Whitebeard, the Plunder Patroll Helm – Yu-Gi-Oh! Review

King of
Lullaby

Hello Pojo Fans,

Plunder Patroll week on the horizon, starting with Whitebeard, the Plunder Patroll Helm.

A searcher with the classic searcher stats (1500/1000), Whitebeard can Special Summon two ways and each of them are pretty useful. First way only being able to happen during the opponents turn is a bit of a downer, would’ve been better if during either turn, but it’s okay because most of the Plunder Patroll Extra Deck monsters have Quick Effects. Matching an Attribute to a Plunder Patroll Extra Deck monster won’t be difficult for the Fusion (LIGHT) and Xyz (DARK), but the Link (WATER), and Synchro (FIRE) may be more difficult to summon unless combined with Plunder Patroll Booty. The Xyz and Synchro need a Plunder Patroll attached to make their effects become Quick and that’s where the Main Deck Plunder Patroll monsters come into play, since they equip to those monsters.

Being able to get a Special Summon from the deck off discarding Whitebeard or getting it off the field makes sure if you have more than one copy you won’t have a dead card in your hand. You get locked into Plunder Patroll monsters for the turn, but you can play around that and make this your last effect before your Battle Phase. With each Plunder Patroll Main Deck monster able to equip itself like Whitebeard and having its own effect upon leaving the hand or field, Whitebeard serves as a way to get to whichever Main Deck Plunder Patroll you need for your specific situation.

Advanced- 3.5/5     Art- 5/5

Until Next Time,
KingofLullaby

Crunch$G

It’s been a bit since we’ve actually went over a TCG Exclusive archetype, so it’s time to change that with Plunder Patroll. We start the week with one of your four monsters in the Main Deck: Whitebeard, the Plunder Patroll Helm.

Whitebeard is a Level 4 WATER Fiend Tuner with 1500 ATK and 1000 DEF. Okay-ish stats on Level 4, WATER is well supported, and so is Fiend. Weird combination, though. Whitebeard’s first effect is a Quick Effect on the opponent’s turn where you can Special Summon any Plunder Patroll monster from the Extra Deck with the same Attribute as a monster the opponent controls and/or is in their graveyard and then this card equips to the newly summoned monster. This is a really cool effect overall to easily get out Extra Deck monsters, and this card equipping to them gives your newly summoned monsters extra abilities that we’ll look at when we see one, with the exception of their Link Monster. Overall, you got 4 Attributes to use for this so far: WATER, FIRE, DARK, and LIGHT. We’re missing WIND and EARTH, which stings for EARTH but WIND is fine considering how rare that Attribute pops up competitively. The archetype has ways to adjust the opponent’s Attributes, so you can summon any of your Extra Deck Plunders if you have that option. It’s a fairly good effect. The second effect is that if it is sent from the hand or Monster Zone to the graveyard, you can Special Summon any Plunder Patroll monster from your Deck that isn’t another Whitebeard, also you can only Special Summon monsters in the Plunder Patroll archetype for the remainder of the turn. Archetype locking isn’t anything new, this is an easy effect to trigger considering the archetype has ways to discard as well as this being a Tuner brings Synchros to the equation and you obviously have Links, and don’t forget Fusions. All three summoning mechanics are of which Plunder Patroll have, and there’s a second Plunder Patroll with the same first effect as Whitebeard and it helps equip your non-equipped Plunder Patrolls with a Plunder Patroll, so you got help there. It’s an excellent ability. The first effect is opponent reliant, but you can depend on them helping making your plays viable more than likely whether they have the Attributes or you need to adjust them yourself. Both effects are a hard once per turn, which should surprise nobody. Whitebeard is an important piece in Plunder Patroll, making it easy to play 3 of him in the Deck.

Advanced Rating: 4.25/5

Art: 4/5 They’re cool little goblin pirates I guess. A little cartoonish, which gives some artwork variety that we could always use

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