Monday, July 7, 2014

The Raiders of Metal! (YGO)

     Metal Raiders was released June 26, 2002 and was a very welcome addition to the game. Where the majority of Monsters were Normal Monsters in Legend of Blue-Eyes, a very healthy amount of Effect Monsters were brought in including the ever so famous Gate Guardian.

There were several iconic cards included in the pack besides Gate Guardian including Mirror Force, B. Skull Dragon, and Summoned Skull.

Awesome:

  • Mirror Force
    • One of the BEST cards to help turn the tide of battle.
  • Barrel Dragon
    • Solid Stats with the possibility of destroying a monster through its effect.
  • Heavy Storm
    • Great way to destroy your opponent's Magic and Trap Cards
    • Balanced due to you losing your M/T cards
  • Witch of the Black Forest
    • Search your powerful Monsters that have little DEF like Summoned Skull no matter how it was sent from the field to the Graveyard.
Meh:
  • Gate Guardian
    • High stats but requires a tribute of 3 monsters that all require 2 tributes of their own. Not quite worth it although its pieces are not that bad on their own (apart from Kazejin).
  • Shadow Ghoul
    • I like the concept and many cards with similar concepts would be released later but it was seriously weakened by its need to be Tribute Summoned for only 1600 base ATK.
  • Swamp and Lava Battleguards
    • Once again, a good concept weakened by Level 5 low base ATK cards. Wish they'd try the concept again with another set of cards.
  • Muka Muka
    • Love the concept but due to the low base ATK it's a little hard to make it work for long periods of time.
Stupid:
  • Yado Karu
    • Not that great of stats and its effect isn't really worth it.
  • Ocubeam
    • Level 5 with terrible stats. No thanks!
  • Blast Juggler
    • Two problems
      • Must survive until your next Standby Phase with low stats
      • Can only destroy monsters with <1000 ATK (LAME!!!!)
  • Larvae Moth

This pack was definitely a very welcome addition with its Effect Monsters and better Fusion Monsters and just good cards overall but like any pack, it has its duds.

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