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Psiren, Smooth Criminal
Seven Deadly Sins

Reviewed November 10, 2006

Rating:  3.75

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Darktaro

We wrap up this week of Seven Deadly Sins leaders with a look at a leader who has needed some love ever since the debut of Level 4 leaders and that is Psiren. Many people were sad to see that as of Alchemist Gate all the older leaders got Level 4 versions except for Psiren (well and Sloth too but that will have to wait for a later time). Now all Psiren fans can rejoice and have something to level out of Level 3 with! Since this is the only level 4 for Psiren it's a no brainer it should go in a Psiren deck so it automatically gets a 5/5 for constructed purposes, so today's rating's will change a bit. Now let's take a look at what exactly you can do with this leader.

Psiren's level 4 boasts some nice stats that will be able to help you out no matter what battle you are fighting at although usually for Rebels that means strength and alchemy. Her ability in among itself is actually pretty useless, aside from fighting Homonculus decks, there are virtually no ways that your characters can set themselves. So this of course forces you to put in some cards that will work with this effect. Cards like, Challenge the Sun, Catch the Train and Pomato work really well with her effect. In fact playing 2 Pomato's drawing 6 cards then resetting everyone can be very huge.

Realistically speaking however, most games you play will never reach level 4 so unfortunately you will probably never see it in a competitive play environment. But in a casual play environment with cards such as Sidetracked and Shared Experience it may be a bit easier to get to level 4.

Pros:
-Great combo potential
-It's a Psiren Level 4!

Cons:
-Most games will never reach level 4
-Will still take you an extra turn to use her ability since it costs an experience to use.

Casual play:4/5 Run low point locations and experience gaining cards to get to level 4.
Competitive play:1/5-So inconsistent that you will ever reach level 4.
 

Haven

Psiren, Smooth Criminal

Rebel
12 Command
Level 4
Human
7 / 9 / 8

Quick Wits: 3

Main Alchemy 1exp: Reset all of your allies.

What a beast. Normally I don't like level 4s, but this one has a nice effect. I used to hate level 4s because they were normally just beef with a mediocre effect. Also, most games don't last more than 8 turns, especially in a tournament atmosphere. However, even if you are only able to play it once in twenty games, there's no reason not to run one if you have one.

Anyway, back to Psiren. This leader is screaming for Catch the Train. Not only can you play it for free, but you can then reset the two big allies you sent to use in the next search phase.

The two big downsides to her effect are that it requires an experience to use and that it doesn't reset Psiren herself. This effect would have been a lot better with a discard cost instead of an experience cost so that you could use the effect the same turn you leveled up. Still, she's good for a level 4.

Rating: 3.5/5 (Level 4, Beefy Stats, Reset Effect)
 

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