LODT-EN084
EARTH
Level 4
ATK/1700 DEF/1400
[Spellcaster/Effect]
Each time a Spell Card is activated, put 2 Spell
Counters on this card. Once per turn, you can remove
any number of Spell Counters from this card to
Special Summon 1 Spellcaster-Type monster from your
hand or Graveyard with a Level equal to the number
of Spell Counters you removed.
Card Ratings
Traditional: 1.50
Advanced:
2.75
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst.
3 is average.
5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - 07.22.08
Magical Exemplar continues on the
week, who is a Level 4 Spellcaster
(yay!) of the
Earth attribute (a bit odd for a Spellcaster) with
1700 attack (meh) and 1400 def (meh, yet again.)
Anyway, Magical Exemplar has a
very interesting effect.Each time either player activates a Magic
Card, this card gets two Magic Counters.You can then remove any number of Magic
Counters from this card to Special Summon a
Spellcaster-type monster from your Hand or Graveyard
whose level is equal to the number of Magic Counters
you removed.
Pros:
*Special Summons the selected
Spellcaster *The selected Spellcaster can be from
your Hand or the Graveyard *Fairly respectable
attack @ 1700
Cons:
*Level of selected Spellcaster
has to equal the number of Magic Counters
removed...meaning, you can't ever choose an odd
leveled Spellcaster (case in point...Dark Magician)
*For anything big, you are looking at three or more
Magic Cards (case in point, four Magic Cards for
something like DMoC) *Doesn't automatically gain
counters when summoned in ANY way
Honestly, it would be a sweet
tech trick to summon this, play four Magic cards,
and get a DMoC, but realistically, that isn't going
to happer often...if ever.
Ratings:
Traditional:1/5
Advanced:2.25/5
Art:3.5/5
General Zorpa
Magical Exemplar
Well here is "UDE made bad cards for filler rares so
that we can't get the good stuff" week. I am
actually being a bit bitter. Magical Exemplar is not
really bad. 1700 ATK and 1400 DEF are pretty solid,
and Spellcaster is awesome, although EARTH is not
the attribute we are looking for in Spellcasters.
Her effect is decent, every time a Spell Card is
played you put 2 Spell counters on her, and then you
can remove any number in order to Special Summon a
Spellcaster of the same level as the monster you
want to summon.
This has practical uses in Spellcaster decks, as
summoning DMoC or Dark Magician is gold. Even
Magical Marionette and Dark Magician Girl are decent
targets. As it is, there are better things to put
your Spell Counters on. Skilled Dark Magician will
summon a Dark Magician for only 3 spells, where
Exemplar needs 4. Even though she will summon any
monster, from your hand is kind of an old trick.
Magical Dimension, Magician's Circle and other cards
are better for this purpose than our Exemplar.
Though without saying, all of those cards above will
help you to play the exemplar, but why wouldn't you
just get the monster that you would have gotten with
Exemplar with them? You can use this card in a
Normal Spellcaster deck though. You play a flurry of
spells in that deck anyway and you can get a swarm
of Spellcasters to bear on your opponent quickly by
using Swing of Memories and Birthright and some of
the normal support will get counters on your
Exemplar.
She is definitely for fun Spellcaster decks, but
competitively it is not really an option as it is
just plain slower than summoning Shapesnatch.
Traditional-1/5
Advanced-2/5
Jeff Lang
LODT-EN084
Magical Exemplar
EARTH
Level 4
ATK/1700 DEF/1400
[Spellcaster/Effect]
Each time a Spell Card is activated, put 2 Spell
Counters on this card. Once
per turn, you can remove any number of Spell
Counters from this card to
Special Summon 1 Spellcaster-Type monster from your
hand or Graveyard with a
Level equal to the number of Spell Counters you
removed.
06061630
Super Rare
Today’s card up for review is Magical Exemplar.
This is one of my favorite cards from Light of
Destruction. Finally, Spellcasters get another
semi-playable monster to use. Being a 4 star, and
1700 attack, it has respectable stats. In a spell
caster deck, it isn’t hard to play x spell cards
then utilize its power, you just have to protect him
long enough to pull it off. Since there is really no
“Big Beaters for the spell caster Genre, it would
fit best in a Dark Magician deck, since that’s
really the only tributes for the type. You could
build some turbo deck, with Toon Table of Contents
and such just to utilize this card.
Advanced: 2.5/5
Traditional: 2.5/5
Jon Moore
Okay! The best spell caster support since sliced
bread... er... I mean Dark Red Enchanter.
LODT-EN084
Magical Exemplar
EARTH ---- not dark?
Level 4 ---- great
ATK/1700 DEF/1400 --- yay! decent!
[Spellcaster/Effect]
Each time a Spell Card is activated, put 2 Spell
Counters on this card. Once
per turn, you can remove any number of Spell
Counters from this card to
Special Summon 1 Spellcaster-Type monster from your
hand or Graveyard with a
Level equal to the number of Spell Counters you
removed.
Super Rare ----- only cost $3 to $5
So lets look at the good sides. You can gain endless
advantage off using your spells and graveyards.
Upstart Goblins just became your best friend. Add in
allures with a lot of dark magicinans, even better.
Then you can get summons on free monsters like
Skilled Dark Magician. Believe it or not, 1900 is
AMAZING this format. The ability to wreck stratos,
lequari, and more straight in the face is
unbelievable.
That being said, she herself is only 1700. Also, if
you're collecting spell counters on a card, that
royal magic library card is much much better.
Drawing over reviving is good. While she can become
a plus two, (Special summon skilled dark, take out
lequari, ram her into darius or something if darius
brought back another monster), crow is rampant.
Sure, it's a plus one, but then you have a 1700
waiting to be eaten by lequari, stratos, jane,
garoth, wulf, and so on.....
Advance Magicians - 4.5/6
Advance - 2.8/5
traditional - 1/5 - no place here
