| *Card effects below are as accurate as
possible. |
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Episode 64: Signs of Doom (3) |
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Passion of Baimasse
Anime Counter Trap
Negate the activation of an opponent's monster effect and destroy
that monster.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
Slightly more playable than Divine Wrath as its
activation costs you nothing to negate the effect and destroy the
monster but it's still a 1-in-3 chance of seeing an Effect Monster's
effect get activated. |
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Episode 63: Signs of Doom (2) |
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Half Straight
Anime Normal Trap
Select 1 face-up monster you control. Until your next Standby Phase,
that monster's ATK is halved. If the ATK halved by this effect is
lower than the ATK of the monster with the highest ATK your opponent
controls, the selected monster can attack your opponent directly
this turn.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
1 |
| Comments: |
Even if the affected monster can attack
directly, it stays halved basically until just after the start of your
next turn and that leaves it and you quite vulnerable. Of course, it'll
only be attacking directly if it's weaker than your opponent's strongest
monster, which it probably will be. |
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Life Exchange
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when there is a card effect that
changes your opponent's Life Points. That change is applied to your Life
Points, instead. Then, apply an appropriate effect:
● If you gained Life Points: Inflict 1000 damage
to your opponent.
● If you lost Life Points: Destroy 1 face-up
monster your opponent controls.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
Regardless of what effect you get, you end up
dishing out something against your opponent once you've taken the LP
changing effect away from them but it's not great overall. |
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Rising Rush
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when your opponent takes damage from a card effect.
Special Summon 1 Tuner monster from your hand.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
You'll further aid in your possible lead over
your opponnet with a new Tuner monster but both parts of the effect are
rather specific. |
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Shadow Dance
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when a player takes Battle Damage from a direct
attack. Inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
Direct attacks don't have to be from monsters
whose effects allow it so even strong monsters like BEWD can allow this
to deal extra damage but it still doens't happen that often. |
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Episode 62: Signs of Doom (1) |
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Speed Spell - Tune Up 123
Anime Normal Speed Spell
Activate only while you have 4 or more Speed Counters. Select 1
face-up monster you control. Roll a six-sided die and activate an
appropriate effect:
● 1 or 2: Increase that monster's Level by 1.
● 3 or 4: Increase that monster's Level by 2.
● 5 or 6: Increase that monster's Level by 3.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
1 |
| Comments: |
We have a much better alternative in the form of
Falling Current, which costs you nothing, nor asks nothing from you to
achieve any of this card's effects. |
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Dark Tuner Dark Goddess Witaka
DARK / Spellcaster-Type Dark Tuner / Level 3 / ATK 0 / DEF 0
You can pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon this card from your
hand. You can have this face-up card's Level become equal to the
Level of 1 Synchro Monster on the field.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
If Konami made this a regular Tuner monster,
it'd certainly see some play, though the LP fee to Special Summon itself
by its effect is kinda steep given that it doesn't offer a whole lot. |
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Episode 61: Truth and Consequences (2) |
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Doom Gazer
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when a card effect that would destroy cards on the
field is activated. Inflict 300 damage to your opponent for each
card that would be destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by that
effect.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
Cards like Dark Hole and Raigeki have the best
chance at dealing sufficient damage to your opponent's LP because
otherwise, this isn't worth activating. |
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Shining Rebirth
Anime Normal Spell
Select 1 Synchro Monster in your Graveyard. Send the appropriate
Synchro Material Monsters to the Graveyard, then Special Summon that
monster from the Graveyard. (This is treated as a Synchro Summon.)
It cannot be destroyed this turn.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
Though it doesn't specify whether to send the
Synchro Materials from the hand or field, the protection effect only
lasts one turn but at least it counts as a Synchro Summon. |
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Ground Capture
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Halve
any Battle Damage you would take from that attack. If you take 1000
or more Battle Damage from this attack, draw 1 card.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
You'll have to take some pretty hefty damage to
draw the extra card by its effect because that means having you still
take 1000 damage from the attack that warranted activating this in the
first place. |
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Rose Blizzard
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when a monster you control is selected as an attack
target. Change the attacking monster to Defense Position and negate
the attack.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
It can be useful if your opponent only controls
one monster, or controls multiple monsters that cannot take down your
monster that is switched to Defense Mode but Negate Attack does the job
much better. |
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Episode 60: Truth and Consequences (1) |
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Sorrowful Chain
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only if you control 1 face-up "Sad Story - Sorrowful
Memories", "Sad Story - Unwavering Truth", and "Sad Story -
Atrocious Day". Special Summon 1 "Dragon Queen of Tragic Endings"
from your hand or Deck.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
1 |
| Comments: |
Pitiful Chain is more like it because our Dragon
Queen of Tragic Endings prevents you from Special Summoning it other
ways until after it's Special Summoned by its effect. Worse still, this
requires you to have the Sad Story Spells for its activation, making
this even less likely to be used. |
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Illusion Destruction
Anime Nornal Trap
Select 1 face-up card on the field. Flip it face-down.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
Certainly, there are
instances where this'd prove useful, especially with Trap Cards but
certain effects will resolve anyway because they were already activated
before they were flipped face-down. |
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Sad Story - Atrocious Day
Anime Continuous Spell
Other Spell Cards cannot be activated the turn you activate this
card. During each player's Draw Phase, the turn player must reveal
all cards they draw, and shuffle any revealed Trap Cards into the
Deck.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
1 |
| Comments: |
Atrocious is right because on its own, you're
losing any drawn Trap Cards but combined with the other two equally
pitiful cards, you basically don't get any Draw Phases so if neither of
you has any Monster Cards to play, the Duel is going to be dull and
boring. |
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Sad Story - Unwavering Truth
Anime Continuous Spell
Other Spell Cards cannot be activated the turn you activate this
card. During each player's Draw Phase, the turn player must reveal
all cards they draw, and shuffle any revealed Spell Cards into the
Deck.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
1 |
| Comments: |
The truth is that this card is terrible
as any other Spell Cards you draw while it's out will be put back into
the Deck. Even Akiza couldn't understand why Misty would use such a
risky strategy. |
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Sad Story - Sorrowful Memories
Anime Continuous Spell
Other Spell Cards cannot be activated the turn you activate this
card. During each player's Draw Phase, the turn player must reveal
all cards they draw, and shuffle any revealed Monster Cards into the
Deck.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
1 |
| Comments: |
By default, once this card is played, you'll
have to wait until next turn to play any additional Spell Cards and will
lose any monsters you draw while it's out. |
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Mirror Labyrinth
Anime Field Spell
While you control no face-up Level 5 or higher monster, and the only
monster you control is a face-up Level 4 or lower monster, that
monster can attack twice during each Battle Phase.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
1 |
| Comments: |
Not being able to Tribute or Special Summon
high-level monsters is more-than-likely going to cost you the Duel, even
if your only monster meets this card's requirements to attack twice. |
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Episode 59: Shadows of Doubt (2)
(Continued) |
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Earthbound Release
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when a Level 6 or higher monster is Normal or Special
Summoned to your opponent's side of the field. Tribute 1 "Earthbound
Immortal" monster. Destroy all monsters your opponent controls, and
inflict damage to your opponent equal to the total ATK of the
destroyed monsters.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
1 |
| Comments: |
Although it would've proved effective with Carly
Carmine's Aslla Piscu, it still has pretty strict activation
requirements and may not inflict much damage at all, plus you've lost a
powerful monster just to do all that. |
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Speed Spell - Half Seize
Anime Normal Speed Spell
Activate only while you have 3 or more Speed Counters. Select 1
face-up monster on the field. Halve that monster's ATK, and gain an
equal amount of Life Points.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
2 |
| Comments: |
Speed Counters must become a reality for the
game before this could see play as is but if it does, it has some perks
over Shrink, though is less versatile. |
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Class Change
Anime Normal Trap
Select 1 face-up monster on the field. Increase its Level by 1.
COMMON |
| Rating: |
1 |
| Comments: |
Rarely is a Level increase of 1 going to do much
of anything, except maybe aid in Xyz or Synchro Summoning but we have
better cards already released to deal with that. |