Pinpoint precision.
ROTA-JP015 メメント・カクタス Memento Cactus (Mementotlan Akihiron)
Level 5 WATER Aqua Effect Monster
ATK 1700
DEF 1400
You can only use the (1)st, (2)nd and (3)rd effects of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can activate this effect; Level 9 or higher “Memento” monsters can attack directly this turn.
(2) If this card is destroyed by card effect: You can target 1 other “Memento” card in your GY or banishment; add it to your hand.
(3) If a “Memento” monster(s) in your hand and/or face-up field is destroyed by battle or effect while this card is in your GY: You can Special Summon this card.
41 Comments
Just in case it wasn’t clear enough you’re supposed to negate the horse, here’s another reason to.
its good but weird. its like salamangreat jack jaguar. good recovery but is not really needed on first turn.
This just seems like another thing to send off the big Fusion, more than to send off the new horse.
My brother plays Memento, and If you see the Horse, seriously negate that sh*t even if it’s obviously a bait cuz it does a lot
Just a go second card, not much else really. At least it gave the deck some decent turn 2 options, as most decks sucked going second anyway
“its good but weird. its like salamangreat jack jaguar. good recovery but is not really needed on first turn.”
It is needed on the first turn, it can recover any of the Spell/Traps/Monsters that you want to Set/Use on the opponent’s turn, in addition to the ones you can usually get. Just Bone Partying this means you immediately get Bone Party back to use on the opponent’s turn.
Konami really loves VASM, huh? I wouldn’t mind another Vaalmonica card though.
Honestly, Vaal needs a less restrictive link -1 or -2 or a continuous spell
@xuis
Or a rank 4, possibly a pend/xyz
@Petsinwinter
As cool as that would be, I hope they stick to links because they’re harder to hit. Maybe we get one that activates the field spell from deck.
@Xuis
I’d take alt forms of Diminno and Angelo that count themselves as named while in the deck.
@Kalethegod
That’d be a really cool idea. Although mechanically speaking it’d be hard to make it work.
Maybe non pendulum versions of each that are a bit bigger with effect to place counters or maybe tiny versions of the link -1 as monsters.
Praying that we get a link -1 version of Selettrice that is less restrictive to summon..maybe something like you can only link summon this card if you have 2 Vaal cards in your pend zones. When link summoned you can send a Vaal s/t from hand or deck to copy the dumped card’s effects. 🙏🏻
Meanwhile Transcendrakes got one bit of direct support in the form a single terrible card.
So basically a worse ghattic
Wait nvm it can get banished cards
looks like vaals are getting more support
This is a surprise, they already had 3 waves of support. It’s actually pretty good.
I always wondered what Akihiron was supposed to mean
And why is this a Cactus
Series 1 Normal Monster OCG names are wild. Beaver Warrior’s OCG name is literally “Louise” and despite spending an unreasonable amount of time researching, I have no idea why.
I think the theory is that they’re going to give us a single Memento support in every single main booster box for every monster type currently existing in the game. So this will not be the last support for Memento.
In a hindsight, this card make Dark Blade into a single card combo into Combined + Conqueror + Apollousa, with the field active and Fusion + Bone Party + any of the 2 traps set on the field, without being intterupted of course, but still a pretty good end board…..
That’d be way too many cards. There’s still Beast-Warrior, Winged-Beast, Plant, Insect, Zombie, Pyro, Sea Serpent, Rock, Reptile, Machine and Fish, Dinosaur, Cyberse. I’m surprised there hasn’t been a Zombie type yet though. Memento Skull Servant when?!
Also, how the heck are you making that board? Closest I can get is Fusion+Trap+Combined+Conqueror.
@Snow
Normal summon Dark Blade → Dark Blade: Summon Angwitch → Angwitch: Add Tatsu → Tatsu: Summon Tatsu → Tatsu: Send Mace/Goblin/Shleepy to GY → Angwitch: Summon Mace → Mace: Add Fusion → Fusion: Shuffle Dark Blade/Tatsu/Angwitch to fuse Conqueror → Conqueror: Send Akihiron/Ghattic/Conqueror to GY → Ghattic: Summon Ghattic → Ghattic: Add Shleepy from GY to hand → Remove Conqueror from GY to add Field Spell → Activate Field Spell → Summon Shleepy → Shleepy: Summon Twin Dragon using Shleepy and Ghattic → Twin Dragon: Destroy Twin Dragon and add Combined/Horned Dragon → Akihiron: Summon Akihiron from GY → Twin Dragon: Special summon Goblin from GY → Goblin: Send Cranium Burst and Fusion to GY → Horned Dragon: Summon Hroned Dragon → Remove Fusion from GY and destroy Akihiron to add Bone Party → Akihiron: Add Fusion from GY → Field Spell: Summon Mace from GY → Either set Bone Party or activate it and destroy Combined for more fodder on the field → End Phase → Field Spell: Set Cranium Burst
No idea about apollousa though. If you use Bone Party you can go into a Link 2, probably Masquerena. The field spell will revive Angwitch in the enemies turn which adds Mace which in turn steals one of you opponents monsters. THEN you can Link 4 with Masquerena/Angwitch/Enemy monster.
Forgot to write down to actually summon Combined before you end the turn. Woops.
Also: If you want to summon Angwitch from the GY during the enemies turn you have to shuffle back Mace in the beginning instead. There’s also Horned on the field which you can use instead on Bone Party or Mace’s effect at the end.
Geez this combo is killing me. Instead of adding a second Fusion to GY with Goblin it’s better to send Bone Back since Akihiron can add the removed Fusion anyway.
@atomicnmare
I do not see them sending this off the horse very often because it would be the only thing they can send.
How is this a cactus?
Because the original monster was named Cactus.
1999 Yu-Gi-Oh! was wild.
In tcg it’s name was Akihiron, but in Japanese OCG it’s just straight up “cactus”
we introduce ghatic but worst
Retrieves from banishment
I think Konami is trying to make sure it retrains every old card and this archetype is the best vehicle for that goal.
This card requires some set up but it isn’t bad. Just mediocre.
The setup it requires is something the deck does naturally
Another remake of a monster that has never been released in the TCG. Come on KoA. Just one reprint set. At least just import the cards that have recently been given remakes. Collector Tins? Maybe the next Animation Chronicle TCG version?
If I’m not mistaken, Akihiron is the first Memento Monster with effects that trigger in response to being destroyed (or in response to another Memento Monster being destroyed); Most other Memento Monsters destroy by card effect but don’t really benefit from being destroyed (or don’t explicitly benefit from the destruction of other Mementos).
Also, it’s quite nice they have an additional form of recovery, and now one that includes banished cards.
And of course, I’m always down for seeing love for these old Monsters of yore.
Twin Dragon, Horned Dragon and arguably Shleepy.
And Aztec power only increases….
Another decent extender, I guess
Sure. Looks like it
Look it’s a crewmate, the eyes being the visor, mouth as the imposter, legs for the legs, ignore the wings