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In honor of the return of Philosophical Psycho, welcome to (another) Number week, reviewing more of the Number XYZ Monsters.  Opening this week is Number 22:  Zombiestein.  This is a Rank 8, Dark attributed, Zombie Monster, who is XYZ Summoned with two Dark Level 8 Monsters, with a gargantuan 4500 attack but a meek 1000 defense.  Zombiestein has some very excellent things going for him.  Being Dark and Zombie are very well supported things.  Now, once a turn, during either players turn, you can detach an XYZ Material from this card, plus send a card from your Hand to the Graveyard (another plus for Zombies) to target a face-up card your opponent controls, then shifting this card to Defense position.  If you do, the selected cards effect is negated until the End Phase.  That's some nice versatility, as long as the card is face-up, Zombiestein car target it.  However, the 1000 defense could be a big problem very fast, since he has to change to defense.  Plus, he can't be Special Summoned outside of XYZ Summoning.  4500 attack will stand up to about everything, but 1000 defense stands up to about nothing.
 
Ratings:

3.5/5 both Formats, he could be as good or even better in Traditional simply because you can use DMoC in that Format
 
Art:  5/5

We are going to be reviewing Xyz monsters this week to see if they can contend for space in our Extra deck. First up on the list is Number 22: Zombiestein, a 4500 attack beast, I mean Zombie that has the quick effect ability to negate one of your opponent’s face-up cards. Any time you have a monster with 4500 attack, you have to take that monster seriously. The second effect of Zombiestein could come in handy in the right situation, especially if you have Final Attack Orders on the field, but it is the attack that makes this card extra deck worthy. All you need is two level 8 Dark monsters on the field to summon it.
 
Obviously, any Dark deck that can summon level 8 monsters can play Zombiestein. The best deck that is also very completive that can run Zombiestein is Dark World. Getting two Grapha’s on the field is not that hard with all of the draw and search power that the deck has and the ease of summoning Grapha from the grave. The next deck that I really like with Zombiestein is Hieratic’s with Tri-Horned Dragon and Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon. You can play it in dark decks that are not so main stream like The Dark Creator with Dark Nephthys, Demise, King of Armageddon, and Gagaga decks as well. There is also a nifty little card called Darklon. It is a level 1 Dark monster that increases all of your monsters by 1 level and make them Dark monsters. Elemental Dragons can summon two level 7 monsters with ease, so by summoning Darkon you can change them to level 8 Dark monsters and summon Zombiestein easily.
 
The question that we have to ask ourselves is: Is Number 22: Zombiestein good enough to take the place of other rank 8 Xyz monsters that already occupy a space in our extra deck? Zombiestein would be hard pressed to beat out Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis and its ability to destroy all of your opponent’s cards and still attack with 3000 attack. Number 107:Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon with 3000 in attack and the ability to attack twice and card negation effect will give Zombiestein a run for its money as well. In the right situation, Zombiestein can win the game for you by running over your opponent’s monster if it delivers enough damage to win the game.
 
If you are running a deck that is built for running rank 8 Dark monsters and have the Extra Deck space, I would recommend running Number 22: Zombiestein.
 
Traditional: 2/5
Advanced: 3.5/5

Today we are talking about a new Zombie Xyz monster that can fit into a bunch of different decks.  It’s a manga promo card but it’s a another number monster that you might want to get.
 
Number 22: Zombiestein
Attribute: Dark
Types: Zombie/Xyz/Effect
Rank 8
 
2 Level 8 DARK monsters
Must be Xyz Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card and send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard to target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; change this card to Defense Position, and if you do, negate that face-up card's effect until the End Phase.
ATK/4500                                                                   DEF/1000
 
This monster is a great rank 8 monster because of its amazing attack power and decent effect.  It’s a 4500 attack beater!  You don’t see too many of those.  Zombiestein’s effect isn’t too bad either.  It allows you to detach one Xyz material and send 1 card from your hand to the grave to target any face-up card on your opponent’s side of the field and negate its effects until the end phase.  It does go into defense position if you use its effect but that isn’t too bad.  Its defense is terrible so I would probably use him mostly as a big beater. Its effect just seems like a bonus that you can use if you need to.
 
It’s also very easy to summon when used in the right deck.  The best deck you can use this card in is Dark World decks.  It just takes 2 Graphas to make so it should definitely be considered a staple in a Dark World extra deck.    Another deck that can make this monster easily are Gimmick Puppet decks.  It is an archetype that is designed to make rank 8 monsters so this monster is perfect for that deck.
 
Advanced: 3.5/5
Traditional:.1.5/5
Art: 5/5

Today's Card of the Day Review is Number 22: Zombiestein, the most recent promo to be released.
 
This DARK Zombie-type card needs the aid of 2 Level 8 DARK monsters but it comes packing with a massive 4500 ATK and 1000 DEF.
 
Here's the effect:
"Must be Xyz Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other way. Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card and send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard to target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; change this card to Defense Position, and if you do, negate that face-up card's effect until the End Phase."
 
While I'm sure you are looking at this card's summoning requirements and think that it is difficult to pull off but there is at least 3 decks that can actually summon it. One of them is Dark World, which is done with 2 Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World. The 2nd deck is Gagaga since Gagaga Magician, Gagaga Girl, and Gagaga Child is all DARK monsters that can easily change their level with ease and the last deck is Gimmick Puppet, in which deck will receive a good portion of its support in the upcoming Number Hunters set. That deck specializes in summoning Level 8 DARK monsters which makes Number 22 easy to bring out.
 
Once you do that, you get a monster with a massive 4500 ATK, whose strength matches that of the ironic Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Needless to say, almost nothing can beat it in battle properly with all of that strength backing it up and it can easily finish off duels in a couple quick blows.
 
To make things worse, it comes with its own special ability that can add even more protection but it has a massive drawback. Basically, you can negate an card effect on the field by simply giving up 3 things: an Xyz Material, 1 card from your hand, and you switch Number 22 to Defense Position. The biggest issue is that this card goes to Defense Position and makes it a lot more vulnerable to attacks with only 1000 DEF. It also costs a card from your hand as well. However, this card also negate any card your opponent controls including Spells and Traps.
 
Provided you can protect Number 22 after you use the effect, its ability can actually help you deal with card effects that would otherwise own this card. For example, your opponent could Xyz Summon Number 11: Big Eye and try to take control of it. Number 22's effect can negate it and switch to DEF and, since Number 11 can't attack during the turn it has used its effect, Number 22 will most likely survive the round and bound Number 11 to dust. Also, you can use its effect offensively. Another example is if your opponent has a Messenger of Peace that keeps Number 22 from attacking, you can use its effect to negate it, let Number 22 go into Defense Position, and then manually switch it back to Attack Position and attack with it.
 
It has utility as well as a massive number of ATK that can take down anything that opposes it. While it has use to only a few decks due to its summoning restrictions, it is indeed a big boost for the decks that can indeed use it.
 
Traditional Format: 2/5 (Sure, 4500 ATK is massive but the restrictions hurts it badly. It may serve a niche purpose there though.)

Advanced Format: 3/5 (Outside of getting it on the field, it does a lot. It owns monsters in battle, it has a costly but niche effect that adds some utility whenever needed when combined makes a pretty powerful overall monster. It is worth grabbing for any deck that can bring it out as I do consider it a staple for those 3 decks. There may be more that can use it in the near future.)

Number 22: Zombiestein
DARK/Zombie/Xyz/Effect/Rank8/4500/1000
2 Level 8 DARK monsters
Must be Xyz Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card and send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard to target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; change this card to Defense Position, and if you do, negate that face-up card's effect until the End Phase.

It's Numbers week here at Pojo, which all week we will be looking a a variety of Number monsters even some from the Upcoming Numbers Hunters pack. First up though is a ZeXal Manga promo, Number 22: Zombiestein. The first thing that most people will notice is its stats, a whooping 4500 ATk and a terrible 1000 DEF. So before we even look at this card's effect, it has a major flaw. But what about its effect?

Well it can negate the effect of one face up card your opponent controls (a veeeeerrrrrrryyyy common effect with anime and manga Xyz monsters these days) until the end phase. All it requires is for you to detach a material and send 1 card from your hand, and switch this into DEF mode. So you lose material, a card from your hand and you are stuck with a 1000 DEF monster. This is an effect that isn't worth it, even if it is a quick effect, not only that but it doesn't destroy the card, so the problem will remain but this monster will probably be killed before then. Also once it's gone, you can special summon it back to the field and it doesn't have generic materials either.

Overall a terrible card, with its 4500 ATK is the only thing going for it.

Tradtional: 1/5
Advanced: 1/5