I'm back... let's reflect on the past [Orichalcos Mirror]

[Expelsword]

 

This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Spell Card, "Orichalcos Mirror". When this monster is Ritual Summoned, Special Summon 4 "Mirror Knight Tokens" (Warrior-Type/DARK/Level 6/0 ATK/0 DEF) with 1 Shield Counter on each. While this card is face-up on the field, place 1 Shield Counter (max. 1) on a "Mirror Knight Token" if it does not have any Shield Counters. When a "Mirror Knight Token" with a Shield Counter battles a monster, its ATK is equal to that of the monster it's battling. If a "Mirror Knight Token" with a Shield Counter would be destroyed, remove its Shield Counter instead.

 

Sure, it's Anime Only, but what if it wasn't? How abusable is it?

 

 

EDIT: It might not have any beatstick potential without The Seal, but it is still a Special Summon of FIVE monsters at once. That sounds pretty good to me...

[Guest PikaPerson01]

Terrible, next?

[Expelsword]

You missed the part where you get 5 monsters to tribute I guess?

 

Come on... there's gotta be something you can do with 5 Monsters...

[WithTheWind]

Level 2 tuner monsters.

Destiny Hero - Plasma

Other rituals

and more.

[Expelsword]

See? This man is thinking!

 

You get 5 Monsters on the field that can't be Trap Hole'd...

 

if you combine this with Ceasefire you can do huge damage.

 

I think 5 Monsters into Plasma, Normal Summon Plague, Synchro Stardust would be pretty good...

[Mehmani]

Plasma already got a mention. It's basically Synchro fodder at best.

[TechnoDoomedOne]

Or you have 4 monsters that can suicide into monsters and still survive, so you have a Waboku/Threatening Roar facedown and you're basically god. Or a durable defense that cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects up to once. Easy Tribute fodder. Cheap Synchro Material for Krebons, Plague, etc...

 

Seriously, if you don't see this card's potential, people have lost brains since the last time I checked it. This card have tons of possible combos, and its pretty broken on its own. Also, being this Ritual, it has pretty nice support in the form of Advanced Ritual Art and Djinns.

[Mehmani]

Or you have 4 monsters that can suicide into monsters and still survive' date=' so you have a Waboku/Threatening Roar facedown and you're basically god. Or a durable defense that cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects up to once. Easy Tribute fodder. Cheap Synchro Material for Krebons, Plague, etc...

 

Seriously, if you don't see this card's potential, people have lost brains since the last time I checked it. This card have tons of possible combos, and its pretty broken on its own. Also, being this Ritual, it has pretty nice support in the form of Advanced Ritual Art and Djinns.

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I didn't actually think of that. Here's hoping for a release.

[Expelsword]

Right along with The Seal...

[Guest PikaPerson01]

You missed the part where you get 5 monsters to tribute I guess?

 

Nope. Still terrible.

 

1: It has to be 4. No less. It floods your field.

2: Monsters are useless unless your opponent has stuff on the field. Any decent player just has to not play anything until they draw into Mirror Force or Lightning Vortex. It's not like the monsters can attack, they're 0/0.

3: The strategy is slowed by something as simple as playing a card with higher defense then it's attack. (Aurkus, Honest, Infernity Necromancer, Quickdraw Synchron, Lonefire Blossom)

4: The strategy is stopped completely by just plain killing the mirror. (According to lolwiki Mirror Knight Calling is a 0/0 Dark Spellcaster.)

 

"Derp! Use it with Plasma!"

 

Sure, let me wait for a ritual spell, a ritual monster, and a level 6 monster to hit my hand so I can use three cards to summon Plasma instead of the typical one card I use when I go for Scapegoat.

 

Terrible, next?

[TechnoDoomedOne]

1: It has to be 4. No less. It floods your field.

 

By that definition' date=' Scapegoat is also terrible because it floods your field.

 

2: Monsters are useless unless your opponent has stuff on the field. Any decent player just has to not play anything until they draw into Mirror Force or Lightning Vortex. It's not like the monsters can attack, they're 0/0.

 

Your opponent can already have monsters in the field, so then just suicide-attack with one of your monsters. Their monster is destroyed, and yours still survive. Use Trap Cards to protect yourself.

 

Even so, this card was thought more of a Protector than for attacking. Not everything has to be attacking, OTKing and being ultra-fast, even more considering the tokens cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects up to once, which means you have to use double LV to take the tokens down.

 

3: The strategy is slowed by something as simple as playing a card with higher defense then it's attack. (Aurkus' date=' Honest, Infernity Necromancer, Quickdraw Synchron, Lonefire Blossom)[/quote']

 

I agree, if they simply Stall you that sucks, even more if you cannot play more monsters. Still, use Monarchs and smash through your opponent defenses. Or use for easy Synchro Material and summon something big.

 

4: The strategy is stopped completely by just plain killing the mirror. (According to lolwiki Mirror Knight Calling is a 0/0 Dark Spellcaster.)

 

Nowhere on the cards says that if you destroy Mirror the tokens get destroyed. Have fun getting past them if this card is played against you.

[Expelsword]

They don't get their counters back if you destroy the Calling, but they DO still exist...

 

you could even use this with Mass Driver if you wanted to...

 

Or try to copy Deuteros with a White Magican Pikeru for massive LP gain

 

EDIT: Use Ultimate Offering for Monarch pwnage and possible OTK?

[Umbra]

The way I read the card, it actually restores the Shield Counter as soon as its removed. One of these would actually be enough as a wall.

[Expelsword]

The way I read the card' date=' it actually restores the Shield Counter as soon as its removed. One of these would actually be enough as a wall.

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With The Seal, each has an attack of 500 so you run over your opponent's monsters and attack with all the rest for 500 each.

 

Without The Seal... you just special summoned 5 monsters!

 

which as you point out, you really only need one, leaving the rest for whatever you need to tribute for.

EDIT: I'd say this is in the top 5 Ritual Monsters ever, based solely on the +3 or more it grants. And really wish the Orichalcos Archetype would be printed {Don't say Shunoros}

[TechnoDoomedOne]

If the Orichalcos archetype was released, it would be nerfed as hell to make them not ultra-broken like in the anime. Then, they would be crappy (like Shunoros) and not playable at all.

[Expelsword]

I know, right?

 

Dartz played BOTH MAIN CHARACTERS at once, and almost WON.

 

That would be a fun archetype to play for sure (as long as the Soul Stealing was taken out)