trap base deck this current metagame.

P/S: just realised that I have 5 Satarlight Road now.............

Card Review - DT07-JP042 Naturia Landols.

DT07-JP042 Natural Landols
Earth/Rock/7/2350/1600/Synchron
1 EARTH Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner EARTH monsters.
While this card is face-up on the field, discard 1 Spell Card to negate the effect of an Effect Monster and destroy it.

My first review for this month. This time I go for 3rd Natural Synchron in duel terminal and maybe the last synchron of Natural monster.

Art:-

Ok, the art basically.......a turtle with a forest on its back act as a shield but Landols!??......does not makes any sense to me....

Like Natural Beast and Palkion, I don't like this art.....

Rating: 5/10

Stat and Requirement:-

This card is a level 7 synchron monster. Which means(again) level3+level4, 2+2+2+1, and.....(you get the point). But draw back here is you can only use earth tuner and non-tuner earth monster only which makes this card kinda hard to get out. As for the stat, an atk2350 kinda low for a level 7 monster and the def.....nah.

Rating: 5/10

Effect:-

The effect is easy, like the previous Natural (Beast=Negate Magic and Palkion= Negate Trap), this one negate effect. Well, this effect is little hard to coz you need to discard a hand(spell) card to acrivate its effect unlike the previous two.
Still, I guess while card on field still hurt your opponent too. With a cost a spell you can negate some of the powerful effect monster such as Judgement Dragon, DAD, and even Brionac.

Rating: 8/10

Overall: 8/10

Think that I overatted this card. Well, although this card is hard to summon but its has aa good effect inside especially the current metagame is using monster effect(lightsworn). Good effect comes with a greater cost(lets all just admit, konami is getting smarter, their will not makes something like goyo guardian, brionac, or DSR [easy to summon and have goos effect]) again.

Card Review – Charge of Light Brigade

Charge of Light Brigade
Normal - Magic
Send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the Graveyard. Add 1 Level 4 or lower "Lightsworn" monster from your Deck to your hand.

Wow, my second review during this week. No much work to do, decide to make a review on extra pack 2.

Art: 5/10

Don’t blame me for low score coz I just didn’t feel any special in this card. Maybe because it is rare instead of super (note: I kind of disappointed when this card released in rare while I expect it to be super like allure of darkness). Anyway, dogs (or a wolf?) charge though the light…………does not go with me.

Stat and Requirement: n/a

This is a normal magic card and there is no cost to activate it…

Effect: 8.5/10

Three word, easy and conveniences. This maybe one of the most powerful search engine card in yugioh history. It has no cost, except discard 3 cards to graveyard (Well, lightsworn do like to mill graveyard). Its let you search the card that you want and make your deck thinner.

Overall: 9/10

Overall, this card is crazy, this card make lightsworn deck to a whole new level. Getting the card that you want to use instead afraid it discard to the graveyard (due to most of lightsworn effect) is possible now. What to expect more?

Card Review – Guardian of Order

Guardian of Order
2500/1200/8/Warrior/Light
If you control 2 or more LIGHT monster, you can special summon this card from your hand. You can only control 1 "Guardian of Order".


After a long time of holiday, I think its time for me to write a card review.

Art: 8/10
To be honest, I really like the art. Its like a guardian is coming to protect me.

Stat and Requirement: 7/10

Well, this is a level 8 with 2500/1200 beatstick. Seriously, the stats is kinda a low for a 8 star monster and being 8-star means you need to tribute 2 monster to summon it. As for def……like I say before, who bother about low def…

Effect: 8/10

The effect is simple and divided into two parts. First, as long you have two light monster on the field, you can special summon it. Second, you can only have one Guardian on the field. Easy to understand and use.

Overall: 8.5/10

Well, this card is kind of another version of cyber dragon. The drawback is just konami do not want to you spam a bunch a guardian on the field and OTK opponent (note: we all knew that konami dislike duelist plays OTK deck). So, who care if its low stat if easily summon on the field especially lightsworn deck.

Card Review- CRMS-JP040 Dark Dive Bomber

CRMS-JP040 Dark Dive Bomber. Dark/Machine - Synchron/7/2600/1800 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters.You can Tribute 1 monster to inflict damage to your opponent equal to the Level of the Tributed monsters x 200.

My first review on year 2009.......... I am kinda a hurry today so I will make this short.

Art:

This card is modern mecha with heavily arms. As a diving bomber, I suppose its was going and destroy everything in his way. Btw, this card remind me of Transformer........

Rating: 7.5/10

Stat/Requirement:

This card level 7 synchron monster. Which means this card needs a level 4 + level 3, 4+1+2, or 6+1. Anyway, its is not that hard to summon a synchron monster this current metagame.

Effect:

The effect of this card is simple. Tribute 1 monster and opponent will take damage. So, what so good about this card. Well, this card is easilly to summon, its effect can be use many times (as long you have monster), and its can kill an opponent without entering battle phase.

When this card released, my friends say what so good about this card coz its only a canon soldier with higher atk only. This kind of thought is wrong and the current metagame has prove it. Tribute himself already damage more than 1/8 opponent life point. That 1 effect that you must not underestimate.

Rating: 9.5/10

Overall: 10/10

This card is 1 of the broken card that konami ever made. People always say this card is a friend of Brionac and I agreed of it. Combo with this card and brionac + card of safe return in synchron undead deck, you get infinite loop of combo. Result, finishing opponent without entering battle phase.

Card Review- DP08-JP011 Tuning Supporter

DP08-JP011 Tuning Supporter
LIGHT/Machine - Effect/1/100/300
If this card is used for a Synchro Summon, you can treat this card as a Level 2 monster. If this card is used for the Synchro Summon of a Synchro Monster and sent to the Graveyard, draw 1 card.

Nothing much to comment, lets start review now.

Art:
I cannot express anything from this card. For me, it like a wanderer warior(or maybe a chef) with frying pan acted as helmet...........the art does not look like somekind of supporter....

Anyway, this card is kinda cute by instant looking at it.

Rating: 7.5/10

Stat/Requirement:
This card is level 1 monster monster with 100atk and 300def. Being low stat means it can be searchable by sangan and can be use with limit rebirth. Being level 1 monster means its can use with Angel Lift or bait for Metamorphosis (stop being lame lah Karl, its ban for age adi lah....). Being light means you can abuse it honest.

Rating: 5/10

Effect:
This card can treat as level 2 monster when you want to synchro and after you synchro, you get to draw 1 card. So, wat so good about having to control the level and draw 1 card. Well, this card give you a slightly card advantage if you use it to synchro (means you gains no lose by using it) and this card can be abuse with machine duplication and pair with 1 tuner assume zombie carier, you can special summon any level of synchro monster and draw 3 card somemore!!!!

This card also can be use with Junk Synchro
Junk Synchron + Tuning Supporter + Machine Duplication
Junk Synchron + Tuning Supporter + Inferno Reckless Summoning

Since all its effect activate in graveyard, it will not effected by junk synchro drawback effect.

Rating: 8/10

Overall:8/10
You might thing that I overated this card that using 3 cards to get back 3 cards is nothing , but you cycled through 5 (2 from machine duplication and 3 form drawing) cards of your deck and you get a free monster on the field. Do not underestimate the man under the frying pan.

Card Review- VB011-JP001 Super Demonic Lord

VB011-JP001 Super Demonic Lord-Id
Dark/Demon/6/2200/800
When this card is destroyed and sent to Graveyard by effect of cards, special summon this card from Graveyard during Standby Phase of your next turn, and destroy all other monsters on your field. When this card is face-up on the field, you cannot Normal Summon, Reverse Summon, or Special Summon monster(s). Only 1 [Super Devil Lord - Id] can be face-up on your field at once.

Well, I found out that this blog is kinda dead so I decided to make a card review.

Art:
The name and the art of this card is somehow remind me of Super Saiya in Dragon Ball. The golden line all over his body and the red eye............as if your soul is eaten by him.

For some reason, I really like this art.

Rating: 9.8/10

Stat/Requirement:
This card is level 6 monster with 2200atk and 800def. Being a 1-trib monster makes this card easier to came out but with 2200 atk somehow this card is rather disappointing....not to mention this card has only 800 def.

Rating: 6.0/10

Effect:
Well, lets see how "super" is this demon. This card effect is spit into 4 parts:-

1st and 2nd parts effect: When this card is destroyed by card effect, special summon it on the field on your next standby phase, and destroyed all monster of your field except this card. Well, the 1st part very usefull since this card can be revived after this card is destroyed by card effect but the drawback is you need to destroyed all monster cards on your field (which make this card kinda useless) but you can always pair Phoenix God of Nepthyus.

3rd and 4th parts effect: The 3rd effect this card make people wonder why I want to put this card into my deck. You cannot normal summon, flip summon and special summon. WTH, which means I can only have this card on my field. The last part of the effect is to prevent a infinite summoning loop (Super Demonic Lord destroyed Super Demonic Lord and continue repeat since it still on standby phase).

Rating: 3.0/10

Overall: 4.5/10
This card I would say is a 1 of the worse card that valuble book ever released. After you summon this card, opponent use raigeki break or whatsoever card to destroyed it and what do you get? NOTHING but this card (not to mention this card destroy all monster when it special summon). For me, this card is better put in album than putting it in deck.

Card Review- DT03-JP032 Natural Beast

DT03-JP032 Natural Beast
EARTH/Beast - Synchro/5/2200/1700
EARTH Tuner + 1 or more EARTH Non-Tuner monster.
While this card is face-up on your field, by sending the top 2 cards from your deck to the Graveyard, negate the activation of a Magic Card and destroy it.

This is my first card review since I created my blog, yay!! So, lets stop type chickensht and start review.

Art:
Well, its seems that you can figure the name of card by looking on the art. It actually beast with roots of tree at its leg and it looks something like tiger. So, the roots of tree(natural) and it looks like tiger(beast) with green background. So, the name make sense by looking at the art.

Anyway, I don like the art coz its kinda weird mixing natural........ and beast(?)...it does not fit me.

Rating: 5.5/10

Stat/Requirement:
This card require a 1 Earth tuner monster + 1 non Earth tuner monster. Is this card hard to get it out, nope......not really. Since this card is 5-star monster, with the help of rescue cat and X-Saber Airbellun (use rescue cat effect, special summon X-Saber Airbellun and another earth beast monster and snychro summon). So, its is piece of cake to special summon it.

Lastly, the stat of this card, 2200/1700. Well, 2200 atk seem to be low for a level 5 monster (can't even beat a normal 1-trib monster[2400 atk]) and 1700 def.......why bother to defend anyway.....

Rating:6/10

Effect:
This is where the card review gets intresting...rite!!!!! The effect of this card should remind you of Black Horus Dragon LV8 since both of this card have similar effect. After you get this card out on field, with the cost of cards on top of your deck, you can negate effect.

Send 2 cards on top your deck, negate a activation of magic card. Does it really hurt you or making you lose card advantage? Nope. It does not tell you discard hand card nor released a card on the field or graveyard. You just only need to send card top of your deck.........thats all.

So, with this card on the field and as long you have cards in your deck, you don need to worries about opponent Big Storm, Fisure, and other destructive magic cards and you can halt those snychro combo....cough... urgent tuning (it gets quite popular these days)..cough...

I know that this current metagame is abusing certain effect monster like synchro undead. But you cannot denied the facts that every deck must have magic cards to support it.

Rating: 9/10

Overall: 8.5/10
Negate opponent magic cards at the same time does not lose card advantage. Not to mention how easy this card can be special summon. but the drawback is low stat but who care about stat. Brionac also low stat but still it can be abuse in anyway. So, low stat comes with great effect (hey, not everything is prefect). Try to pair this card with Royal Decree. What can you aspect more.