You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; return that target to the hand. This effect can only be used once while this card is face-up on the field.
Card Ratings
Traditional: 2.10
Advanced:
3.80
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst.
3 is average.
5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - Nov. 10, 2011
Wind-Up Kitten, one of the most un-adorable kittens
I've ever seen, is a Level 2, Earth attributed,
Beast type Monster, with 800 attack and 500 defense.
This is one of those cards that's actually fairly
useful, if only for one time. The attack and
defense aren't going to win any contests, but this,
as I referred to earlier in the week, is a card that
actually could be a splashable piece of Tech outside
the Wind-Up Deck. Our feline friend allows you
to target one Monster your opponent controls and
return it to his/her Hand. Obviously useful,
return something powerful, something preferably that
required a lot of investment to bring out. If
it's the right Monster, ridding the Field of it can
totally shatter your opponent's strategy.
Ratings:
Traditional: 2/5
Advanced: 3/5
Art: 1/5
John Rocha
We have cute little Wind-Up for you today, that
packs a big effect. Wind-Up Kitten may look innocent
enough, but if your opponent has a big monster on
the field or a monster that is disrupting your
strategy like Archlord Kristya, Kitten is your
answer. Say good by to those pesky synchro monsters
like Stardust Dragon, Naturia Beast, and Naturia
Barkion. Laugh at those stubborn Xyz monsters like
Gachi Gachi Gantetsu, Steelswarm Roach, and Wind-Up
Zenmaines. Of course, it would be a benefit if we
had Wind-Up Magician or Factory on the field to gain
another card in advantage.
Getting our cute little mechanical kitten to the
field is not very difficult. We can use Monster
Reborn, Call of the Haunted, or Limit Reverse in
addition to Wind-Up Rat to special summon Wind-Up
Kitten. You can special summon it from the deck with
Super-Nimble Mega Hamster, Giant Rat, and Wind-Up
Magician. Or you can search for it with Sangon and
Wind-Up Factory.
Wind-Up Kitten is a great card in today’s special
summon meta. All it has to worry about are cards
like Effect Veiler, Herold of the Orange Light, and
Chain Disappearance. This is one Wind-Up that you
could consider side decking. Too bad it has such
terrible stats, but maybe that is because it has
such a great effect.
Traditional: 2/5
Advanced: 3/5
Miguel
We're in the home stretch here on Wind-Up week on
pojo. Today's card is a cute little thing by the
name of Wind-Up Kitten. Kitten is a level 2
Earth/Beast with 800 ATK and 500 DEF, but what
Kitten lacks in claws, it makes up for in tricks.
Kitten can return a monster your opponent controls
from the field to their hand. Of course, like most
Wind-Ups, Kitten can only do this once while it is
face up. First thing, Kitten's effect works on face
up and set monsters, so it can get around Spy, Ryko,
any large monster, Xyz or synchro alike. Kitten is a
great card, and can be useful in other decks outside
of Wind-Ups. Cards like Book of Moon, Spring
Rewinding, and Beast Soul Swap can get more of of
Kitten. Like yesterday's card, Effect Veiler,
Forbidden Lance, Skill Drain and other cards that
negates effect can declaw Kitten. Other than that,
look for Kitten to make a splash in tournaments
soon.
Traditional: 1
Advanced: 4
Tomorrow: What is it with yugioh and high priced
bunnies
Angelic Nightmare
Hello my fellow Pojo-goers. I am terribly sorry
about my absence; it is mid-term season for me.
Just like ever non-xyz wind-up monster, its effect
can only be activated once while it’s face up. Its
effect is that you can bounce back one monster on
the field to the hand. Long story short, this cute
little cat-launcher has a built in Compulsory
Evacuation Device.
Depending on the build you run, this can replace the
Snail that you may be running. My version is a
Fuh-Rin-Kah-Zan build and I might not have room for
this useful little guy, but it is in the works.
The basic play that I can see with this card while
you have an active magician is summon Kitten,
activate effect, bounce a monster, use magician’s
effect to get another kitten, bounce a monster, and
xyz into Gachi Gachi Gantetsu xyz.
Traditional: 1/5 (Toys have no place for the Big
Boys)
Advanced: 4/5 in a wind up deck based on field
control.
Argouru
Thursday:
Wind-Up Kitten
Lv 2/EARTH/Beast/800A/500D
"You can target 1 monster your opponent controls;
return that target to the hand. This effect can only
be used once while this card is face-up on the
field."
"It's soooo cute I can't stand it! I have to get
out of here!!!"
Not really, but that's basically what he does and
he does it well. The worst thing that can happen
with high level monsters, synchros, XYZs,
conditional special summons and even fusions are for
them to be bounced back to the hand, or in the case
of all those white, black and purple-framed monster
cards, back to the extra deck. Kitten can ruin
anyone's day, but it's hard to hate something so
cute. He really can be a nightmare if played at the
right time and only needs to hit the field for his
effect to activate, making him one of the single
most useful WU monsters. I would definately run a
few copies in any WU deck and his ease of use makes
him a great splash card in any other deck.
