Sunday, February 14, 2010

Sideboard Superstar: "The Shining Darkness"


The usual trend on how Konami handles their Spell and Trap card creations is that they are totally unplayable unless they give draw power simply because of the fact that they are totally outclassed by the usual staples and that there aren't a lot of space that can be offered for them. "The Shining Darkness" might break that trend by introducing Spell and Trap cards that are Side Deck worthy. But are these Side Deck worthy cards really meta breaking?

Some of the obvious ones are "Corridor of Suffering". But take note that "Gladiator Beast Gyzarus" might still be able to destroy it quite easily. This might not warrant it to replace "Royal Oppression". Bottom line for this card is that it still might work but I am not sure about how it will fare.

Another obvious Side Deck choice is "Crack of the Different Dimension". This card obviously is able to ruin Zombies and "Necro Gardna" given "Lightsworn" is still a top deck in the newly molded meta. The thing that people might not see about this card is that it requires two cards of the same attribute, which might mean that it can't remove just 1 "Necro Gardna", but you have to wait for two for you to be able to activate it. Along with that, "Necro Gardna" can still be chained to it, rendering it useless. "Graveyard Seal" serve a similar purpose and looks good on paper, but it automatically sets you up for a -2. This might be a good card to activate to push through a game but for the steep cost of getting it as a dead draw early on.

"Chaos Hole" might ruin those surprise "Chaos Sorcerer" or anything that is based on LIGHT and DARK but its neck breaking 2000 Life Point cost is still a huge price to pay. Nonetheless, the card is worth testing with the current format totally dominated by "LIGHT" and "DARK" monsters either way. With plants getting a huge boost in this pack, I doubt that it would be main-ed into decks.

In the other totally unrelated note: "Tribe Infecting Virus" won't come back for the simple reason that "Darkness Hunter" is the obvious tweaked version of it.

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