We’ve come to the end of our 2014 Mega-Tin rewind, and we’re closing things out with the defining Xyz Monster from the latter half of 2013: Lord of the Tachyon Galaxy’s Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack! Dracossack does a little bit of everything for a lot of different Decks, packing 3 solid abilities into a 2600 ATK Rank 7 body. Just two, or even 1 of the three effects would be pretty good, but with all 3 on one card that’s Summoned using any 2 Level 7 monsters, Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack is a force to be reckoned with!
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Every now and again, a card is released that’s clearly powerful, but doesn’t end up seeing a lot of play. You never want to lose track of these cards because they have a habit of popping up when you least expect them and suddenly appearing all over the place! Pinpoint Guard is one such card – even though it’s not being used a lot right now, it’s extremely powerful and works really well in a lot of Decks, so it could wind up everywhere in the future. Here’s why you shouldn’t overlook Pinpoint Guard!
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If you’re playing with a Blackwing or Harpie Deck, make room in your Extra Deck for Ice Beast Zerofyne! Zerofyne is a Rank 4 Xyz Monster from Lord of the Tachyon Galaxy that can be Summoned by combining 2 Level 4 Winged Beasts. When you’re getting overwhelmed by powerful card effects, Ice Beast Zerofyne will level the field by negating every face-up card your opponent controls and increasing its own Attack Points to incredible heights!
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Harpie Decks got a huge boost from Lord of the Tachyon Galaxy, making them better than ever before! We already took a look at Harpie Channeler on our Strategy Site, so today we’re looking at the 2 other new cards that bolster the Harpie-centered strategy: Hysteric Sign and Harpie’s Pet Phantasmal Dragon!
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If you’ve Dueled at all in the past month, you know that Evilswarms are a force to be reckoned with. The main focus of most Evilswarm Decks is get Evilswarm Ophion into play and protect it, and they’ve got several ways to do it. First, they can use Evilswarm Castor for a free Normal Summon, getting two monsters into play. They can use Evilswarm Mandragora’s Special Summon to get two monsters as well. Next, Evilswarm Thunderbird can protect itself for a turn to Set up your Xyz Summon. And finally, Rescue Rabbit can Summon 2 copies of Evilswarm Heliotrope at once.
Notice a problem with any of that? Besides the Rabbit play, every one of those combos requires you to give up two monsters overall in order to get Ophion. The plays are quick, and they work, but they’re not quite as appealing as cards like Wind-Up Rat or Tour Guide From the Underworld.
But now you can get a Summoning discount with Evilswarm Kerykeion!
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