Enishi, Shien’s Chancellor

6-Star              Warrior/Effect              2200 ATK/1200DEF

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set.  This card cannot be Special Summoned except by removing from play 2 “Six Samurai” monsters from your graveyard.  Once per turn, you can destroy 1 face-up monster.  If you activate this effect, this card cannot attack this turn.

            Well, this card was SUPPOSEDLY Chaos Sorcerer for “Six Samurai” (SS) theme.

            This card is a cross-breed between Chaos Sorcerer and…Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning.  I know that is a very bad metaphor because I never mentioned  the fact that Enishi is still weaker in stats than standard 2400 ATK, and destroying without removing from play is also not as desirable when nearly anything can be brought back when Light and Darkness Dragon is capable of reviving any fallen monsters.

            In my opinion, this card is similar to Crystal Seer in that it is one of the best foil cards to pull, and the card itself is very useful.  However, Enishi has neither the substitution ability nor Six Samurai in its name, meaning you cannot summon Yaichi and use Enishi as a Grandmaster.  Bummer.

            Of course, immediate +1 upon summoning is undeniably powerful.  Nevertheless, considering Six Samurai utilizes graveyard as Gladiator Beasts utilize the deck, removing 2 SS monsters will harm the playability of:

*Return of the Six Samurai

*Double-Edged Sword Technique

*Grandmaster of the Six Samurai

*Cunning of the Six Samurai

*Enishi, Shien’s Chancellor

While two Traps have not shown a lot of plays, Cunning of the Six Samurai and Grandmaster of the Six Samurai definitely support utility of the SS theme, a critical element.  Notice multiple Enishis hinder each other.  Since Enishi cannot be directly searched from the deck effectively other than Foolish Burial (-1 so that you can use Warrior Returning Alive?), the probability of Enishi appearing at the right time becomes slim. 

Six Samurai focuses on generating advantages by keeping multiple SS monsters on the field.  Because there are no viable ways to bring back removed-from-play SS’s, the graveyard lets the SS user to freely access Swiss army knife (here it comes again) with Warrior Returning Alive or Grandmaster of the Six Samurai.  Include an extra Spirit of Six Samurai if you are using this; it protects SS, it IS SS, and it will mill you through deck.

            Traditional:  2.1/5                                
Urgh….too many mass removals