Stats: Mystical Space Typhoon is one of the oh-so tantalizing Quick-Play Spells.  Activate it at almost any point you wish on your turn, and if you want to take a chance, Set it so that you can then activate it at almost any time on the opponent’s turn as well.  Quick-Play Spells may be the ultimate form of Spell.  Logically, they should then be weaker than most other forms of Spells.  Too bad this isn’t.

 

Effect: Destroy a Spell or Trap in play.  This is a potent ability on its own: most people forget that “one for one” trades always come out in the favor of the person initiating the trade.  It’s just a matter of simple timing: I trade my Spell for your Trap and can safely attack your Monster with mine.  I gain field control and eat away a bit of your Life Points, or I wait until you are in the middle of a combo, nail a key card, and thus render the entire combo dead on arrival, usually resulting in at least an effective card advantage gain if not an actual one.  As an example, destroying A Legendary Ocean before you Normal Summon a Giga Gagagigo ruins an opportune play, and if you have Tornado Wall already active then I’d actually be destroying two cards for the price of one since Tornado Wall will self-destruct once A Legendary Ocean is gone.

 

Uses and

Combinations: Destroy suspicious facedown cards, the few Spells and Traps that remain in play that are worth playing, etc.  The main difficulty with using this card is just to maximize its benefit.  Still, that’s not too terribly difficult, and is generally what separates a newbie from an experienced player.

 

Ratings

 

Traditional: 5/5 – You get a copy and you run it.

 

Advanced: 5/5 – You get a copy and you run it!

 

Summary

Okay, realistically I don’t think this one can get any better without things getting silly.  I mean, Sangan just barely missed this score and I don’t think even I can justify less than broken perfection, even with Harpie’s Feather Duster available for your mass Spell/Trap removal needs in Traditional.  It’s already Spell Speed 2 but can be played straight from hand… it’s the perfect one-for-one Spell and Trap removal.

 

-Otaku