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Duel Masters Card of the Day
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Necrodragon
Bryzenaga
Shockwaves
Card # DM-S4
Date Reviewed: 05.19.06
Constructed Average Rating:
Limited Average Rating:
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating. |
DRY 1337
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Hello
everyone. It’s time to review one of the more
bizarre cards in this set, Necrodragon Bryzenaga. I
must say that the artwork is gorgeous and the effect
is completely out of left field. So is it worthy of
seeing action in competitive play? Let’s take a look
at the stats…
Necrodragon Bryzenaga
Mana Cost: 6
Race: Zombie Dragon
Civilization: Darkness
Rules Text:
• When you put this creature into the battle zone,
put all your shields into your hand. (You can use
the "shield trigger" abilities of those shields.)
• Double breaker (This creature breaks 2 shields.)
Flavor Text: The only thing stronger than its evil
is its stench.
Power: 9,000
At first glance this card reminded me of the wobbly
chair in my kitchen (a few of these guys could
really help to balance one of the legs). After all,
with all of the other cards this set has to offer,
why should I give this guy a second glance?
Before we analyze its bizarre effect, let’s take a
look at Bryzenaga’s cost to power ratio. We
essentially have a 9,000 power double breaker for
only 6 mana. It seems fairly decent and resembles a
juiced-up Zagaan, Knight of Darkness.
Now for the effect…
Evidently when you summon this behemoth it appears
to have a strange side effect. As soon as it hits
the field you scoop all of your shields and you have
the option to cast the shield triggers…
Let’s take a look at the negative aspect first,
since it’s so obvious. By picking up your shields
you’re essentially giving the game away. If your
opponent has more creatures than you have blockers
or if they have a creature that cannot be blocked
then either be confident that you’ll win this turn
or tell yourself next time to drop him into your
mana zone. What’s even worse is that if you DO put
him in your mana zone then your opponent can
Soulswap it when you’re not ready, finish you off,
and send you back to noob headquarters. When taking
this into consideration, the flavor text makes a
whole lot of sense because the effect stinks.
Let’s turn it all around and look at the positives.
This creature is HUGE and we need to use it to our
advantage in order to finish the game on the turn
that it is summoned. Mykee’s Pliers would do the
trick and so would Supersonic Jet Pack. Supersonic
Jet Pack would make it seem like we’re handling a
Death Liger with speed attacker. It’s too bad that
SJP isn’t a shield trigger since it could be
instantly used by Bryzenaga’s effect. This is also a
good creature to play in case you have no shield
triggers
Ok, so at least that helps us to get closer to
finishing off the opponent. It’s time to consider
the shield triggers needed. Obviously Terror Pit
would give this guy some authority. But what if
instead we turned to light? If we’re trying to win
this turn then we’ll need something “awe”some. Holy
awe could be splashed into this build and perhaps
add some shield trigger blockers. We could also
include Locomotiver and Gregorian Worm. These
creatures would interact with Mykee’s Pliers nicely.
With a lot of luck and some shield manipulation it
could be pulled off. It would also be fun to try
with water cards (Emeral, Spiral Gate and Aqua
Surfer).
The last thing is to pray that you don’t hit a Holy
Awe.
Constructed Rating: 2/5 – You can get a really nice
combo with this guy but it takes time, a lot of
patience, and a lot of luck. It’ll be a fun deck
during casual events but will most likely fall apart
against rush decks.
Limited Rating: 1/5 – The reason why this creature
gets a rating at all is because it’s worth hearing
the chuckles when you play it. Be prepared for a
Soulswap.
I hope you enjoyed the review
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~Zephyr~
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Hello again
everyone, ~Zephyr~ here again. Hope everyone enjoyed
the last review I did and once again, just like
Hurricane Crawler, another controversial card is
being reviewed today, Necrodragon Bryzenaga.
Name: Necrodragon Bryzenaga
Cost: 6
Race: Zombie Dragon
Civilization: Darkness
Type: Creature
Rules Text:
When you put this creature into the battle zone, put
all your shields into your hand. (You can use the
"shield trigger" abilities of those shields.)
Double breaker (This creature breaks 2 shields.)
Flavor Text:
The only thing stronger than its evil is its stench.
Power: 9,000
Mana Number: 1
Artist: Takesi Kuno
Rarity: S
Collector Number: S4
Let's break it down shall we.......
Cost & Power: The cost to power ratio of this
creature is brillant. 6 mana for a 9000 powerhouse
is quite impressive for any creature and in my
cases, this cost to power ratio is usually only
found on Evolution creatures like Niofa, Horned
Protector & Ultra Mantis, Scourage of Fate. Only
problem with this creature over them is the fact
that they can attack straight away while Necrodragon
Bryzenaga can't. Otherwise its a nice creature.
Race: Zombie Dragon. A decent race type that has 3
evolutions in both Super Necrodragon Abzo Dolba,
Super Terradragon Bailas Gale & the killer beast
himself Uberdragon Bajula as good evolutions. Though
it must be said that Necrodragon Giland is the
better option to evolve from since its only 4 mana
compared to all the other Necrodragon's 6 mana cost.
Effect: Now this is the main controversy over this
card as at first glance, you'd think that
Bryzenaga's effect is terrible. Think about it, when
you summon it, you lose all your shields and they
all get sent to your hand. Not something that people
would want to happen in a duel, especially when it
looks like things are going well for ya to lose it
on Bryzenaga's effect. On the upside, all the
shields triggers in those shields can be activated
so if all 5 of the shields were triggers, u can set
them off but obviously, u set them off in the order
that you took the shields up. If the deck you are
using his shield trigger heavy, Necrodragon
Bryzenaga might not be a bad choice to use,
especially if your shields might be holding the card
u need, such as a Holy Awe to help clear the field
or a Terror Pit to get rid of a nasty blocker etc.
Also, the use of Mana Nexus & Emeral in a deck with
this creature could be used to manipulate the
shields and then summon this creature to activate
the shield triggers altogether and finish the
opponent off. So while people will see this guy as a
terrible creature at first, its' effect can be
utilised if played in the right way and if the
opponent has been a bit carelss. Plus, the ability
of Double Breaker just adds to his utility on the
field.
Players using Transmogrify in their decks might
wanna give Necrodragon Bryzenaga a miss just in case
it backfires on you!!
Availability: Similar to Hurricane Crawler in my
last review, most people will have no problem
swapping or selling this off to other duelists as
its effect won't appeal to everyone. But otherwise,
since its a Super Rare, its not as easy to get your
hands on in the boosters!
In my own personal view, I would love to see myself
or someone else in the DM Community come up with a
deck that utilises this creature's effect and can
produce a tournament worthy deck with Bryzenaga
included. That would be very impressive to see! Nice
card, but won't be appeal to everyone's tastes!
Limited: 1/5 - Definitely a card to miss out,
shields are important and you won't get killer
shields to use like in constructed so best to leave
out, unless you are not fussed with the outcome!
Constructed: 3/5 - Very tricky card at the moment to
use effectively in a deck, but im sure the fun deck
duelists will come up with a deck idea to use his
ability to the max! 50/50 really
~Zephyr~'s score: 3/5
If anyone wants to discuss anything that I have
mentioned in this COTD, feel free to email me @ -
mexflash@hotmail.com. Generally always up for a
friendly chat & discussion. Also available on Msn &
for duels on DMC v2.0!
Until the next COTD!
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Wil
Hendricks |
Name:
Necrodragon Bryzenaga
Cost: 6
Race: Zombie Dragon
Civilization: Darkness
Type: Creature
Rules Text:
When you put this creature into the battle zone, put
all your shields into your hand. (You can use the
"shield trigger" abilities of those shields.) Double
breaker (This creature breaks 2 shields.) Flavor
Text:
The only thing stronger than its evil is its stench.
Power: 9,000
Mana Number: 1
Artist: Takesi Kuno
Rarity: S
Collector Number: S4
If you are using a Shield Trigger deck you can
spring several at one time.
if not it will kill you. at least you can use shield
trigger abilitys unlike
others like Baraga.
regular deck 2.5/5
Shield Trigger deck 4.5/5
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Doc
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Name:
Necrodragon Bryzenaga
Cost: 6
Race: Zombie Dragon
Civilization: Darkness
Type: Creature
Rules Text:
When you put this creature into the battle zone, put
all your shields into your hand. (You can use the
"shield trigger" abilities of those shields.) Double
breaker (This creature breaks 2 shields.) Flavor
Text:
The only thing stronger than its evil is its stench.
Power: 9,000
Mana Number: 1
Artist: Takesi Kuno
Rarity: S
Collector Number: S4
This must be cool art week or something
This card is from Shockwaves Of The Shattered
Rainbow. I could see someone with a deck focused on
having no shields to gain power and effects playing
this. Its effect is VERY unique and this card goes
well with a nature spell
called Mana Nexus. This is how the combo goes, play
Mana Nexus to set up your shields or to place Mana
Nexus so you have at least 1 shield, then play this
card to send all the shields to your hand, and then
you are able to activate the shield trigger
abilities.
Pros:
Great power to mana ratio, 6 for 9000 double breaker
Allows you to play shield triggers Dragon Evolution
Material
Cons:
You're left with no shields.
This card runs into a terror pit, then you wasted
your shields for nothing.
Art: 4/5
Overall Rating: 2/5
See ya guys, or girls, next time.
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/Bernhard |
Name:
Necrodragon Bryzenaga
Cost: 6
Race: Zombie Dragon
Civilization: Darkness
Type: Creature
Rules Text:
When you put this creature into the battle zone, put
all your shields into
your hand. (You can use the "shield trigger"
abilities of those shields.)
Double breaker (This creature breaks 2 shields.)
Flavor Text:
The only thing stronger than its evil is its stench.
Power: 9,000
The darkness civ is full of "win before the
consequences kills
you"-creatures, and Necrodragon Bryzenaga is no
exception. Let’s take a look
on this card:
Cost: Good ratio. 6 mana for 9000 and double
breaker. Looks good so far.
Race & Civ: Well, another dragon... Dragon is the
race with the most support
in the game so far. You can find support and other
dragons from the nature,
the darkness and the fire civ. Bryzenaga still look
very good to me.
Effect: This card is down on the same route as
another fellow dragon, more
exactly the almighty Bombazar, Dragons of Destiny.
But Bryzenaga's effect
alters a bit. When you play this, you are forced to
take up all the shield
you have and use em' if you can. As I said in the
beginning, you better win
the turn when you play this creature, or you will
most likely end up
screwed. It's a pity that Bryzenaga isn't a speed
attacker, as it would
really boost his effect. I can't see any really
competative play with this
dragon. Thou' a deck with Bryzenaga+Toto pippichi/Mykee's
Pilers+Cryptic(+Holy Awe) would be fun to see and
run... Maybe I have to
make that deck myself :P!
Pros:
Good mana/power ratio.
Double Breaker
Using all your shields could be game winning
Cons:
If you fail finishing up your opponent during that
turn you play him, you
will more likely getting finished up yourself!
For that effect, you will need (more or less) speed
attacker to make it
useful.
This card could be fun to play, but for competitive
decks, run Bombazar
instead. He is better in all aspects. (And
ironically, Bombazar is easier to
pull from a booster, as Necrodragon Bryzenaga is
super rare)
Constructed: 2.5/5
Limited: 1/5 (In limited, I wouldn't play with this
creature because there
is not enough support (he really needs support) and
game winning triggers.
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