Friday 16 May 2014

The Fiery Shadow; El Shaddoll Grystal

As I read the spoilers for V Jump July 2014 edition, my eyes stumbled at one card that is listed as one of the spoilers for the issue. It's none other than the new fusion monster of the infamous Shadoll archtype: the El Shadoll Grystal.

at first I thought that he (or she??) is some kind of Fairy type monster lol, it
doesn't really resemble a Shadoll monster until I notice the strings on his back :p



The effect for El-Shadoll Grystal itself hasn't yet to be translated and uploaded officially into yugioh.wikia.com, but according to the source site The Organization, here's the following card details and effect:

El Shadoll Grystal
7 FIRE Rock-Type Fusion Effect Monster
ATK 2450
DEF 1950
1 “Shadoll” monster + 1 FIRE monster
Must first be Fusion Summoned. You can only use the (1) effect of “El Shadoll Egrysta” once per turn. (1) When your opponent Special Summons a monster: Negate that Summon, and if you do, destroy it. Then, send 1 “Shadoll” card from your hand to the Graveyard. (2) If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 “Shadoll” Spell/Trap Card in your Graveyard; add that target to your hand.

Friday 9 May 2014

The Princess and the Djinns

Dragon/ Ritual/ Effect
You can Ritual Summon this card with "Hymn of Blessing". You can only use the effect of "Saphira the Dragon Princess" once per turn. During the End Phase of the turn this card is Ritual Summoned, OR during the End Phase of the turn a LIGHT monster was sent from your hand or Deck to the Graveyard while you controlled this face-up card: You can activate 1 of these effects.
Draw 2 cards, then discard 1 card.
● Discard 1 random card from your opponent's hand.
Add 1 LIGHT monster from your Graveyard to your hand.


In a glance, Saphira the Dragon Princess is nothing special. She doesn't have any destructive effects such as Judgment Dragon or Scrap Dragon's, nor the potential to flood the field with an endless wave of specially summoned monster like Burei/do's. Her attack power is also just the standard 2500--which means that attacks from monsters such as Crimson Blader ,Felgrand or even Utopia will be sufficient knock her out of the field. In addition, as a ritual monster, she requires a lot of cards to be summoned, and as we all know, ritual engine consumes a massive space in the deck.


So what makes this monster so special?