Rikothe
FoxKid
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Book of Eclipse has only really seen major play
in the past in Empty Jar Decks, which constantly
flipped Morphing Jar to cause your opponent to Deck
out as quickly as possible; with Morphing Jar having
been Forbidden for quite some time now, this
strategy obviously hasn’t been doing anything.
Book of Eclipse, however, much like every other card
this week, has made an appearance in the meta thanks
to Nekroz; moreso, it’s because of the existence of
Djinn Releaser of Rituals. An unanswered Djinn lock
will spell doom for whoever is on the receiving end
of it, and Book of Eclipse just so happens to be the
safest way of getting rid of it.
Why is this? Well, Book of Eclipse neither targets
nor destroys; it just flips all monsters face-down.
This means that it is completely immune to both
Nekroz of Gungnir and Nekroz of Trishula’s hand
effects. The former stops the likes of Dark Hole and
Raigeki, while the latter shuts down Book of Moon,
but both of them fall to Book of Eclipse.
Unfortunately, Book of Eclipse has a nasty side
effect where all opposing monsters flip back face-up
during the End Phase and your opponent draws 1 card
for each. So if you’re using it you have to be able
to make a push that turn. This side effect keeps
Book of Eclipse from being immensely popular outside
of the current metagame; it just happens to be an
extremely reliable answer to the Djinn lock.
Rating: 3/5
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Dark
Paladin |
Book of Eclipse is a lot like Mirror Force in a
way, this is a smart man tech, as you need to
properly be able to use this to get the most from
it...not just throw it in your Deck and hope for the
best. It's very useful in a slower Format, not
so useful in faster Formats. Flipping every
Monster on the Field face-down is a very disruptive
ability. It's a plus, that despite being a
very quick Format at present, and like several
Formats to come, that flip effects aren't a big
thing right now. So that takes away some of
the power of this card...more so from your opponent
than you, at least potentially. During the End
Phase, your opponent has all their face down
Monsters flipped back up, and Draws a card for each.
I hate cards that let your opponent Draw, unless
one, there's a way around that, or two, you are
winning that turn. Fast format helps that
effect from being mass advantage, as you're likely
only letting the opponent net 1 or 2 cards out of
this...BUT any card they net makes this a -1+x for
you, where x = each card your opponent Draws from
this. But Book of Eclipse is more of a long
term win/situation (or at least beyond the turn)
than the immediate. and that's another important
aspect of Yugioh. This is the textbook
definition of tech...it's a thinking card
(referenced earlier this week) but something you can
use to your advantage, yet succeed without using
either. I love it.
Rating:
If today were Pi day, I'd rate this Pi, and I so
wanted to do that..honestly, it's very average, as
tech should be. Great for some Decks, useless
for others.
2.9999/5
Art: 4/5
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