July 2006
From: maurice delamar [mailto:mxdelamar@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:06 AM
To: yugiohcrew@pojo.com
Subject: Overlooked S/T Removal: Swift Birdman
Joe--Maurice D.
Salutations, fellow Yu-Gi-Oh fans. Welcome to the
third installment of my CCG tips regarding some
underrated S/T removal cards. Oh, and before I
start, I apologize for the error in my last article
about Gigantes. Someone pointed out that you can
Special Summon Gigantes after removing your Earth
monster from play for him. Whoops! Now let's begin.
This card is a new one from Enemy of Justice, and is
a welcome addition to the Wind Attribute. He's the
closest Wind will ever have for a Mobius, able to
blow away S/Ts on the opposing field when he is
summoned. He also seems to appear just in time for
the upcoming Lord of the Storm Structure Deck, too.
The card I'm talking about is Swift Birdman Joe.
Swift Birdman Joe
Wind/Winged Beast/2300 ATK/1400 DEF
If you Tribute Summon this card by Tributing a Wind
monster, return all Spell and Trap cards on the
field to the owners' hand.
As everyone should know, the Wind Attribute has a
limited selection of good Tribute monsters. Armed
Dragon is best in its own deck, and Harpie Lady
Sisters are too weak to take on any of the more
popular Tributes (cough, Zaborg, Mobius, cough). As
I mentioned before, Swift Birdman Joe couldn't have
come at a better time. With 2300 ATK, he pulverizes
Cyber Dragon and can kamikaze into the Dark World
Fiends Silva and Goldd, and maybe with some skill
and luck, Chaos Sorcerer. Of course, he still fall
short against those darn Monarchs...
...Unless you use Icarus Attack. With IA, you can
punish your opponent for summoning a Monarch. With
the sacrifice of Joe, you can nuke a Monarch and a
card of your choice. Mobius's effect still resolves,
but then your opponent would have nothing to nuke in
return.
Since Joe is a monster version of Giant Trunade, you
can return Premature Burial back to your hand after
you use it. He goes great with Lady Ninja Yae, who
can keep the S/T bouncing going after Joe uses up
his effect. And as a Winged Beast, he also goes
great with the Harpie Ladies, which offer them
additional S/T removal in their deck types. If
things look bleak and Joe is about to be Snatch
Stealed or Smashing Grounded, there's always
Spiritual Wind Art--Miyabi to save him from those
cards, while returning a card on the opposing field
back to the bottom of the deck.
In conclusion, Swift Birdman Joe is a solid Wind
Tribute monster, who was badly needed for all Wind
deck users. He's the Wind Mobius, so Wind deck users
don't have to stoop low enough to sneak that
cookie-cutter Monarch into their decks. That
concludes my newest article. If you have any
comments, you know my e-mail address: mxdelamar@yahoo.com.
Stay tuned for my next one!
