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I for one like this card. It barely has use nowadays, but it is a great card. On a unrelated note, i love your siggy. Monster girl quest c:

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[quote name='Devil's Advocate' timestamp='1346814268' post='6019433']
Highly outclassed by Starfag and Crimson Blader. Granted, it's 3000 ATK is nothing to sneeze at, but your opponent not being able to Special Summon anything next turn, or being able to negate a Heavy Storm, seems like a better trade-off than 3000 ATK.
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Blader <<< Scrap Dragon
Dat 3000 gets over pretty much anything now,

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[quote name='slayer_supreme' timestamp='1346817920' post='6019455']
I guess using this is slightly comparable to the people who choose Acid Golem over Revise Dragon. It's based on preference.
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... People use Golem OVER Leviathan?

I've only seen Golem in addition to Leviathan, sans, like, Skill Drain and a couple other things, mostly silly stuff like Golem Swap.

Leviathan is undeniably the better one in that situation. It's a 2500 beater with no drawback or a no-direct-attack 3000 that gets used once every blue moon. Golem's 3000, but... in most places, it bites you in the ass more than it helps, except in the late game, where Leviathan is good pretty much the whole game.

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Scrap >= Stardust > Blader > Colossal > Thought Ruler >= RDA

In the generic sense, of course. Certain decks can switch this order around a bit, as well as have their own specific level 8s.

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In most every deck I have, I use Acid Golem over Levi, or both. Acid Golem looks bad on paper with its effect, but it has won me so many games. The opponent can't bounce back usually if you play Golem and have any monsters at all to back it up, and if they have removal then it's going to die and not have any drawback. The only time it's going to be a bad idea to summon it is if they have a monster that can't be destroyed by battle, or they have a lot of set/able monsters.

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Why would you ever play it over Levi? Levi's much more versatile than Acid Golem and doesn't restrict other plays. At that, the instant detach lets you play a lot faster in some decks. Acid Golem is definitely good, but it's a time bomb. Unless you're playing with a deck that can remove 30 itself, it's not that hard for the opponent to play around your Golem, at all. You get 2 turns of beatstick in exchange for what? Hopefully winning during that time? It's a card that's made for a push. If you're summoning it without set up already on the field, you're asking for a game loss, and a 2500 beater does the same job just fine more often than not. Only times it wouldn't do it as well are vs. Grapha, Hyperion, Monarchs, Utopia, Pearl, Tiras, Stardust, or Shining, unless I'm forgetting something. It's 50/50 with Monarchs, Shining laughs at 3000, Grapha is often 3000 and is recurring, Utopia's the same either way, leaving Pearl, Tiras, Stardust, and Hyperion to be bothered by it at all. Against the Chump Blockers, Leviathan is even better.

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Well, I also usually play slow, stun-like decks, so it's really my play style that dictates its uses over Levi. I honestly have only thought to himself "I'd rather have Levi right now" once or twice. Acid Golem gets over pretty much anything that most of my other cards don't, and that's the point of using it. If you want to play with general use, yeah, use Levi, but that's a choice of versatility over raw power.

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[quote name='Hasemeow' timestamp='1346817106' post='6019449']
I for one like this card. It barely has use nowadays, but it is a great card. On a unrelated note, i love your siggy. [b]Monster girl quest c[/b]:
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O_O SOMEONE KNOWS

OT:

While the 3000 ATK is indeed nothing to scoff at, i do like how it cleanly disposes of Spirit Reaper and the like, while also picking apart Zenmaines (with an extra boost to finish it of course.) It's ashame extra-deck space will be so cramped this may not be ran over the other aforementioned Level 8 Synchros

I still love nuking my own critters to this day.

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[quote name='Black Scar' timestamp='1346820147' post='6019472']
O_O SOMEONE KNOWS

OT:

While the 3000 ATK is indeed nothing to scoff at, i do like how it cleanly disposes of Spirit Reaper and the like, while also picking apart Zenmaines (with an extra boost to finish it of course.) It's ashame extra-deck space will be so cramped this may not be ran over the other aforementioned Level 8 Synchros

I still love nuking my own critters to this day.
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That's pretty much red dragon's fine point in a nut shell. Aside from the obvious 3k beat stick, i appreciate the attack a def, kill all def... no matter how unlikely it is to be used. Also, my thoughts exactly xD I didn't think anyone else here knew MGQ

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[quote name='Hasemeow' timestamp='1346821515' post='6019476']
That's pretty much red dragon's fine point in a nut shell. Aside from the obvious 3k beat stick, i appreciate the attack a def, kill all def... no matter how unlikely it is to be used. Also, my thoughts exactly xD I didn't think anyone else here knew MGQ
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Yes indeed, the fine points in a nutshell. Shame, when Xyz were more prominent Crimson Blader was less favorable, but now if their making a comeback that slot will return in his favor... but the TCG doesnt have Blader yet. ...i think.

And... i've beat both game 1 and 2...

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People are saying that 3k is great and gets over everything which is why this card is good. My question is what cards can RDA get over that Scrap Dragon also can't that are being used this format? I can't actually think of anything. I personally don't find use at all for RDA.

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[quote name='Saberzauls' timestamp='1346824529' post='6019491']
People are saying that 3k is great and gets over everything which is why this card is good. My question is what cards can RDA get over that Scrap Dragon also can't that are being used this format? I can't actually think of anything. I personally don't find use at all for RDA.
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I quite personally don't see a point to use it unless you have a lot of empty space in your Extra Deck, or can make a lot of level 8's. I was just saying earlier that if you do use it, it's a personal choice of power. Or maybe you just really, really hate stall.

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I find it strange how in one of my games, the defense nuke effect triggers before the monster is sent to the grave.

This does give a benefit in that it stops most searchers, but honestly it gets destroyed before it even launches an attack.

Stardust is just a safer option that sticks around longer generally, imo.

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[quote name='Expelsword - 黎明' timestamp='1346850760' post='6019540']
Scrap Dragon does cost you cards to use. After a while you can't just use him willy-nilly.
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Sometimes, the cost is negligible, though. Just set a Spell/Trap that you are never going to use because you already gained massive advantage and blow up their last line of defense. Oh hooray I've wiped out your D-Prison, now I'm free to attack you for game.

Scrap Dragon > Blader = Stardust > Red Dragon > All the others.

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[quote name='Devil's Advocate' timestamp='1346863043' post='6019586']
Scrap Dragon > Blader = Stardust > Red Dragon > All the others.
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wut, no. That's incredibly wrong. Try this:
[quote name='Yuzuru Otonashi' timestamp='1346818281' post='6019458']
Scrap >= Stardust > Blader > Colossal > Thought Ruler >= RDA
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I don't see how the hell you could think Blader is better than Stardust, when Blader is somewhat situational, yet you can sit on a Stardust with only a little support for whole games. Stardust is as amazing as ever. RDA is inferior to Colossal, because recurring if it DOES get killed and likely to hit the same 3000 anyways.

EDIT: Not to mention Thought Ruler is at the very least on par with RDA, given how it can laugh at Compulsory, Forbidden Items, and the like.

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