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New Yugioh Booster Pack: Absolute Powerforce

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

In a few weeks, the new Absolute Powerforce, Yugioh booster pack is being released. I think this booster pack will be even more spectacular then Stardust Overdrive because it marks the release of Majestic Red Dragon, Jack Atlas’ ace monster. Absolute Powerforce also features cards from Goodwin, Misty, Kiryu, as well as Carly. However, there two cards I am particularly excited about.

The Sun Dragon Inti and the Moonlight Dragon Quilla will be two awesome monsters to duel with. While they are some what difficult to summon, each one has an ability that resurrects one another from the graveyard. Their other effects are awesome too. When a monster destroys Sun Dragon Inti, the attacking monster will be destroyed and the controller loses half the monster’s attack points. That means your foe will lose at least 1500 life points. When Moonlight Dragon Quilla is attacked, you gain half the attacking monster’s attack points. That too, is at least 1500 life points. These two monsters could cause havoc on the field if they were played in the same duel.

The Absolute Powerforce is really just a continuation of Stardust Overdrive. It has similar card, similar season of Yugioh 5Ds, and there aren’t cards from new characters. However, there are some benefits of buying the Absolute Powerforce booster pack instead of Stardust Overdrive.

1. You can get Sun Dragon Inti, Moonlight Dragon Quilla, and the monsters required to play them  are in the pack.

2. Majestic Red Dragon (which I think is superior to Majestic Star Dragon) is available.

3. New tuners and a new addition to Yussei’s junk fighters, Drill Warrior, is available.

So it really doesn’t matter what pack you buy. Either way you have chosen a great booster pack.

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Opening Retro Pack 2: A Strong Yugioh Booster Pack

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Yesterday, while my parents and I went to Target, I decided to buy a Yugioh booster pack. Although, it wasn’t any Yugioh booster pack, it was the Retro Pack 2 booster pack, a pack filled with “Old School” cards. I wouldn’t say the cards I got were amazing, but they were pretty rare. Though it wasn’t the most valuable, my favorite find was three of the F, I, N, A, L cards; N, A, and L.

Two really good cards I got from Retro Pack 2 were Hino Kagu Tsuchi and Thousand Eyes Restrict, both ultra rare. Okay, I was hoping were something grander, like a Mage Power, but I realized that these two monsters were actually pretty powerful. Hino Kagu Tsuchi is a level eight spirit monster, which is the only catch to his power. When he inflicts damage to your opponent, your foe discards all cards from their hand during the next draw phase. This is almost as good as Yata Garasu! Instead of locking your foe down though, your making him/her waste all their cards, which is easier to do, due to the fact that Hino Kagu Tsuchi has 2800 attack points!

The other extremely rare card I gained from buying the Retro Pack 2 Yugioh booster pack was Thousand Eyes Restrict. Yes he is a fusion monster but I have the cards to play him (Relinquished - with ritual card, Thousand Eyes Idol, and Polymerization/Future Fusion). When it’s played, other monsters cannot attack or switch their battle positions. Like Relinquished, he can be equipped with one monster from your foe’s side of the field, stealing its attack and defense points. If Thousand Eyes Restrict were to be destroyed, the equipped monster would be destroyed instead. Thousand Eyes Restrict has a great ability because he could steal the attack and defense points of a strong monster and destroy all of your foe’s monsters, but thanks to its ability, your foe wouldn’t be able to overcome Restrict with battle.

Though some would say I got crappy cards, the cards I got from the Yugioh booster pack, Retro Pack 2, were very rare and valuable. Hino Kagu Tsuchi would be great to have in many decks, while Restrict would be perfect in every deck if, the user has Polymerization, Relinquished/Ritual Spell, and Thousand Eyes Idol. These cards are just a small fraction of the true power of the Retro Pack 2, Yugioh booster pack.

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A Strong Classic - Yugiog Retro Pack 2

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Last year, Yugioh Retro Pack 1 was released, and was a very popular hit to the TCG. Very recently, Retro Pack 2 was released and is becoming an even more popular pack than its predessecor. Though it is filled with cards you can get from old booster packs, Retro Pack 2 is an extremely strong booster pack. It has all the great “oldy” cards from the early episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh. It has Blast Sphere, Cloning, Raigeki, and the pieces of Exodia. However, the cards from Retro Pack 2 are much more modern and more rare.

Retro Pack 2 has cards that were showed during the end of the Duelist Kingdom Arc to the end of the Battle City Arc. Personally, I think the cards from Retro Pack 2 are much more stronger for you have monsters like Archfiend of Glifer and Revival Jam. One of the cards from Retro Pack 2 which caught my attention was Gorz, Emissary of Darkness. I assumed that card to be much recent so I explored the card list even further. I found that Retro Pack 2 was the booster pack debut for Victory Dragon, Dreadsycthe Harvester, and Green Baboon Defender of the Forest. These were monsters you can only recieve as a Shonen Jump Protional. Those monsters are worth a lot in the internet as well.

The best thing about Retro Pack 2 is that it has cards that everyone is looking for. Jinzo, Injection Fairy Lily, and Ring of Destruction, ect… Retro Pack 2 also has the first ever secret rare Blue Eyes Shining Dragon. Because all of the cards in Retro Pack 2 are exceptionally rare  in a deck, I would recommend this pack over Retro Pack 1.

Yu-Gi-Oh Retro Pack 2

Yu-Gi-Oh Retro Pack 2

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Ancient Prophecy Sneak Peak

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

The latest Yu-Gi-Oh TCG booster pack, Ancient Prophecy, is set to be released in the first of September. The Ancient Prophecy booster reveals a new type of dueling with its mainstream card, Ancient Fairy Dragon. As many already know, Ancient Fairy Dragon is the fourth of the five legendary dragons. With a card like that Ancient Prophecy is guarnteed to be a hit, or is it?

An exceptional booster pack, which Ancient Prophecy is anticipated to be, usually as a card theme. For example, Elemental Energy was a debut pack for many Elemental Heroes, and it was the first pack that introduced Jaden Yuki’s type of play. Ancient Prophecy however, has a mixture of cards that do not relate at all to Luna’s style of play, and has hardly any fairy monsters. This pack is pretty much a continuation of the Raging Battle Booster Pack, it has more Earthbound Gods, more Koa’ki Meirus, and more Blackwings. This might be a result of the Ancient Prophecy being released in the climax of the whole Dark Signer series.

If you love fairy monsters, do not buy this pack. It has nothing to do with fairy’s at all,  and there aren’t any support cards for Ancient Fairy Dragon. However, this isn’t a horrible pack either. If you like to collect rare cards, this pack has a lot of them. Plus there are many different variety of archetypes. Still, this pack is very un-structured and is in a no way a “great” booster pack.

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The Three Most Deadly Yugioh Spells

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

I’ve written a couple of posts about trap cards, a lot of posts about monsters, now it is time to give spell card fans my top three list of the most deadly spell cards I’ve seen! Making this list wasn’t easy. I looked up several spell cards I thought were good on the internet and saw what others thought of them. From there, I concluded my list. Here it is:

3. Raigeki

Though its effect is short and simple. Raigeki is the one deadliest and simplest spell card in Yu-Gi-Oh. When it is activated, it can destroy all monsters on your foe’s side of the field. This is especially helpful when your opponent has crazy strong monsters and the only you have for a defense is one weak monster. Because Raigeki is probably the most effecient spell in the game, it was banned for tournament usage

Yu-Gi-Oh Raigeki

2. United We Stand

United We Stand is the most effective and efficient, offensive equip-spell in Yugioh. Why, because it raises one of your monster’s attack by 800 for every monster you have on your side of the field, (including the equipped monster). This spell can change a battle between a strong monster and a weak monster fast. United We Stand also came up the most as the best the spell card ever in the forums I searched up in. However, you can only have one United We Stand in your deck, but other than that, this card does not have any catches!

Yu-Gi-Oh United We Stand

1. Wave Motion Cannon

After reading the description of United We Stand, I’m sure many of you are thinking, “What spell can be better than this one?” Well, many would argue Mage Power, but I say the best spell card in Yugioh is Wave Motion Cannon. Wave Motion is a very destructive card, when you play the card it doesn’t do anything. However, the card is triggered when you remove it from your field. For each standby phase that passed before you removed it from play, your foe loses 1000 life points! 1000, not a 100, not 500, 1000! Even though it is this destructive, you can still have one Wave Motion Cannon in your deck! If you can protect Wave Motion Cannon until eight standby phases have passed, you win the duel!

Yu-Gi-Oh Wave Motion Cannon

Well, this is the list of my top three spells, if you disagree with any of these spells just tell me what card you would have put instead as a commment.

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Yugioh Special Editon Set: Alien Monsters

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Recently, I received a special edition, four new booster packs set. In the set, was also a secret rare Riryoku card. Though there were not many rare cards in the pack, they were very efficient. I got a Gladiator’s Assault, Power of the Duelist, Forcec of the Breaker, and Phantom of Darkness booster pack.

Many of the cards in the set were Neos cards. There was a Instant Neo Space, Contact Out, and Hero Counterattack, some of the great Neos spells and traps. However there were also types of cards I had never seen before, the Alien cards. The Alien cards revolved around the usage of Alien counters. For instance, Alien Grey’s effect you can place an Alien counter on your foe’s monster and use Brainwashing Beam to take control of that monster.

Another great Alien combo is with Alien Grey and Alien Mother. When your opponent has a strong monster on his/her side of the field, flip summon Alien Grey on to the field. With Alien Grey’s effect, you can put an A-Counter on one monster on your foe’s side of the field. When it is your turn, destroy the monster with the A-Counter with Alien Mother. Due to Alien Mother’s effect you can special summon the destroyed monster on to your side of the field. You then launch an attack barrage.

Though the cards were not so great, this booster pack taught me a lot of great fundamental techniques. There many great Alien combos I learned as well. This special edition proves that no matter how un-unique your cards might be, you can always do something positive with them.

Yu-Gi-Oh Alien Mother

Yu-Gi-Oh Alien Mother

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Yugioh Booster Pack: Crimson Crisis

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Hi readers, sorry I haven’t written for a while, got caught up on school work! Anyways this post is about the upcoming “Crimson Crisis” booster pack. Though I don’t really like the monsters of Yugioh 5Ds, it seems “Crimson Crisis” consists of new monsters called Assault Monsters. Assault Monsters are the new forms of strong Synchro Monsters.  I read their effects and their effects and stats are much better than their previous forms.

The two greatly waited new generation monsters are Red Archfiend/Assault Mode and Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode. Red Archfiend is back and better than ever! It has even stronger stats with 3500 attack and 2500 defense points. It also has a sweet effect! When it is destroyed all monsters besides the Archfiend are all destroyed! Think about it, your opponent has Scapegoat and Stray Lambs on their field, those tokens are all gone in one hit! Plus, when Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode is destroyed you get to special summon the original Red Dragon Archfiend!

Stardust Dragon/Buster Mode is in my opinion, the strongest in Yugioh 5Ds yet! Like the Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode, Stardust Dragon/A.M. also has improved stats. It has a whopping 3000 attack and 2500 defense. However it has a much more improved ability than its original form. It can negate all monster, spell, and trap effects by sacrificing itself. However, this time Buster Mode can destroy effects by chain as well. When Buster Mode is destroyed this way, it comes back to your side of the field, or you can choose to special summon the original Stardust Dragon.

“Crimson Crisis has one of the best looking cards, and its spoiler looks great so far! With the addition of the new generation monsters, 5Ds took another turn in dueling. The sneak peaks around the U.S. are on Feb. 28 and March.1. I would seriously consider buying this pack because it is the first time I’ve seen 5Ds look so, raw.

Red Archfiend Dragon/Assault Mode

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Black Rose Dragon, the Strongest Dragon Monster

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Recently, I opened the Black Rose Dragon tin deck at my friend’s birthday party. My friend and I were shocked at how many great cards were in their. The Black Rose Dragon Tin Deck revolved around plant. I also got to see the new beast of Yugioh 5Ds, Black Rose Dragon. There were many valuable cards in that tin. If any duelists want to make a plant deck, I recommend buying this tin first. It had great combos and great cards, including Black Rose Dragon. I saw another familiar monster in the tin. It was Resurrection Demon King Ha Des. R.D.K. Ha Des was similar to the original Ha Des. They both had the same attack and defense points, plus their images looked similar too. However this Ha Des had a better effect. The original Ha Des’ ability was that if he destroyed an effect monster, that monster’s effect was negated. Demon King Ha Des’ ability was the same except it worked with zombie monsters as well.

Black Rose Dragon

Black Rose Dragon

As great as the other cards were, I was pulled away by the star of the show, Black Rose Dragon. She had a great ability. When she is summoned, she can destroy all monsters on the field. Once per, you can discard one plant monster from your graveyard to switch one of your opponent’s monster’s to attack position. The funny thing is, it will have no attack points! This would be a start to a great combo. Synchro summon Black Rose Dragon and use her effect destroying all cards on the field including herself. Then use monster reborn to bring her back and then attack attack your foe directly. Next, play Stray Lambs and end your turn. However you must set some trap card(s) that in some prevent your opponent from playing a monster. Next, on your turn, sacrifice any amount of Stray Lamb tokens and play a strong monster. Attack with Black Rose D. and your tribute summoned monster to deal a great amount of damage. My conclusion is this; Black Rose Dragon tin is one of the best tins ever. The main reason, because it revolves around a certain type of monster, allowing you to make more combos, summon stronger monsters, and easily defeat your opponent.

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The Duelist Genesis

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

My first post will talk about a new, but popular Yugioh booster pack. It is the Duelist Genesis, the debut booster pack for Yugioh 5Ds. 5Ds cards do not require polymerization for fusion. Instead, 1 tuner monster and 1 non-tuner monster must be removed from play. This fusion sequence reminds of contact fusion, the special ability of the Elemental Hero Neos Cards.

A great card that can be obtained through the Duelist Genesis is Krebons. Krebons’ sweet effect allows him to negate any attack directed at him, but for 800 life points. You can escape this catch by activating Solemn Wishes. You can gain 500 life points for each card you draw. Then in your next turn, by playing a non-tuner monster, you can remove Krebons and the non-tuner to play a mighty synchro monster to finish off your opponent. This a strong combo.

You might think that the 5Ds cards are too simple. Many of their effects are not original at all but that is what makes the 5Ds cards good. Each card has an effect that creates a little combo with other 5Ds cards. Some more devastating than others. That is why I would recommend duelists to buy the Duelist Genesis and use its card combos to your advantage.

Positive: Good card combos, simple fusion sequence.

Negative: Easy to counter effects, many catches.

Pack Rating: 8.5/10

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