When a face-up "Heroic" monster you control is targeted for an attack: Target another face-up Level 4 or lower "Heroic" monster you control; double its ATK during this Battle Phase, then switch the attack target to it and conduct damage calculation, but monsters cannot be destroyed by this battle.
Card Ratings
Traditional: 1.33
Advanced:
1.67
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst.
3 is average.
5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - Dec. 7, 2012
Closing the week is another Trap, in Heroic Advance.
This could be a useful card in a pinch I think.
When a face-up Heroic Monster you control is
targeted for an attack, this lets you select another
Heroic Monster you control as the attack target.
Said Monster has its attack doubled during this
Battle Phase, and Damage is calculated. However,
Monsters cannot be destroyed by this Battle. So
you're likely protecting a Monster, and inflicting
some considerable Damage, despite not destroying the
Monster. You don't technically gain any advantage,
this would qualify as a -1. But it's certainly a
neat thing to use, especially if said Battle wins
you the game.
Ratings:
Traditional: 2/5
Advanced: 3/5
Art: 3.5/5
John Rocha
Our final Heroic card of the week is Heroic
Advance. Unlike yesterday’s card, this trap card
actually does something to help Heroic monsters. The
kicker is that you have to have two level 4 Heroic
monsters on the field for Heroic Advance to work and
then you do not even get to destroy a monster so you
take a negative one in card advantage.
Normally when you have two level 4 monsters on the
field, you are going to Xyz summon a monster.
However, there are some instances where Heroic
Advance could come in handy. If we have a Heroic
monster on the field, we could activate Call of the
Haunted or Limit Reverse to special summon another
Heroic monster, then use Heroic Advance to keep them
both alive. Then on your turn you can use your
monsters for an Xyz summon.
There are a number of cool tricks you could use with
Heroic Advance and Heroic Challenger – Spartan as
they both require two Heroics on the field and they
both double your monster’s attack points, but it is
doubtful your opponent will fall into your trap. I
would much rather destroy my opponent’s monsters
that trade card advantage for life points.
You could base you Heroic deck around both effect
and battle damage. By using Heroic Advance and cards
that redirect your opponent’s attack like Magic
Cylinder, you can protect your monsters on the field
and cause a lot of damage to your opponent’s life
points in the process.
Traditional: 1/5
Advanced: 1/5
Angelic Nightmare
Hello and welcome to the last
CotD of this week.
Heroic Advance
Normal Trap
“When a face-up "Heroic
Champion" monster you control is targeted for an
attack: Target 1 face-up Level 4 or lower "Heroic
Challenger" monster you control; that target becomes
the new attack target, and its ATK is doubled during
the Battle Phase only. The attacking monster and the
attack target cannot be destroyed by this battle.”
Unfortunately the cons outweigh
the pros. The pros are that it gives a relatively
good attack boost to another one of your Heroic
Challenger.The best Heroic Challenger right now in my
opinion is Double Lance because it’s attack is 1700
(3400 with Heroic Advance), but let’s be serious
here. Why would you have a Double lance out when you
probably used its effect instead of a 4000 beat
stick?
This card belongs in its own
dedicated deck, but I don’t see it being played too
much. What really hurt this card is that you
opponent has to attack a Heroic Championfirst and you must have a Heroic Challenger
face up to activate this card. This card is too
situational for my liking, not to mention that a lot
of players are starting to main deck Forbidden Lance
so that can make Heroic Advance useless.
Pros: Gives good attack boost and
evades an attack.
Cons: Not Chainable, monster isn’t
destroyed, and requires another Heroic Monster on
the field.
Advanced: 1/5
Traditional 1/5
Philosophical
Psycho
You have two weak Heroic monsters on your field. I
summon something stronger than either of them and
attack. You activate this and I probably won’t even
take more than 2000 damage. (And if my monster is
significantly strong enough, you still end up taking
damage.)
Although I concede it’s annoying you block my attack
and I take damage, and this might mean you might be
able to Overlay three Level 4 monsters because you
blocked my attack, this card is nothing special at
all.
What really stinks about this card is that it
requires you to have a LEVEL FOUR OR BELOW Heroic
monster. The strongest monster that fits this
category has 1800 ATK, and it rarely gets any better
than that. If you’re in a position to activate this
card, I need to ask you, “Why didn’t you Xyz Summon
in the last turn?” If you have out two puny Heroic
Challenger monsters and I summon something that’s
likely to be able to overpower both of them, all
what Heroic Advance does is damage me a little (I
don’t even lose my monster) and let your monster
live for one turn. It’s annoying, but if that’s all
what your card does, it’s very underwhelming. I
suppose you can combine it with Heroic Retribution
Sword (a mediocre Equip Card that destroys any
monster a Heroic battles with…AFTER damage
calculation), but why don’t I show you a list of
much better Trap Cards:
Covering Fire: only works if the attack target is in
Attack Mode and will probably end up doing less
damage, but it will leave either monster vulnerable
to being destroyed by battle (usually in your favour)
Dimensional Prison: doing a little bit of damage is
nothing compared to Dimensional Prison’s power of
literally banishing the attacking monster, allowing
you to possibly Direct Attack next turn
Magic Cylinder: in the most likely scenarios, this
ends up dealing more damage than Heroic Advance, so
the only way Heroic Advance could be better is if
combined with Heroic Retribution Sword (and if
you’re intending to make such a combo, you might as
well use Waboku)
Mirror Force: just like Dimensional Prison but has
potential to wipe out more monsters
Waboku: seriously, the only advantage Heroic Advance
has over Waboku is that Heroic Advance does a little
bit of damage
The Heroic archetype has very few specific support
cards they can brag as having all to themselves.
They are all very lacklustre, and this one is
perhaps the worst. If I could say one sentence about
this card: “It’s too fancy to serve any productive
use.
Trad: 1/5
Adv: 1.05/5 (if you’re like me and simply don’t own
anything better, I suppose it’s USABLE, but don’t
let me catch you using this on Dueling Network)
Aesthetics: 1.5/5 I guess it’s cool they picked
Heroic Challenger – Double Lance for the picture,
although I find it extremely ironic Double Lance is
standing in front of Heroic Challenger – Spartan,
considering Spartan can protect himself with his
effect. Here’s a fun trick, though: Imagine your
Double Lance is getting attacked. Activate Heroic
Advance to double Spartan’s ATK, and then chain
Spartan’s own effect for him to absorb Double
Lance’s ATK. Spartan will take the attack and end up
doing a lot of damage, but I still don’t think it’s
worth using this card.
Philosophy Corner: continued from yesterday
About the rants throughout the week…some of you may
be wondering…why should I spend my time writing
about someone who intentionally ended a human
life…or if it’s that depressing why even put it up
on Pojo at all…or maybe I’m an attention-grabber
that says things that aren’t true. In case you
haven’t noticed by now, I’m a literary artist; I put
feelings into my art, and I put art into
writing/speaking. I’m not saying she’s not guilty of
the wrong decisions; I feel insulted that she
deserted me and I’m suffering from withdrawal
without her existence. There is biological evidence
that writing is a medicine for pain, but I mostly
just write for the sake of writing. And then when I
publish what I write and show it to everyone, I’m
NOT waiting for people to say “I’m sorry for you” or
“You’re so brave.” I’m not trying to spread the
pain. I am a life-living, air-breathing,
heart-beating human being that has the insight to
uncork my bottled feelings before they suffocate me.
I don’t what I wrote today is too long for you to
read because at least I got to say what’s on my
mind. And I never lost anyone this close to be
before, so if you don’t like it, then I’m grieving
in my own way, and can you really blame me for
getting all touchy? And if you’re still reading by
this point then I’m happy to impart some knowledge
because this way I get some compensation – the pain
heals faster – off my sister’s death. And I want to
remind everyone that we are not perfect because we
are not immune to sadness and that’s ok, because not
being perfect is how you become perfect after all.
Because I don’t live by myself in the forest (as
cool as that sounds), it is inevitable that I will
outlive a lot of the people I know and some of them
might even die right before my eyes. However, if I
have their love to start with, then I can cope with
the tragedy at the end. I beg all of you not to copy
the big mistake my sister did and if life activates
a Bottomless Trap Hole on you, no matter what you
should hit life back with Imperial Iron Wall instead
of Burial from a Different Dimension.
