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[Princess Ana]

OCG Banlist is here! And the changes...

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Not a single one

[Princess Ana]

Red Daemons Dragon Scar-Right / Red Dragon Archfiend Scar-Right
Dark Dragon / Synchro / Effect
LV8 3000/2500
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
(1) This card’s name becomes “Red Dragon Archfiend” while it is face-up or in the Graveyard. (2) Once per turn: You can destroy all Special Summoned monsters whose ATK is lower than or equal to this card’s ATK, except for this card. Then, inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each destroyed.

Assault Black Feather – Shuu no Raikiri / Assault Blackwing – Raikiri the Sudden Shower
Dark Winged Beast / Effect
LV7 2600/2000
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
(1) If this card was Synchro Summoned with a “Blackwing” monster, it becomes treated as a Tuner. (2) Once per turn: You can target a number of cards your opponent controls, up to the number of other “Blackwing” monsters you control; destroy them.

Highspeedroid Chanbarider / Hyperspeedroid Chanbarider
Level 5 WIND Machine-Type Synchro Effect Monster
ATK 2000
DEF 1000
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
You can only Special Summon “Hyperspeedroid Chanbarider(s)” once per turn.
(1) This card can make a second attack during each Battle Phase.
(2) At the beginning of the Damage Step if this card battles: This card gains 200 ATK.
(3) If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 of your banished “Speedroid” cards; add it to your hand.

Some more synchros. Nothing Dopple will probably be interested in, but, I think this is another good time for more Synchros.

[Doppleganger]

The level 5 did catch my eye because level 5 is the most common output for my Librarian loops. I really need a generic negator in that role (Beast, Shi-En) but an OTK tool is interesting. I'll have to practice with it when it comes out.

Librarian and Chan are 6800 damage. Almost worth Limiter Removal.

[Princess Ana]

It's actually 7000. ;)

[Doppleganger]

How?

[Princess Ana]

2400 + 2200 + 2400 = 7000

[Doppleganger]

Oh wow, huh?

[Princess Ana]

Checklist for Clash of Rebellion tells us that there are two Synchro Monsters lined up in the TCG slots.

Whether those are World Premieres or not remains to be seen.

[Doppleganger]

When's the new list announcement?

[Princess Ana]

CORE comes out August 7th.

The new banlist I believe is July 1st? I haven't checked actually.

[Princess Ana]

So the official site has no word on when the banlist ends, so I guess it all plays by ear. Hopefully its not like the OCG. x3

My latest abomination creation

[Princess Ana]

Speedroid Ohajikid
Wind Machine / Effect
LV3 1000/200
(1) When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 Tuner in either Graveyard; Special Summon it to your side of the field. Immediately after this effects resolves, Synchro Summon 1 WIND Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck by using only this card and that Special Summoned monster as materials.

If Speedroid were released before the era of XYZ they would be so good right now.

[Doppleganger]

It's a one card Stardust with Accel Synchron.

[Princess Ana]

It cal also summon Clear Wing Synchro Dragon and Great Old One Hastur. This card is basically only limited by the amount of WIND Synchro monsters it can summon but its extremely good imo.

[Princess Ana]

Have I mentioned how much i love Tatsunoko lately? I've been using it in my Gusto deck on a whim and its turned out to be lovely. Kamui makes it in one card, and Tatsunoko makes use of Griffins in hand because it'll activate Griffin.

Cute Gusto Combo
Needed: Kamui, Griffin (hand), Gulldo (Grave)
Step 1: Flip Summon Kamui, summoning Egul
Step 2: Synchro into Tatsunoko
Step 3: Synchro into Daigusto Gulldos with Griffin
Step 4: SS Pilica with Griffin
Step 5: Use Pilica to summon Gulldo
Step 6: Synchro into Sphreeze and add Gulldo to the hand
Step 7: NS Gulldo and Synchro into Stardust

Very nice little combo that results in a nice field. Stuff like Tatsunoko makes this happen ^.^ (Note: Tatsunoko is also good in any deck that has cards like Gusto Griffin. I seriously considered suggesting it to Concept for his Nimble Fish deck because it'll activate Nimble Angler.)

[Doppleganger]

I know, right?

Tatsunoko is insane, the only way it could be better is with synergistic typing/attribute. It's broken in Abyss Mermail too.

[Princess Ana]

Hand Synchro is one of those things that really is only kept in check by the fact that other forms of summoning such as XYZ and Fusion are arguably easier to do. Level 3 isn't the most intuitive level, even for Gusto, you have to run Kamui which isn't very popular to do.

Gusto Griffin is a card that I personally am sad about. It is such a good card, but feels almost alien in its archetype. Gusto has no way to proc him on their own. So outside support is necessary. Stuff like Mask Change II (which I ended up dropping as a deck once I realized that every single Gusto misses the timing like its their job), Sibyl (Yes, that is actually something I've done. It's not bad either) or Tempest / Lightning. I just wish we had a way to make Griffin better.

Oh speaking of Sibylla, have you seen Pot of Taboos Dopple? It seems like it was deliberately designed for Sibylla and its really fun having a quick-play Raigeki that also moonlights as Pot of Greed.

[Princess Ana]

DOPPLE

Enmaryuu Red Daemons Abyss / Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss
Level 9 DARK Dragon-Type Synchro Effect Monster
ATK 3200
DEF 2500
1 Tuner + 1 Dark Dragon-Type non-Tuner Synchro monster
The (1) and (2) effects of “Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss” can each only be used once per turn.
(1) During either player’s turn: You can target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; that card’s effect is negated until the end of the turn.
(2) When this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent: You can target 1 {Tuner?} in your Graveyard; Special Summon that monster in Defense.

EDIT: Also on a more humorous note I was playing Gustos and my opponent summoned Beelze against me. I just OTK'd him because of Beelze's ATK boosting effect. :>

[Doppleganger]

I have no idea how to summon Pot of Taboos consistently.

As for that Synchro, it's near impossible to summon. Supposedly it can negate Spells and Traps too, but I wouldn't know how to bring it out at a plus.

[Princess Ana]

Tarotray the Sibylla for Pot of Taboos

[Schadenfreude]

This game gets more and more confusing as times goes by. @_____@

Do we know when we're having our next tournament, by the way?

[phoopes]

Maybe after the current one ends.

(Yes it's partially my fault.)

[Kindrindra]

We're technically mid-tourney but everyone is being a coward and avoiding their appointed foes. Myself included.

[Princess Ana]

I am obligated to express my severe disapproval of all of you. Kin every moment you stall your inevitable demise the slower I'll make it for you.

:p

[Doppleganger]

I want to duel in the tournament. Haven't gone rated since I passed 1200.