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Ancient Sanctuary (Page 2)

AST-039
Monster Gate
Normal Spell
Offer 1 monster on your side of the field as a Tribute. Pick up cards from your Deck until you pick up a monster that can be Normal Summoned, and Special Summon it. Send any other cards picked up to the Graveyard.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Another horrid card. Trust me, don't use it as it is not worth playing.
AST-038
Burst Stream of Destruction
Normal Spell
You can only activate this card when there is a face-up "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on your side of the field. Destroy all monsters on your opponent's side of the field. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" cannot attack during the turn you activate this card.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 4
Comments: Kaiba fans and BEWD decks should not leave this card out! Just have a Blue-Eyes out and say goodbye to your opponent's cards! Truly a nasty card to use.
AST-037

Enemy Controller
Quick-Play Spell

Select and activate 1 of the following effects:

● Change the Battle Position of 1 face-up monster on your opponent's side of the field.

● Offer 1 monster on your side of the field as a Tribute. Select 1 face-up monster on your opponent's side of the field. Take control of the selected card until the End Phase of the turn this card is activated.

ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: There's no reason to tribute 1 of your Monsters to take control of 1 of your opponent's when Change of Heart lets you take control of an opponent's Monster free of charge so use it instead.
AST-036
Mystik Wok
Quick-Play Spell
Offer 1 monster on your side of the field as a Tribute. Select the ATK or DEF of the Tributed monster, and increase your Life Points by the same amount.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Tributing a Monster just to increase your lifepoints is just horrible especially if you're low on lifepoints, which you'd tribute a powerful Monster. Use Draining Shield or EJ.
AST-035
Opti-Camouflage Armor
Equip Spell
This card can only be equipped to a Level 1 monster. A monster equipped with this card can attack your opponent's Life Points directly.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: The only Monster that would be worthy of this horrible card is Copycat, which isn't out in English at the moment.
AST-034
Archlord Zerato
LIGHT / Fairy / Level 8 / ATK 2800 / DEF 2300
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by offering 1 face-up "Warrior of Zera" on your side of the field as a Tribute while "The Sanctuary in the Sky" is on the field. If "The Sanctuary in the Sky" is on your side of the field, discard 1 LIGHT Monster Card from your hand to the Graveyard to destroy all monsters on your opponent's side of the field.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 3
Comments: This is a powerful Monster! However, what hurts it is that you have to tribute Warrior of Zera while The Sanctuary in the Sky is active and worse yet, even a Cosmo Queen can destroy it.
AST-033
White Magician Pikeru
LIGHT / Spellcaster / Level 2 / ATK 1200 / DEF 0
During your Standby Phase, increase your Life Points by 400 points for each monster on your side of the field.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Standby Phase? This card is so weak that it won't make it through your opponent's Battle Phase and 400 points is a horrible gain even in threes.
AST-032
Solar Flare Dragon
FIRE / Pyro / Level 4 / ATK 1500 / DEF 1000
This card cannot be attacked if there is another Pyro-Type monster on your side of the field. This card inflicts 500 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points during the End Phase of your turn.
COMMON
Rating: 3
Comments: With support in FIRE/Pyro decks, he can be a real pain especially in a trio. He can't stand long on his own though.
AST-031
Goblin King
DARK / Fiend / Level 1 / ATK 0 / DEF 0
This card cannot be attacked if there is another Fiend-Type monster on your side of the field. The ATK and DEF of this card become the number of Fiend-Type monsters on the field (excluding this card) x 1000 points.
COMMON
Rating: 4
Comments: No Fiend deck should be without this card as it needs them to be on the field. Just have 4 other Fiend Monsters out and you have a 4000 ATK and DEF Goblin King! Very nice!
AST-030
Lady Ninja Yae
WIND / Warrior / Level 3 / ATK 1100 / DEF 200
Discard 1 WIND monster from your hand to the Graveyard. Return all Spell and Trap Cards on your opponent's side of the field to the owner's hand.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: There's a better card that destroys all Spell and Trap Cards on the opponent's field and that's Harpie's Feather Duster so use that instead and with stats of (1100/200) it won't last long.
AST-029
Arcane Archer of the Forest
EARTH / Warrior / Level 3 / ATK 900 / DEF 1400
This card cannot be attacked if there is a Plant-Type monster on your side of the field. Offer 1 Plant-Type monster on your side of the field as a Tribute to destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card on the field.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: With so few Plant-Type Monsters out there these days, there's no use for this card.
AST-028
Disc Fighter
EARTH / Warrior / Level 4 / ATK 1000 / DEF 1000
If this card attacks a Defense Position monster with DEF 2000 or more, destroy the monster with this card's effect without applying Damage Calculation.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: This card isn't too bad when up against cards like Blue-Eyes, Red-Eyes or Dark Magician but with 1000 ATK, it won't likely be around next turn.
AST-027
Two Thousand Needles
EARTH / Beast / Level 5 / ATK 2000 / DEF 1800
When this Defense Position card is attacked and the ATK of the attacking monster is lower than the DEF of this card, after Damage Calculation destroy the attacking monster.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: This card isn't any better than Thousand Needles as its DEF is the same. Don't use this card.
AST-026
Piranha Army
WATER / Fish / Level 2 / ATK 800 / DEF 200
The Battle Damage this card inflicts by attacking your opponent's Life Points directly is doubled.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Even Drillago can inflict double the damage better than this card or better yet, Black Tyranno can inflict almost twice the damage this card can inflict.
AST-025
Mermaid Knight
WATER / Aqua / Level 4 / ATK 1500 / DEF 700
As long as "Umi" remains face-up on the field, this card can attack twice during the same Battle Phase.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: There's just no point in using this card except for a WATER/Aqua deck.
AST-024
Atomic Firefly
LIGHT / Insect / Level 1 / ATK 100 / DEF 200
When this face-up card on the field attacks or is attacked and it is destroyed as a result of battle, the player who destroyed it takes 1000 points of damage.
SHORT PRINT COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: 1000 points of damage isn't all that much as you can inflict up to 2500 points of damage with Just Desserts so use that instead.
AST-023
Zaborg the Thunder Monarch
LIGHT / Thunder / Level 5 / ATK 2400 / DEF 1000
When this card is Tribute Summoned successfully, destroy 1 monster on the field.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 3
Comments: Get rid of those pesky Monsters that have more ATK than your other Monsters! Be sure that you summon this card when your opponent has only 1 Monster with higher ATK.
AST-022
Blowback Dragon
DARK / Machine / Level 6 / ATK 2300 / DEF 1200
Toss a coin 3 times. If at least 2 of the results are Heads, select 1 card on your opponent's side of the field and destroy it. This effect can only be used once per turn during your Main Phase.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 3
Comments: With a little help from Second Coin Toss, you'll have a better chance at destroying your opponent's cards.
AST-021
Sonic Jammer
WIND / Machine / Level 2 / ATK 350 / DEF 650
FLIP: Your opponent cannot activate any Spell Cards until the end of the End Phase of the next turn.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Another horrible machine Monster.
AST-020
Needle Burrower
DARK / Machine / Level 5 / ATK 1700 / DEF 1700
When this card destroys a monster and sends it to the Graveyard as a result of battle, inflict damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to the Level of the destroyed monster x 500 points.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 1
Comments: This machine isn't worth tributing a Monster. In fact, Jinzo is a better Machine Monster worth tributing.