1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
If this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: Your opponent cannot Normal or Special Summon Level 5 or higher monsters during their next turn.
Card Ratings
Traditional: 2.87
Advanced:
3.33
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst.
3 is average.
5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - Feb. 20, 2013
A Synchro Monster? Blasphemy! Well, no,
today, we look at Crimson Blader, and the next set
is supposedly bringing many new Synchros to the game
in an effort to make them playable again. As
for today, Crimson Blader is a Level 8 Synchro
Monster, of the Fire attribute, with 2800 attack and
2600 defense, both which are very good. This
Monster is Synchro Summoned with a Tuner, and one or
more non-Tuner Monsters, so it's an easy enough
Synchro Monster to bring out. If this guy had
come out before XYZ Monsters had hit the scene, he'd
certainly be a game breaking card in my opinion.
When he destroys a Monster by Battle, Crimson Blader
prevents your opponent from Normal or Special
Summoning Level 5 or higher Monsters during their
next turn. Obviously the inherent flaw here
being that this effect doesn't effect XYZ Monsters,
as they have no Level. So at least in the now,
I don't see Crimson Blader being all that effective.
Seeing how is only effect, good as it may be, or may
have been, he just can't do much in the competitive
environment as of right now. You could play
one in a Fire Deck, say Fire Fist, if only because
of the attribute, but I'm not sure where else.
Ratings:
Traditional: 2.25/5
Advanced: 3.25/5
Art: 5/5
Bleak
dragon55
Today we review an odd import for Cosmo Blazar.
However, it is an amazing card that many synchro
decks are glad to have! Let's take a look at Crimson
Blader!
Crimson Blader
FIRE/ Warrior/ Level 8
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
If this card destroys an opponent's monster by
battle and sends it to the Graveyard: Your opponent
cannot Normal or Special Summon Level 5 or higher
monsters during their next turn.
2800/2600
I am so glad that we were able to import this
card into Cosmo Blazar, and even better at a low
rarity. For a level 8 synchro, it has pretty good
stats. 2800 attack can easily get over many of the
popular cards of today.
The effect is very good to top it off! You kill
one of their monsters and they can not summon Level
5 or higher monsters during the next turn. This can
absolutely kill Chaos Dragons and hurt Fire Kings
and Atlanteans. Chaos Dragons won't be able to
access Pulsar and Red-Eyes. Fire Kings can't summon
Garunix and Mermails can't attempt to summon Megalo;
which is one of their main access points to discard.
However, we are in an age where we don't have
many decks that can synchro summon. I know that
Karakuris, from personal experience, can summon this
easily. However... there isn't much else. Hunders
can, but many of the popular decks that can summon
level 8 synchros have died off due to the xyz age.
Advanced: 3.5
Amazing abilities against certain match-ups with
a respectful attack.
Traditional: 2.0
Kinda slow.... but good still
Art: 3.0
Twin-bladed warrior on fire? Very nice.
Obskera
Today we are looking at a synchro monster from
Cosmo Blazer: Crimson Blader
“1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
If this card destroys an opponent's monster by
battle and sends it to the Graveyard: Your opponent
cannot Normal or Special Summon Level 5 or higher
monsters during their next turn.”
So we have an 8 star, no special monsters or
types required, synchro monster. The effect is
pretty straightforward, if you use it to destroy a
monster by battle pretty much any top tier deck
short of Rabbit and/or Fire Fist are going to have
some issues. Mermail, Prophecy, even Six samurai
have a tough time getting a boss on the field after
this resolves. (Though that’s not to say it
completely shuts them down) It has nice attack, and
Fire type is interesting.
Overall he is good, but in a Meta where your
extra deck choices can win (or lose) you the match,
he is competing with a large pool of monsters that
have much higher utility. I personally feel like he
would be kind of nice in a Plant Anti-Meta deck (Did
you ever think you would hear that? Me either.) I
don’t really see many other decks that would benefit
much from this guy.
Advanced: 3/5 (In plants)
Traditional: 4/5 (It stops chaos emperor from
breaking your swing set. That fact alone warrants
the extra point.)
Leo
Kearon
Crimson Blader
Fire/Warrior/Synchro/Effect/Level8/2800/2600
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
If this card destroys an opponent's monster by
battle and sends it to the Graveyard: Your opponent
cannot Normal or Special Summon Level 5 or higher
monsters during their next turn.
Crimson Blader is another new Synchro monster; it
was used by Jack Atlas in the final duel of 5Ds.
Crimson Blader is a generic Synchro with a “destroy
a monster by battle “effect however unlike most
monsters with this type of effect, Crimson Blader
actually has the attack to pull it off. So if you do
destroy a monster your opponent can’t summon level 5
or higher monster on their next turn. This is an
effect that is sadly a bit late. With Xyz monsters
now around you can summon powerful monsters that
aren’t high level or don’t require high level
monsters to summon. If this was released during 5Ds
high point this would be brutal. The effect is still
great don’t get me wrong but it’s not a useful as it
would have been.
Overall Crimson Blader is a fine card with good
starts and a good effect, if only it was released
sooner. Maybe with Synchros returning later this
year, he might see some play/
Traditional: 3/5
Advanced: 3/5
Miguel
Hey look.....A Synchro monster! Crimson Blader is
a Jack Atlas special and one of his very few
non-dragon type synchro monsters. He stands tall at
a level 8 synchro, with 2800/2600 for ATK/DEF, and
is a FIRE/Warrior-type. When Crimson Blader destroys
a monster and sends it to the graveyard by battle
*And it will happen* your opponent can't normal or
special summon any level 5 or higher monsters during
their next turn. That can put a serious damper on
any big moves your opponent may have planned next
turn. No level 5 or higher monsters, means no bigger
Synchros try to over power Blader or use an effect
to get rid of it, or Xyz monsters that are Rank 5 or
higher for that next turn, and that places your
opponent in a corner where they will be forced to
waste serious resorces to get rid of Blader. That
Dark Hole they were saving for the win, or something
like that. This card is really useful against
Dragons/Chaos Dragon and Monarchs. Blader will turn
a handful of powerful, high level monsters that are
usually easy to summon into a useless hand for a
turn. I like Crimson Blader a lot, as it could force
your opponent in a position where they may be stuck
using nothing but level 4 or lower monsters for the
rest of the game.
