It’s been more than two years since Xyz Monsters made their debut in Starter Deck: Dawn of the Xyz, but we still have just five Rank 2’s!  Shadow Specters is going to bring us another one – the first-ever Rank 2 with the WATER Attribute.  Armored Kappa’s a defensive wall, and it’s even better at keeping your Life Points safe than Gachi Gachi Gantetsu.  It can shut down your opponent’s Battle Phase for an entire turn, but it can also grow into a 2400 ATK behemoth all on its own.

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It came as a surprise to many, but the biggest winner at YCS Providence was Master Hyperion! Placing 5 Duelists into the Top 16 after having next to no representation at all for the past few months (even after The Agent of Mystery – Earth was moved up to Semi-Limited), Hyperion and friends were crushing people left and right and doing it in a lot of different ways. Read more…