Stats                : Toon Table of Contents is a normal Spell Card.  Since there isn’t much to say about that, I’ll comment briefly upon the changes made to this card’s name from its Japanese counterpart, Toon Index.  While an index and table of contents aren’t identical, both tell you were to find things in a book, so it still seems an appropriate name.  Toon Table of Contents also has the power of alliteration!  Finally, you’ll note that an index tends to be in the back of a book while the table of contents is in the front.  I haven’t seen the artwork for this card, but from what manga I’ve read that is preserved in its original formatting, the same holds true for the Japanese… but since we read left-to-right unlike their right-to-left, that would place the index and table of contents in the opposite places in a book.  Since I haven’t actually seen the real art for this card, I can’t say for certain, but that means the new name may make more sense with the artwork.  Yes, I have been getting very annoyed with people complaining about the understandable changes, when the really heinous ones (Cyclone to Mystical Space Typhoon) get ignored or “justified”. ;)

 

Effect(s)            : The actual effect allows you to search for any card with “Toon” or “Manga Ryu-Ran” in its name from your deck.  That encompasses all Toon Monsters, and the only two Toon support cards I know of: Toon World and Toon Table of Contents itself.  Overall, a very good effect, since decks using multiples of those cards will have a variable “floater” that can be used to get one half of the combo or the other half.

 

Uses and

Combinations  : Deck thinning and search power are beautiful things, especially in Yu-Gi-Oh where draw power is at a minimum, hand-sizes are capped at 6 cards after you end your turn, and decks can be as small as 40 cards.  As such, this card is both a “generic filler” card for decks like Exodia, but is quite useful for any deck that runs even a single (not single copy) of a Toon.  For example, Toon Gemini Elf is pretty snazzy: Level 4, 1900 ATK, and if it does battle damage, you can make the opponent discard.  The main downside is that it can’t attack the turn it is Summoned.  So… with Toon Table of Contents you can either run 3 of her and three of it, giving most decks fantastic odds of opening with her, or just run one of her and three of it: still composing 10% of the minimal 40 card deck, and should you go second, you can just thin out your own deck and see if she comes in handy anyway… even if you start, you’d still use the Toon Table of Contents first turn to get another copy of itself, then the third, and finally Toon Gemini Elf since it will have thinned your deck by three extra cards.  If you get it first turn with this (or deck’s like Exodia), then obviously it can’t be negated.

 

Ratings

 

Traditional       : 3/5-Usage of Toon or Exodia is kinda rare, but it is still pretty good.  Plus decks like Magical Scientist FTKO, that use Reload, may also want to combo with this, since as stated, it “shrinks” your deck.

 

Advanced        : 4/5-Maybe it is just because I just want Toon cards to be better, but I really think cards like this really help them out, and allow you to add them to a wider variety of decks.  An opening Toon Gemini Elf is a scary thing, especially if you can’t get rid of it right away.

 

Limited            : N/A, since you don’t use these in Limited events.  If somehow you do, then it is a good pick so long as you get one of the non-Toon World-dependant Toon Monsters, or another copy of itself, of course.

 

Summary

Toon Table of Contents is an exemplary card.  It fits primarily into two specific themes (Toon and anything that needs a lot of filler), then makes it more viable to include Toon monsters into other decks whose themes they match (Toon Gemini Elf for hand-control, Toon Cannon Soldier for burn, etc.) without seemingly “breaking” those cards or turning itself into even a “loose” staple.  Even the name change is better than many past ones.