Chaosix Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Here we go! Ready? Start!Spell - Continuous When this card is activated, you can Special Summon 1 "Gradius" from your hand, deck or graveyard. Any increase to the ATK of a "Gradius" you control is doubled. All "Gradius" on the field cannot be targeted, or destroyed by card's effects. When a "Gradius" you control destroys an opponent's monster by Battle and sends in to the Graveyard, Increase the ATK of all Machine-Type monsters you control by 700. When a "Gradius" you control is destroyed by Battle and sent to the Graveyard, destroy this card then you lose 2000 Life Points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fu Manchu Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Oh sheet, Cyclon Laser might be too broken now!!! All jokes aside, this is pretty good for what it's supposed to do, that is, turning Gradius into an actual threat. I just find it weird that it only supports the old-ass Normal Monster and not the other Gradius ships, because they actually have the potential to incorporate a beatdown strategy with United We Stand and Vic Viper's Option spam. But anyway, as a big fan of underrated archetypes and old-school shmups, I like this a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruiota_Hiroshi Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 So really, instead of just 700, Gradius would gain 1400 because of the earlier effect. Seems a bit much except for one thing: what happens when a Gradius is destroyed. Taking damage is definitely a smart card gimmick, but 2000? I'm not so sure about that, it seems a bit high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darj Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 I would play this card mostly as an engine for generating a Level4 LIGHT/Machine Normal Monster to work with. All those boosts for Gradius are cool but investing in Equips and power-ups for a single monster and its copies is unreliable and I doubt it can become a proper win condition.Well, to be fair, maybe a casual Gradius deck would be possible. After all, it does get Unexpected Dai, Rescue Rabbit and even Swing of Memories support, and this card protects them from being destroyed by the side effects of the latter two, so 2+ Gradius on board gaining +1400 ATK after a single battle destruction can become threatening fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.