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Yu-Gi-Oh Anime Cards (Page 71)

*Card effects below are as accurate as possible.
Episode 62: Duel of Destiny (2)
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Golden Form
Anime Quick-Play Spell
Activate only when a Defense Position monster you control is changed to Attack Position. That monster's ATK is doubled until your next Standby Phase.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: A bit of a strict activation requirement but it can help if your monster can survive destruction. Unfortunately, the effect doesn't last that long.
Episode 61: Duel of Destiny (1)
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Upswell
Anime Quick-Play Spell
Activate only when an opponent's monster is destroyed by battle. Special Summon 1 WATER monster in your Graveyard. It loses 1000 ATK.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Even if that's a strong WATER monster you're reviving, there are far better options than this.   
 
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Shark Spark
Anime Quick-Play Spell
Activate only when your opponent activates a Trap Card. Negate the activation of that Trap Card and destroy it.
COMMON  
Rating: 2
Comments: Being a Quick-Play Spell doesn't add much compared to a Trap Card since you can't activate it during your opponent's turn and if you Set it, it's basically a Trap Card at that point but this isn't all that bad for what it offers for free.   
Episode 59: Rockin' and Rollin'
Card Type: Trap Card
Card Info Heroic Change
Anime Normal Trap
Tribute 1 "Heroic" monster. Select 1 "Heroic Challenger" monster in your Graveyard and Special Summon it.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Not sure I see the point in Tributing 1 Heroic Challenger to revive another from your Graveyard when you can use other better methods to just revive that 1 Heroic Challenger from your Graveyard.   
 
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Fighting Fund
Anime Quick-Play Spell
When a monster declares an attack, monsters cannot be destroyed by this battle.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: It affects both players' monsters but is a Quick-Play Spell in the least. Though, Waboku is still easier to activate and only affects your side of the field.
 
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Fighter's Charm
Anime Normal Spell
Select 1 face-up Defense Position monster your opponent controls with the DEF higher than its ATK and change it to Attack Position. This turn, that monster's ATK becomes the same as its DEF.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: All you end up doing is helping out your opponent's monster by making it stronger than it otherwise would be, not to mention reducing the battle damage your opponent would've taken. Use Stop Defense instead.
 
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Xyz Crown
Anime Equip Spell
Equip only to an Xyz Monster. Its Rank is treated as its Level instead. If the equipped monster is used as an Xyz Material, you can treat it as 2 monsters.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: It can help for not only additional Xyz Summons but other Special Summons as well but the other benefit only comes with it being Xyz Material.
 
Card Type: Trap Card
Card Info Battler's Pride
Anime Counter Trap
Activate only when a Spell Card, Trap Card, or monster effect is activated that would end the Battle Phase. Negate that activation of that card and destroy it.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: It can stop a handful of cards that would otherwise ruin your plans but you probably won't be seeing cards from that handful too often. Plus, Trap Jammer goes further anyway.
Episode 57: Depths of Darkness
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info String of Destiny
Anime Equip Spell
Equip only to a "Gimmick Puppet" monster. Once per turn, when the equipped monster declares an attack, send the top card of your Deck to the Graveyard. If that card is a Monster Card, during this turn, the equipped monster's maximum number of attacks is equal to the Level of the sent monster. If the equipped monster battles an Attack Position monster, that monster is not destroyed by battle. Otherwise, negate the attack and end the Battle Phase.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: As their names suggest, Gimmick Puppets are typically weak and having to rely on getting a Monster Card for multiple attacks is pretty poor and even then, their weak ATK probably won't help them make use of those attacks.
 
Card Type: Trap Card
Card Info Adapt to Adversity
Anime Continuous Trap
When a WATER monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned to your side of the field, it cannot be destroyed by the effects of Spell Trap Cards activated at this time.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: It'll only protect WATER monsters when they hit the field but it's not all that bad, especially if said WATER monsters have good effects to protect themselves further.
Episode 56: Cosmic Chaos
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Big Bang Panic
Anime Normal Spell
Each player selects 1 face-up Xyz Monster they control. Attach all face-up Spell or Trap Cards your opponent controls as Xyz Materials to your opponent's monster, then your Xyz Monster gains 800 ATK for each card attached by this card's effect.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Panicking generally leads to bad decisions and this one is no exception because while it seems like a good idea, your opponent's Xyz Monster may have effects that render the ATK boost your monster gains moot.
 
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Upshift
Anime Normal Spell
Select the 1 face-up monster you control with the highest Level. The Levels of all other face-up monsters you currently control become the current Level of that monster, until the End Phase.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: Though this is useful for Xyz Summons, it's entirely dependent on what monster you control meets this card's activation requirements.
 
Card Type: Trap Card
Card Info Mirror Shade
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when you would take damage. Pay half your Life Points. You take no battle damage this turn.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Why pay LP to reduce Battle Damage you take to 0 when Waboku is not only more versatile but offers the better and completely free way to reduce Battle Damage to 0?
 
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Overlay Break
Anime Normal Spell
Select 1 face-up Xyz Monster on the field that has Xyz Material. Send all of its Xyz Materials to the Graveyard. If that monster has an effect to prevent it from being destroyed by battle, negate that effect until the end of this turn.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: Most Xyz Monsters don't have an ability that prevents their destruction in battle and even fewer have it with out having to detach Xyz Materials but this isn't too bad for those types of monsters.
 
Card Type: Trap Card
Card Info Space Gate
Anime Normal Trap
Activate only when your opponent activates a Trap Card and you control a "Number 9: Dyson Sphere". Negate the activation of that card and destroy it.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Number 9: Dyson Sphere takes a good deal of work to get on the field and even having it out to use this doesn't make this playable.
Episode 54: Welcome to the Jungle
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Butterfly Swarm
Anime Continuous Spell
Pay 2000 Life Points. During each of your Standby Phases, pay 2000 Life Points or destroy this card. When a monster on the field is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, inflict 1500 damage to its controller.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: Not only is the activation cost steep but the maintenance cost is too and that'll leave you with half your LP if it remains on the field for just one turn. What's worse is that you're risking further damage with the supposed benefits.
 
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Elimigate
Anime Continuous Spell
When a monster declares an attack, except an "Assassin" monster, negate the attack and destroy that monster. If there are no "Assassin" monsters on the field, destroy this card.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: It really only supports Butterspy monsters (though Assassin includes them in the anime) but once they're gone, so is this card.
 
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Butterfly Charm
Anime Continuous Spell
Monsters your opponent controls must attack, if able. During your opponent's End Phase, destroy all face-up monsters your opponent controls that did not declare an attack this turn.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: This has minor uses with cards like Yubel that punish your opponent for attacking or in this card's case, not attacking but it's still kinda situaitonal.
 
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Dance of the Butterspy
Anime Normal Spell
Activate only when there is a face-up Field Spell Card on the field. Special Summon 2 Level 4 or lower "Butterspy" monsters from your hand. Monsters you control cannot attack the turn this card is activated.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: Field Spells are still a thing these days, though I'd bet not as big of a thing as they used to be. Plus, this'll only work in a Butterspy Deck, and even then, it's not that great.
Episode 53: Test Your Luck! (Continued)
Card Type: Spell Card
Card Info Butterfly Ballet
Anime Continuous Spell
Activate only by paying 1000 Life Points. Once per turn, you can reveal any number of "Butterfly" monsters in your hand to inflict 300 damage to your opponent for each card revealed.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: You'll need at least 3 to make this usable and more than that to actually make a significant impact in the Duel, though that'll still mean you're revealing your future monsters and will likely not have many defenses.