DDD Abyss Ragnarok the Complete Oblivion Overlord

[Blake]

Pendulum Effect: If you Special Summon a "DD" monster(s), except during the Damage Step: You can target 1 "DD" monster in your Graveyard; any battle damage your opponent takes is halved for the rest of this turn, also Special Summon it, and if you do, take 1000 damage. You can only use this effect of "DDD Abyss Ragnarok the Complete Oblivion Overlord" once per turn.
Monster Effect: If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can target 1 "DDD" monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it. You can only use this effect of "DDD Abyss Ragnarok the Complete Oblivion Overlord" once per turn. Once per turn: You can Tribute 1 other "DD" monster, then target 1 monster your opponent controls; banish it.

 

First off, I must say, I actually like the translation/OG name as a successor to Hell Armageddon. Hell Armageddon is somewhat synonymous to Abyss Ragnarok, meaning the same thing goes in that regard. 

 

Then it's either Kaiichioh or Complete Oblivion Overlord, between the original Japanese and the current translation (Kaichioh is literally Destruction King). Kaichioh is a pun on Kaicho (chairman/president) and COO is a Chief Operating Officer... Where Hell Armageddon is CEO/Shiioh, which they fit together in both senses.

 

As for the card itself, I actually find it to be a good pendulum scale. Better than Cerberus, at least, though the doge has a better level and pairs nicely with one of the best cards in the deck (Lilith).

 

And the SS effect is actually really strong. Like yeah, it burns you (lol) and it halves the damage they take, but you make a great board for no true cost, and likely can end with an R4 + Leo + X for very little efort.

 

It is a bit lacking as it can't be Pendulum'd bar Kepler, but this does make Kepler a better scale, and that new Pendulum support trap (pop 1 you control, draw 1) exists and has utility in the deck.

 

I feel like Pendulum/R4 theme might be better for the deck than "do all the things!", considering just how good a card Lilith is and how versatile R4 is. I still run R6/7 and Temujin, but gonna try without Night Howling, because it's a very good combo piece, but a pretty poor standalone.

[Toffee.]

I don't mean to seem weird, but.... Am I the only one who noticed he isn't actually sitting in his chair? I mean, does it strike anyone else as odd how his left(our right) hand is literally hovering over the whole background? It doesn't look like his arm is actually resting on the chair's arm, and just looks strange.

But anyway...
Given the fact the JP card names love puns, it's likely the former for the business aspect, seeing as how Reiji is all about that.

[evilfusion]

I don't mean to seem weird, but.... Am I the only one who noticed he isn't actually sitting in his chair? I mean, does it strike anyone else as odd how his left(our right) hand is literally hovering over the whole background? It doesn't look like his arm is actually resting on the chair's arm, and just looks strange.

But anyway...
Given the fact the JP card names love puns, it's likely the former for the business aspect, seeing as how Reiji is all about that.

 

I don't see anything weird with his arms. If anything, I'm more annoyed by his sitting stance. It's like slouching on a chair whose seat isn't large enough.

 

I also hate you now, because I took more than a minute studying the artwork for something that weird.

 

All things considering, this card seems very solid. DDs are another archetype I thought would be fun...but they might be a bit too spammy for my taste.

[iCherries]

That name is beautiful. But I didn't even notice it was a chair he was sitting in until Armz said something. I agree that the chair itself doesn't look like it's even big enough.

It'd be neat if he had more targets for his first monster effect. But he's nice as it is seeing as he's basically a [mostly] free revival either way.