{"id":119467,"date":"2025-04-14T20:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/?p=119467"},"modified":"2025-04-14T20:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:02:57","slug":"do-you-know-any-puns-about-snakes-because-i-serpently-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/?p=119467","title":{"rendered":"[ALIN-EN] Alliance Insight Mitsurugi Wave 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A New Snake Deity has been awakened!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-119456\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_47-205x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_47-205x300.png?wsr 205w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_47-150x219.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_47.png?wsr 438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALIN-EN090 &#8211; Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Aramasa<\/strong><br \/>\nLevel 4 DARK Reptile Effect Monster<br \/>\nATK 1200<br \/>\nDEF 900<br \/>\nIf this card is Normal or Special Summoned, or if this card is Tributed: You can add 1 \u201cMitsurugi\u201d monster from your Deck to your hand, except \u201cMitsurugi no Mikoto, Aramasa\u201d. If another Reptile monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can Tribute this card instead. You can only use each effect of \u201cMitsurugi no Mikoto, Aramasa\u201d once per turn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Worochi-no-Aramasa is the name for a Totsuka-no-Tsurugi, a sword the length of the breadth of ten hands, wielded by Susanoo to slay the monster Orochi. It is enshrined at Isonokami Shrine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-119457\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_48-207x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_48-207x300.png?wsr 207w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_48-150x218.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_48.png?wsr 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALIN-EN091 &#8211; Mitsurugi no Miko, Wousu<br \/>\n<\/strong>Level 8 DARK Reptile Effect Monster<br \/>\nATK 2000<br \/>\nDEF 2000<br \/>\nYou can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by Tributing 1 other Reptile monster from your hand and 1 monster your opponent controls, but you cannot Special Summon nor activate monster effects for the rest of this turn, except Reptile monsters. You can only Special Summon \u201cMitsurugi no Miko, Wousu\u201d once per turn this way. If this card is Tributed: You can discard 1 card, and if you do, add this card to your hand. You can only use this effect of \u201cMitsurugi no Miko, Wousu\u201d once per turn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;This card refers to Yamato Takeru no Mikoto, originally Ousu no Mikoto, a Japanese folk hero and semi-legendary prince. He\u2019s listed as a Miko because he dressed as a maid attendant once to slay a powerful chieftain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-119458\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_49-206x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_49-206x300.png?wsr 206w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_49-150x219.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_49.png?wsr 439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALIN-EN092 &#8211; Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi<\/strong><br \/>\nLevel 8 DARK Reptile Ritual Effect Monster<br \/>\nATK 2400<br \/>\nDEF 1800<br \/>\nYou can Ritual Summon this card with \u201cMitsurugi Ritual\u201d. Monsters your opponent controls lose 800 ATK. You can reveal this card in your hand; Special Summon 1 \u201cMitsurugi\u201d monster from your Deck, then Tribute 1 monster you control. You can only use this effect of \u201cAme no Habakiri no Mitsurugi\u201d once per Duel. If this card is Tributed: You can add 1 \u201cMitsurugi\u201d card from your Deck to your hand, except \u201cAme no Habakiri no Mitsurugi\u201d, then you can Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of \u201cAme no Habakiri no Mitsurugi\u201d once per turn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Ame-no-Habakiri is another name for the Worochi-no-Aramasa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-119459\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_50-207x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_50-207x300.png?wsr 207w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_50-150x217.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_50.png?wsr 442w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALIN-EN093 &#8211; Mitsurugi Mirror<\/strong><br \/>\nRitual Spell Card<br \/>\nThis card can be used to Ritual Summon any Reptile Ritual Monster from your hand or GY. You must also Tribute Reptile monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster. If \u201cAme no Murakumo no Mitsurugi\u201d, \u201cFutsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi\u201d, or \u201cAme no Habakiri no Mitsurugi\u201d you control is Tributed, while this card is in your GY: You can shuffle this card into the Deck. You can only use each effect of \u201cMitsurugi Mirror\u201d once per turn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u795e\u93e1 is the term for a sacred mirror in Shinto, used as a sacred object of the Kami, or ae placed in front of the Kami in the hall of worship. This is because mirrors are typically seen as sources of truth, because they reflect what is there.<\/p>\n<p>This card is likely a reference to the Yata-no-Kagami, one of the three sacred treasures of the Imperial Regalia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-119460\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_51-206x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_51-206x300.png?wsr 206w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_51-150x219.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_51.png?wsr 438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALIN-EN094 &#8211; Mitsurugi Magatama<\/strong><br \/>\nQuick-Play Spell Card<br \/>\nDuring the Main Phase: Activate 1 of these effects;<br \/>\n\u25cfTribute 1 Reptile monster, then target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; destroy it.<br \/>\n\u25cfRitual Summon 1 \u201cMitsurugi\u201d Ritual Monster from your hand, by Tributing monsters you control whose total Levels equal or exceed its Level.<br \/>\nYou can only activate 1 \u201cMitsurugi Magatama\u201d per turn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;Magatama are curved beads that began appeearing in Japan from the end of the Jomon era through the Kofun era (basically 1000 BCE to 600 CE). They originally served as jewlery but by the end were ceremonial and religious objects made of jade.<\/p>\n<p>This card is likely based on the Yasakani-no-Magatama, one of the three sacred treasures of the Japanese Imperial Regalia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-119461\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_52-207x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_52-207x300.png?wsr 207w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_52-150x218.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_52.png?wsr 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALIN-EN095 &#8211; Mitsurugi Sacred Boundary<\/strong><br \/>\nContinuous Spell Card<br \/>\nYour opponent cannot target \u201cMitsurugi\u201d Ritual Monsters you control with effects of monsters that were Special Summoned from the Extra Deck. You can target 4 \u201cMitsurugi\u201d cards in your GY, except \u201cMitsurugi Sacred Boundary\u201d; shuffle them into the Deck, then if your opponent controls a monster, make them Tribute 1 monster they control (their choice). You can only use this effect of \u201cMitsurugi Sacred Boundary\u201d once per turn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;Iwasaka is a mythical Iwakura, a rock-as-Yorishiro that enshrines a Kami. Or a Stone altar or mound erected as a Yorishiro to worship a Kami.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-119462\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_53-205x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_53-205x300.png?wsr 205w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_53-150x220.png?wsr 150w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_53.png?wsr 436w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALIN-EN096 &#8211; Mitsurugi Tempest<\/strong><br \/>\nNormal Trap Card<br \/>\nIf you have a \u201cMitsurugi\u201d Ritual Spell in your GY: Tribute 3 monsters whose original names are \u201cAme no Murakumo no Mitsurugi\u201d, \u201cFutsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi\u201d, and \u201cAme no Habakiri no Mitsurugi\u201d; make your opponent banish exactly 8 cards from their hand, Extra Deck, field, and\/or GY. You can only activate 1 \u201cMitsurugi Tempest\u201d per turn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;Yakumotatsu seems to reference part of the story of Susanoo, basically saying a sword swing that can cut through 8 (i.e. many) clouds&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/kHyEXC1OPa0\">Alliance Insight Set Introduction Stream<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Snake Deity has been awakened!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":119481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2513,3492,2739],"tags":[3691],"class_list":{"0":"post-119467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-ocg-tcg","9":"category-tcg-world-premiere-news","10":"category-tcg-world-premiere","11":"tag-mitsurugi"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2025\/04\/alin-art_06.png?wsr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119485,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119467\/revisions\/119485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}