A quick note: yes, I am aware that I totally spaced off that Mind Crush is now a Restricted Card when we reviewed it last week.  I realized this shortly after sending it in, and wrote a corrected CotD.  Hopefully its up now.  Also, I am short on time, so this will be a pretty concise CotD for me.

 

Ancient Rule is a Normal Spell that let’s you Special Summon a Level 5 or Higher Monster from your hand when it’s used.  It seems like a reference to how manga/animé rules originally didn’t require you Tribute Monsters to Normal Summon higher level Monsters.  This card should be good in select decks, but isn’t.  Why?  Because this game lacks draw power, or at least draw power that is neither overpowered nor underpowered.  As such, “card advantage”, while a concern in most TCGs, becomes arguably the most important thing in Yu-Gi-Oh.  So to get a big Monster into play, even if it’s got a good effect, you’re depleting your hand of two cards.  While it’s a Special Summon, you’re only “ahead” if it’s a two-Tribute Monster.  Also, the higher level Monsters needed to make use of the Spell and the Spell itself would be dead weight without each other.  Finally, consider that the most commonly used Tribute Monsters right now are the Monarchs, and they are just beatsticks if they aren’t Tribute Summoned.

 

Still, it’s an okay card in the right decks, and if you can find a good two-Tribute Monster that can be Special Summoned but lacks Support… then yeah this would help a lot. 

 

Ratings

 

Traditional: 1/5 

Advanced: 3/5