Dragon Week Day 7: The End

We end the week very fittingly. We end the the week with Cardfight: Vanguard's Dragonic Overlord The End!

He's a Grade 3 card, whose full potential is unleashed when he rides Dragonic Overlord. If you thought Schwarzchild Dragon was the only Dragon to have a scary Persona Blast, wait until you hear The End's! When this unit's attack hits, you can Counter Blast two cards and discard a card named Dragonic Overlord The End from your hand to activate a devastating effect. By paying the cost, Dragonic Overlord the End is able to Stand once again to crush his enemies! One of the best parts of his ability is that it can be activated more than once per turn, as long as you can pay the cost! This is the perfect way to end the game, grinding your opponent into the dust!

Unfortunately, his ability can be shut down by guarding his attack, so it's best to activate it late in the game, when you need that final rush for victory.

Did I mention that the artwork is amazing? One version of the card even has the line "the End shall never fall!" printed in gold foil lettering!

Dragonic Overlord The End, in my opinion, is the only way to end Dragon Week! Thank you for reading and I hope you've enjoyed the week!

Dragon Week Day 6: Pokémon Dragon Typing

Have you seen the Dragon types in the Pokémon TCG? If you haven't, they're a fairly new type and both puzzle and intriuge me.

Dragon Type cards have a goldish-green look to them and are usually weak to Fairy Types. Their retreat cost is low/medium. The odd (and cool) thing about them is that you don't use Dragon Energies to power their attacks. Instead, they use a combination of other energies! For example, a certain Goomie needs both a Water Energy and a Fairy Energy to power its attacks, while a Deino needs a Psychic Energy and a Dark Energy to attack. 

Now, if you've been paying attention and you understand how Pokémon deck building works, you might have seen how useful these cards can be for combo-color decks. That also means that you can't (very successfully) play a deck with the only Type being Dragon.

In closing, all of the Dragon Type Pokémon I've seen have been built to bridge the gap between two Typea in multi-Type deck. They are extremely situational deck building-wise, but can have a tremendous impact on the game with their powerful attacks and unique abilities! I can't wait to see the Dragon Type become more used and better supported! Who knows, maybe one day we'll get the right cards to built a single-Type Dragon deck! 

Dragon Week Day 4: Blue-Eyes White Dragon

You know, the one from Yu-Gi-Oh? Possibly the most well known monster in the game? 

Anyway, Blue-Eyes was at one point, (at least in my neighborhood) the monster that everyone wanted to have! I mean, it was almost a myth until last year, when I happily received a Yu-Gi-Oh structure deck named "Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

Then, Blue-Eyes changed from a myth to beast with mythical power. He absolutely crushed my opponents in the early days of having that deck and after some modifications to the deck, he became easier to summon with the addition of two more Blue-Eyes.

Now, enough about its story and how much it means to me, let's learn about the card. 

Blue-Eyes is a normal monster, so no abilities. However, it has a whopping 3000 ATK and a fair 2500 DEF. It's incredibly high ATK stat makes a scary card to have to attack. Unfortunately, besides its high attack, it doesn't have any special abilities of its own. The combos you can create are awesome, though! Here are some now!

Favorite Combo:

Use the XYZ monster Wind-Up Zenmaister's ability to trigger Maiden with Eyes of Blue's ability (when she is targeted by a card, she summons Blue-Eyes from the hand, deck or graveyard) and poof! Blue-Eyes appears!

Second Favorite Combo:

Use Dragon Shrine to send Blue-Eyes to the graveyard, then call it back using Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon's ability (Summons a dragon monster from your graveyard once per turn).

These are the combos that I use the most! Try them out and tell me what you think!

I think Blue-Eyes is an awesome dragon to have, both for its story and for the sick 3-card combos you can pull off using it!

Dragon Week Day 3: Schwarzschild Dragon

Now we're jumping into a dragon from Cardfight: Vanguard! (I told you all dragons would be welcome!) Now, CF: Vanguard has some pretty sick dragons and I'll be talking about one that is truly unforgettable!

Schwarzschild Dragon is actually part of  a ride chain, one that starts with the Grade 0 monster, Micro-Hole Dracokid, then rides to Grade 1 Gravity Ball Dragon and Grade 2 Gravity Collapse Dragon, finishing, of course, with Schwarzchild Dragon. Like most ride chains, this one has several countermeasures to prevent Gradelock. (If you ride the Grade 1, you can search the top 5 cards of your deck for the Grade 2 or Grade 3 of the ride chain)

However, Schwarzchild really excels in the realm of his Persona Blast! It's Limit Break 4, by the way. By Counter-Blasting 3 cards and discarding a Shwarzschild Dragon from your hand, you can increase your Vanguard Schwarzchild Dragon's power by 10000 and its critical by 1! That's not all, though! You can also lock up to three of your opponent's Rear-Guard units! In one turn, you can effectively cripple your opponent's offense for next turn and wear down their defense with Schwarzchild Dragon's punishing attack!

Even though the Persona Blast requires a bit of luck to pull off, when you do get it off it can be devastating! I would highly recommend getting some Schwarzchild Dragons from yugiohmint.com! (They carrot them for quite cheap and as singles)

I love talking about the mighty Schwarzchild Dragon and its ride chain, so leave a comment below if you feel like it!