Legacy of the Valiant: An overview from where I'm sitting.

Attention Duelists!


My hair is getting a bald spot at the back... Or that what Fallon tells me anyway.

Alright Cardhousians, with 2014 Regionals almost here, we have one week to buy up as many "Legacy of the Valiant" Yugioh packs as possible for that day. Why?

Because of Dark Artist, White Duston, Rainbow Kuriboh, the Gorgonic archetype, and the Sylvian archetypes, that's why.

Let me run you through them all, and discuss why these untested cards can win me (or you if I have another shocking day like last year) the Regionals this year!

Dark Artist

Remember Tour-Guide of the Underworld? Well, here we are, another level 3 dark fiend that can be targeted by Tour-Guide's effect.

White Duston

Duston Decks have one hiccup currently: You need to summon as many Dustons to your field as you do to your opponents. All of the other Dustons have nasty side-effects that can hurt you. With three of these badasses rather plain and harmless fellows, you'll be able to inflict maximum hurt with minimal backfire.

Also, overlay 2 of them for Utopia Roots for great justice!

Utopia Roots

I will just go over his effect, but can be awesome in a Duston deck.

"When any player's monster declares an attack: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; negate the attack, and if you negated an Xyz Monster's attack, this card gains ATK equal to that monster's Rank x 500."

Rainbow Kuriboh

Let me 1st copy-pasta the effect, just in case the card effect isn't clear enough on the picture.

[i]You can only activate each effect of "Rainbow Kuriboh" once per turn.
● When an opponent's monster declares an attack: You can target that monster; equip this card from your hand to that target. It cannot attack.
● When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack: You can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. If Summoned this way, banish this card when it leaves the field.[/i]

So basically, this card is a Quick-Play spell card that can lock down one of your opponent's heavy-hitters. Then it saves you again when the card's destroyed. When your opponent declares an direct attack, you can Special Summon the little guy in defense as an ultimate "Screw you" to your opponent. Me, I'd rather banish him for Chaos Sorceror, but YMMV.

Sylvan Archetype

 They use a new mechanic called 'excavate'.

What is it? as Copy-pasta'ed from the wiki "When a card says to "excavate" cards from your Deck, you reveal those cards to both players. Cards that are being excavated are still treated as being in the Deck until sent elsewhere by the card instructions. "Excavate" and "reveal" are not always the same thing. Some cards will "reveal" cards but not "excavate" them. Unless a card specifically refers to "excavating", then it doesn’t excavate."

Needless to say, cards with Excavate + Convulsions of Nature would be an interesting combo.

I won't spoil the suprises this archetype can yield, but trust me, You want these ...

Gorgonic Archetype

While the archetype is still early, I'm seeing a load of potential with Gorgonic Guardian. (Still, even if they don't help you this year, stash them for after the next release.)

She can easily be summoned with Rescue Rabbit => 2 Giant Soldier of Stone.

Icing on the Rock-Cake? The Effect. "Once per turn, during either player’s turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; its ATK becomes 0, and if it does, its effects are negated. These effects last until the end of this turn. Once per turn: You can target 1 monster on the field with 0 ATK; destroy it."

I'm sure there is a few possible OTK's with the Chronomaly Archetype... But I won't spoil the discoveries for you here either.

Conclusion

Alright Guys, I admit I didn't write about the New Monarchs or Graveskeepers, but where's the fun in me spoiling the set? I can give you tips, but I like to ensure I'm still staying on top.

The Chad, (and his bald-spot)
have left the Building!