Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier ...
 
Dewloren is an interesting cat ... I guess he's built for an Ice Barrier Deck (hence his title), but he fits so well into oh so many more. Beast, Water, AZ, Crystal Beast, etc. And he's got so much OTK potential, it ridiculous. Ok, i'm gonna start off by saying that I don't usually read up on these guys ahead of time, so I don't know before hand what "everyone is doing with them" and am not privy to all the established combos that are already running rampant in Japan or whatever. I can only go based on what I've done, have had done against me, or what I can imagine doing with my understanding of the card's abilities and overall knowledge of the game. That being said - Dewloren has a lot going for him. Right off the bat - do the math - 500 ATK boost for every one of your cards returned to your hand by his effect. That means he has the potential to boost himself to 7000. (5 spell/traps, 4 monsters, and 1 field spell). Yes, that's wishful thinking. It's hard (and unwise) to load your field with that many monsters too rampantly, so maybe u'll have 1 or 2? ... and chances are u would need them to help push for damage ... So u look to returning your spells and traps for the boost - But then they have to be FACE UP .... hmmm ... getting trickier now, huh?
 
Ok - so the best u can do to help manage this is to be using a bunch of Equip and Continuous spells which can be face up any time u need them to be ... In which case, u can hopefully expect to get his attack up to at least about 3000 - 3500 ATK on average ... and that's only per each Dewloren! He's 6 stars, so with the mega Sychro swarming going on these days, it wouldn't be inconceivable to have a 2nd one on the field at the same time. After u return your cards on the first one, activate the spells again, and then return them to hand again to boost the 2nd Dewloren. If these were attack boosting  equip spells, that's pretty much game in hand right there once u reattach them for the 3rd time to make one of your Dewloren's ATK skyrocket even further, assuming your opponent has no answer. And this is just a very basic and simple scenario which Dewloren will be kicking butt. Combo it with cards that have extra added benefits from returning to your hand, and u are now opening things up to a whole HOST of exciting fun possibilities.
 
I'm looking forward to seeing the abuse that comes with this guy. He got the cover for a reason.
 
Traditional: 4/5
Advanced: 4.5/5
 
- FREEZA