Stats                : Mystic Box is a Normal Spell.  It’d probably be better off as a Quick-Play, just to give it some diversity.  Or, with a significantly different effect that better represents the manga/animé effect, as a Trap.

 

Effect(s)            : Mystic Box is something of a strange effect: you get to destroy an opponent’s Monster… but then they get one of yours.  At least you choose in both situations.

 

Uses and

Combinations  : This is most definitely a niche card: giving your opponent a Monster can be useful, but not for the majority of decks.  Such decks usually involve Ameba or Giant Kozaky, with the goal of major burn damage.  There are also a few decks that might like it since they want to give your opponent something that proves quite useful.  For example, I think it’s perfectly sensible to give an opponent a Sasuke Samurai #3 and then run something small into it so you can draw up to seven cards.  Note, I am not saying to use it that way, just that it could.  And of course, in general, you can always give something like a spent Magician of Faith that you can easily destroy in battle.

 

Ratings (due to the nature of this card, these are ratings according to decks that use it)

 

Traditional       : 1/5 – Too complex a strategy for this format.

 

Advanced        : 3.5/5 – I’ve seen a swap based burner, and thanks to this card, it is very, very annoying: if you have any good Monster, it tends to get destroyed by this or Swapped.

 

Limited            : N/A – It would be a good card for Limited, just because it is Limited, and poor Monster removal is better than none.

 

Summary

As a card, it isn’t too bad since it is meant for some very specific decks to use.