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Silent Sword Slash
Silent Sword Slash is a card waiting for more
support. So, I like this card, but it’s not playable
now. I think everyone is hoping that the Silent
Swordsman archetype gets even more support, and the
same for Silent Magician, because they’re so good.
For a while I’ve salivated at the thought of Silent
Magician in Shaddoll decks if Construct was taken
off the banned list.
The spell has a lot going for it. The attack boost
and secondary effect is legit, it’s a quick play,
and it has a graveyard effect that lets you recoup
the card loss. Most themes that get something like
this run it in triplicate, but the fact of the
matter is that Silent Swordsman as a theme is
terribly slow, and unlike Silent Magician, which
usually has high attack when summoned, Silent
Swordsman is hard to tech on his own simply because
he doesn’t get to gain attack. But even if you did
tech Swordsman in a warrior deck, that wouldn’t
justify running this spell. It requires its own
deck.
So I think a lot of people would echo my following
statement: “Konami, please give us Silent Swordsman
LV 4, 6 and 8. And throw in new Silent Magician LV
monsters too!” Not much else to say about this card.
Right now, it’s not useable in a competitive way…
but it could be.
Advanced: 2/5
Future Potential: 2.5/5
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Baneful |
Okay, this card is good support for Silent
Swordsman, but there's still not enough support to
make it a full on deck. A 1500 AtK boost is
good, invulnerability to effects is good and a
searching ability to make this card be sort of +1 is
good. But leveling up LV monsters is still
very slow and this card is way too specific and
situational to find use outside of a very small
niche. It's a step in the right direction, but
not enough.
2/5
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Warlockblitz
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More support for old cards. I approve. Silent
Sword Slash is a QuickPlay Spell that has two great
effects. The first is the costless 1500 Atk and Def
boost, so it can be activated during the Damage
Step. It also grants one turn opponent effect
immunity. Silent Sword Slash can only target Silent
Swordsman monsters, even Lv 7 because it's
activation and effect can't be negated. The second
effect can be activated as soon as it hits the
grave. You banish it and search any Silent Swordsman
monster from the deck to the hand. So running
multiples is rewarded. In general the new Silent
Swordsman stuff can be run in other decks that run
Warriors. So, this scores higher because of that
versatility.
Score: 4/5 Splash these guys in heroes or PK Fire,
see if it helps.
Art: 5/5 I've always loved this type of artwork.
-WarlockBlitz
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