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Number 101: Silent Honor ARK
Silent Honor ARK (aka SHARK) is both number 101 and
1 on our top 10 list!
I had it at #2 on my list actually, but I'm overall
happy with how this final list came out.
Soul Charge may have been the most powerful
and effective card of the year, but ARK is the one
that represented the entire year.
The former came out just a few months ago,
but the latter has been out since early on in the
year.
ARK has been with us for numerous formats: the Hands
format, the DUEA format, the Qliphort format, and so
on. It
was with us for 11 months and always found a way to
stay relevant.
One key thing to remember is that it only works
against Special Summoned monsters (you might want to
use Castel for Normal Summoned ones), but at the
same time, that's what keeps it balanced.
This card was made to counteract many of the
more powerful Special Summoned monsters out there.
The DARK Synchro Beelze for example is nearly
invincible, but can be sucked up by SHARK.
It added lots of balance to the came so that no
matter how powerful the monsters that come out,
there's always an out.
It was a way for duelists to deal with cards
like Fire Hand and Ice Hand without triggering their
effects.
And that's key here.
Sending cards to the graveyard triggers their
effects and even allows the opponent to use them for
a while, but what if you can hang onto them a little
longer?
Nowadays, SHARK is less unique because of cards like
The Monarchs Storm Forth and Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
finding ways to remove monsters without destroying
them.
So, SHARK being protected from destruction doesn't
really protect him.
But for its time, it was really good at
staying alive.
Threats like Torrential, Bottomless and such
also became dead.
It could stay alive in battle so you could
make a comeback next turn.
It practically made Maestroke the Symphony
Djinn obsolete, unless you really need 2300 DEF
points instead of 2100 ATK.
Also, SHARK only deals with already active
threats so you may just be taking control of a
floater.
With generic rank 4's no longer being the main event
of YGO, it's possible this card will fade away, but
of all the generic rank 4's (and there's a lot of
them), this one is the very best.
Of course, every situation has a
corresponding XYZ monster and many of the XYZ
monster have their uses, but this one is still top
dog.
2014 is the year that ends the Zexal XYZ era.
And why not celebrate it with the king of
XYZ's:
Number 101: Silent Honor ARK
4.5/5
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