Happy Valentine’s Day!  Today we get to review the card we love most.  Who came up with this stupid idea?  I DID.  This is MY COTD week!  BWAHAHAHA! 

 

Anyways, the COTD staff gets to each review the cards they love the most today in honor of Valentine’s Day.  I chose to review that lovable little Cyber Lord who just got a SWEET new look this weekend at the tournament of the five civilizations.  That’s right!  Today I will be reviewing Corile!

 

Corile

Cost:  5

Civilization:  Light

Card Type:  Creature
Creature Class:  Cyber Lord

• When you put this creature into the battle zone, choose one of your opponent’s creatures in the battle zone and put it on top of his deck.

Flavor Text:  When the Cataclysm struck, all the science of the Cyber Lords couldn’t prevent the collapse of their underwater city.

Power: 2000

Mana Generated: 1

Rarity:  Common

Card Number:  14/55

 

I love this card.  How much do I love it?  I’ll write a Sonnet to Corile real quick.

 

Corile, my blessed Cyber Lord, how good

You look these days.  Your new art, ability

Still intact, makes me wonder how one could

Pass you up.  Those fools, they I will pity.

 

To the top of the deck, that is where their

Creatures will go.  Not to the hand, oh no!

Their next draw, well it will get them nowhere,

For you have left them nowhere else to go.

 

Your mana cost is five, one must be blue

And power of two thousand, don’t scoff at that.

Your field will be cleared, then he’ll come for you

Atop the deck is where your card is at.

 

Field control, well ‘tis your middle name

And why you are the best card in the game.

 

Civilization/Race:  He’s a water card, which really doesn’t mean jack squat, but he is a CYBER LORD.  This means he plays well with Illusionary Merfolk, who is quite rapidly becoming broken.  To know why I think this, see my 5 civs report later this week.  Corile is a great Cyber Lord, who sees a lot of play.

 

Cost:  He costs five mana, which is quite reasonable.  Blue decks don’t have many cards that can be dropped fifth turn anyways (except a Merfolk IF you already have a Cyber Lord out or a one turn Paladin drop), so this guy fits into the mana curve quite nicely. 

 

Power:   He only has 2000 power.  It can suicide most other early creatures like Hulcus or Horrid Worm, and it can kill a Torcon or Bronze-Arm Tribe flat out.  Still, it is vulnerable to Crimson Hammer, which isn’t something I want my 5 drop creature to be.  His ability had better make up for this.  Oh, it does.  It does…

 

Abilities:  Corile has IMO the nastiest effect in the game.  This was the effect that effectively made Unicorn Fish obsolete.  You take one of their creatures, and place it ON TOP OF THEIR DECK.  In addition to stripping your opponent of some field advantage, you are also depriving them of their next draw, since they are doomed to draw the card you bounced.  You might be saying “But what if the card was an Aqua Hulcus?  I’ll be letting him draw an extra card!”  I say, “look at it this way.”  He now has to pay three mana to draw the card he normally would have been able to draw for free.  In a control deck, where your opponent will probably be near topdecking anyway, this ability is sweet. 

 

“What if it’s a Bronze-Arm Tribe?  He’ll get extra mana!”  So?  If he can’t keep a creature on the field and you keep destroying his hand, it doesn’t MATTER how much mana he has. 

 

If you bounce an evolution creature, your opponent will essentially miss their next TWO draws.  If you bounce a useless creature to the top of their deck, they will be in trouble, because now they can’t turn the tables by drawing a card that could change the tide of the duel. 

 

For added fun, Corile your opponent several turns in a row.  The look on his face gets more interesting every time.

 

Having just mentioned a FRACTION of the potential combos this card has, I’ll leave it at this.  He has an AWESOME ability.

 

Ok, now that I’ve reviewed these stats, let’s see how they stack up. 

 

Constructed overview:  I think you probably know what I am going to say here.  This card is one of, if not the best, card in all of Duel Masters.  It IS my all time favorite.  I love this guy.  His ability is unrivaled, and his cost power ratio is right on considering how great his ability is.  He’s of a great race, since he lends support to Merfolk, and his cost fits right in to the mana curve of a blue/black control deck or mono water deck.  I have a little experience running blue/black (*wins understatement of the year award with that comment*), and I can tell you this is the single most annoying card in it.  The only card more effective than it is Terror Pit.  I love this guy.  In a mono-blue deck, a Merfolk deck, or a Blue/Black control deck, I give this guy 5/5.  He is seriously THAT good.

 

Limited overview:  This guy is a tank in limited too.  In this format, drawing cards is vital, and there aren’t many ways to kill creatures in evo.  This guy provides nice field advantage, and he then restricts your opponent’s next move by ensuring he gets the same creature back.  There is nothing more annoying in this format than a Corile.  4.5/5

 

Happy Valentine’s Day everybody.  Later this week we’ll actually get to review some interesting cards.

 

Corile, will you marry me?