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    [ALIN-JP] Red-Eyes Metal Claw Dragon

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    The flames of the inferno relight the forge leading to the path of metal once again.
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    ALIN-JP025 真紅眼の鋼爪竜 Red-Eyes Metal Claw Dragon
    Level 7 DARK Dragon Effect Monster
    ATK 2400
    DEF 2000
    You can only use the (1)st and (2)nd effects of this card’s name each once per turn.
    (1) You can send 1 of your Set cards to the GY; Special Summon this card from your hand.
    (2) If this card is Normal or Special Summoned and you have “Max Metalmorph” on your field or in your GY: You can add 1 “Metalmorph” Trap from your Deck or GY to your hand.
    (3) You can activate “Metalmorph” Traps the turn they are Set.

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    1. ZEDEX on

      Oh this is…… an actually really good metalmorph support. Allowing you to activate the metalmorph cards the turn it is set is REALLY good and it is another dragon that can special summon itself that also searches for the metalmorph traps

    2. aaaaaa on

      It still feels pretty bizarre to me that a Metalmorph “archetype” (don’t you dare go uhm actually on me) is more playable than the actual Red-Eyes one.

      • N on

        These cards have a consistent play style unlike Red-Eyes.
        Yes, I do find it ironic the Red-Eyes and Flame Swordsman cards are so far better in Metalmorph too.

      • Namesky on

        The Wikia-created disction between what is Archetype and not is stupid, anyway.
        In magic “Archetype” (where all other tcgs blatantly copies a lot of terminology) Archetype means a type of deck on macro-level, Aggro, Control etc. Obviously Yu-gi-oh! works bit different and especially nowadays virtually any deck can play Aggro, control and combo styles at the same time but still…
        For me in Yu-gi-oh! if a series of cards are obviously designed to be played together and share some aesthetic and mechanical elements then it’s an Archetype.

      • N on

        The designation is there solely for mechanics reasons. There are gameplay differences between “(archetype)” and “(specifically named card) or cards that mention it.”

      • Fumetsusozo on

        Not very weird when considering the other Red-Eyes cards are quite older, and how almost any newer deck theme released in the recent couple years have been much stronger because of power creep. Before the newest cards Blue-Eyes wasn’t good either outside of a very short time period.

      • Somebody on

        Red-Eyes is in that unfortunate spot where any potential support has to be weighed against its most impressive members and so it just ends up getting grab bags that are at best auxiliary to other decks. It’s a deck that suffers from having some very good options.

      • thebaseddd2 on

        Sorry, distinct play-styles aren’t allowed around here. Alas, the only archetype ygo actually has is combo.

      • LucaZERO on

        Shame that its metalmorph. When i heard bandit keith was getting an archtype i was really hoping for barrel dragons.
        Dont get me wrong its still a cool deck and you can play desperado in it. But mechanic dragons with guns just sound epic and i just want more archtypes that do stuff with luck

      • Bri on

        It’s Bri help me please I can’t take Pats righing of static all over the God damn house it’s killing me I have so much stomach pain I can’t even eat or drink it’s literally that bad how he has the wiring he even locked me out in the snow with no coat or ever I was frozen now he is saying sleep on the basement floor? Wtf is going on

      • Donny on

        Red eyes NOT being playable is just a meme right now.

        The deck got a lot a good supports. Just because it isn’t S tier like Dark Magician it doesn’t mean they are not good enough to be playable or versatile enough.

    3. Atticus Rhodes on

      Oh this is a good card. Just bad that it cannot also special itself if you control a red-eyes monster too. It would have been very playable.

      If this card is special summoned it searches a metalmorph, if it set the metalmorph instead it would have been an amazing red-eyes soul target

    4. Revolver on

      This… This card fixes many problems in the deck. It is an heavily searchable extender (by Approaching Maniche AND Black Metal Dragon) that helps with making Rank 7 easier. Plus, it helps make Max Metalmorph and Flame Metalmorph works going second and going first. It is an instant 3-off in the deck that helps access Metal Flameswordsman easier.

      Also, this card is basically the dragon who turn into Red-Eyes Black Full Metal Dragon. I LOVE this card !

      • Hoshinova on

        This is unfortunately not RE support card, this is a Metalmorph card that just happens to have RE in its name

        You probably won’t use this thing in RE deck, aside from as an easy to SS another level 7 body for Xyz material

    6. Tighty-wighties on

      Aside from red-eyes / metalmorph / other support, this card also benefits from the new dragon ruler support because it’s a lv 7. Not bad

    10. 999 on

      I’m the only one who finds funny how Red-Eyes most consistent strategy is based around a Trap Card that Joey stole with his Grave Robber during a duel and was the ace card of another duelist?

      • thebaseddd2 on

        I mean they could (finally) print Time Wizard as a spell and monetize that but I don’t think anyone’s in the mood for another Dark Magician variant so soon.

    11. thebaseddd2 on

      I was annoyed that Claws of the Dark Dragon Tribe could be equipped to non-dragons before realizing it had to be worded that way to be equipable to REBMD. I also just realized this moment it prevents the monster from being destroyed by Blast Sphere, neat. Now, how manga Jono obtained it will remain an enigma.

    13. ScionStorm on

      This is the 10th new Metalmorph card already. We better be getting 5 more Arcana Force cards between this and the next set.

    14. Duelist on

      Honestly I’m glad there are so many different ways to play a deck now yeah people like to stick to one type of archetype in tournaments but it’s like we are in a time where similar to the anime people will throw something together and make it there own is possible.

      • Fire King Enthusiast on

        I’m hoping they’ll bring the Heavy Metal Musician King, since that was also made with Metalmorph.

      • thebaeddd2 on

        Depends if they want to double-up on types. If not I could go for some metalized insect queen. Would the 1200 atk larva tokens be machine type? Someone has to ask the real questions.

      • Revolver on

        The deck is dead. It have no real end board.
        Tenpai completely took its place as the new best dragon deck.

    20. malefic BOI on

      am just waiting for a metalmorph trap that has the same effect as old metalmorph with the protection of the new one