Mira the Giant Star

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Seems to have a lot of potential. Would work well with things like Relinquished I guess.
Discuss

[Strider Tigerwolf]

Shyneet Magician > this. If this card would've had at least 900 more DEF, then, we'd be talking.

[newhat]

Unlike Galaxy Queen, your opponent can kill this by concentrating small attacks on it. It's just insurance when you want to pull off a Tri-Wight OTK.

[Strider Tigerwolf]

Even then, it still should've had 1900 DEF at least. Then it would've been a nice tech for the decks who could afford to summon it.

[Cute Rotten Yoshika]

yeah mira's effect is nice but its stats are too crummy to be of much use

[Strider Tigerwolf]

It's the same for almost all other Rank 1 Xyzs out there....I mean they should've had those higher stats. Least konami started to fix the problem with Shyneet Magician.

[Cute Rotten Yoshika]

if they didnt give mira more defense they couldve made it include ranks too, probably with a lower number than 4 in that case. then it would work much better in low level decks.

[Synchronized]

I find it funny that people complain that Rank 1's aren't "good" when in reality, they're the easiest to bring out with even the [i]slightest[/i] bit of Deck dedication. Imagine if Gachi Gachi was exactly the same, but a Rank 1 instead?

[Cute Rotten Yoshika]

well yeah theyre easy but they arent really......worth it

[Synchronized]

What I'm saying is, if they were worth it, players would be complaining that they were broken and too easy to Summon. there's no pleasing peeps

[Strider Tigerwolf]

Level 1s do have the ability to bring these out fairly easy, but the fact that they require 3 makes them usually bad and or the fact that they're moderately weak for their own standing. If all of them were like Shyneet Magician (because she's just amazing), then these would actually be worth running. They'll be easy to set up, easy to preform, but not overtly devastating. Just more playable.

[Cute Rotten Yoshika]

i wouldnt complain if they were [i]usable [/i]because as it stands only shyneet is usable to any extent

[Alpakha]

It's not that great, shyneet is better but I love bringing it out in Cloudians. Have this on field, plus sanctuary, and even just 1 cloudian and you got a an invincible monster. Even more troll when I have a divine punishment set ^^.

[evilfusion]

The issue Rank 1s have is that all of them (until Shyneet) needed 3 Materials. Of them, Galaxy Queen was the best, since it could protect itself and others for a turn per Overlay Unit, plus gave piercing to everything. Baby Tiragon is only good with Level 1s, and since Ranks =/= Level, it couldnt even be used with itself. Meaning more dedication.

Weak stats, needing 3 monsters, and rarely a method to compensate for using 3 Materials made them all lackluster. Like how Rank 4s with 3 Materials are usually pretty manageable to Summon, they still need a good effect and/or stats to make the extra effort worth it. Rank 1s all needed 3 Materials and the easiest way to spam Level 1 monsters was with Tokens, which can't even be used.

[Just Crouton]

I've been wanting to make "Rank 1.dek." There's Evil Thorn, Jester Confit, Kinka-Byo, Treeborn Frog, etc. to make them fast. The problem is power issues. It could run stuff like like Rai-Oh, or maybe a Moja engine, but this is all brainstorming.

[Sleepy]

I've always disliked this card's art, because it reminds me too much of King Dedede.


Rank 1s have had many problems with them. It's the combination of all those issues that made them bad.
Other than all the issues mentioned in above comments, there is the fact that Rank 1s haven't really been worked into the design of archetypes of the ZeXal era, and even if some can (like Inzektors with the use of Ladybug), Rank 1s are never a worthy alternative compared to other Ranks.
Galaxy Queen is too defensive and requires more effort than other better choices when it comes to combos that modify Levels of materials.
This doesn't even protect itself right.
Baby Tragon has the same stats that 1 of it's materials would be able to have on it's own, and an effect that needs you to have EVEN more Level 1s out, which will rarely see play.
The list can go on.

Shyneet is by far the best Rank 1, being good defensively, and being easier to bring out. I still have my doubts that she'd see much play, but it's a step in the right direction.