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Previously rated
SR01-EN040
Card info: Pinpoint Guard
Normal Trap
When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Target 1 Level 4 or lower monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it in Defense Position. It cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects this turn.
COMMON
SR01-EN039
Card info: By Order of the Emperor
Continuous Trap
When a monster effect is activated that activates when a monster is Normal Summoned: You can negate the activation, then the player whose effect activation was negated draws 1 card.
COMMON
SR01-EN038
Card info: The Monarchs Erupt
Continuous Trap
Activate this card only if you have no cards in your Extra Deck and control a Tribute Summoned monster. Negate the effects of all face-up monsters on the field, while those monsters are face-up on the field, except Tribute Summoned monsters'. During your End Phase, if you control no Tribute Summoned monsters, send this card to the Graveyard.
COMMON
SR01-EN037
Card info: The Monarchs Awaken
Normal Trap
If you have no cards in your Extra Deck: Target 1 face-up Tribute Summoned monster you control; its effects are negated, also it is unaffected by the effects of cards other than this card.
COMMON
SR01-EN036
Card info: Escalation of the Monarchs
Continuous Trap
Once per turn, during your opponent's Main Phase or your opponent's Battle Phase, you can: Immediately after this effect resolves, Tribute Summon 1 monster.
COMMON
SR01-EN035
Card info: The First Monarch
Continuous Trap
Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Fiend-Type/DARK/Level 6/ATK 1000/DEF 2400). (This card is also still a Trap Card.) If Summoned this way: You can discard 1 card, then declare 1 Attribute; this card becomes that Attribute, and can be treated as 2 Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a monster with the same Attribute as this card. If this card was Summoned this way, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except monsters with this card's Attribute.
COMMON
SR01-EN034

The Prime Monarch
Continuous Trap
Once per turn: You can target 2 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Crards in your Graveyard; shuffle them into the Deck, then draw 1 card. If this card is in your Graveyard: You can banish 1 other "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card from your Graveyard; Special Summon this card in Defense Position as a Normal Monster (Fairy-Type/LIGHT/
Level 5/ATK 1000/DEF 2400). (This card is NOT treated as a Trap Card.) You can only use this effect of "The Prime Monarch" once per turn.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: This card was apparently so lackluster that I didn't even realize it was new and even though it's not treated as a Trap Card, the best it can offer is to become a high DEF monster or recycle used up Monarch Spell/Trap Cards.
Previously rated
SR01-EN033
Card info: Soul Charge
Normal Spell
Target any number of monsters in your Graveyard; Special Summon them, and if you do, you lose 1000 LP for each monster Special Summoned by this effect. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Soul Charge" per turn.
COMMON
SR01-EN032
Card info: Dicephoon
Quick-Play Spell
Roll a six-sided die and apply the result.
● 2, 3, or 4: Destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field.
● 5: Destroy 2 Spell/Trap Cards on the field.
● 1 or 6: You take 1000 damage.
COMMON
SR01-EN031
Card info: Enemy Controller
Quick-Play Spell
Activate 1 of these effects.
● Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; change that target's battle position.
● Tribute 1 monster, then target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; take control of that target until the End Phase.
COMMON
SR01-EN030
Card info: Soul Exchange
Normal Spell
Target 1 monster your opponent controls; this turn, if you Tribute a monster, you must Tribute that monster, as if you controlled it. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this card.
COMMON
SR01-EN029
Card info: Tenacity of the Monarchs
Normal Spell
Reveal 1 monster in your hand with 2400 ATK & 1000 DEF, or 2800 ATK & 1000 DEF; add 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand, except "Tenacity of the Monarchs". You can only activate 1 "Tenacity of the Monarchs" per turn.
COMMON
SR01-EN028
Card info: Strike of the Monarchs
Quick-Play Spell
You can Tribute 1 face-up Level 5 or higher Normal Summoned/Set monster, then target 1 face-up card on the field; negate its effects, then draw 1 card. (The effects remain negated until the end of this turn.) During your Main Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard: You can banish this card, then declare 1 Attribute; all face-up monsters currently on the field become that Attribute until the end of this turn.
COMMON
SR01-EN027
Card info: The Monarchs Stormforth
Quick-Play Spell
Once during this turn, if you would Tribute a monster(s) for a Tribute Summon, you can Tribute 1 monster your opponent controls as if you controlled it. You can only activate 1 "The Monarchs Stormforth" per turn. During the turn you activate this card, you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck.
COMMON
SR01-EN026
Card info: Return of the Monarchs
Continuous Spell
You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck. When you Tribute Summon a monster: You can activate 1 of these effects;
● Add, from your Deck to your hand, 1 monster with 2400 ATK and 1000 DEF with a different name from that Tribute Summoned monster.
● Add, from your Deck to your hand, 1 monster with 2800 ATK and 1000 DEF with a different name from that Tribute Summoned monster.
The Tribute Summoned monster must be face-up on the field to activate and to resolve this effect. You can only use this effect of "Return of the Monarchs" once per turn.
COMMON
SR01-EN025
Card info: March of the Monarchs
Continuous Spell
Tribute Summoned monsters you control cannot be targeted by, or destroyed by, card effects. You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck.
COMMON
SR01-EN024
Domain of the True Monarchs
Field Spell
While you have no cards in your Extra Deck and you are the only player that controls a Tribute Summoned monster, your opponent cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck. If a Tribute Summoned monster you control attacks an opponent's monster, it gains 800 ATK during damage calculation only. Once per turn: You can reduce the Level of 1 monster with 2800 ATK and 1000 DEF in your hand by 2 until the end of this turn (even after they are Summoned/Set, and even if this card leaves the field).
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: This card relies on you not only being alone in having a Tribute Summoned monster but having no Extra Deck cards, leaving you to be that much more vulnerable when your opponent gets rid of your Tribute Summoned monster and then proceeds to Summon from their Extra Deck.
SR01-EN023
Pantheism of the Monarchs
Normal Spell
Send 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card from your hand to the Graveyard; draw 2 cards. You can banish this card from your Graveyard; reveal 3 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Cards from your Deck, your opponent chooses 1 for you to add to your hand, and you shuffle the rest back into your Deck. You can only use this effect of "Pantheism of the Monarchs" once per turn.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: That Monarch Spell/Trap you discard can even be another copy of itself and so could any that you pick up to add to your hand but your hand must not be all that good if you're using this.
Previously rated
SR01-EN022
Card info: Rainbow Kuriboh
LIGHT / Fiend / Level 1 / ATK 100 / DEF 100
You can only use each effect of "Rainbow Kuriboh" once per turn.
● When an opponent's monster declares an attack: You can target that attacking monster; equip this card from your hand to that monster. It cannot attack.
● When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack while this card is in your Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field.
COMMON
SR01-EN021
Card info: Battle Fader
DARK / Fiend / Level 1 / ATK 0 / DEF 0
When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then end the Battle Phase. If Summoned this way, banish it when it leaves the field.
COMMON
SR01-EN020
Card info: Level Eater
DARK / Insect / Level 1 / ATK 600 / DEF 0
If this card is in the Graveyard: You can target 1 Level 5 or higher monster you control; reduce its Level by 1, and if you do, Special Summon this card. This face-up card on the field cannot be Tributed, except for a Tribute Summon.
COMMON
SR01-EN019
Card info: Mathematician
EARTH / Spellcaster / Level 3 / ATK 1500 / DEF 500
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can send 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your Deck to the Graveyard. When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You can draw 1 card.
COMMON
SR01-EN018
Card info: Dandylion
EARTH / Plant / Level 3 / ATK 300 / DEF 300
If this card is sent to the Graveyard: Special Summon 2 "Fluff Tokens" (Plant-Type/WIND/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) in Defense Position. These Tokens cannot be Tributed for a Tribute Summon during the turn they are Special Summoned.
COMMON
SR01-EN017
Card info: Tragoedia
DARK / Fiend / Level 10 / ATK ? / DEF ?
When you take battle damage: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. This card gains 600 ATK and DEF for each card in your hand. Once per turn: You can send 1 monster from your hand to the Graveyard, then target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls with the same Level the sent monster had in the hand; take control of that face-up monster. Once per turn: You can target 1 monster in your Graveyard; this card's Level becomes the same as that target's, until the end of this turn.
COMMON
SR01-EN016
Card info: Illusory Snatcher
DARK / Fiend / Level 7 / ATK 2400 / DEF 1000
When you Tribute Summon a monster: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, the Type, Attribute, and Level of this card become the same as that face-up Tribute Summoned monster.
COMMON
SR01-EN015
Garum the Storm Vassal
WIND / Winged Beast / Level 3 / ATK 800 / DEF 1000
You can return 1 Tribute Summoned monster you control to the hand; Special Summon this card from your hand, also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn. If this card is Tributed for a Tribute Summon: You can add 1 monster with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF from your Deck to your hand, except "Garum the Storm Vassal". You can only use each effect of "Garum the Storm Vassal" once per turn.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: I see. So they're trying to mimic their big daddys' effects well it's not going to make themselves any more playable than the original, especially in this case.
SR01-EN014
Berlineth the Firestorm Vassal
FIRE / Pyro / Level 3 / ATK 800 / DEF 1000
You can discard 1 card; Special Summon this card from your hand, also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn. If this card is Tributed for a Tribute Summon: You can look at your opponent's hand and banish 1 card from their hand until the End Phase. You can only use each effect of "Berlineth the Firestorm Vassal" once per turn.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: You can at least Special Summon it by its effect for a small fee, which will then let you Tribute Summon but it's still not great overall.
Previously rated
SR01-EN013
Card info: Escher the Frost Vassal
WATER / Aqua / Level 4 / ATK 800 / DEF 1000
If your opponent controls 2 or more cards in their Spell & Trap Zones, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand).
COMMON
SR01-EN012
Landrobe the Rock Vassal
EARTH / Rock / Level 4 / ATK 800 / DEF 1000
If this card is in your hand: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, also Special Summon this card, and if you do, change that monster to face-down Defense Position. If this card is Tributed for a Tribute Summon: You can target 1 monster with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF in your Graveyard, except "Landrobe the Rock Vassal"; add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Landrobe the Rock Vassal" once per turn.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Having the opponent's monster face-down is certainly not going to do you much good unless you've got Nobleman of Crossout handy but that's also why we have Book of Moon.
SR01-EN011
Mithra the Thunder Vassal
LIGHT / Thunder / Level 2 / ATK 800 / DEF 1000
If this card is in your hand: You can activate this effect; you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, also Special Summon this card, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Vassal Token" (Thunder-Type/LIGHT/
Level 1 /ATK 800/DEF 1000) to your opponent's side of the field in Defense Position. If this card is Tributed for a Tribute Summon: You can activate this effect; you can Tribute Summon 1 monster during your Main Phase this turn, in addition to your Normal Summon/Set this turn. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) You can only use each effect of "Mithra the Thunder Vassal" once per turn.
COMMON
Rating: 3
Comments: Double Summon as a Monster Card and it's an Honest target so you have quite a bit of reasoning to run this.
SR01-EN010
Lucius the Shadow Vassal
DARK / Fiend / Level 1 / ATK 800 / DEF 1000
You can banish 1 Level 5 or higher monster from your Graveyard; Special Summon this card from your hand, also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn. If this card is Tributed for a Tribute Summon: You can look at all Set cards your opponent controls. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to this effect's activation. You can only use each effect of "Lucius the Shadow Vassal" once per turn.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: I'd rarely consider banishing a high-level monster from your Graveyard worthwhile and certainly not when they're as bad as this.
Previously rated
SR01-EN009
Card info: Raiza the Storm Monarch
WIND / Winged Beast / Level 6 / ATK 2400 / DEF 1000
If this card is Tribute Summoned: Target 1 card on the field; place that target on the top of the Deck.
COMMON
SR01-EN008
Card info: Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch
FIRE / Pyro / Level 6 / ATK 2400 / DEF 1000
If this card is Tribute Summoned: Discard 1 random card from your opponent's hand, then, if it was a Monster Card, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original Level x 100.
COMMON
SR01-EN007
Card info: Mobius the Frost Monarch
WATER / Aqua / Level 6 / ATK 2400 / DEF 1000
If this card is Tribute Summoned: You can target up to 2 Spell/Trap Cards on the field; destroy those targets.
COMMON
SR01-EN006
Card info: Granmarg the Rock Monarch
EARTH / Rock / Level 6 / ATK 2400 / DEF 1000
If this card is Tribute Summoned: Target 1 Set card on the field; destroy that target.
COMMON
SR01-EN005
Card info: Zaborg the Thunder Monarch
LIGHT / Thunder / Level 5 / ATK 2400 / DEF 1000
If this card is Tribute Summoned: Target 1 monster on the field; destroy that target.
COMMON
SR01-EN004
Card info: Caius the Shadow Monarch
DARK / Fiend / Level 6 / ATK 2400 / DEF 1000
If this card is Tribute Summoned: Target 1 card on the field; banish that target, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent if it is a DARK monster.
COMMON
SR01-EN003
Edea the Heavenly Squire
LIGHT / Warrior / Level 1 / ATK 800 / DEF 1000
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 monster with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF from your Deck in Defense Position, except "Edea the Heavenly Squire", also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 of your banished "Monarch" Spell/Trap Cards; add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Edea the Heavenly Squire" once per turn.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 1
Comments: No aiding in Tribute Summoning for this guy so no extra star for her either.
SR01-EN002

Eidos the Underworld Squire
DARK / Spellcaster / Level 2 / ATK 800 / DEF 1000
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: During your Main Phase this turn, you can Tribute Summon 1 monster, in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) You can banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 monster with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF in your Graveyard, except "Eidos the Underworld Squire"; Special Summon it in Defense Position, also you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn. You can only use this effect of "Eidos the Underworld Squire" once per turn.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: Not much you can do with this except apply its effect to get your stronger monster on the field and you cannot even get another copy of itself, which is lame because you won't be Tribute Summoning again that turn anyway.
SR01-EN001

Erebus the Underworld Monarch
DARK / Zombie / Level 8 / ATK 2800 / DEF 1000
You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Tribute Summoned monster. If this card is Tribute Summoned: You can send 2 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Cards with different names from your hand and/or Deck to the Graveyard, and if you do, shuffle 1 card from your opponent's hand (at random), Graveyard, or their side of the field into the Deck. Once per turn, during either player's Main Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard: You can discard 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card, then target 1 monster in your Graveyard with 2400 or more ATK and 1000 DEF; add it to your hand.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: The counterpart to Ehther and not any better because while it could be used as a beatstick, you won't obtain any of its effects unless you Tribute Summon it.
SR01-EN000

Ehther the Heavenly Monarch
LIGHT / Fairy / Level 8 / ATK 2800 / DEF 1000
You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Tribute Summoned monster. If this card is Tribute Summoned: You can send 2 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Cards with different names from your hand and/or Deck to the Graveyard, and if you do, Special Summon 1 monster with 2400 or more ATK and 1000 DEF from your Deck, but return it to the hand during the End Phase. During your opponent's Main Phase, if this card is in your hand: You can banish 1 "Monarch" Spell/Trap Card from your Graveyard; immediately after this effect resolves, Tribute Summon this card (this is a Quick Effect).
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: It's obtain the effects of the Mega Monarchs without actually being one and can bring out another behemoth to join it but using your opponent's turn to Tribute Summon it by banishing a support card isn't all that good when you can do it during turn for less effort.