Today's Card 26 December 2011

Hi, today I'm gonna cover this quite good card: ZANBAKU.

Dueling Dragon, ZANBAKU
Normal Unit
Grade 3/Twin Drive!!
Power: 11 000
Critical: 1
Dragon Empire - Murakumo
Race: Abyss Dragon
Effect:
永{V/R}: When there are Units which are not <Murakumo> on the field, this Unit's Power is -2000.
自{V}: During your opponent's Ride Phase, if your opponent's Vanguard is Grade 3 or higher, the opponent may choose one card from their hand and discard it. If they did not discard, they cannot Normal Ride during that Ride Phase.

It's in Extra Booster, in other words it's from the manga and turned into a card. However, I don't read the manga (neither does The Aichi) so we don't know if it's effect has been nerfed. But I'm guessing it is. Like most of the other cards have been.

Anyway, you must be wondering what's the use of this card. Well, firstly, Grade 3 OR HIGHER - hmm, does this hint that there will be a Grade 4? Who knows?

Well, this reminds us of Exile Dragon. Grade 0 OR LOWER. Only Grade 4s are more likely to happen than negative Grades.

Ok, back to the point. This card is for stopping that Soul Saver Dragon from hitting the field so easily, same goes for stopping Phantom Blaster Overlord and Dragonic Overlord The End. Or if your opponent currently has some super fail Unit as the Vanguard (for example Gigantic Charger haha) and your opponent intends to over-Ride with something better.

However, it is quite troll. Like seriously, discard 1 card is quite easily accomplishable. On the other hand, it can decrease the opponent's total Shield, thus faster to finish him/her off. However, if the opponent does end up Riding something powerful like Soul Saver Dragon, Phantom Blaster Overlord or Dragonic Overlord The End, discarding just 1 card is probably nothing to the opponent.

"No one escapes from my sword! Bakugeki Slash!"

~ Kamui-sama