Hello again and it's time for another TCG post. This time, I decided to do a list of top effect monsters. As I have said in other posts, this is all my opinion. If you don't agree, please leave a comment telling me what you think are the top ten effect monsters.
For brevity (and my sanity) I decided to only list from one particular monster typing - Aqua. I will make a list for each type in time, so don't worry that I'm only going to focus on one type. Now that the formalities are done, let's get started!
10. Mermaid Knight
Why is this on the list? Mermaid Knight may only have 1500 ATK, but if you have the field spell card Umi on the field, she can attack twice. Being able to attack twice helps you mow down your opponent's cards twice as quickly since Umi gives it a 200 ATK boost. Also, since the field spell cards A Legendary Ocean and Lemuria, the Forgotten City have their names treated as Umi, you can use Mermaid Knight's ability with them as well!
9. Drill Barnacle
With 300 ATK, this card doesn't seem like much. That's where its effect comes in - it can attack your opponent directly and every time that it inflicts battle damage that way, it gains 1000 ATK! Given enough time, it can become quite a powerful card. Since this card requires multiple turns to be useful, I couldn't put it any higher on the list.
8. Evilswarm Ketos
With its Dark attribute and 1750 ATK, this card is already really good since there are so many decks/strategies that use Dark attribute monsters. Now add the ability to destroy 1 spell/trap card on the field and you've got something pretty awesome. However, to use the ability, you have to tribute this card so it could backfire if you aren't careful (i.e. leaving you defenseless for a turn).
7. Cold Enchanter
Discard a card and put an Ice Counter on any card. This doesn't seem like much-oh wait, for every Ice Counter on the field, the 1600 ATK monster gets an additional 300 ATK boost. Any card that has the potential to continuously grow powerful is amazing in my book. But, it all depends on how many cards you are willing to discard to the graveyard.
6. Koa'ki Meiru Ice
1900 ATK? Good! Level 4? Easy to summon! What makes this card better than all the ones that came before it? It can destroy 1 special-summoned monster per turn. All you have to do is put a card from your hand to the graveyard! Imagine that your opponent special summons a monster that you know that you can't beat. Then you draw this card. One discard later, you have control of this duel! However, it is a Koa'ki Meiru card so unless you have Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru or whatever other specified card in your hand, it will leave the field at the end of the turn. Still, it is well worth the price to disrupt your opponent's strategy!
5. Warrior of Atlantis
I love a card with multiple uses. You can either use it as the 1900 ATK bruiser that it is or you can discard it to pull A Legendary Ocean out of your deck. Either way, there was no way I could not put this card on this list.
4. The Tripper Mercury
This is a card that I only recently learned about. I know it must be tribute summoned using at least 2 monsters and has only 2000 ATK. Why is it here? When it is tribute summoned, all monsters on the field are put into attack position. If you used 3 tributes to summon this monster, your opponent's monsters also lose ATK equal to their original ATK. Oh and it can attack 2 times during the battle phase. Let me repeat that: if summoned with 3 tributes, all cards are put in attack, your opponent's cards are severely weakened, and it can attack multiple times during the battle phase. This is the very definition of an amazing card!
3. Mobius the Frost Monarch
Come on, how could I not put Mobius in this list? When Mobius is tribute summoned, you can destroy any 2 spell/trap cards on the field. I chose this card over its 'Mega' version because I feel that it only needs one tribute. The other needs two tributes (either 2 monsters to tribute summon normally or 1 tribute summoned monster which will need a minimum of 1 monster for its summoning) at minimum. Besides, we all know how great this card is - it has been around since the Soul of the Duelist booster pack was released back in 2004. Twelve years later it is still a great card! There is even a 'Monarch' structure deck that was released this year called Emperor of Darkness. Simply put: Monarchs rule!
2. Cloudian - Eye of the Typhoon
Okay, this card also needs 2 tributes to be summoned. However, it has 3000 ATK, can't be destroyed in battle, and when it attacks, all monsters (except 'Cloudians') change position. No monster is safe and nothing can take it down. The only thing keeping it from being #1 is that if it is put in face-up defense position, it is destroyed.
1. Mermail Abyssbalaen
Why is this #1? First - easy summon: just discard 4 Mermail cards. Second - you can target your opponent's monsters (up to the amount of Mermails in your graveyard) to gain 500 ATK per monster and destroy those targeted monsters. It clears the field while boosting itself up. All you need is Mermail cards in your graveyard and its special summoning requirement takes care of that. Plus, if you tribute another face-up attack position Mermail, it gains another effect: when the damage step begins, if Abyssbalaen fought a defense position monster, the defense position monster is destroyed automatically. This will work nicely if the monster either has extremely high boosted DEF or its ability keeps it from being destroyed in battle. I know this card can only be useful in a Mermail deck, but still - this thing is a tank. Why not make it #1 on my list??
And that's it. I hope you enjoyed my list of Top 10 Effect Monsters - Aqua type. I will make more lists in the future, like I said. Again, this is all my opinion. Leave a comment if you don't agree or wish to share your top 10 Aqua Effect Monsters. I look forward to seeing other people's opinions. PS, I know another Pokémon Sun/Moon trailer came out this week but with so little information in it, I decided to do another TCG post instead. When more Sun/Moon information comes out, I will post about it. As always, until next time, blog happy!
No comments:
Post a Comment