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Raigeki Break, little Raigeki? By Shine-Soldier

Hello, folks.
I’m back with a new article. This time, I’m gonna do a little chit chat about Raigeki Break. Of course, the title of this article is just a joke. Compared to Raigeki, this card just totally suck. But hey, most monster removal cards do. However, this card isn’t a card that can be used for monster removal only, but could be a S/T remover too. In both cases, there are better cards, like if you wanna get rid of a face-down monster, use Nobleman, if a Cyber Dragon is annoying you, use Smashing Ground and if you can’t stand that face-down threat in your opponent’s S/T zone, stick with MST. But Raigeki Break can do on it’s own what these three cards can do, only for one mere cost: a card from your hand. For you who don’t know what Raigeki Break does, read the explanation:

Raigeki Break
PGD-096
Trap/Normal

“Discard one card from your hand to the Graveyard to destroy one card on the field.”

Common

So the fact is, this card can destroy just any card you’d like for just 1 card from your hand. It’s true that this will give you a –1 disadvantage, but because it’s so damn versatile, that wouldn’t be a huge problem. Even in today’s format where hand managemant and draw power is extremely important, this card could kick some ass. It’s chainable against Mobius, which sees a lot of play today, and to almost any other card, including Royal Decree. You can destroy that Don Zaloog that slips just under your Bottomless Trap Hole and you can remove that D.D. Assailant without having to let one of your own monsters be removed from play. It’s also true that Sakuretsu Armor can kill these guys, but then they have to attack first. Don Zaloog will most likely not be used as a defense, but a defense position D.D. Assailant could be really annoying. Now that Spirit Reaper is so popular, you’re gonna need some extra monster removal, because Bottomless and Sakuretsu won’t kill this guy, asuming it is used for defense. Well, Raigeki Break could be a good option.

What I’m trying to say, don’t think that this is a bad card just because it costs you one card from your hand. You can do so many different things with this card. Just to give you some more examples:
- It can get a Snatch Stolen monster back without destroying the monster itself
- It can chain against almost every, if not every S/T removal in the game, leading to a 2-for-2, asuming you can destroy another card with this card.

Just think about this card instead of throwing it away and think: ‘it’s bad, because it costs a card.’

Thanks for reading this article. Hope you enjoyed it. If you have anything to say about this article, feel free to mail me at jeroen.mandersloot@gmail.com

Well, maybe ‘til next time.
Shine-Soldier