I love Thanksgiving.  It’s a day to reflect upon what all you have to be grateful for.  Sadly, many think it’s just a day where some poor, innocent bird is slaughtered and people eat too much.  These people think this because either they have never learned the true meaning behind the holiday, or they just want a reason to bad mouth everyone else.  Though people do tend to overeat as it is a “feast” based holiday.  To combat this, Otaku recommends lots of activity and pacing one’s self.  Its one of the things that makes Thanksgiving so grand: getting together with friends and family, reflecting upon one’s blessings from God (unless you don’t believe in Him, of course), and enjoy the day.  The only big deal is the meal.  Therefore, you have plenty of time to catch up on things, and as suggested earlier, go have some fun playing games and other activities.

 

Okay, I’ve had my serious bit, now it’s time for the joke.

 

*watches five remaining readers run away screaming*

 

I suppose it is cruel of me: first I give a little sermon and then I threaten you with torture.

 

Anyway, sometimes you are stuck with visitors you don’t want, but have to not only put up with, but welcome.  Sounds like some hit you with Ojama Trio.

Name: Ojama Trio

Type: Normal Trap

 

I’ve been told that the term “Ojama” can be thought of as “polite intruder”.  According to my Japanese-English dictionary, the “jama” part means “burden, disturbance, hindrance”, which is a pretty apt description… but that assumed the “O” is a prefix.  So neither of these might be good for literal translations of the word… they do fit the card’s effect.

 

Before we delve into that, let me apologize for serving “leftovers” for Thanksgiving.  We have reviewed this card twice before: click here for the first time and here for the second, more recent review.

 

Those old reviews, as a whole, cover this card pretty well.  So I’ll focus on what new reason you have to play it: Ojamuscle.  This is a new Normal Spell we’ll be looking at next week in more detail.  When you use it, you select a face up Ojama King on your side of the field and destroy all other Monsters on the field that include Ojama in their names.  Then our royal hindrance gets +1000 ATK for each of the little buggers you nuked.  Guess what?  It’s the whole field.  This includes your opponent’s side.  So Ojama Trio is an easy +3000 ATK, and you still get 900 points of burn from the rest of Ojama Trio’s effect.  Unless you are fiendishly clever and kill one token to then lock your opponent down with a double Ojama Trio.  Then it’s +5000 ATK and 1500 points of burn damage.  Plus, that means your opponent can’t have had any Monsters in play, so now you’re looking at a direct attack.  Oh, what’s that?  Ojama King has his own effect that locks down Monster Zones?  Well, his effect is null and void if their Zones are already filled… which is great since that means the above combo still works while you have the option to go for a smaller 2000 damage (Ojama Trio on an empty field, Summon Ojama King, lock down the two remaining zones, Ojama Muscle when ready.  Oh, and Ojama Muscle’s ATK increase lasts until that Ojama King remains face-up on the field.

 

I have to stop there, since there won’t be anything left to review for next week if I go on much longer.  Oh yes, there is more.  Soon, Ojama decks will rule… okay, maybe not “rule”, but they’ll be a good deal more competitive.

 

Ratings

 

Traditional       : 2/5-This may seem high, but no open Monster Zones means your opponent can’t summon Chaos Monsters.  It also gives your own Chaos Monsters more time to materialize.  What, to my knowledge, this situation is still the same.

 

Advanced        : 3.75/5-It’s an okay card in general (previous CotDs I linked to detail how to abuse it for burn/control), and it definitely is disruptive.

 

Limited                        : 4/5-Seriously, just two Monster Zone slots.  That means at worst two beatsticks pounding on you when you’re losing.

 

Summary

Yes, I love this card.  I shouldn’t, but I do.  Personally, I think they look like me.  Yes, I have a negative self-image.