John Rocha |
I cannot think of too many good
things to say about Reverse Buster. Let’s take a
look at the stats and see if there is anything that
we can do with it. Buster is a Light monster so we
can play it in a light or chaos deck and use it with
Honest. It has 1500 attack so it can be searched for
with Sangan and Shining Angel. If your opponent has
a face-down defensive monster, Reverse Buster is the
greatest card ever as that monster is immediately
destroyed and your opponent will not be able to stop
the attack with spell and trap cards. The last stat
is it is a Fiend so it can work well in a Fiend
deck.
Now for the bad news. Reverse
Buster can ONLY attack if there is a face down
monster for it to attack. In today’s game of fast
attack offenses, you are not going to see many decks
playing face down monsters. There are ways to
produce face-down monsters like with Book of Moon,
Book of the Eclipse, and Swords of Concealing Light,
but unless you are building a deck around these
cards, Buster is a bust.
The only deck that I can
possibly see this deck in is a Fiend deck’s side
deck. And even then, you will still need to find the
space.
Traditional: 1/5
Advanced: 1/5
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Miguel |
I really wanted to like this card. It has a lot
going for it. It can wipe out face down monsters
without having to flip them face up, protection from
spells and traps when it attacks.....but the
downside is that Reverse Buster can only attack face
down monsters. Yeah it only has 1500 ATK and a big
ole' 0 for its DEF, but it can't attack face up
monsters or attack directly. To get the most out of
RB, use cards like Book of Moon and Swords of
Concealing Light. But it's just a bit much for this
card. Like I stated before, I wanted to fully like
this card, but since it can't attack face up
monsters or directly, it loses a few points.
Traditional: 2
Advanced: 3
Tomorrow: It's good to see Dark Blade got a
promotion.
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Angelic Nightmare
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Reverse Buster
Light/ Fiend/ Lv 4/ 1500 ATK/ 0 DEF
“This card can only attack face-down Defense
Position monsters. If this card attacks, your
opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards until
the end of the Damage Step. At the start of the
Damage Step, if this card attacked a face-down
Defense Position monster: You can destroy that
monster immediately with this card's effect without
flipping it face-up or applying damage calculation.”
Today we are looking at a very situational card.
Most decks nowadays don’t really set cards and
easily have cards that can bypass this card, not to
mention that this card can ONLY attack face down
cards. The only good thing that this card has going
for it is that it’s light, fiend, and it has some
decent effects minus the only being able to attack
face down monsters.
Pros: Honest target, searchable via Sangan, and the
stun effect are nice.
Cons: Horrible attack condition and even worse
defense.
Traditional:1/5
Advanced: 2/5
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Philosophical
Psycho |
You know, I actually have a Reverse Buster in my
Kite Tenjo Deck on Dueling Network.
RB has the "Ancient Gear" treatment, meaning
that the likes of Dimensional Prison and Mirror
Force are futile against it. Once the attack is
declared, nothing can save your opponent's
facedown monster from execution.
Being restricted in only attacking facedown
monsters (can't even attack directly!), however,
is a huge disadvantage. Well, ok, probably not
HUGE considering you're not gonna use RB to
attack anything else. But let that thought ring
in your head: "You're not gonna use RB to attack
anything else." Seriously, what Deck are you
actually going to run RB in? He has no niche or
a generic use. His effect is certainly not as
disappointing as, say, Plasma Ball's, but it's
still a far cry from being MVP.
But anyway, why would you use this over Sasuke
Samurai? I mean sure, Sasuke Samurai can kill
Scapegoats but... Well I guess no one uses
Sasuke Samurai anymore, and...ok, I guess
Reverse Buster outclasses Sasuke (immunity to
Dimensional Prison is very negligible on such an
"expendable monster," because I'd much rather my
RB be Prison'd, than, say, my Grapha). Sasuke
Samurai can be fetched by Reinforcement of the
Army. Exiled Force can do something similar,
only it can target ANY monster. Drillroid can't
stop Flips, but it can murder ANY Defence
Position monster, has 100 more Base ATK, and
works with Limiter Removal. Wattmole...well, it
has no ATK, but I'm sure you're being very
reliant on Reverse Buster's astounding 1500 ATK
anyway.
So obviously, if you WANT to use Reverse Buster,
it has to be a coalition that puts him above all
the other monsters I just mentioned. Being a
Light Fiend is something that allows you to run
him in Fiend Decks while adding a Light to make
summoning Black Luster Soldier easier, so I
suppose if you're running a Fiend Deck and you
really want to get rid of facedown monsters...I
still don't recommend Reverse Buster. The anime
effect is much better, removing its attack
restriction as well as letting it gain 500 ATK
for every set monster he slaughters, and even
then I ask "why not use a monster with better
ATK to start with?"
Traditional: 1/5
Advanced: 1.5/5 (if you have a Book of Moon,
Book of Eclipse and Swords of Concealing Light
theme going on, I dunno...)
Aesthetics: 3/5 You know, it would be pretty
cool to have to have support for the "Buster"
archetype. Buster Blader, Buster Blaster,
Reverse Buster? In any case, it seems really
random to make this a Light Fiend. I personally
think he looks like a Dark or Earth Warrior.
Philosophy Corner: "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT
SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" -George
Orwell's Animal Farm (1945)
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