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    Bless The Holiday Season With “Dragon’s Mind’! [ALIN]

    NeoArkadiaBy NeoArkadiaDecember 25, 202444 Comments

    You have reason to celebrate this Xmas season if you use a main character’s ace monster.

    ALIN-JP079 Dragon’s Mind
    Counter Trap Card
    You can only use the (1)st and (2)nd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
    (1) When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated and you control a monster with 2500 original ATK or DEF: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card.
    (2) If this card is in your GY: You can pay 2500 LP; Set this card, but banish it when it leaves the field.

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    44 Comments

    1. TheMismatcher on December 25, 2024 8:09 am

      Actual good thrust/foolish goods target

      • VsEnjoyer on December 25, 2024 8:13 am

        Thrust cannot set counter traps. Also it’s spelled Christmas, OP

      • Pharaoh Atem on December 25, 2024 8:24 am

        @VsEnjoyer
        the X in Xmas is pronounced “chi” and is the first letter in Χριστός (christos) [Christ].
        Xmas *is* Christmas in all ways, it isn’t some “less true” spelling. People are allowed to abbreviate how to write Christmas, especially using an abbreviation created *by* those of the faith, and Xmas is just such a Christ-appreciating abbreviation.
        it is a common misconception by people who do not know the history of this favorite holiday of mine that Xmas is a “wrong” spelling.

        Ark, you are to spell it how you see fit.

      • Namesky on December 25, 2024 8:47 am

        “Xmas” as abbreviation of Christmas appeared in Bernard Ward’s History of St. Edmund’s college from 1755. “X’temmas”, similar abbreviation appeared appears in various documents from 1551 and even earlier “Xp̄es mæsse” appeard in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle from ~1100.

      • Philology enjoyer on December 25, 2024 10:21 am

        I was not expecting the philology lesson, i’ll gladly take it

      • User on December 26, 2024 9:51 am

        Imagine not knowing that Xmas is an accepted abbreviation. 12 year olds on this website.

      • YGO Enjoyer on December 28, 2024 5:47 am

        My guy we’re on a YuGiOh news thread. Do you truly believe God’s light can reach us here?

      • Pharaoh Atem on December 29, 2024 11:18 am

        Sometimes, yes.

      • KaizerKopaka on December 29, 2024 9:15 am

        The issue is moreso that people don’t know why it’s accepted. Certain groups try to sell the idea that there is a “War on Christmas” and they abuse people’s lack of knowledge to rile them up. Those groups say things like, “They use X to remove Jesus!” and people who don’t know why Xmas is used buy into it.

      • Pharaoh Atem on December 29, 2024 11:16 am

        Hence why I gave the philology lesson above.

    2. pranked on December 25, 2024 8:09 am

      actually not bad

    3. Chris on December 25, 2024 8:13 am

      I might try it out with neos but not sure

    4. N on December 25, 2024 8:14 am

      This card is a reference to Dragon’s Bind from the 2015 set Breakers of Shadow, which also has Seiyaryu on the art and the same background, and an effect that references 2500 ATK.

      This card being revealed on Christmas Day is because Seiyaryu is loosely connected to Christmas due to its Japanese name, Holy Night Dragon, and is thematically related to the Christmas themed Starry Knights (Holy Nights) archetype.

      • theroonco on December 25, 2024 8:37 am

        Ooh, thanks for the breakdown!

      • TearsofaMermaid on December 25, 2024 9:03 am

        And 2500 is similar to the 25th day of December

    5. The one on December 25, 2024 8:38 am

      Good blue-eyes support, again

      • Fusionist on December 25, 2024 8:38 am

        Komoney pushing it for worlds

        Soon limiting other top decks

      • Yod on December 25, 2024 9:53 am

        does blue eyes actually run traps besides that one continuous reborn/seracher card?

      • Robin on December 25, 2024 12:38 pm

        Yes. Last ocg report the blue-eyes deck that got second place ran a total of 7 trap cards (4 different ones)

    6. ... on December 25, 2024 8:42 am

      so much pink

      • Gin Juichi on December 25, 2024 10:42 am

        It’s not pink, it’s magenta!

      • Jet Chevy on December 25, 2024 11:18 am

        @Gin Juichi
        This comment, too, is Masahiro Inoue’s fault

    7. Joshua Seed on December 25, 2024 8:59 am

      New Zarc support for Zarcmas would of been better but this is fine I support.

      • Adam on December 25, 2024 9:20 am

        Finally, the non searchable machina negate.

      • Regiruler on December 25, 2024 12:40 pm

        This works very well as a Christmas reveal.

        It’s a reference to Dragon’s Bind, a card that features Seiyaru, tied to Christmas due to a pun that was fleshed out in the retrain and supporting archetype. As for this year specifically, the focus on 25 in the effect ties into the 25th anniversary.

      • Joshua Seed on December 25, 2024 12:45 pm

        Well I suppose since most of the Dimension Dragons have 2500 atk it’s still works.

    8. Sister Phister on December 25, 2024 9:14 am

      Merry Clitmas

      • Gg on December 25, 2024 9:47 am

        Here’s that idiot again

    9. Dragnick 3 on December 25, 2024 9:30 am

      Deck the halls with the fires that burn the wicked!

    10. Yod on December 25, 2024 9:51 am

      Ok 2 things about this card:

      First of all, why arent the other 25 anniversary cards like this?! Having them focused on 2500 (no matter if its stats, lp or something like that) is so much more convenient than 25 cards of something… also it would support the “protagonists monsters” type of monsters at the same time.

      And second of all, I wish we would live in a time where yugioh didnt focus on obnoxious hadtraps, and instead on cards like this. This card is balanced and fair and still good… however its slow, and thats good for a negate

      • BadSoup on December 25, 2024 5:51 pm

        I get the vibe this is low-key Starry Knight support. On Christmas! Very nifty! Tho’ I bet it’s gonna be feature in Dark Magician and others more often.

    11. Anon on December 25, 2024 10:04 am

      So a double use Omni (well not S/T effects) counter usable in basically every deck by just doing normal things is incredibly cool, but also not gonna fix the issue of hand traps and generic spells are usually more important

      • Yod on December 25, 2024 10:36 am

        Yea… the reason most traps arent used these days is that hand traps are the only way you can do stuff on your opponents turn both turn 0 and with no interaction

        The only way this could be fixed is by banning both most handtraps, and what causes hand traps to be required (and also overtuned)

        So im a bit confused as to why gamefreak would print a card like this in the current era where a instant use effect is more important than a recursion efect

        I just hope this means that hand traps, and either combo decks (which I dont think they would touch) or
        (all annoying) generic dissruptive/defensive bosses are send to the chopping block soon

      • Namesky on December 25, 2024 2:14 pm

        >gamefreak

        Yod, wrong game xD.

        But also – problem is that in current shape and form banning hand traps and what cause them to be required would not be feasible. We talk scrubbing off majority of competitive and semi-competitive decks down to around mid 5d’s era or at least before DUEA.

    12. Tom on December 25, 2024 10:23 am

      More Eldlich support!!!

    13. Perfomage4ever on December 25, 2024 10:39 am

      If the op tried to write in the ordinary way it would suffer spontaneous combustion

    14. IyzTheMonochrome on December 25, 2024 12:59 pm

      Another card to Highlander with Meklord Emperor Wisel! Let’s go True Master Machine Players!

    15. YubelMarik on December 25, 2024 1:34 pm

      Actually pretty good. Not limited to something like Dark Magician and instead open to ones like Summoned Skull and its variants or even Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

    16. Superbar on December 25, 2024 1:46 pm

      Dark magician support.

    17. Namesky on December 25, 2024 5:35 pm

      10 years from now we will get a monster supporting 2500 ATK/DEF stuff called Dragon’s Kind.
      15 years from now we will get another trap called Dragon’s Wind.
      20 years from now – Dragon’s Blind.

    18. BadSoup on December 25, 2024 5:53 pm

      Starry Knight support!

      But I bet Dark Magician and others benefit more.

    19. morphine jar on December 25, 2024 7:15 pm

      dark magician support?? psssh nah, i think yall meant Launcher Spider support

    20. Mellodi on December 26, 2024 1:25 pm

      Me who plays Madolche, finally getting access to a quality counter trap that fits within my playstyle~

      Not to mention cards like this finally give players an incentive to use their LP as a resource for a reason that actually matters…this was definitely a good choice of a card to make.

    21. Wes on December 27, 2024 4:33 pm

      “Reason to celebrate this xmas season..”
      *checks release date*
      Smh

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