March 2007
Horus faces Armed Dragon - DaFrog
Hello Pojoers.
I'm doing an article of 2 famous level dragons,
Horus and Armed Dragon. Before we begin our
"battle", let's talk about them.
The Horus family is a 3-set of Lv4, Lv6, and Lv8
monsters. Lv4 can be sent face-up to the graveyard
to summon Lv6 from the hand or deck. Lv6 isn't
effected by magic cards that target him, and packs a
2300 attack. When he destroys a monster, you can
send him to the graveyard to summon his big daddy,
Lv8. Lv8 has a very handy effect that allows you to
negate and destroy any magic card you want,
rendering your opponent to use traps and effects.
His 3000 attack turns him into a Blue-Eyes with
Magic "Destroyal".
Our Armed Dragons have a bigger family. Lv3 does the
same thing as Lv4 Horus. Lv5 however lets you send a
monster card from your hand to destroy 1 monster
with equal or less attack points. When he inflicts
battle damage, you can send him to the graveyard to
bring out Lv7. Lv7 has a powerful 2800 attack
points, and you can discard a monster card to
destroy ALL your opponents monsters that have less
attack than the card you sent. After attacking with
this big guy, you can bring out Armed Dragon LV10, a
3000 atk point beat-stick with the ability to
destroy all monsters on your opponent's side of the
field by discarding 1 card. Any card.
Ok, so let's compare the effects. Horus LV8 can
negate and destroy any magic card without any other
needed card. Armed Dragon LV10 can destroy all
monster cards by sending any card from your hand to
the graveyard.
Well, in this format, you'll probably be worried
about spells and traps rather than monsters. Cutting
out all magic cards from your opponent (Note the
card says "can negate and destroy") while still
utilizing your own, is a great advantage. Plus,
Horus LV8 doesn't need to send a card to the
graveyard to activate this effect. Armed Dragon
does, and it destroys every monster on your
opponent's side of the field. But that's not every
monster! Horus is 1 for all spells, Armed is 1 for
up to 5 monsters. However, circumstances have to
effect decision-making. Your opponent might have a
ton of monsters, or a ton of spells. For effects, I
tie them.
What about Lower Level effects? Armed Dragon LV5
lets you send 1 monster to the graveyard to destroy
a monster with equal or less opponents. LV7 does
same, except it destroys all monsters of equal or
less attack points. Horus LV6 negates spell cards
that target it specifically. Odds are, your opponent
will just take it out with Lightning Vortex or use
their spells on other cards. The Armed Dragons have
an effect that your opponent really can't get around
unless they destroy them. This time, Armed Dragon
wins.
Ok, how about summoning? Horus has 3 monsters in a
set, Armed Dragon has 4. Both of the starting levels
can be searched out by Sangan or Masked Dragon. But,
you need to go through an extra card if you want to
summon Armed Dragon LV10, even if you started with
LV5. Horus has victory.
Attack points throughout the set go like this:
A H
1300 1400
2400 2300
2700 No Monster
3000 3000
Armed Dragons LV5 and LV7 both beat Horus's LV6
attack points. Horus only beats LV3 A. Dragon with
LV4. The top levels are the same, so that's a tie.
With a 2 against 1, Armed Dragons have done it
again!
I would like to do Defense points, but I don't
really know them, so I'll make a tie. Besides, these
guys will probably be attacking, not defending.
In the end, we have this tally.
Horus: ///
Armed Dragon: ////
So Armed Dragon is the winner. However, I am not
including other cards into this mix, and therefore
does not show all the technicalities. Perhaps with
the right cards, Horus wins, or there might be a tie
between the 2. (Also, I didn't know the defense
points, so there's another missing factor) Overall,
these are 2 great Level Sets, and I would suggest
making a dragon deck based around 1 (or both?) of
them. That's my tip for today, I hope you enjoyed
it!
-DaFrog
