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Yu-Gi-Oh Anime Cards (Page 82)

*Card effects below are as accurate as possible.
Episode 120: Mission: Astral World (3)
Gorgonic Temptation
Anime Continuous Trap
Once per Battle Phase, when an opponent's monster declares an attack and you control a "Gorgonic" monster, you can change the attack target to another monster you control.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: Gorgonic monsters are generally pretty weak so this'll at least help get them to Defense Mode, where they're less likely to hurt your LP but even that won't save them from their inevitable destruction in battle.
Breaking the Norm
Anime Normal Spell
If you control 3 or more monsters with the same Level, look at your opponent's Deck, then if there is a monster with the same Level as those monsters, Special Summon it to your side of the field.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: While the odds are likely you'll find a monster in your opponent's Deck to Special Summon, the requirement of 3 monsters with the same Level is too strict for me to rate it any higher.
Episode 119: Mission: Astral World (2)
Rank Domination
Anime Continuous Spell
Monsters without a Rank cannot declare an attack and monsters the turn player controls can only attack in order of their Rank, starting from the lowest. During battle between 2 monsters that have a Rank, the monster with the lower Rank loses ATK equal to the difference in Ranks x 1000, during the Damage Step only.
COMMON 
Rating: 2
Comments: You're just as vulnerable as your opponent with this out so even if you have an advantage at the time it's activated, there's no guarantee you will later on. Plus, you're also subjected to the downsides of this card.  
New Order 12: Eperic Maahes
LIGHT / Beast-Type Xyz / Rank 12 / ATK 4000 / DEF 3000
2 Level 12 monsters
Once during your turn, you can Special Summon all Xyz Materials attached to this card. During the End Phase of this turn, attach all monsters Summoned this way to this card as Xyz Materials. When this card is removed from the field, destroy any monster Special Summoned by this card's effect.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: This card is also underwhelming for its Rank. Sure you could bring out an army of monsters but unless you finish off your opponent and have a large number of materials attached, you probably won't be bringing out much. Plus, this guy doesn't have any other effects so with or without the materials, it's quite vulnerable. 
New Order 10: Eperic Horus
LIGHT / Winged Beast-Type Xyz / Rank 10 / ATK 3500 / DEF 2500
2 Level 10 monsters
Once per turn, if your opponent's cards on the field outnumber your cards on the field, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then your opponent selects a number of cards they control equal to that difference and destroys them.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: It doesn't matter that you're evening out the field's cards when your opponent chooses what they destroy and for a Rank 10 monster, that's not very good, especially since it has no other effects.
New Order 8: Eperic Sebek
LIGHT / Reptile-Type Xyz / Rank 8 / ATK 3000 / DEF 2000
2 Level 8 monsters
When this card is Xyz Summoned, you can add 1 Spell or Trap Card from your Deck to your hand. Once per turn, during either player's turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to activate 1 Spell or Trap Card from your hand.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: It's a powerful Xyz Monster but the first effect will only activate once and unless you draw a Spell/Trap Card, the 2nd effect is useless.
Ascension Spiral
Anime Normal Trap
Remove from play 1 Xyz Monster from your Graveyard that was destroyed this turn. Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 Xyz Monster that is 2 Ranks higher than the removed from play Xyz Monster, ignoring the Summoning conditions.
COMMON 
Rating: 2
Comments: It bypasses the effort normally needed to Xyz Summon, giving you access to higher Ranked Xyz Monsters but they don't get any Xyz Materials and can't come back once removed from the field.  
New Order 6: Etheric Apophis
LIGHT / Reptile-Type Xyz / Rank 6 / ATK 2500 / DEF 1000
2 Level 6 monsters
You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then select 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. It loses 2000 ATK.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: It has only one effect for a Rank 6 Xyz Monster but it's not a bad effect.  
Rank-Up Advantage
Anime Continuous Spell
When an Xyz Monster is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell Card, you can draw 1 card. Negate the effects of an opponent's monster that is selected as an attack target by an Xyz Monster Special Summoned by the effect of a "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell Card.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: It's pretty situational but if you can make a Deck based around Ranking up, then this may not be too bad. However, we don't have many Rank-Up-Magic cards that can retrieve themselves from the Graveyard.
Episode 118: Mission: Astral World (1)
Mysterious Mirror
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when a monster declares an attack. Monsters cannot be destroyed by this battle and your opponent takes any battle damage you would have taken from this battle.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: I'd give it more but it protects all monsters involved in a battle from destruction during said battle. It's not bad for the other effect though.
New Order 4: Etheric Anubis
LIGHT / Beast-Type Xyz / Rank 4 / ATK 1000 / DEF 1000
2 Level 4 monsters
When a Spell or Trap Card(s) you control is destroyed, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to Set 1 of those cards in your Spell & Trap Card Zone. If that card was a Trap Card, it can be activated the same turn it was Set.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: While it puts back one of the Spell/Trap Cards you lost, you're now revealing what one of them was and with only 1000 ATK and DEF, this guy is not even worth the effort to bring out.
Mysterious Monolith
Anime Continuous Spell
This card can be used as an Xyz Material for the Xyz Summon of a Rank 4 Xyz Monster.
COMMON
Rating: 3
Comments: It only works with Rank 4 Xyz Monsters but there's plenty of those to go around and many of those are decent.
Episode 117: Now or Never (2) (Continued)
Miracle Galaxy
Anime Normal Spell
Activate only during your Main Phase 2 if you took no battle damage during this turn's Battle Phase. You can conduct your Battle Phase once again this turn. If you do, only 1 monster you control can attack during that Battle Phase.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: This requires by default that you actually entered a Battle Phase and somehow didn't take battle damage (which implies having a stronger monster). Not much of a point in having that 2nd Battle Phase when only one of your monsters gets to attack.
Paradox Synthesis
Anime Normal Trap
Tribute 1 Level 5 or higher monster your opponent controls and 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control, then select 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. It gains ATK equal to the combined ATK of the Tributed monsters. During the End Phase of the turn in which that monster battled, destroy that monster and inflict damage to your opponent equal to the destroyed monster's ATK.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: The cost is bad enough but when you factor in giving the opponent's monster more ATK, you're basically asking to lose the duel. The last effect will probably never come.
Power Analysis
Anime Normal Trap
Select 1 Machine-Type monster you control. Its ATK becomes equal to the ATK of 1 face-up monster your opponent controls, until the End Phase.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: It'll probably become stronger but only as strong as the other monster, which means your monster isn't likely going to defeat it without defeating itself.
Eternal Spell
Anime Continuous Spell
Activate only by selecting 1 Continuous Spell Card in your opponent's Graveyard. This card's effect becomes the same as that Spell Card.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: We don't have a whole lot of good Continuous Spells but those that are good may not be too bad with this.
Ninjitsu Art of Mosquito Repellent
Anime Normal Trap
Select 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control that has no Xyz Material. Remove from play all "Mosquito" monsters from your Graveyard to have that monster gain 1000 ATK for each removed from play  monster. During your End Phase, remove from play the selected monster, then inflict damage to your opponent equal to its ATK.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: We'd need more Mosquito monsters to make this useful, or Konami needs to make it less specific upon release. Otherwise, there isn't really a point in using this.
Prevent Reborn
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only if a face-up Attack Position monster you control would be destroyed by battle. Reduce the battle damage from that battle by 1000, then Special Summon 1 of the monsters that was destroyed by this battle.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: Having the monster be required to be in Attack Mode will cost you battle damage but this also reduces that damage by 1000, which may make it 0 and then you'll get the monster you lose back, or one of them if you lost more than one.
Power Exchange
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when you would take damage from a card effect. Select 1 face-up monster you control. It loses ATK equal to that damage and that damage becomes 0.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: This is not the way I'd deal with taking effect damage. It just opens yourself up for Battle Damage instead.
Elastic Space
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when you would take damage from your opponent's card effect. Your opponent takes that damage instead, then any effect damage you take for the rest of this turn becomes 0.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: Effects that cause damage are abundant but some of them have been limited and most don't deal more than 500 damage.
Ninjitsu Art of Mosquito Combustion
Anime Normal Spell
Each player takes 600 damage for each monster they control with a "Hallucination Counter".
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: Should Hallucination Counters become a thing, this could be useful but even if we get Scritch's monsters that give them, it won't be enough to make this card all that playable.