Sakuretsu Armor

[玄魔の王]

Oh man does this card bring back memories...

 

 

 

 

When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Target the attacking monster; destroy that target.

 

I remember the days when Mirror Force was Limited and this thing was a common tech as a way to eliminate problem monsters. Then Dimensional Prison came along and upstaged it in one of the handful of instances of Konami straight-up one-upping one of their older power cards (compare the number of MST clones who technically do more but are more restricted in how they do it, for example). And then Stardust Dragon became a thing and this card really hasn't seen play since. 

 

So yeah, use this to discuss the formats of old when this guy was a thing.

[Toffee.]

You know, back when Prison was new, this card still wasn't really bad, just... Overshadowed.
Plus, around that time they started to play with the idea of removal that's outside of Mirror Force. Or something like that.
Though, they could be pro and make a card that searches this(preferably in multiples).

[evilfusion]

To me, this card is memorable for it being a running gag in Yugioh series that it never works.

 

- In GX, Jim tried to use it against the Supreme King, but Dark Fusion prevented it from working.

- 5Ds, twice it was Set, only to be destroyed without being activated.

- Zexal, Gauche had it Set, and that Rank 10 destroyed it.

 

In fact, that last instance was hilarious to me purely because usually when characters muse to themselves what their plan is, that plan is doomed to fail. When Sakuretsu Armor was revealed as the Set card, I KNEW it was going to fail purely because it's Sakuretsu Armor, with the above running gag.

 

It's a good card...but now outclassed to ridiculous extents.

[玄魔の王]

To me, this card is memorable for it being a running gag in Yugioh series that it never works.

 

- In GX, Jim tried to use it against the Supreme King, but Dark Fusion prevented it from working.

- 5Ds, twice it was Set, only to be destroyed without being activated.

- Zexal, Gauche had it Set, and that Rank 10 destroyed it.

 

In fact, that last instance was hilarious to me purely because usually when characters muse to themselves what their plan is, that plan is doomed to fail. When Sakuretsu Armor was revealed as the Set card, I KNEW it was going to fail purely because it's Sakuretsu Armor, with the above running gag.

 

It's a good card...but now outclassed to ridiculous extents.

Pot of Avarice actually beats it in the running gag department, as it's bad one activation in the 10 or 11 times it's been shown in the anime, and seems to be a go-to card for shots of people's hands. Not that it's a terrible use of that compared to other stuff (there's a shot where III appears to have Speed World 2 in his hand for some reason, never mind what a mind screw that is, Harald's 6-card Trap Hand including Soul Resurrection and Birthright for some reason, and Sawatari holding Breakthrough Skill in his hand instead of setting it because oh wow is he dumb), but yeah, both of these are like that.

 

Also, Kaiser Dragon. It's shown up in at least 4 of the 5 anime so far, possibly all of them (Juri's Dragon looks WAY too similar to Kaiser Dragon to just be based on it).

[Tinkerer]

Dark Lucius tanking hits like a boss.

Kinda funny that Dimensional Prison is the card that outclassed this one, considering how much of Dai Grepher's story involves dimensions.