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Pojo's Kaijudo Card of the Day
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   Quillspike Tatsurion

- #D1/D1 l 2DED


Date Reviewed: March 4, 2013

Constructed Rating: 2.50
Limited Rating: 3.13


Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating.

 

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Welcome to our Monday edition of the Card of the Day! I hope you all have enjoyed your weekend and are looking forward to another school/work week filled with card reviews and thoughts of Spring Break! On a side note, in case you guys didn’t see the Water Firebird Nix and the new Super Rare Dragon Issyl of the Frozen Wastes, visit my Twitter account to see the pictures! Now, let’s get on to our card of the day, Quillspike Tatsurion!

Name: Quillspike Tatsurion
Civilization:
Nature
Type: Creature
Race:
Armored Dragon/Beast Kin
Level:
5
Power:
5000
Flavor Text: “No one corners me!” -Bob
Rarity: Super Rare
Set Number:   D1/D1 l 2DED

Abilities:

Spike Armor- While being attacked, this creature gets +5000 power.

Quillspike Tatsurion is a Level 5, 5000 power creature. He’s fairly balanced in his stats in that regard but he doesn’t Double Break which feels a little odd for me personally. This card is designed to be more defensive than anything else. It can get in there and beat some creatures in the face but generally will only be beating up on those weaker creatures… (And I thought the show was against bullying?)

When Tatsurion is tapped after his attack, it’s going to be difficult for any creature to overthrow him in terms of raw power. They are going to need a huge creature or some kind of spell to take him down, because when he’s attacked, his power level goes to 10000! So unless you happen to have a Terror Pit/Root Trap/Tornado Flame, it’s unlikely you will be taking him down in battle.

Enter DragonStrike Infernus. Once this set hits shelves, all bets are off! There are several creatures who have 10000+ power and aren’t afraid to throw their weight around! Quillspike is incredibly outclassed in this set.

I suppose if Quillspike gained the power when attacking and when being attacked, he would be more viable in decks but right now, he’s just a little too outgunned by more effective cards. Now, on the positive side, like all of our Bobs out there, he’s an Armored Dragon and Beast Kin, which opens up possibilities for Evolution! Normally this card requires you to wait until turn five to play him, when DragonStrike Infernus comes out; you can realistically have him out by turn three or four by combining the new Firebirds with a mana ramp strategy.

Quillspike isn’t my cup of tea but being a more defensive card that can set up evolutions or early aggression plays is pretty good. I personally prefer using Flamespike Tatsurion on top of a Prickleback but to each their own. Try it out and see if it works for you, it may surprise you next set.

Ratings:

Constructed: 2.75/5.00 (A balanced card with no huge effect. He is able to defend himself from just about any creature out now but still can be banished by card effects and bigger, badder, dragons in the upcoming DragonStrike Infernus set.)

Limited: 4.50/5.00 (The only way this could be played in Limited is if you used a sealed deck. That being the case, it is impossible for anyone to banish him due to his defensive ability outside of using the one copy of Tornado Flame and Root Trap that are included in the Bull Rush Deck.)

Make sure to stop back again tomorrow when we cover another Super Rare card from the Dojo Edition! Until next time my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters, keep calm and game on!

John
Shultis
Phoenix
Gaming

Quillspike Tatsurion Card of the Day

Welcome to the Pojo.com Kaijudo Card of the Day section! Today we are looking at Quillspike Tatsurion. Quillspike Tatsurion is a level 5 Nature monster with 5000+ power. Quillspike Tatsurion has the ability Spike Armor, which says while being attacked, Quillspike Tatsurion gains +5000 power.
While not the greatest Tatsurion out there, it is a formidable creature at 5000 power for a level 5. The best thing is that it will likely not be destroyed on subsequent counter attacks, due to the pumps it will receive.

Not the greatest, but certainly worth running.

Limited: 3/5
Constructed: 4/5


Robby Stewart
The Card Academy TCG YouTube Channel

Quillspike Tatsurion review:

Whats up Pojo. I'm back for another week of COTD. Today we have a card that got skimmed over when it came out and has had some lukewarm reception since its premier but lets check it out!

Quillspike Tatsurion:
Cost 5
Nature
Power: 5000+
Armored Dragon/Beast Kin

Spike Armor — While being attacked, this creature gets +5000 power.

So here are the things that this card has going for it.  

- 5 cost Armor Dragon

- can't be beaten in battle when attack by anything lower than 10000.

- Beast Kin is awesome because of the versatile Beast Kin support

Sadly that's about where the list ends. With Dragon Strike Infernus on the rise there a number of other 5 costs dragons that could impact the game directly such as Herald of Infernus and Ragefire Tatsurion. Not to mention the ever popular Hyper Speed Dragon and to an extent Twin Cannon Maelstrom. If Dragon Strike Infernus wasn't premiering so many great Dragons, this could still serve as some potential evolution bait for cards such as Evo-Fury Tatsurion and Kendrix, the Psionic. However the other cards tend to possess more of a threat on their own while still serving the same purposes that Quillspike provides. 

Summary:

Quillspike is overshadowed by the other more powerful dragons/cheaper costing beast kin. Stinks that his power is 5000 becaue he still gets wrecked by Tornado Flame. Glad he doges Bone Blades and the 4 cost removal, but I digress. He still is outclassed by the other dragons. However you could definitley have some fun with it in a Tatsurion focused deck! 

Constructed 1/5

Limited 2/5 (Hard to kill!, like its evolved brother Flamespike)

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