Ultimate Axon Kicker is a Fusion monster.  As such being Level 10 isn’t especially pressing.  It does enjoy being a Light Monster; one of the best, if not the best supported Attribute.  Yes, that is what I said about a Dark monster as well: Dark and Light are the top two Attributes and I cannot really put one over the other.  It is a Psychic monster, allowing it some excellent support, and possesses a passable 2900 ATK and slightly low 1700 DEF.  With as challenging as this card is to get out, the ATK feels low.  However it will be safe from being run over by most monsters, and the few that are able will be hesitant given the chance of an Honest waiting in hand.  The DEF is low enough that should Ultimate Axon Kicker be shifted to Defense Position, most beatsticks will be able to take it down.

 

The first line of text I will address are the Fusion requirements: 1 Psychic-Type Synchro monster and one Psychic-Type monster.  As they were introduced at the same time as Synchro Monsters, Psychic monsters are quite good at pulling off Synchro Summons.  The slightly bad news is the lowest level Psychic Synchro Monster is Level 5, so this will still be a significant investment.  The good news is that one of the Level 5 Psychic Synchro monsters is a general requirement monster and thus extremely easy to make.  You could theoretically run this card outside a pure Psychic deck by using Psychic monsters are your primary Tuners and still justify running a good deal of Psychic supporting Spells that will make it easy to pop out the needed Fusion materials.

 

The next states “This can only be Special Summoned by Fusion Summon (from the Extra Deck).”  Ironically, instead of clarifying things, it makes it more confusing for me.  Taken literally, you should be able to Special Summon it in any manner, provided it isn’t coming from the Fusion deck.  So if you can discard it from your Fusion deck you could then revive it.  Blanket rulings mean that isn’t how it actually works: I think this was just meant to tell us that we can revive it after having Fusion summoned it initially.  Fortunately the rest of the card is golden, and makes all the “bad stuff” easy to forgive: Ultimate Axon Kicker can’t be destroyed by card effects.  So you just have to fear destruction alternatives like being removed from play or bounced.  It doesn’t make the card invincible, but it makes it a lot harder to deal with.

 

Now, stopping there wouldn’t be bad, but we have another effect: trampling.  So your opponent can’t try to turtle out of it by setting monster after monster in Defense Position.  As if that wasn’t enough, when Ultimate Axon Kicker destroys a monster through battle, you gain LP equal to its ATK.  So if something with a big ATK score and low DEF is forced to Defense Position, you score big.  Something with high DEF and low ATK is annoying.  One or the other is still a “win” for you.

 

I really can’t think of much more to say about this card.  As long as a Psychic deck can make room for at least one copy in its Extra Deck and the slots necessary for Fusion support in the Main Deck, this is phenomenal card that feed from and feeds on Psychics.  Psychic support can manage its vulnerabilities and speed it to the field.  Once it gets there, it maintains field dominance while generating the LP needed to feed more Psychic support.

 

I guess I’ll comment on the art and name.  The art is good: the monster is fierce and a bit freakish, but not nauseatingly so.  The name required me look up Axon: according to Dictionary.com it is “the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.”  So I consider it a rather clever way of describing a psychic who is assaulting something; that is to say if this were a physical fighter, he’d be a “butt kicker”.

 

Ratings

 

Traditional: 1.5/5

 

Advanced: 3.25/5

 

Art: 3.5/5

 

Name: 4/5

 

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