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    [SUDA] A-Bao A Qu, the Lightless Shadow

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    Why did this drop 1 hour and 35 minutes early

    SUDA-JP049 Hikarinaki Kage A=Bao A Qu | A-Bao A Qu, the Lightless Shadow
    LINK-4 DARK Fiend/Link/Effect
    2800 ATK | Arrows: Left, Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right, Right
    2+ monsters, including a Fiend monster
    You can only use the 1st and 2nd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
    (1) During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can discard 1 card to activate 1 of these effects;
    ● Destroy 1 card on the field.
    ● Banish this card (until the End Phase), and if you do, Special Summon 1 LIGHT or DARK monster from your GY.
    (2) During your Standby Phase: You can draw cards equal to the number of different Types among the monsters in your GY, then place the same number of cards from your hand on the bottom of the Deck in any order.

    Huge thanks to Villa for proving us his translation as we were all offline at the time this card was posted. He also explains:

    The “Á Bao A Qu” is a creature that lives dormant at the steps of the spiral staircase of the Tower of Victory, seeking to become whole atop the tower’s balcony at the end of the stairs, it follows travelers in their pilgrimage. Described in the book “Book of Imaginary Beings” (1957) authored by Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero.

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    A man shrouded in darkness. The most reliable hypothesis is that he's a space pilot from another universe, forever marooned by way-less-fun laws of physics. His prodigious talent for reading Sunriseland Runes made him shine during the dreadful "2018 Christmas Incident". As an Italian, he's a fierce opposer to pineapple pizza and ashamed of Italian YGO.

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    3. N on

      Powerful and surprisingly generic Link-4 that fares better in other Decks than the Deck it was made for, but still has interactions thanks to Trouble Sunny.

      • phos on

        @pollo it is live twin support, they gave the other tri-deck archetypes (Cyber Dragon and Eldlich) support with the last two cards revealed

      • N on

        This card is advertised as Live Twin support. Another Link 4 to go into with the Evil Twins and supported by having the Live Twins all being a unique Type of each other.

    4. narf on

      Really good card. Doesn’t really create much advantage, but it improves the quality of cards in your hand and on your field, while also being annoying to get rid of.
      Hell, in Labrynth specifically it can make use of Furniture pieces in your hand, which is essentially free anyway. It’s really solid!

    5. Moac on

      Could this work well with the new Fabledswarm Leverzebul?
      ”
      1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters
      Once per turn, during the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Tribute any number of “Fabled” monsters, and if you do, take control of that many face-up monsters your opponent controls, but their effects are negated. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 other “Fabled” card in your GY; return this card to the Extra Deck, and if you do, add that target to your hand. You can only use this effect of “Fabledswarm Leverzebul” once per turn. ”
      Discaard to:
      Banish it until Endphase to Special Summon Leverzebul then you can use its effect then during your turn …return it again. The card is just another way to bring him back.

      Or to simply destroy a card.

      Rank 4 is high …but since it basically protects itself each turn by removing itself from play…it seems really neat. Might be wrong on how useful it is but it remains to be seen.

      The Fiendsmith rank 3 can also effectively return Leverzebul and is only Rank 3.

    11. Seihai-kun on

      They really just made Promethean Princess for Light/Dark as a goth loli with the name of a Zeon fortress.

    20. Flatinum on

      When I saw this card, I thought for a moment that it was a Link Monster version of Guiding Quem, the Virtuous.

    30. TheAzureSkies on

      Insane how this card just lets you build a custom hand at the end of your combo.

      There is a hypothetical deck out there that can go through like, six different types– probably more– over the course of a combo (possibly even a one card combo) and then end on this to flood their hand with either the exact combination of hand traps they want (assuming they can find them and have enough cards in hand to replace, which isn’t that big of an ask) or with extenders to keep the combo going.

      • TheAzureSkies on

        I will say whether the hypothetical deck that goes through a ton of different types in grave over a combo that leaves a decent amount of cards still in hand exists *now* is an interesting question, and the answer is probably no

        Still, even just checking the top two or three cards in your deck to see if they’re better than any of the cards in your hand is probably a pretty good effect for such a generic link 4 to have, and it would probably still be bad if that was its only good effect.

        I also now realize that I forgot that the effect I’ve been having about only happens in the standby phase so it’s probably not game determinative very often–but activating it’s second effect as extension on turn one means so long as your opponent doesn’t just kill you on their first turn, this card just immediately lets you make a custom hand.

      • TheAzureSkies on

        I will say whether the hypothetical deck that goes through a ton of different types in grave over a combo that leaves a decent amount of cards still in hand exists *now* is an interesting question, and the answer is probably no

        Still, even just checking the top two or three cards in your deck to see if they’re better than any of the cards in your hand is probably a pretty good effect for such a generic link 4 to have, and it would probably still be bad if that was its only good effect.

        I also now realize that I forgot that the effect I’ve been having about only happens in the standby phase so it’s probably not game determinative very often–but activating it’s second effect as extension on turn one means so long as your opponent doesn’t just kill you on their first turn, this card just immediately lets you make a custom hand.

        Not as good as it was in my head when I accidentally mentally deleted the part about it activating in the standby phase, but still pretty good.

    31. TheAzureSkies on

      Whoops accidentally posted the same thing twice with more context the second time because I did not realize it went through…