Get ready for a wall of text because I'm too stressed to put pictures.
So far, the themes look pretty good but they are pale in comparison to Wind-ups.
Although just one Flaming Star monster backed by an S/T zone full of Flame Dances is hard to beat with conventional strategies especially if Tenken is involved. Flaming Stars can easily reach 3k+ attack power, and they can pop your cards. Not as scary as pre-Sept2012 Inzektors but still scary.
But the card that caught my attention is:
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| "It's not the size of your Basilicok that matters, it's how you use it" - Sir SkullBuster |
Haze Beasts caught my attention because of this boss and the spell Haze Pillar because it reminds me of Soul Charge from CFV. Also, the effect monsters cannot be targeted by card effects, making it quite hard for your opponent to stop you with Veiler, Compulse or Book of Moon.
The Soul Charge is almost unimportant(unless I'm missing something) and Pillar is mostly used to summon Spinx, Peryton or Cerberus first turn(the best one being Cerberus, since he's big and can get you a Haze card if your opponent gets something bigger than him).
So if charging Basilicok isn't important, then how come he's good? If you're asking this, then you're probably too tired or lazy to read his whole effect. He can banish a monster from the field, just like BLS. And he can also choose to banish a monster in the grave, getting rid of that 4th lightsworn monster, that Machina Fortress, that Grapha or just about something that likes lurking in the grave. Too bad he does not get the "cannot be targeted" effect unless you charge his soul.
How do you summon Basilicock easily? First, there are Pillar and Glory, allowing you to normal summon them without tribute. Next there are the easily summonable monsters like Gryps and Cerberus. There's also Peryton but he's too costly and Spinx but he's still too unreliable because of the lack of good lv6 FIRE monsters.
Other cards that come to mind are Laval Lancelord, Manticore of Darkness and that Super rare Spell card to be released in Assault of the Flaming Kings(that's probably also the name of the spell).
Oh, and look Cerberus has a "destroyed and sent to grave" effect and has 200 def. Rekindling and Call of the Haunted stunts!!!! He can also be called out by Flamvell Firedog but I'm still iffy about that because the dog is not lv6.
Also, generic Rank6 XYZ monsters are good and Sacred M7 will be legal for play when duelist set comes out. Good timing for a lv6 monster theme.
That's it for now. I'm still exploring possibilities with CBLZ cards. Aster Drawn, Breakthrough Effect and the new Mermail XYZ looks good and Pyrorex looks too awesome to pass on. Until next time!
