Entering the Sands of Time<\/strong><\/h1>\nIt’s not that shocking to see that <\/span>Timelord<\/b> has finally made its way into one of these articles; only that it took well over a year to mention them. Both <\/span>Michion, the Timelord<\/a>, <\/b>and<\/span> Sandaion, the Timelord<\/a>,<\/b> are currently at around 30 listings or less on the North American market, but for the European market, Michion has 6 times the quantity, while Sandaion has 13 times the quantity. However, prices on both sides are nearing the same. What do these do exactly, though? Like almost all the <\/span>Timelord<\/b> monsters, they cannot be Special Summoned from the Deck, and if you control no monsters, you can Normal Summon them without Tributing. Also, you take no battle damage from battles involving these cards, with the downside that they get shuffled into your Deck during your Standby Phase. For <\/span>Michion<\/b>, at the end of the Battle Phase, if it battled, you halve your opponent\u2019s LP. This card mainly has helped in older formats with the previous time rules the TCG has had and in many game-winning plays with other cards that deal burn damage.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2026\/02\/IWasTheSixth-300x169.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nSandaion<\/a>, <\/b>on the other hand, has the same clauses and normal <\/span>Timelord<\/b> effects as previously mentioned, but when this card battles, it would inflict 2000 damage to your opponent at the end of the Battle Phase. This helps with the strategy that <\/span>Timelords<\/b> want as a slow burn to end the game. But like <\/span>Michion<\/b>, <\/span>Sanadion<\/b> also helps with multiple burn strategies over the past years since their release in <\/span>Battles of Legend: Relentless Revenge<\/span><\/i>. Even with their singular print from that set, <\/span>Timelords<\/b> in general haven\u2019t seen many reprints outside of <\/span>Metaion<\/b>, <\/span>Sephylon<\/b>, and their Synchro Monster <\/span>Vorpgate<\/b>. This might be a possibility for why it is rising in price, so maybe we could see new support, or maybe there is a tech for Genesys Format that not many players have realized is there and only a couple have.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2026\/02\/ComeOnNowItsJustAFleshWound-300x169.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMoray of Greed<\/b><\/a> happens to be another card many players that play the Edison Format have been picking up for their <\/span>WATER<\/b>-based Decks. It\u2019s a main consistency piece in <\/span>Frogs,<\/b> as you can shuffle 2 WATER monsters from your hand into the Deck, and then you draw 3 cards. That way, you rotate the cards you want back into the Deck and see if you can draw more of your play starters or defensive options if you are going first, unless you can FTK the opponent as an option. There have been players testing this card in Genesys as well in <\/span>Shark<\/b>, <\/span>Ghoti<\/b>, and <\/span>Frogs<\/b> for additional consistency in case they need to fix their hands if they end up bricking. Only time will tell how this card performs in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2026\/02\/ThereIsAnEelInThePot-300x169.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMore on past formats, <\/span>Gladiator Beast Murmillo<\/b> is another card that I\u2019ve noticed that has been slowly going off the market due to how nostalgic <\/span>Gladiator Beasts<\/b> are to many fans of the game. <\/span>Murmillo<\/b> has always seen play in most lists because it can target and destroy a monster if <\/span>Murmillo<\/b> itself is Special Summoned by a <\/span>Gladiator Beast <\/b>monster\u2019s effect. The last printing of this card was in the <\/span>Legendary Collection 2: The Duel Academy Years Mega Pack<\/span><\/i> in 2011, and somehow it has been passed up on reprint after reprint with every new wave of <\/span>Gladiator Beast<\/b> support being released. Like every <\/span>Gladiator Beast<\/b> monster, if it battled that turn, you can shuffle it into the Deck and Special Summon a <\/span>Gladiator Beast<\/b> monster from your Deck to gain or trigger the new <\/span>Gladiator Beast\u2019s<\/b> effect to net additional advantage during Main Phase 2 or to help Contact Fuse into a <\/span>Gladiator Beast <\/b>Fusion Monster that needs a specific named monster.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2026\/02\/TheForgottenFishOfTheGladiators-300x169.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPlenty of cards from the past deserve reprints for making the game more accessible for newer players and veteran players alike, so maybe in the future, a couple of these cards could see the light of day again in a fresh rarity.<\/span><\/p>\nModern Problems Require Modern Solutions<\/strong><\/h1>\nAs <\/span>Burst Protocol<\/span><\/i> finally releases in the TCG, starting today at your local OTS Stores, many have been picking up copies of <\/span>Ancient Warriors Oath – Double Dragon Lords<\/b><\/a> for <\/span>Tri-Brigade <\/b>Decks once again over the past couple months, thanks to the new <\/span>Tri-Brigade Springans Kitt<\/b>. This card has tons of potential, since the Main Deck <\/span>Tri-Brigade<\/b> monsters can cheat this card out of the Extra Deck by banishing 2 Beast, Beast-Warrior, and\/or Winged Beast monsters from their GY to have another form of interruption on their end board. While you control this Link Monster, all <\/span>Ancient Warrior <\/b>monsters gain 500 ATK\/DEF, and you can quickly send 1 card from your hand or field to the GY in order to target 1 face-up card your opponent controls and return it to the hand, similar to how <\/span>Hieratic Seals of the Heavenly Spheres <\/b>works for Dragon Decks. With only having the 1 print from <\/span>Rise of the Duelist<\/span><\/i>, it\u2019s slightly shocking that this card hasn\u2019t seen any form of reprint as a prominent card in <\/span>Tri-Brigade <\/b>Decks itself.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2026\/02\/TeamingUpToDefendEachOther-300x169.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nRecently, plenty of cards from <\/span>Doom of Dimensions<\/span><\/i> have been rising in price, and one of them is the Ultra Rare <\/span>D\/D\/D Zero Doom Queen Machinex<\/b><\/a>. Thanks to Master Duel,<\/span> D\/D<\/b> is more familiar to the player base in what it does, being the smorgasbord Deck of Summoning mechanics, since it uses everything but Rituals. <\/span>Machinex<\/b> happens to be a great 3-of the deck that has recently been added to their arsenal. While in a Pendulum Zone, if this card was activated that turn, you can place a <\/span>Dark Contract <\/b>Continuous Spell\/Trap from your Deck, which is amazing for putting down <\/span>Dark Contract with the Gate<\/b> from your Deck, which results in an additional search for <\/span>Kelpar<\/b> or<\/span> Gryphon<\/b>. For <\/span>Machinex<\/b>\u2019s Monster Effect, you can Special Summon it when a <\/span>D\/D\/D <\/b>and\/or <\/span>Dark Contract <\/b>card(s) you control were destroyed while <\/span>Machinex<\/b> is face-up in your Extra Deck, and then you can destroy 1 card on the field. Finally, when <\/span>Machinex<\/b> in the Monster Zone is destroyed, you can place it in your Pendulum Zone, a perfect place for a Scale of 0 in <\/span>D\/D\/D<\/b> itself.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2026\/02\/IAmYourMother-300x169.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nIn the upcoming meta, I\u2019d expect to see a reprint of <\/span>Armades, Keeper of Boundaries<\/a>,<\/b> soon for the new <\/span>Elfnotes<\/b> strategy, as they are using this card as a bridge to access the <\/span>Fiendsmith<\/b> Engine, being a LIGHT Fiend monster and all. Even then, this card has uses in the Battle Phase, as when it attacks your opponent, they cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step. How are they making this card, though? Thanks to <\/span>Elfnotes Power Patron<\/b> being a Level 1 Tuner monster, you can Synchro Summon this card with <\/span>Medius the Pure<\/b>, then use <\/span>Armades<\/b> to Link Summon <\/span>Fiendsmith\u2019s Requiem<\/b> to start your <\/span>Fiendsmith<\/b> combo, then after you Summon your <\/span>D\/D\/D Wave King High Caesar<\/b>, you can go on with your <\/span>Elfnotes<\/b> plays afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2026\/02\/KeeperOfTheBridges-300x169.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nFinally, to tie into <\/span>Armades<\/b>, this last card will wrap up this week on a shorter note; we will look at what is going on with <\/span>Elzette of the White Forest<\/b><\/a>. This card\u2019s price has been going up due to multiple reasons, from <\/span>Droll & Lock Bird<\/b> being newly Semi-Limited on the new list (effective on Monday the 2nd), and <\/span>Elfnotes<\/b> have adapted to use <\/span>White Forest<\/b> in their Decks for additional cards for Synchro Summons, thanks to <\/span>Rucia<\/b> and <\/span>Silvy<\/b> being Level 4 Tuners. Even paired with the new <\/span>Elfnotes Power Patron<\/b>, <\/span>Elzette<\/b> can allow you to access your Level 6 Synchros more consistently. Pairing <\/span>Elfnote<\/b> monsters with the Level 4 or 6 Tuners from <\/span>White Forest<\/b> opens a new world for the Deck by letting you access Level 10 and 12 Synchro monsters from <\/span>Chaos Angel <\/b>and <\/span>Snake-Eyes Vengeance Dragon <\/b>for counter choices against the opponent.<\/span><\/p>\n
Sandaion<\/a>, <\/b>on the other hand, has the same clauses and normal <\/span>Timelord<\/b> effects as previously mentioned, but when this card battles, it would inflict 2000 damage to your opponent at the end of the Battle Phase. This helps with the strategy that <\/span>Timelords<\/b> want as a slow burn to end the game. But like <\/span>Michion<\/b>, <\/span>Sanadion<\/b> also helps with multiple burn strategies over the past years since their release in <\/span>Battles of Legend: Relentless Revenge<\/span><\/i>. Even with their singular print from that set, <\/span>Timelords<\/b> in general haven\u2019t seen many reprints outside of <\/span>Metaion<\/b>, <\/span>Sephylon<\/b>, and their Synchro Monster <\/span>Vorpgate<\/b>. This might be a possibility for why it is rising in price, so maybe we could see new support, or maybe there is a tech for Genesys Format that not many players have realized is there and only a couple have.<\/span><\/p>\n Moray of Greed<\/b><\/a> happens to be another card many players that play the Edison Format have been picking up for their <\/span>WATER<\/b>-based Decks. It\u2019s a main consistency piece in <\/span>Frogs,<\/b> as you can shuffle 2 WATER monsters from your hand into the Deck, and then you draw 3 cards. That way, you rotate the cards you want back into the Deck and see if you can draw more of your play starters or defensive options if you are going first, unless you can FTK the opponent as an option. There have been players testing this card in Genesys as well in <\/span>Shark<\/b>, <\/span>Ghoti<\/b>, and <\/span>Frogs<\/b> for additional consistency in case they need to fix their hands if they end up bricking. Only time will tell how this card performs in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n More on past formats, <\/span>Gladiator Beast Murmillo<\/b> is another card that I\u2019ve noticed that has been slowly going off the market due to how nostalgic <\/span>Gladiator Beasts<\/b> are to many fans of the game. <\/span>Murmillo<\/b> has always seen play in most lists because it can target and destroy a monster if <\/span>Murmillo<\/b> itself is Special Summoned by a <\/span>Gladiator Beast <\/b>monster\u2019s effect. The last printing of this card was in the <\/span>Legendary Collection 2: The Duel Academy Years Mega Pack<\/span><\/i> in 2011, and somehow it has been passed up on reprint after reprint with every new wave of <\/span>Gladiator Beast<\/b> support being released. Like every <\/span>Gladiator Beast<\/b> monster, if it battled that turn, you can shuffle it into the Deck and Special Summon a <\/span>Gladiator Beast<\/b> monster from your Deck to gain or trigger the new <\/span>Gladiator Beast\u2019s<\/b> effect to net additional advantage during Main Phase 2 or to help Contact Fuse into a <\/span>Gladiator Beast <\/b>Fusion Monster that needs a specific named monster.<\/span><\/p>\n Plenty of cards from the past deserve reprints for making the game more accessible for newer players and veteran players alike, so maybe in the future, a couple of these cards could see the light of day again in a fresh rarity.<\/span><\/p>\n As <\/span>Burst Protocol<\/span><\/i> finally releases in the TCG, starting today at your local OTS Stores, many have been picking up copies of <\/span>Ancient Warriors Oath – Double Dragon Lords<\/b><\/a> for <\/span>Tri-Brigade <\/b>Decks once again over the past couple months, thanks to the new <\/span>Tri-Brigade Springans Kitt<\/b>. This card has tons of potential, since the Main Deck <\/span>Tri-Brigade<\/b> monsters can cheat this card out of the Extra Deck by banishing 2 Beast, Beast-Warrior, and\/or Winged Beast monsters from their GY to have another form of interruption on their end board. While you control this Link Monster, all <\/span>Ancient Warrior <\/b>monsters gain 500 ATK\/DEF, and you can quickly send 1 card from your hand or field to the GY in order to target 1 face-up card your opponent controls and return it to the hand, similar to how <\/span>Hieratic Seals of the Heavenly Spheres <\/b>works for Dragon Decks. With only having the 1 print from <\/span>Rise of the Duelist<\/span><\/i>, it\u2019s slightly shocking that this card hasn\u2019t seen any form of reprint as a prominent card in <\/span>Tri-Brigade <\/b>Decks itself.<\/span><\/p>\n Recently, plenty of cards from <\/span>Doom of Dimensions<\/span><\/i> have been rising in price, and one of them is the Ultra Rare <\/span>D\/D\/D Zero Doom Queen Machinex<\/b><\/a>. Thanks to Master Duel,<\/span> D\/D<\/b> is more familiar to the player base in what it does, being the smorgasbord Deck of Summoning mechanics, since it uses everything but Rituals. <\/span>Machinex<\/b> happens to be a great 3-of the deck that has recently been added to their arsenal. While in a Pendulum Zone, if this card was activated that turn, you can place a <\/span>Dark Contract <\/b>Continuous Spell\/Trap from your Deck, which is amazing for putting down <\/span>Dark Contract with the Gate<\/b> from your Deck, which results in an additional search for <\/span>Kelpar<\/b> or<\/span> Gryphon<\/b>. For <\/span>Machinex<\/b>\u2019s Monster Effect, you can Special Summon it when a <\/span>D\/D\/D <\/b>and\/or <\/span>Dark Contract <\/b>card(s) you control were destroyed while <\/span>Machinex<\/b> is face-up in your Extra Deck, and then you can destroy 1 card on the field. Finally, when <\/span>Machinex<\/b> in the Monster Zone is destroyed, you can place it in your Pendulum Zone, a perfect place for a Scale of 0 in <\/span>D\/D\/D<\/b> itself.<\/span><\/p>\n In the upcoming meta, I\u2019d expect to see a reprint of <\/span>Armades, Keeper of Boundaries<\/a>,<\/b> soon for the new <\/span>Elfnotes<\/b> strategy, as they are using this card as a bridge to access the <\/span>Fiendsmith<\/b> Engine, being a LIGHT Fiend monster and all. Even then, this card has uses in the Battle Phase, as when it attacks your opponent, they cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step. How are they making this card, though? Thanks to <\/span>Elfnotes Power Patron<\/b> being a Level 1 Tuner monster, you can Synchro Summon this card with <\/span>Medius the Pure<\/b>, then use <\/span>Armades<\/b> to Link Summon <\/span>Fiendsmith\u2019s Requiem<\/b> to start your <\/span>Fiendsmith<\/b> combo, then after you Summon your <\/span>D\/D\/D Wave King High Caesar<\/b>, you can go on with your <\/span>Elfnotes<\/b> plays afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n Finally, to tie into <\/span>Armades<\/b>, this last card will wrap up this week on a shorter note; we will look at what is going on with <\/span>Elzette of the White Forest<\/b><\/a>. This card\u2019s price has been going up due to multiple reasons, from <\/span>Droll & Lock Bird<\/b> being newly Semi-Limited on the new list (effective on Monday the 2nd), and <\/span>Elfnotes<\/b> have adapted to use <\/span>White Forest<\/b> in their Decks for additional cards for Synchro Summons, thanks to <\/span>Rucia<\/b> and <\/span>Silvy<\/b> being Level 4 Tuners. Even paired with the new <\/span>Elfnotes Power Patron<\/b>, <\/span>Elzette<\/b> can allow you to access your Level 6 Synchros more consistently. Pairing <\/span>Elfnote<\/b> monsters with the Level 4 or 6 Tuners from <\/span>White Forest<\/b> opens a new world for the Deck by letting you access Level 10 and 12 Synchro monsters from <\/span>Chaos Angel <\/b>and <\/span>Snake-Eyes Vengeance Dragon <\/b>for counter choices against the opponent.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nModern Problems Require Modern Solutions<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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