Given the cards we are looking at this week, I am abandoning my normal breakdown, because as far as I can tell, the best ones are like obscure single deck TecH.  To hopefully make it a more pleasant experience, I will focus on how the cards could have been made much more useful.

 

Today’s CotD is Larvae Moth.  All in all, it is a pretty bad Monster; a Level 2 Earth/Insect nomi whose effect only pertains towards it summon.  To get it into play requires you have a Petit Moth that has been equipped with Cocoon of Evolution for two turns.  It can be Special Summoned in either Main Phase of the second turn that Petit Moth has been equipped with a Cocoon of Evolution, but the question is: why?  Cocoon of Evolution is a better Monster: it may have 0 ATK, but at least it is a Level 3 Monster with a solid 2000 DEF.  Petit Moth is a pitiful Level 1 Normal Earth/Insect with 300 ATK and 200 DEF points.  Also, in order to equip Petit Moth, it must be face-up, just like any normal equip Monster.  So you have to get it into face-up DEF mode, or else when you equip it… it becomes a Level 1 0/2000 Monster.  Tributing it all for Larvae Moth is extra depressing, since for such a tiny little Monster, we’ve invested three cards!

 

So, how could this mess have been made playable?  First, either make each nomi Monster in the Moth-line (Larvae Moth, Great Moth, and Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth) a Special Summon from any of Deck, Hand, and Graveyard, or add the effect “This Monster is kept in the Fusion deck instead of the main deck.  If a card effect would return it to the deck or the hand, return it to the Fusion deck instead.”  That way it couldn’t be a dead draw, and would essentially be one less card of clutter.  Second, Cocoon of Evolution should force the Petit Moth it equips to into DEF mode.  Third, make the Special Summon effect Spell Speed 2 so that you “settle” for one of these cards because the equipped Petit Moth is about to buy it otherwise.  Fourth and final blatant change to make this card more playable: add real effects that aren’t part of the nomi status to the cards.  Even the final “stage” of this card, Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, is just a 3500/3000 ATK nomi.

 

Rating: 1/5 – It’s the lowest score we can give.  The card is nearly useless though and even I feel this is too high.