Winged Sage Falcos is a Level 4 Wind/Winged-Beast/Effect Monster.  It has a respectable 1700 ATK and 1200 DEF as it is an effect Monster.  The effect is simple: if this Monster destroys (and sends to the Graveyard) an opponent’s ATK position Monster in battle, you can elect to send it to the top of their deck instead.  Even if it’s a nice monster your opponent will just re-Summon (or even re-Special Summon, like Cyber Dragon) the next turn, you blocked your opponent’s “real” draw.

 

What, you say Winged Sage Falcos is too weak to kill anything likely to be in ATK position?  Well, good thing that it will be one to three cards in your deck of at least 40 cards.  As you know, I have less of an issue with Field Spells than other people, and Rising Air Current ups this to a 2200 ATK, enough to beat Cyber Dragon.  Even in generic Wind decks, Harpie Lady 1 is useful since it ends up being a searchable “1600” ATK (the 300 ATK boost then raising Falcos to a respectable 2000 ATK).  You can also focus on using things like Rush Recklessly to raise its ATK for one hit… on your opponent’s turn.  Oh, isn’t that nice?  If one attack’s, one’s Draw Phase may be forfeit.  Not attacking, though, is almost as dangerous.  If Shrink were more common, it’d be better still (since Shrink, unlike Rush Recklessly, can be used defensively).  You can also use cards to force your opponent’s weaker, would-be Sets into face-up ATK position…

 

All in all, Winged Sage Falcos is a good card for Winged-Beast decks and for specialty bounce decks designed with it in mind.

 

Ratings

 

Traditional: 1/5

 

Advanced: 3.5/5 (in specialized decks)