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Tuesday - Imperial Order
Well, whadda ya know,
this is the first holo card I pulled from PSV! (the
immediate next pack was a Fairy Meteor Crush,
but that's for another time). It's also the retail
(36 pack box and blister pack) Secret Rare. Don't
be alarmed if the entire picture is not
holographic. It's set up that way as an
anti-counterfeit measure. Now, to the review.
*enters rant mode*
This card lost a lot of
power from the Japanese version.
The true beauty of this
card is not the actual ability, it's being able to
control how long the ability lasts. Yes, you could
leave it on the field as long as your LP holds out,
but that was not what the card was meant for. The
card was meant for you to keep it out as long as you
need to. If that's until you can't keep it out any
longer, that's fine. If that's a few turns in the
future, ok. If it's for a late game push, fair
game. If you just want a free Magic Jammer,
enjoy.
Then comes the English
version.
By simply inserting the
words "must pay" and changing the final sentence,
Konami/UD have effectively reduced the playability
of this card. It has turned from broken to just a
permanent Magic Jammer on steroids, and that's not
necessarily a good thing. This card will still be
restricted to 1, don't get me wrong. It's just that
it is not as useful, because you can't cancel it out
when you want to, and that "want to" could be when
you draw the 1 card you need to win. If there isn't
an errata on this and the other upkeep cards (Messenger
of Peace and Mirror Wall,
I'm talking to you), this card will lose a lot of
playability that made it a necessary staple across
the Pacific (for the time being).
Score:
I feel inclined to give
this card two seperate scores:
Japanese version:
This card gets a solid
4.5. It gets shut down by
Jinzo, another very popular card, but, if
for anything else, it is just abused for its free
Magic Jammer effect.
English non-errata'd
version:
The solid score from
above drops to a 2.8. It's still a
potent card, but the required upkeep just makes it
fairly pointless :/
*ends rant*
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