Delinquent Duo

Rated For: Any Deck

Like I said in Graceful Charity’s review, this is the other card (2 out of 3) that can directly contend with Pot of Greed as providing more advantage. The last one is Chaos Emperor Dragon, which is banned.

The reason for this one is purely mathematical; this card, too, provides a 2 for 1 advantage. One from your hand and 1000 life points and you’ll take out 2 cards from their hand. The 1000 life points is basically trivial, and if they don’t have Sinister Serpent, you’ll undoubtedly take down two very useful cards to them.

It is my theory that, ever since the World Championships 2003, diminishing your opponent’s resources is usually better than increasing your own. By that regard, Delinquent Duo is better than Pot of Greed up until either one of three things happens:

You have less than 2 cards in your hand, they have less than 3 cards in their hand or Sinister Serpent, or you have no field control (or less than 1000 life points).

Obviously, a card that can contend with Pot of Greed (and is even better than it in the first three turns), is a card that gets a near perfect score.

Advantage F/H: Two cards for one is good because, in this environment, one thousand life points is almost ALWAYS worth a card. Deleting your opponent’s options is always a good move.

Traditional Format:                              10/10

Advanced Format:                               10/10

Best Draw for the Situation: Always a good choice in the opening hand, the fact you can use it in the beginning and midgame almost single-handedly gives this card a perfect score.

T:                                                         9.5/10

A:                                                         9.5/10

Attributes/Effect: Broken beyond belief.

T:                                                         10/10

A:                                                         10/10

Dependability: What this card requires, almost, is your opponent to have no Sinister Serpent (almost impossible to tell), or (more importantly) two cards in hand. They’ll almost always have two cards in hand.

T:                                                         9/10

A:                                                         9/10

The Bottom Line: On the short list of “best cards in the game after Pot of Greed.”

A BAD Score—

T:                                                         4.81/5

A:                                                         4.81/5

FORCE System Suggestions:

++        The heaviest contributor, by far, to Enemy Disruption.

--          Weakens Energy.