Cards I think should be banned

[Dark Strawberry]

Ok, we're finally back on topic.

 

So, what crazy combo can these cards pull off?
 

They just produce silly high amount of ATK, but nothing else. Doesn't remove things, doesn't protect against stuff, doesn't search or recur. Just a pair of silly beatsticks.

 

Also, Calculator + Metal Reflect Slime is more efficient for making big things. That's about it.

 

Possible combos (Beast King Barbaros):

• This card can be Tribute Summoned with one Tribute (or two for its second effect) using "The Trojan Horse".
  • Use "Soul Rope" or "Spiritual Earth Art - Kurogane" to Special Summon "The Trojan Horse".
• Normal Summon "Goblindbergh", then Special Summon, in Defense Position, a Level 4 monster by its effect; Special Summon "Backup Warrior" and finally activate "Double Summon" to Tribute Summon this card.
• While "Skill Drain" is on the field, when this card is Normal Summoned without Tribute, it will keep its 3000 ATK.
  • This is a great monster in a Skill Drain Deck since it's never a Dead Draw. Even without "Skill Drain", this card is effective, since Summoning him without Tribute gets him with decent ATK, and its effect to wipe out all opposing cards is extremely handy.
  • Wait until your opponent attacks this card then activate "Forbidden Chalice" to give it 3400 ATK and reset its effect.
  • Equipping this card with "Axe of Fools" turns him into a no-tribute beater with 4000 ATK.
• This card is an excellent counter to "Destiny HERO - Plasma", provided you remove its Equip Card first.
• Use this card with "Trade-In" as a Draw Engine and then Special Summon it later with "Call of the Haunted."
• If you have "Ultimate Offering" face-up on the field along with "Beast King Barbaros" and any of the "Gadgets" in your hand, you can perform an OTK: summon a Gadget, search another one and summon it, and do so until all 5 slots are filled, then tribute 3 of them for "Beast King Barbaros", clearing the field, and summon 2 more Gadgets, which easily results in an OTK

(3000+1400+1300+1200+1200=8100).

• This card can be useful in a Ritual deck as it has the same ATK as many level 4 normal monsters, but has twice the Level.
• This monster should be an ideal Tribute for "Advance Draw".
• Because of the high level of this monster and the easy summoning condition (Normal summoning it without a tribute for 1900 ATK), it can easily destroy "Satellite Cannon".
• Easily combo this monster with "Pole Position". Since he's most likely to be the strongest monster when Summoned without Tribute, it'll turn him into a 1900 ATK, anti-Spell beatstick
  • An alternate strategy is using "Burden of the Mighty", also neutralizing the opponent's strength.
• This card can be easily Summoned with 3 Tributes by Special Summoning "Hero Kid", allowing you to use his effect to Special Summon two more. You can then Tribute the 3 "Hero Kids" to summon "Beast King Barbaros".
  • "Treeborn Frog", "Samsara Lotus", "Destiny Hero - Malicious", "Nimble Momonga", "Giant Germ", "Hydrogeddon" and "Kurivolt" are also good cards to get the three tributes for this card.
  • Use "Gilasaurus" to have 1 monster on your field; your opponent also will Special Summon another one, but if you use "Barbaros" tributing 3 monsters, the Special Summoned monster of your opponent will be destroyed.
  • You can use "Foolish Burial" with "Dandylion" (just remember you can't tribute the tokens the turn you activate "Dandylion's" effect) or "Hero Kid" and revive them with "Limit Reverse" for more special summons or if you are using "Hero Kid", "Graceful Revival". You can even use "Pot of Avarice" beforehand to recycle two of your "Hero Kids" for special summoning if all 3 are in your graveyard or you can choose all 3 "Hero Kid" if you plan on special summoning them from your deck.
  • "Inferno Reckless Summon" also works wonders here. Whatever monster your opponent summons will be irrelevant, as they will be destroyed when "Beast King Barbaros" enters the field.
• Use "T.G. Striker" and "T.G. Warwolf" to gather 3 tributes for this card easily.
• Use a card like "Limit Reverse" to Special Summon a Level 2 or higher Tuner monster from your Graveyard, then Special Summon "Doppelwarrior" with its effect. Synchro Summon a Level 4 or higher Synchro Monster and get 2 Doppel Tokens, then tribute both and the Synchro Monster to Summon Barbaros.
• If you intend to destroy all your opponent's cards with Barbaros' effect, make sure you are protected againstStarlight Road, as losing three tribute monsters and Barbaros while allowing your opponent to summonStardust Dragon will very probably leave you in a hopeless situation.
• This card works well in an Ojama deck. Use "Human-Wave Tactics" to summon at least 3 Ojamas from your deck then tribute them and summon this card destroying all cards your opponent controls. Use "Backup Soldier" to regain the Ojamas that were tributed.
• This card can be a good side deck option for Crystal Beasts. If your opponent has prevented you from wiping their field with "Crystal Abundance", you can use "Crystal Beacon" when you have two monsters in your Spell and Trap card zone to Special Summon "Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle", which then Special Summons the two others that were being treated as Continuous Spell Cards, giving you the three tributes needed to summon for Barbaros' field clearing effect. He can also serve as a free summon beatstick at 1900 points; an attack strength more powerful than any of the Crystal Beasts.
• Play this card after "Future Vision" is active on the field, this way when it comes back to your side, it will have all of It's original ATK.
• This card can be very useful to Xyz Summon a rank 8 Xyz Monster, as it doesn't need tributes to be summoned.
• This card plays well with "Magical Hats" and 2 "Gear Town" spells, if your opponent does not select your "Beast King Barbaros" when attacking, it will stay on the field but will get its full 3000 ATK when you flip it face up, along with 2 "Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon".
• This card can easily be summoned with the help of "The Agent of Creation - Venus". Pay 1500 life points to summon 3 "Mystical Shine Ball", which can be Tributed for this card.
• Another possible OTK can be performed using this card along with "Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen", "The Agent of Creation - Venus", and "Tri-Wight". First "Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen" then special summon "The Agent of Creation - Venus". Pay 1500 Life Points to special summon 3 "Mystical Shine Ball" and tribute them to summon this card. Next play Tri-Wight to Special Summon the 3 "Mystical Shine Ball" back from the graveyard and use 2 of them to Xyz Summon "Daigusto Phoenix" activating its effect on itself. Finally have all of your monsters attack for a total of 8100 points of damage (3000+1600+1500x2+500=8100).
• Banish and return this card using "Dimensionhole" to reset its original ATK.

 

Possible combos (The Calculator):

 

• This card can be searched by "Serpentine Princess", "Vampire Dragon", "Rai-Mei" and "Photon Veil".
• You can use this card in combination with "Greed Quasar" because "Greed Quasar" can increase its own level.
• By activating 3 "Metal Reflect Slimes" on the turn you summon this card, its ATK will be at least 9600 or more (if you have another monster on the field). If your opponent has no cards on his/her field, it'll be an OTK.
• This card works well with "Tragoedia", since it is a Level 10 Monster, can Special Summon itself and change its Level.
• This card fits in well in a "Fortune Lady" deck, since all the Fortune Ladies gain levels.
• This card comboes well with "Machine Duplication" and "Woodborg Inpachi". "The Calculator" could have at least 5100ATK.
• This card can be used in tandem with "Zombie World" and in combination with "Malevolent Mech - Goku En", then playing "Book of Life" with "Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon" and/or "Vampire Lord".
• Good cards to use with "The Calculator" include "Yubel", "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys", "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast", "Metal Reflect Slime", "Guardian of Order", "Beast King Barbaros" and "Cyber Dragon".
  • If after normal summoning a "Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast" to the field using its effects, you reduce its ATK with "Shooting Star Bow - Ceal"; you can use "Machine Duplication" and get more "Fusilier Dragons". This will give you (2) 2800 ATK monsters, (1) 400 ATK monster that can direct-attack, and 6300 ATK-boost to "The Calculator" (6900 ATK points). In total, the ATK of all your monsters combined would be 12900, more than enough to OTK.
    • "Galaxy Queen's Light" can be used too, and works well.
• If you have no monsters you can Special Summon "Cyber Dragon" then Normal Summon "The Calculator". This card will have 2100 atk. You can also Special Summon "Guardian of Order" and increase attack of "The Calculator" to 4500.
• You can also use "Graceful Revival" to bring it back from graveyard. And if his ATK is 1500 or less you can activate "Inferno Reckless Summon" and bring 2 more on the field.
• You could also use "Infected Mail" to attack with a boosted "Calculator".
• This card could make a good combo with "Junk Warrior".
  • On a similar note, if you use the effect of "Junk Synchron" to bring this card back, it is then a legal target for "Inferno Reckless Summon", provided your opponent has a monster out. Then, you can Synchro Summon into "Junk Warrior", who will have an impressive 7700 attack points, with each of "The Calculator" at 2700 ATK.
  • The above can be a formation of a powerful FTK if you're going second. Discard "The Calculator" to Special Summon "Quickdraw Synchron", then do the above. This will result in 2 4200-ATK "The Calculators" and a 10,700 ATK "Junk Warrior".
• This card is great in many swarm decks that use level 4 monsters, particularly Crystal Beasts, as it will benefit from the decent amount of total levels on the field from multiple monsters.
• This card works well in a Batteryman deck thanks to its type (which can power up "Batteryman Charger" or serve to feed the effect of "Batteryman Industrial Strength"). In a single turn, a player could Normal Summon "The Calculator", Special Summon "Batteryman Industrial Strength", and attack for a combined total of 5600 damage.
• This card works well in a Swarm deck.
• "Yubel" works well with this card, and each time your opponent destroys a "Yubel" card, "Yubel" gets stronger, and so does this card.
• This card works well in a "The Creator" deck since it´s level is 8 and "The Calculator" is 2 you can summon "The Calculator" with 3000 ATK without tribute.
• This card works tremendously well with a "Pyramid of Light" Deck, everytime you special summon "Theinen the Great Sphinx", "Andro Sphinx" or "Sphinx Teleia" who are all level 10 monsters, that's an extra 3000 ATK which means you could max "The Calculator" out to over 12000 ATK more than enough for an OTK.
• This card also works well with "LV" monsters because they can get high Level cards out very quickly.
• This card is also useful in a Dragon Deck based on "Five-Headed Dragon", since it is a Level 12 Monster and can easily be summoned by using "Dragon's Mirror".
  • Instead of "Five-Headed Dragon", "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" is a good choice as well.
  • In addition, "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" can power up this card further, since it can special summon itself and another high level Dragon-Type Monster.
• This card works well in a Fabled Deck. "Fabled Raven" is able to increase its own level and ATK by discarding cards. If you discard "The Fabled Cerburrel" or "Fabled Krus" by this effect, you will get another monster out to further increase this cards ATK.
• This card should not be used with Effect cards that only modify attack and do not offer an effect. The effect of "The Calculator" ensures that its ATK is always equal to the combined levels of all monsters you control x300.
  • Use the first effect of "Magic Hole Golem" to allow this card to perform a direct attack. Because the ATK of "The Calculator" is always the total combined levels of all monsters you control x300, the second effect of "Magic Hole Golem" will not function and you can deal full damage to your opponent's Life Points. Use card effects like that of "Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce" to double the damage further.
• Combine this card with "Battle Waltz" while you control a high leveled Synchro Monster like "Red Nova Dragon"
• A really good Monster combo for "The Calculator" is also having "Endymion, the Master Magician", "Stardust Dragon", "Relinquished" and "Dragon Master Knight" together on the field. Their effects compliment each other perfectly.
• Use "Monster Reborn" on "The Calculator" and then use "Inferno Reckless Summon" to Summon three such copies. Then, use "Dragon's Mirror" to summon "Dragon Master Knight" and then use "Galaxy Queen's Light" on them to get three 14400 ATK Monsters for an OTK. If you control a "Skilled Dark Magician" and two face down "Night Beam" and "Dark Magic Attack" to OTK for sure as you will have a "Dark Magician" which will make all of them 18000 ATK Monsters.
• Use 3 "Tannhauser Gate"s on 2 copies of Yubel to make 2 level 80 monsters, then use "Galaxy Queen's Light" with three "The Calculator" also on the field to have 5 Lv. 80 monsters (resulting in 3 "The Calculators" at 120,000 Atk each).

[Dementuo]

So you think they're ban worthy because you can copy paste the wikia's horrible Tips page?

[Dark Strawberry]

So you think they're ban worthy because you can copy paste the wikia's horrible Tips page?

Oh no, that's not the reason. I just copied and pasted those tips for some combos. Nothing else. Personally, I don't think they should be banned at all. 

[goddamnit names are a pain]

Can you actually get above level 12 with modifiers?
I really didn't know that. Doesn't sound right.

 

Use 3 "Tannhauser Gate"s on 2 copies of Yubel to make 2 level 80 monsters, then use "Galaxy Queen's Light" with three "The Calculator" also on the field to have 5 Lv. 80 monsters (resulting in 3 "The Calculators" at 120,000 Atk each).

 

What the hell?

[UltimateIRS]

Can you actually get above level 12 with modifiers?
I really didn't know that. Doesn't sound right.

Use 3 "Tannhauser Gate"s on 2 copies of Yubel to make 2 level 80 monsters, then use "Galaxy Queen's Light" with three "The Calculator" also on the field to have 5 Lv. 80 monsters (resulting in 3 "The Calculators" at 120,000 Atk each).

What the hell?

Except that that play requires 9 cards, at least 7 of which are unsearchable.

[Dementuo]

Except that that play requires 9 cards, at least 7 of which are unsearchable.

Actually, only Gate is unsearchable.

Calculator can be searched by Gear Gigant.

Light can be searched by Galaxy Wizard, since it is a Galaxy card.

Yubel can be searched by Mystic Tomato.

 

The combo is still ridiculously bad, though.

[Aix]

What is with these horrible inconsistent combos that no one uses?

[goddamnit names are a pain]

What is with these horrible inconsistent combos that no one uses?

Well, a noob posted combos from the Wiki, which was made by noobs.

Noobs², to be exact. 

[Dementuo]

What is with these horrible inconsistent combos that no one uses?

Noobs and scrubs think they're good cause of what they do.

[Toffee.]

Noobs and scrubs think they're good cause of what they do.

Use "T.G. Striker" and "T.G. Warwolf" to gather 3 tributes for this card easily.

If you control Striker and 2 Warwolfs, and then use them as fodder for Barbaros; Your doing it wrong.

[goddamnit names are a pain]

If you control Striker and 2 Warwolfs, and then use them as fodder for Barbaros; Your doing it wrong.

My idea exactly.

Good lord, Wikia is for DN noobs.

Oh, play this card and this card to get this card just cuz. better? No, but you can. *shot*

[Toffee.]

Good lord, Wikia is for-

While I applaud them for trying to come up with every way possible to make use of a card(s), they tend to miss the point of the main objective as a whole.
Plus, not every tip they offer is terrible. Sometimes it's just goofy stuff; Wingbeat of Giant Dragon with Vice Dragon; Funny as hell to pull off, but Vice is like the only monster you would really use it with.

[Trebuchet MS]

While I applaud them for trying to come up with every way possible to make use of a card(s), they tend to miss the point of the main objective as a whole.
Plus, not every tip they offer is terrible. Sometimes it's just goofy stuff; Wingbeat of Giant Dragon with Vice Dragon; Funny as hell to pull off, but Vice is like the only monster you would really use it with.

Maybe we could use better QC on the tips parts. There checks there aren't as strict, not to mention it would mean a lot of ground to patrol, so there's a good chance that some of the silly things (that aren't "crazy things you can attempt if you're willing to do so") are largely pointless.

[Maeriberii Haan]

Those combos doesn't quite compare to the amazing combo of level 1x10⁶ MPBs combined with The Calculator.

 

Well, horribly situational combos from the lolWikia aside, Barbaros and the Calculator will never have any reason to be hit in the current game, They'll only be considered for the banlist when Konami hit the reset button and both cards somehow survived, and that's still quite dependant on a lot of factors.

[pikachu484]

Personally I think they should change Snipe Hunter's effect to once per turn.

[Dog King]

Personally I think they should change Snipe Hunter's effect to once per turn.

 

obv

it already is too stronk