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Pojo's Duel Masters Card of the Day
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Giriel
Ghastly Warrior
Rampage Expansion Set
Date Reviewed: 7.30.04
Constructed
Average Rating: 1.15
Limited Average Rating: 3.15
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating. |
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Knives101 |
Giriel, Ghastly Warrior
This card is just horrible. No deck needs this card.
If you want, you can put this thing into play. Then
I'll just cast Terror Pit, Death Smoke, Chaos Worm,
Natural Snare, Spiral Gate, Corile, Teleportation,
Aqua Sniper, or Unicorn Fish. This card is just
junk. If I pull one of these I'm gonna sell it to
the store lol.
Final Rating: 1 The picture is cool.
Limited Rating: 4 Fatties are better in limited,
because they are harder to deal with. Not everyone
is going to pull a destruction spell. If they don't
then this card will run them over.
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Stegyman |
Giriel, Ghastly Warrior
Creepy picture, huh?
Griel: Darkness Creature, 8-Mana, 11000 Attack,
Double Breaker. Yep, that's it.
Is this card good? Good for looking at, maybe. I
mean, there's nothing special about it: it's a
high Power creature with Double Breaker. We have
so many of those. Bolshack Dragon/Deathblade
Beatle/Armored Blaster Valdios cost much less
than Griel, Ghastly Warrior and do the same
thing.
In Limited, maybe, but the odds of pulling it
are slim to none.
Overall, use it for trade bait. There are better
cards.
Tournament: 1/5
Limited: 1.5/5
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Cecillbill |
Giriel, Ghastly Warrior
The Demon Command race is known for its intimidating
stats--massive power, double breaker ability,
bad-as-heck appearance. They're the bullies of Duel
Masters, and Giriel is the biggest weggie-maker of
them all. With skulls adorning his war wardrobe and
a demonic amount of power, you could mistake Giriel
for being a "Zagaan on steroids."
PROS:
#1 Massive Power. You can count the number of guys
able to take Giriel down directly (unpumped) on one
hand. 11,000 means that your opponent had better be
playing permanent removal or fatties of his own if
he wants to bury Giriel.
#2 Double Breaker. The ability to knock off 2
shields doesn't immediately strike fear into the
hearts of veteran players unless it comes very early
in the game (Valdios) or alongside the words "this
creature cannot be blocked"
(Lancer). But, it still makes your opponent take
notice.
#3 Card Art. Just one look at him and you know that
he means business.
Forget the clown hats you see on the spellcasters of
that other "Duel M"
game. Giriel is dressed to instill fear in the
hearts of all--no magic tricks are needed.
CONS:
#1 Costs 8 mana. For that price, I want a Vampire
Silphy-ish effect, unblockability, or something,
anything to justify paying 8 mana for a creature
that can get bounced for 2 mana and buried for 4
mana. Summoning sickness ruins this guy (otherwise
it would be broken).
#2 Vanilla creature. Power isn't everything. Double
breaker ability is best when you can use it readily.
OVERALL IMPRESSION:
When you hold this card, you want to deck it. When
you deck this card, you'll use it as mana.
Definitely one for the collector's binder until the
Demon Comman support cards are released in English.
FORMAT RATINGS:
Constructed: 1.5/5. "Not gonna do it. Not gonna do
it." Keep telling yourself that everytime you're
tempted to slap Giriel into your mono-Darkness or
multi-civilization decks. If you must run a Darkness
big body, then go with Ultracide Worm. Ultracide's
shoe size is the same 11,000, he costs 2 less mana
to show up, and he double break-dances the moment he
hits the floor--he's the better prom date.
Limited: 4/5. Got 8 mana? Then you've got a guy that
will be hard to kill.
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Gordon
Kane |
Giriel, Ghastly Warrior (Demon Command) - 8 /
11000
Essentially the same opinion I had about the
Light creature. There is no "comes-into-play"
effect, there are no cards yet that give cool
stuff to Demon Command creatures. Double Breaker
isn't enough to make me want to play it. 11000 -
big deal. If I need to kill a creature on the
field that is littler that Giriel, then I'll use
Terror Pit. The card might get better because of
other cards in the future - but we've also got
Zagaan and Death Liger to fill in the Demon
Command need.
Constructed - 0.5 / 5
Limited - 0 / 5 (let the rare drafter have it)
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