Spectral Duke Dragon – Vanguard Throwback Thursday (2013)

Pojo

4 years ago

Spectral Duke Dragon – #EB03/002EN

[AUTO](VC) Limit Break 4 (This ability is active if you have four or more damage):[Counter Blast (2) & Choose three of your «Gold Paladin» rear-guards, and retire them] At the beginning of the close step of the battle that this unit attacked a vanguard, you may pay the cost. If you do, [Stand] this unit, and this unit loses “Twin Drive!!” until end of turn. [CONT](VC):If you have a card named “Black Dragon Knight, Vortimer” in your soul, this unit gets [Power]+1000.

Date Reviewed: March 4, 2021

Rating: 1.50

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale: 1 is awful. 3 is average. 5 is great.

Reviews Below:

Saikyo
Cardfighter
R

So, I know back in the day Spectral Duke was considered THE SHIT and all that, but let’s get real: if Set 6 in English hadn’t dropped right after Set 2, and we got the releases in proper order, would anyone have played this? I think not. In context of English meta, yes, it was nice that Gold Paladins got a re-standing Vanguard, but it was still a bit eh as a re-stander until Break Ride era, and in the event of failure had almost no way to really push constantly.

And I always preferred Garmore toolbox as a deck, anyway. I mean how often did you get to SEARCH pieces in Gold Paladin back then? Never is what.

1.5/5

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