Celestial Transformation is a very versatile bit of Fairy support.  At first glance, it looks bad: in the long term, it’s minus two cards, and short term, its minus one… and maybe a half since it will let you Special Summon a Fairy at half ATK.  In a pinch, it can block an attack (maybe more depending on what you Summon), even against Jinzo and Royal Decree.  And of course, Special Summon a big enough Fairy with a good effect, and it’s an okay beatstick for a turn.

 

However, as always, there are combos to be had.  I am embarrassed: I am the one who selected the three previous promos for the week, and today’s CotD is a fan request someone passed me.  So why am I embarrassed?  No, not because of the performance of some of those promos, but because all one has to do is look up the rulings on this card to see some sweet combos for it.  Use Celestial Transformation on any Fairy with 3000 or less ATK (that you can Special Summon in this manner).  Respond to it with Inferno Reckless Summon.  Yes, it’s legal as Inferno Reckless Summon doesn’t check the ATK until the Monster is already in play, just like Bottomless Trap Hole can nail a Command Knight because of the self boosting effect.  So bring out two Airknight at full strength, get the draw off of them, and you’ve definitely generated advantage, even if you are attacking through an ever present Spirit Reaper.  Oh, and there is more: use your normal Summon on Tsukuyomi to flip the Monster you brought out with Celestial Transformation down, and you get to keep it (and it will have its normal ATK next turn.

 

Wanna get real crazy?  Go for a OTK deck, perhaps with occasional FTK potential.  Celestial Transformation into a Saturn – Agent of Judgment then activate Inferno Reckless Summon to get two more of them.  Drop Sanctuary of the Sky.  That’s four cards from hand.  If your remaining two are two burn Spells you can finish your opponent off right then and there (note: I am assuming use of Meteor of Destruction, Poison of the Old Man, and Ookazi).  1600 (at least) damage from the Spells, another 1600 from the first Saturn, 3200 from the second Saturn, and 6400 from the final Saturn for game, even if you had to use two copies of Upstart Goblin.  I can’t imagine it being reliable enough to be a problem as a FTKO.  Even as a OTK, there’s enough that can go wrong to keep it from becoming a major problem, or at least I hope so.  Still, it could be a very cool way to run the deck, and a great finishing blow that doesn’t have to involve Return from the Different Dimension.

 

Ratings

 

Traditional       : 1/5 – Unless something has changed, this is still the format of true FTK decks and CCCC decks.

 

Advanced        : 3.5/5 – While only for Fairy decks, I think we have a real winner here.  It can be a bad topdeck, but it has a decent “fall back” use most of the time and a truly great combo to work with it.