Greetings my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters! My name’s Mark Woodin but I go by Raijinku on just about every online forum. This is my first ever Card of the Day review and I’m really excited to be part of the online community! I’ve been playing TCG’s for 15 years and have learned a lot during this time and perhaps I can share some of my insight with you guys. The most competitive game that I’ve invested into over the years has been Yu-Gi-Oh!. I’ve been to tons of major events including Shonen Jump Championships and Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, and even Canada. I have qualified for Nationals in: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2012. My biggest and most recent accomplishment was at a YCS in Columbus, Ohio, where I placed 34^th out of over 1,100 competitors with a new deck that I called, "Castor Chaos"… due to some issues with tie breakers/people dropping, I didn’t quite make the top 32. I do tend to take these games seriously, but it’s also all about having fun and challenging yourself too! Well, enough about me… without further ado, let’s get started! 

Today’s Card of the Day is the Celestial Dragon of the Light Civilization: Orion, Radiant Fury. When I first got a glimpse of this card, I thought that it was extremely overpowered but soon realized that is more balanced then I had given it credit for.  

Let’s get to the basics before we break it down a bit, shall we? It costs 9 mana to bring out into the battle zone, which isn’t something that a lot of decks can do in a game unless they are running a “mana ramp” deck or unless they have been playing a very slow or control oriented match. 

It’s a Double Breaker. If this card wasn’t, I would be very surprised! He’s also the only Super Rare in the Evo Fury set that wasn’t an “Evolution” creature, so he had some hype to live up to. 

His first ability, “Laser Lances” states: “When this creature enters the battle zone, tap up to 3 target enemy creatures.” This is basically either a watered down “Stormspark Blast” or a slightly powered up “Helios Rings”. This ability being attached to a creature is definitely welcome to the light civilization and can create an opening and apply that extra pressure late game. 

His second ability was one of the main selling points for me when I first saw this card spoiled. “Three Headed” states: “When this creature is banished, look at the top 3 cards of your deck. You may put any number of non-evolution light creatures from among them into the battle zone. Put the rest on the bottom of your deck in any order.” Wait a minute… You’re telling me that if this guy dies that I can potentially replace him with three other cards from my deck?! Yes. However, my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters, let’s be realistic… All of us tend to run these things called, “Shield Triggers” or other various “Spells”. So at least one of the cards you reveal is likely to be one of those. Also, unless you’re using “Mono-Light,” you’ll likely hit another color card as well. In a dedicated build, you’ll be lucky to hit 1-2 creatures with this ability… maybe you’ll get a blocker or some other “Enter the battle zone” ability. Now, don’t get me wrong, that in itself is still an amazing trade off! Anything that can replace itself or create advantage is well worth considering! 

The last item on the list is his power level… IT’S OVER 9000!!!! (Sorry, couldn’t help myself!). With a power of 10,500, not much is going to get by this big guy! Unless it faces off against a select few evolution creatures or a user of the Darkness Civilization, odds are he’ll be on the field for a while.  

Okay, so there’s plenty that this guy can do and he’s not something you want to be staring down when you’re using a Fire Civilization deck (as they don’t have a lot of spells or firepower to deal with such a behemoth). Nature can deal with him as long as they have a Root Trap available; Water can bounce him back to the hand or deck; Darkness easily puts him to rest at the cost of activating his ability… which potentially could bring ANOTHER one of him onto the field, activating his Laser Lances ability! Light pretty much has to rely on tapping him, blocking, or buying as much time as they can. 

Well to sum things up, Orion is one nasty card to deal with but amazing for the person who is able to harness his power. In a dedicated build, this guy can really shine, no pun intended… Since Light decks tend to run a lot of blockers, they could very well get to turn nine before you know it. Orion is both a fun and competitive card to play around with, expect to see this guy in Light or Light/Nature decks in the future! 

Ratings:

Constructed: 3.5/5 (Slow to start but when he hits the field, a huge momentum shift can occur!)

Limited (Draft): 4/5 (As long as your opponent isn’t running a “Rush Deck”, it can be too much to deal with) 

Orion, Radiant Fury
Civilization - light 
Race - Celestial Dragon
Level - 9
Power - 10500 {Double Breaker}
 
Orion, Radiant fury does a lot, first off we notice he has a whopping 10.5k power, there are 5 creatures in the game that can beat that of those -4- of them are evos. So not much is gonna go toe to toe with orion. 
With that kind of power double breaker is to be expected.
 
His first ability "Laser Lances" lets him tap not one, not two, but three creatures when he enters the battle zone. You can shut down three of your opponents blockers or make three of your opponents creatures vulnerable to attack or anything in between.
 
His second ability "Three headed", means that even if your opponent does manage to kill him you get to look at the top three cards of your deck and put all non-evolution light creatures from among them into the battle zone.
 
All of this has a cost though, and that cost is nine, not a lot of decks can get to nine mana consistently.
 
Now does that mean Orion is too expensive to play? No, because we have a civilization that's all about making giant fatties look cheap, namely nature. And nature has a card that would love a giant battle winning fattie that taps three dudes, namely Lepidos the ancient.In essence, Orion is a very specific card that belongs in the Lepidos deck and not much else, but in that deck he's a great support tool that can devastate your opponent by doing everything the deck wants. Anywhere else he is likely too cumbersome to play however, as cool as three headed robot dragons with laser breath are.
 
3 / 5 overall (2/5 generally, 4/5 in lepidos deck)