This is the other half of the Zombie deck's success. You discard a card and get a level four zombie from your deck. Since Pyramid Turtle, Zombie Master and Plague Wolf were all lethal candidates, this card is easily better than Il Blud. It is quicker and easier to summon as well as working with Recurring Nightmare since he has 0 DEF. He comboes with any level four or lower zombie and also sets off Card of Safe Return. I still have people asking if I have any Ultimate copies of this card. I can see the ZOmbie deck being good for a really long time, and when it does crawl back into the light of day, this card will be at the forefront of it's success.
 
Traditional-1/5
Advanced-5/5

Zombie Master

Dark / Level 4

Zombie / Effect

1800 ATK / 0 DEF

Once per turn, you can send 1 Monster Card from your hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Zombie-Type monster from either player's Graveyard.

    Hello, Zombie dude!

    This is what drove Zombies over the edge – easily full field with two copies of Card of Safe Return and you can, considering number of cards committing and gaining, safely overextend (although this is not always the best choice).  Because you can Special Summon the discarded monster, you can swarm with Zombies in a turn.

    I believe this card IS revolutionary because all Zombies had were 3 copies of Book of Life, and Vampire Lord to safely bring back monsters.  And Vampire Lord was a weenie compared to Cyber Dragon and Monarchs.  However, this card puts everything into “shadow realm,” so to speak, because what good are all the cards when you can end the game?

    Drawing Il Blud/Ryu Kokki is usually a very bad thing.  However, Zombie Master turns any bad draws into live cards, and with Pyramid Turtles and other Zombie Masters, you can be sure that Spirit Reaper is virtually ubiquitous.  I mean, you can just use the card over and over and over…

    That reminds me, if this card is no longer face-up on the field before the resolution, the effect will be nullified.  Why?  Because the ruling says so.  I cannot understand the textual reasoning (there is nothing special…), but oh well.  That means Book of Moon, Phoenix Wing Wind Blast, Torrential Tribute, Bottomless Trap Hole, and other cards can rip a good hand into a terrible one full of dead draws.  D.D. Crow pretty much pecks at the Zombies as well.  But then, these are cards that most decks suffer from.

    I like the fact that Zombie Master is neither broken nor horrible.  While it does have a weird, detrimental ruling, 1800 ATK monster that can bring out more Zombie Masters, Pyramid Turtles, and Spirit Reaper is just…awesome.  It gives the Zombies just enough nudge to win Shonen Jump and disappear when Friday’s card came out. 

    Now that Vampire’s Curse (managed to pull an Ultimate! Yay!) and Goblin Zombie (UDE and the Secret Rares…) are out, Zombies may once again see another play.  Goblin Zombie can search out nearly all the Zombie monsters commonly used, and its effect triggers just like Sangan’s – and we all know how annoying that is. 

    With Dimensional Prison flying around, it may be harder to keep Zombie Masters on the field or the Graveyard for long.  Still, a turn or two are all you need to blast off. 

Traditional:  3/5            It IS fast.