DM7FGD's Look Into the Future

Article # 22 - Look Into the Light

Two Articles in one day?! Yup.. You heard right..

For this article, we’ll be taking a look at two Light-Type Monsters of the current Japanese game and future English game. Neither of these cards’ English times of release are known. We begin this article with a look at Kaiser Seahorse.

*From the Japanese Kaiba Structure Deck Volume 1* 

Kaiser Seahorse is a pretty interesting Monster card, that can be very Effective for most any Light-Type Deck. When using high-level (Light-Type) Monsters, such as Blue Eyes White Dragon or Gilford the Lightning (Next card featured in this article), this is when Kaiser Seahorse comes most in handy.

With Blue Eyes White Dragon, which would normally require two Tributes to Summon, when using Kaiser Seahorse in BEWD’s Sacrificial Summon, it’ll only cost you the one Tribute, being the Seahorse. Thus adding a bit of speed to your Deck when running higher-level Monsters such as Blue Eyes.

Since it’s a Light-Type, Kaiser Seahorse could also aide in fueling the Chaos Monsters, such as Chaos Emperor Dragon, say if you were going to use Kaiser Seahorse in a Dragon Deck with CED and BEWD, etc. for example. Its stats aren’t too bad, either, for what it can do for you. 1700/1650 can pretty much stand up for itself pretty well in either position; ATK or DEF.

One downside about the card, though, is that it can’t be Searched by anything, so it may be tough to get it in hand at the same time having the Monster you want to use with the Seahorse. But when you can make it work for you, it can do a pretty good job of aiding you in getting your powerful Light-Type Monsters out on the Field, and much faster and easier than usual.

Kaiser Seahorse can fit well into, obviously, Light and Sea Dragon-based Decks, and any Decks with High-Level Light-Type Monsters. I’d give Kaiser Seahorse an overall rating of 6.5/10.

For the second card of this second article of the day, we’ll be taking a look at Gilford the Lightning.

*Released as a Japanese promo from the DM6 game*

Gilford the Lightning.. a.k.a. the Monster version of Thunderbolt. (Raigeki) Quite an interesting Monster, and pretty fun to use. It can fit semi-well into Light-type and some Warrior Decks, though most of the time that it sees play is in Fun-Decks. Not too much of a competitive Monster card.

It has a hefty ATK strength at 2800, and with only 1400 DEF it can be searched by the Witch, giving it a bit more speed in any Deck it‘s in. It also works well with the Kaiser Seahorse. Instead of 3 Monsters, you could just use 1 Kaiser Seahorse + 1 of any other Monster in a Sacrificial Summon for Gilford, and you’ll still get to use its Thunderbolt-like Effect.

Does Gilford’s Effect mean that you can only Sacrifice 3 Monsters to Summon it? No, all that means is if you do not Sacrifice 3 Monsters (From your Field) to Summon it, you won’t be getting its what-could-be devastating Effect. Get rid of all your opponent’s Monsters, then have an open shot at a direct attack for at least 2800 damage. Could be pretty effective. And yes, Gilford can be Revived, but if it is, you won’t be getting its Effect that way, either.

Overall, Gilford can be a pretty fun Monster card to use, but it’s usually not too effective, as most of the time it’ll be too hard to pull off its Effect. I’d give Gilford the Lightning an overall rating of 6.7/10.

Now for an example of a Light-based Fun Deck using these 2 Monsters. Translations of cards that may be unknown to you will be provided at the bottom of the Deck example.

1x Blue Eyes White Dragon

1x Gilford the Lightning

1x Thunder Lord - Saborg

1x Angel Knight - Perseus (Airknight)

3x Dimensional Warrior Girl (Warriors of the Future)

3x Blade Knight (Warriors of the Future)

2x Kaiser Seahorse

1x Reflect Bounder (Mechanized Monsters of Mayhem)

1x Black Forest Witch

1x Sangan

1x Sinister Serpent

1x Cyber Jar (Over Fiber due to all the high-level Monsters)

3x MST

1x Horobi no Burst Stream

1x Raigeki

1x Dark Hole

1x Pot of Greed

1x Graceful Charity

1x Harpy Feather Sweep

1x Heavy Storm

1x Monster Reborn

1x Premature Burial

1x Change of Heart

1x Snatch Steal

1x Nobleman of Crossout

1x Painful Choice

1x Shallow Grave (Extra Revival for more Tribute-support)

1x Sixth Sense (Vehement Valuables)

1x Imperial Order

1x Waboku

1x Ring of Destruction

1x Torrential Tribute

1x Call of the Haunted

1x Mirror Force

Thunder Lord - Saborg - (Released in newest Japanese set- 308 - as a Rare)

Light/Thunder - Level 5 - 2400/1000

Effect: When this Monster is successfully Tribute-Summoned, destroy one Monster card on the Field.

Horobi no Burst Stream (Released in newest Japanese set- 308 - as a Super Rare)

Normal Magic

Effect: Activate this card when you have a face-up Blue Eyes White Dragon on the Field. Destroy all of your opponent’s Monsters on the Field. During the turn you activate this card, any BEWD’s on the Field can not attack.

And that’ll do it for my second article of the day. E-mail me with any questions and/or comments at dm7fgd32@hotmail.com

And for a little sneak peak at what one of the cards that my next article will feature, one of the featured cards will be the Deck Destruction Virus of Death, a.k.a. Crush Card. Stay tuned. ; )

Until Next Time..