Hello my fellow Duelists and welcome back to the Card of the Day! Today concludes our Top Ten Cards from 2013 with a card that a lot of you should have seen coming from a mile away, Andromeda of the Citadel. This card has been making huge waves ever since its release back in March of 2013. This is by far one of, if not the most powerful card in the entire game. Let's get started shall we?

Name: Andromeda of the Citadel
Civilization: Light
Type: Creature
Race: Celestial Dragon
Level: 9
Power: 11500
Flavor Text: N/A
Rarity: Super Rare
Set Number:   S1/S5 l 6DSI

Abilities: 
Double Breaker (This creature breaks 2 shields.)
Fortress of Light- When this creature enters the battle zone, put the top 2 cards of your deck into your shield zone face down as new shields.
Awe Strike- Whenever a creature attacks you, your opponent chooses one of his or her untapped creatures in the battle zone. Tap that creature.

Andromeda is a big ol' Dragon that would have been a balanced card if they just gave it the "Awe Strike" ability. Having to tap down another creature each time I want to attack my opponent's shields seems really good to me. Instead, they decided to throw a couple of free shields in to sweeten the pot. Andromeda helps players in the current environment stabilize against rush and tempo strategies and is often the bane of all rush decks, outside of Eternal Haven or Infernus the Awakened. It also allows for some silly plays involving players putting Andromeda after Andromeda into the battle zone. Worse yet, you can even bounce your own Andromeda back to your hand with Piercing Judgment/Rusalka, Aqua Chaser, and so on if you ever need to.

Once Andromeda hits the board, the game often slows down substantially. I know I won't be attacking any time soon unless I have some triple breaking follow up plans in the next turn or so. For a while people used to stall against their opponent in a hope to deck their opponent out (an occurrence that wasn't as difficult as it sounded when your opponent is playing Andromeda after each shiny and glorious Andromeda).

Andromeda will be rotating out of the Standard format come the end of May and that means decks are going to have to adapt even more. Perhaps Serpens the Spirit Shifter will make its way into more decks? Only time will tell, but until May, Andromeda will continue to remain arguably the best card in the game.

Ratings:

Constructed: 5.00/5.00 (As long as you can hold on til turn 9 (or sooner in a Dragon deck) you'll be in a winning position when you play this card or at least more comfortable than you were. A truly amazing card.)

Limited: 3.50/5.00 (In limited it's difficult to get out with all the rush strategies going around. If you happen to pull this card and Herald of Infernus, GG, you just won the event.)

I hope you all enjoyed the Top Ten Cards from 2013, Stay tuned for the Top Ten Cards from The 5 Mystics next week!  Until next time my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters, keep calm and game on!