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Promo Cards (Page 9)

5Ds Manga Volume 4
YF04-EN001
Card Type: Synchro Monster
Card Info Blackwing - Gram the Shining Star
DARK / Winged Beast-Type Synchro / Level 5 / ATK 2200 / DEF 1500
1 Tuner 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Must first be Synchro Summoned. When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower non-Tuner "Blackwing" monster from your hand. Its effects are negated.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 1
Comments: The regular Blackwings do this guy's job much better and don't negate effects (minus Shura's effect)
Shonen Jump
JUMP-EN060
Card Type: Xyz Monster
Card Info Number 16: Shock Master
LIGHT / Fairy-Type Xyz / Rank 4 / ATK 2300 / DEF 1600
3 Level 4 monsters
Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to declare a card type (Monster, Spell, or Trap); that type of card (if Spell or Trap) cannot be activated, or (if Monster) cannot activate its effects, until the end of your opponent's next turn.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: So here's the first card of Shonen Jump ALPHA and it's a shame it has to go that way because its effect doesn't make up for it because it applies to both players and has sub-par stats.
Zexal Manga Volume 1
YZ01-EN001
Card Type: Xyz Monster
Card Info Kachi Kochi Dragon
EARTH / Dragon-Type Xyz / Rank 4 / ATK 2100 / DEF 1300
2 Level 4 monsters
Once per turn, when this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; it can attack once again in a row.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: Its stats aren't very strong but what it can kill in battle may help you either take out another monster or deal direct damage to your opponent.  
5Ds Manga Volume 3
YF03-EN001
Card Type: Effect Monster
Card Info Infernity General
DARK / Fiend / Level 7 / ATK 2700 / DEF 1500
If you have no cards in your hand: You can banish this card from your Graveyard to target 2 Level 3 or lower "Infernity" monsters in your Graveyard; Special Summon them from the Graveyard, but their effects are negated.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 1
Comments: Banishing this guy for two of his friends that lose their effects and are therefore only good for Summons is pretty bad and his stats only make him worse.
5Ds Manga Volume 2
YF02-EN001
Card Type: Synchro Monster
Card Info Catapult Warrior
EARTH / Warrior-Type Synchro / Level 5 / ATK 1000 / DEF 1500
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn: You can Tribute 1 "Junk" monster; inflict damage to your opponent equal to the original ATK of the Tributed monster.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: It deals the whole ATK of the tributed monster but with so few playable Junk monsters, you won't likely deal massive damage with its effect, especially since it deals the original ATK to the opponent.
Premium Collection Tin 2012 (Continued)
PRC1-EN023
Card Type: Trap Card
Card Info Photon Current
Normal Trap
When a face-up LIGHT Dragon-Type monster you control is targeted for an attack: The attack target gains ATK equal to the ATK of the attacking monster's ATK, until the end of the Damage Step.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: With Honest still at 1, this'll help a bit but not with monster that are not both LIGHT and Dragon-Type.  
PRC1-EN022
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Photon Sanctuary
Normal Spell
Special Summon 2 "Photon Tokens" (Thunder-Type/LIGHT/Level 4/ATK 2000/DEF 0) in Defense Position. These Tokens cannot attack or be used as Synchro Material Monsters. You cannot Summon other monsters the turn you activate this card, except for LIGHT monsters.
SECRET RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: I'll certainly pick up one or two for my Dragon deck but unless you run high-level LIGHT monsters, the tokens won't do you much good, especially with no DEF and being Summoned in Defense Mode.
PRC1-EN021
Card Type: Synchro Monster
Card Info Void Ogre Dragon
DARK / Dragon-Type Synchro / Level 8 / ATK 3000 / DEF 3000
1 DARK Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn, during either player's turn, when your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card while you have no cards in your hand: You can negate the activation and destroy it.
SECRET RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: Infernities will want this no doubt but the rest of us won't give it more than a glance.
PRC1-EN020
Card Type: Synchro Monster
Card Info Gravity Warrior
EARTH / Warrior-Type Synchro / Level 6 / ATK 2100 / DEF 1000
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned: It gains 300 ATK for each face-up monster your opponent controls. Once per turn, during your opponent's Battle Phase: You can target 1 Defense Position monster your opponent controls; change it to face-up Attack Position, also it must attack this turn, if able.
SECRET RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: Once he arrives, he can have up to 3600 ATK and can force any opponent's Defense Position monster to essentially commit suicide but he's still prone to card effects like Ryko.
PRC1-EN019
Card Type: Fusion Monster
Card Info Masked HERO Dian
EARTH / Warrior-Type Fusion / Level 8 / ATK 2800 / DEF 3000
Must be Special Summoned with "Mask Change" and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "HERO" monster from your Deck.
SECRET RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: He can do a bit more than Acid but since I don't consider all that many HERO monsters good, this won't have many choices IMO.
PRC1-EN018
Card Type: Fusion Monster
Card Info Masked HERO Acid
WATER / Warrior-Type Fusion / Level 8 / ATK 2600 / DEF 2100
Must be Special Summoned with "Mask Change" and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. When this card is Special Summoned: Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls, and if you do, all monsters they control lose 300 ATK.
SECRET RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: He could be a game-ender but is easy to stop with a simple Effect Veiler and after that, he's just a Vanilla Fusion Monster, not to mention he cannot come back other ways, not that it'd do him any good.
PRC1-EN017
Card Type: Effect Monster
Card Info Ma'at
LIGHT / Fairy / Level 10 / ATK ? / DEF ?
Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by sending 1 face-up LIGHT Dragon-Type monster and 1 face-up LIGHT Fairy-Type monster you control to the Graveyard, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Once per turn: You can declare 3 card names; reveal the top 3 cards of your Deck, add any of them that you named to your hand, also send the remaining cards to the Graveyard. This card's ATK and DEF are equal to the number of cards you added to your hand by this effect x 1000.
SECRET RARE
Rating: 1
Comments: A high-level monster with high-level risks and a high-level TOS! Yeah you can manipulate his effect with cards like Pigeonholing Books of Spell but you're better off saving the deck space with other cards.
PRC1-EN016
Card Type: Effect Monster
Card Info Rosaria, the Stately Fallen Angel
EARTH / Plant / Level 8 / ATK 2900 / DEF 2400
Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 2 Level 7 or higher Plant-Type monsters (one from your hand and one from your Graveyard). Once per turn, during your Main Phase: You can negate the effects of all other face-up cards currently on the field, until the End Phase.
SECRET RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: Her TOS is pretty strict but once you get past that, her effect isn't all that bad.  
PRC1-EN015
Card Type: Effect Monster
Card Info Photon Wyvern
LIGHT / Dragon / Level 7 / ATK 2500 / DEF 2000
When this card is Normal or Flip Summoned: Destroy all Set cards your opponent controls.
SECRET RARE
Rating: 1
Comments: So basically one time, he destroys all of your opponent's set cards and that's not good enough for me to say he's worth using.  
PRC1-EN014
Card Type: Effect Monster
Card Info Kagemusha Knight
DARK / Warrior / Level 3 / ATK 0 / DEF 0
When you Normal Summon a Level 3 monster: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. This card cannot be used as a Synchro Material Monster.
SECRET RARE
Rating: 1
Comments: He doesn't offer enough to make him worth running because you'll miss the timing if you Normal Summon Junk Synchron, then bring this guy out. 
PRC1-EN013
Card Type: Synchro Monster
Card Info Scarred Warrior
EARTH / Warrior-Type Synchro / Level 5 / ATK 2100 / DEF 1000
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Your opponent cannot target face-up Warrior-Type monsters for attacks, except this one. Once per turn, if this card would be destroyed by battle, it is not destroyed.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: He won't be going from your opponent's first attack and can save your other Warriors from harm but Marauding Captain is still better as he's easier to bring out, especially with its lockdown potential. 
  PRC1-EN012
Card Type: Fusion Monster
Card Info Blaze Fenix, the Burning Bombardment Bird
FIRE / Pyro-Type Fusion / Level 8 / ATK 2800 / DEF 2300
1 Machine-Type monster + 1 Pyro-Type monster
Once per turn, during your Main Phase: You can inflict 300 damage to your opponent for each card on the field. This card cannot attack during the turn you activate this effect.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 3
Comments: It can't attack the turn you activate its effect but that may not matter because it'll likely deal a large amount of damage each turn and you can bring it back later if it ever gets destroyed!
PRC1-EN011
Card Type: Effect Monster
Card Info Machina Cannon
EARTH / Machine / Level 8 / ATK 0 / DEF 2200
Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) by sending one or more Machine-Type monsters from your hand to the Graveyard. This card gains 800 ATK for each card sent to the Graveyard for this Special Summon.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: You can bring him back after you've summoned him properly which is a risky move because you'll need to discard multiple Machines to make this guy a threat but he'll be vulnerable to monster destruction.
PRC1-EN010
Card Type: Effect Monster
Card Info Fallen Angel of Roses
EARTH / Plant / Level 7 / ATK 2400 / DEF 1300
You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by returning 1 face-up Plant-Type monster you control to the hand, except "Fallen Angel of Roses". If you do, banish this card when it leaves the field.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 1
Comments: I can clearly see why she's a fallen angel, given her lack of a decent effect and she'll be falling further, likely into the nearest trash can. 
PRC1-EN009
Card Type: Effect Monster
Card Info Junk Forward
EARTH / Warrior / Level 3 / ATK 900 / DEF 1500
If you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand).
SUPER RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: The latest in Wannabe Cyber Dragon technology.