Okay, hear me out. What if we made Yugi’s Deck from end of the original series work as a coherent strategy.
The pack cover is the brand new Gandora!
LEDE-JP001 Hakairyuu Gandora Geas (Geas Gandora the Dragon of Destruction)
Level 8 DARK Dragon Effect Monster
ATK 0
DEF 0
You can only use the (1)st and (3)rd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) If you control “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”: You can Special Summon this card from your hand.
(2) Gains 300 ATK for each banished card.
(3) You can pay half your LP; destroy as many other cards on the field as possible, and if you do, banish them, then Special Summon 1 Level 7 or lower monster from your Deck that mentions “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”, and if you do, increase its Level by the number of cards destroyed by this effect.
LEDE-JP002 Silent Swordsman Zero
Level 4 LIGHT Warrior Effect Monster
ATK 1000
DEF 1000
You can only use the (3)rd effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) Once per turn, during each Standby Phase: Increase this card’s Level by 1.
(2) While this card’s current Level is higher than its original Level, it gains ATK equal to the difference x 500.
(3) When your opponent activates a card or effect that targets “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”, and/or a monster(s) that mentions it, you control (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, increase this card’s Level by 1.
LEDE-JP003 Silent Magician Zero
Level 4 LIGHT Spellcaster Effect Monster
ATK 1000
DEF 1000
You can only use the (3)rd effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) If your opponent draws a card(s): Increase this card’s Level by the number drawn.
(2) While this card’s current Level is higher than its original Level, it gains ATK equal to the difference x 500.
(3) When your opponent activates a Spell Card or effect and you control “Gold Sarcophagus of Light” (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, increase this card’s Level by 1.
LEDE-JP004 Tricolore Gadget
Level 4 EARTH Machine Effect Monster
ATK 1300
DEF 1100
You can only use the 1st and 2nd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”, or 1 Spell/Trap that mentions it, from your Deck to your hand.
(2) If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can Set 1 “Stronghold the Hidden Fortress” directly from your Deck.
LEDE-JP005 Mashimarshmallon
Level 3 LIGHT Fairy Effect Monster
ATK 300
DEF 500
You can only use the (1)st and (3)rd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) During your opponent’s turn, if you control “Gold Sarcophagus of Light” (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon this card from your hand.
(2) While you control “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”, this card cannot be destroyed by battle, also your opponent’s monsters cannot target other monsters for attacks.
(3) If this card is destroyed by card effect: You can Special Summon 1 of your other “Mashimarshmallon” that is banished or in your hand, Deck, or GY, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
Note: This card appears to be a play on Mashi, which means “more, plus, extra”.
LEDE-JP051 Hikari no Ougonhitsu (Gold Sarcophagus of Light)
Continuous Spell Card
You can only use the (2)nd and (3)rd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) Cannot be destroyed by monster effects.
(2) During your Main Phase: You can add 1 card from your Deck to your hand that mentions “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”, except “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”.
(3) If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the GY: You can discard 1 Spell, then target 1 of those monsters; send it to the GY.
LEDE-JP054 Toki no Chinmoku – Turn Silence (Silence of Time – Turn Silence/Turn Silence)
Quick-Play Spell Card
You can only activate 1 card with this card’s name per turn.
(1) Target 1 face-up monster you control; increase its Level by 3, and if you activated this card in response to your opponent’s monster effect activation while you controlled “Gold Sarcophagus of Light” and a monster that mentions it, negate that effect.
(2) If your monster that mentions “Gold Sarcophagus of Light” battles, during damage calculation: You can banish this card from your GY; end the Battle Phase.
LEDE-JP053 Nakama no Kizuna (Ties of the Fellows(hip)/Ties of the Companions/Ties of Friendship)
Normal Spell Card
You can only activate 1 card with this card’s name per turn.
(1) If you control “Gold Sarcophagus of Light” and a monster that mentions it: You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, also Special Summon up to 2 Level 4 or lower monsters with different names from your hand or Deck that mention “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”.
LEDE-JP054 Mirai he no Chinmoku (Silence Towards the Future)
Quick-Play Spell Card
You can only activate 1 card with this card’s name per turn.
(1) Add 1 monster from your Deck to your hand that mentions “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”, then, if you activated this card during the Battle Phase while you controlled “Gold Sarcophagus of Light” and a monster that mentions it, each player draws cards until they have 6 cards in their hand.
LEDE-JP071 Kakushi Toride Strong Hold (Stronghold the Hidden Fortress)
Continuous Trap Card
(1) Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Machine/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 0/DEF 2000) with these effects (this card is also still a Trap).
● Gains 1000 ATK for each card you control that is “Gold Sarcophagus of Light” or a monster that mentions it.
● Once per turn, when an opponent’s monster declares an attack and you control “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”: You can destroy that monster.
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Wow… They stole Jobes Deviantart idea and flipped it into a whole archetype.
Who?
This is just a retrain of Yugi’s whole deck. No wonder Premium Pack is giving Yugi’s manga cards from R. Maybe 25 Anniversary Pack will finally give us Turn Jump.
Turn Silence indirectly references Turn Jump.
Similar name structure in Japanese.
Both have effects that activate during the Battle Phase.
Increases Level by 3 (skips 3 turns) and boosts Silent Swordsman’s ATK by 1500.
Features Silent Swordsman destroying Zoma the Spirit, with Yugi using Turn Jump to “end the Battle Phase” and skip to the Battle Phase 3 turns later to avoid Zoma’s burn effect (“negating” Zoma’s effect as a monster when it was destroyed during the original Battle Phase).
So we may not get Time Jump as it is redundant.
This is such a cool idea, I love it!
Damn PHNI just released, and we get this teaser already.
Makes sense, though.
For most products, V-Jump starts revealing them 2 months out from release. Legacy of Destruction comes out late January, which makes November the “2 months out”. It’s why many of us were expecting it.
I was hoping that there would be some ancient gear support in it but you can’t win every time, by the way who thinks Z–Arc will keep getting support, since synchro univers is now a thing.
It would be cool if we get a Summoned Skull and Buster Blader monster to work with Gold Sarcophagus of Light and Geas Gandora (being Level 6 and 7 respectively) given they were a couple big guns by Yugi against Atem. Or maybe a Magnet trio monster and new Valkyrion monster. Or, weirdly, a Witch of the Black Forest, lol.
No joke: any of those would be super fun to have!
There’s a chance that these are not all of them, maybe more are coming who knows.
this seems like a fun deck. also glad they put an extra deck lock on it, gives it more of a distinct identity
Okay, I know this is the year of turning DM-era nostalgia bait into archetypes, but even with that context, this is pretty forced.
Yeah, count me in, this set looks like it could be fun. Would be kind of cool to see a Gandora Link monster.
Aww no new Silent Waifu but instead Silent Loli
RIP to all the speculators that bought stacks of Grandora related cards.
Countdown timer officially has begun before legacy support drops to determine whether Valiant Smashers is a banger or bust
When your wife wins custody of the Dark Magician cards after the divorce
They forgot about Lego Man the remaining friend. Many were expecting Silent Swordsman riding on Gandora convolution but not the full Golden Castle of Stromberg treatment. What the canon coloring of the Silents is supposed to be will always allude me. Manga Stronghold blocked the initial attack on activation and this version is sort of close to that lore. The inconsistency of sometimes gadgets equipping to machines to power them up, other times tributes, other times just being on the field is a topic for another day.
As much as I don’t like everything being turned into an archetype that ship has sailed and now Ruka’s day can’t come soon enough.
Well it makes sense, since the theme of the Millennium Puzzle is Unity, but we didn’t have a unified deck for Yugi for the longest time.
huh… the Gandora and some of the spells include Level increase effects… I wonder how the archetype would handle adding some Fortune Lady cards in
For years I’ve wanted to create a unique Yugi Muto deck but with all the cards redone. This is a good start, we need to understand if it will integrate with Dark Magician and its supports!
However, I think there will be many more cards related to the sarcophagus released in the future.
They’re probably getting a field version of the sarc later ala horus, gold sarc blader, summoned skull and I think like one other dude are also probably happening at some point.
No red-eyes again = I sleep
I know that we have too many DM cards but I want end of the series Atem cards too. And if possible an Archtype centered around the Egyptian gods the 3 of them we need more support even the millennium items as cards and the Ceremonial Duel place as field card. They can do it
Turn silence increases any monster’s level by 3 and it’s permanent! This means it can turns F.A. Hang on Mach into normal summoned Dark Law and it’s unaffected by monster effects except link monster. Lol.
10/10 image url names. We’ll never get Time Jump but I did have an idea where each player skips their next 3 main 1/2 and battle phases. I presume banishing Turn Silence would prevent Zoma’s burn but would it still be destroyed? Shame most of the old stuff doesn’t mesh well but you could archetype-ify Silent Quick-Plays except Silent Graveyard would cause a name conflict in the tcg (for the second time!). Toy Box now makes sense and I wouldn’t be surprised if Magic Barrier debuted along side it.
Take a sip every time it says “Gold Sarcophagus of Light”.
Just like Gadgets, I was hoping the Magnet Warriors would get a special card as well, since they were the ones to destroy the Egyptian Gods in the final episode.
gimme more gandora!
Hoping the Marshmallon retrain gets localized as something like “Moreshmallon”
HARPIE SUPPORT IN THIS SET OR KONAMI HQ BE SUCKED BY DARK HOLE IF THEY DIDN’T PUT ANY