Foolish Burial

Normal Spell

Select 1 monster from your Deck and send it to the Graveyard.

            So simple and yet so good.                  

            This card pushes graveyard manipulation to a new level.  Instead of milling 3 random cards (Card Trooper), now a selected monster can be immediately dumped.  Treeborn Frog, Destiny Hero – Disk Commander, Dragon Ice, Destiny Hero – Dasher…even D.D. Scout Plane with Macro Cosmos or Dimensional Fissure (although Future Fusion would do a better job by targeting Chimeratech Overdragon).  Oh, I forgot Destiny Hero – Malicious. 

            Interesting aspect is that this card is an immediate -1, and consequently is also an investment.  Treeborn can provide almost limitless advantages, whereas Disk Commander will produce an explosive turn.  This is mainly why D.D. Crow usage is so high; the Graveyards can now be assimilated straight from the Deck.  Of course, monsters are only possible targets but there is only 1 Magician of Faith anyway. 

            Green Baboon – Defender of the Forest is twice or thrice more dangerous with this card because now it is practically searchable.   Volcanic Shell is also a good target; by paying 500 LP, card counts are immediately equal whereas the Deck is thinner, and you can obtain another Shell next turn.  Is this card…broken? 

            Not really.

            No deck would run 3 copies (I cannot think of one), unless it is some sort of “uber turbo mill.”  Also, chaining Macro Cosmos to the activation of the Spell will permanently ensure -1 status.  Of course, assuming the opponent is not running D.D. Scout Plane, the target would probably be changed during the resolution (since the target is not declared at the activation), but it is all good.    

            Foolish Burial is a ridiculously high utility card.  For old purposes, high ATK monsters (Dark Magician of Chaos always works…even without Spell retrieval) can be dumped for revivals, and you can even use Peten the Dark Clown.  Peten the Dark Clown, Destiny Hero – Malicious, Treeborn Frog, D.D. Scout Plane…they all provide field presence when the card fuels the Graveyard.   Going back to D.D. Crow, removing such cards will work as Smashing Ground/Lightning Vortex.  I personally think that the card should have an activation cost in LP (800 maybe?), but since this nourishes nearly every archetype (except burn…poor burn), all is well. 

Traditional:   5/5           Sinister Serpent, get Light or Dark (whichever one is missing)…

Advanced:  4/5 Except for burn and maybe Banisher + Gadgets, every theme could use this.