Left Arm Offering

You could read my review of yesterday’s card, and get basically the same idea. Is there a spell card right now that is worth sacrificing at least 2 cards in hand while forgoing the privilege to set spells or traps? No. Could there be one day, making this card possibly broken? We’ll only know once it gets here.

No deck that I know of outside of OTK’s makes use of this today (ironically, they use it to get cards like yesterday’s COTD). But it has a number of favorable characteristics to consider. Unless Card of Demise, you can both special summon and inflict damage on the opponent during the turn you use it. You’re not restricted from using any spell, trap or monster effects, and you can even use multiples of this spell in a turn.

Should a theme come along that can plus off of banishing cards and has a truly critical spell card in its arsenal, well this would appear to be the perfect card to help it along. And I honestly believe pendulums make this card look even better, since you can do even more things without having to set spell and trap cards.

Not a good card… yet?

Advanced: 1/5

Future Potential: 3.5/5

Left Arm Offering

This is not a general use card. Most decks in most situations will not afford to -2 (on top of an effective hand restriction) just to get a spell. If the most powerful spell in your deck is just Raigeki, or something, don't bother. I can however, see this card very effective. It might work in an OTK or a very combo specific deck. The thing that kills this card is not being able to set, so if you have 4 cards in hand, you may very well have to discard them all (or wait to use this card at some other time. I understand why they wanted to nerf this card, but they nerfed it a bit too hard.

2/5

Hello Pojo Fans,
 
Searching out a spell from your deck can be a game-breaking effect, but when it costs hand advantage it may not be worth it. That is the truth when talking about Left Arm Offering.
 
Banishing your entire hand (when 2 or more cards other than this card) to search out your choice of spell may be too much for that one spell. Also, you cannot set s/t cards when you activate Left Arm Offering, so you have to set your cards the turn before. The best case scenario for this card is used in a deck that revolves around removing cards or gaining pluses off removal. You are losing this card, then 2 more, to search 1, leaving you at a -2.
 
D.D. Cards and spells that benefit from removal like Chaos End and Primal Seed can help this card out, but as a card to get you another card, there are better ones.
 
Advanced-1/5
Art-3/5
 
Until Next Time
KingofLullaby

I'm mad. Let me tell you why. Left Arm Offering, the Normal Spell that reeks of desperation has the wrong name. Look at the person who is about to pay the price for stealing. That arm that's about to be chopped off. Guess what. That's the Right Arm! Just because it's on the left side of the card doesn't mean it's the left arm. I'm disappointed with whoever read the name and effect and decided to draw this image. 

I wouldn't give my right arm for any Spell in my deck. I also wouldn't give up setting any Spells or Traps for the whole turn. I wouldn't give up at least 3 cards (offering itself, and at least 2 banished) to pay for 1 Spell. I wouldn't risk having that Spell negated and being very down in hand advantage. If you're already that desperate then you're probably losing and one Spell won't be enough. Then they chain Anti-Spell Fragrance and you cry into the void where your arm used to be. 
 
Score: 2/5 2 for the number of times you use this before you run out of arms. 
Art: 1/5 So mad.
 
-WarlockBlitz