Alternative to Merchants: Skelengel YSD-EN011

Because of Pot of Avarice, there's all these "merchant turbo pot" and flip-flop control that's running around. (Although that's gunna stop a bit since Avarice is 1 per deck now)

Anyway, since Avarice is now 1 per deck, and NoC is 2 per deck, people need more flip effects diversaty to not get all of their good flip monsters all removed from play. And one of the "prob" of Merchants is that sometimes, you put 1 way too many monsters in the graveyard that not even Avarice can save you. (Or you used up your Avarice)

So comes Skelengel.

Skelegel

Fairy
LIGHT
2 star

900ATK 400DEF

Effect: FLIP: Draw 1 card from your Deck.

The stats aren't that great. But who cares. People don't run Merchants and MoF for stats do they?

The effect is good. It's a flip effect that lets you draw 1 card. So it's pretty much the same thing as Dekoichi. (And we all know how popular that train is) And although the stats isn't that great compared to Deko, it's still 900ATK, way better then MoF and Merchants. If you don't want to run Merchants of a possible mass monster dumping risk, this is definately a good alternative. Especially since that Pot of Avarice is 1 per deck, you cannot repeatedly save your monsters from the grave with Merchants effect. It's like Deko, you draw 1 card and you don't lose any monsters to the grave. If you don't want to depend on Avarice in your deck, instead of Deko + Merchant, a Deko + Skelengel might be a good alternative that you might look for. (People who want to depend on that 1x Pot of Avarice will HAVE to use 2x MoF to counter the lack of Avarice in deck and also 2x NoC IMO.) Heck, we already seen this card in play in metagames. And I think we'll see more of this card in future metagames.

But there are some flaws. Merchant and MoF are 1 per deck, so they're TERable with Meta. (And Meta is coming back a bit since there's Treeborn Frog as alternative to lack of sheep tokens.)This card is 2 star. And there are absolutely no 2 star fusion monsters.... so yeah. That's a prob.

But also like MoF and Merchant, it's a light monster, meaning it's Chaos food for Chaos Sorcerer. That's good. More light fuel is always good.

So basically, it's to counter 2x NoC that everybody is gunna run on post April. They're either gunna put 2x NoC on their main deck, or put the 2nd NoC on the sidedeck. Whatever, we're gunna see NoC. So for those people who still wants to run flip-flop control and use insane draw engine decks, this card is another good one to look for.

I mean, instead of Deko + Merchant + MoF + Avarice flip-flop. we can go for insane draw engines with Deko + Skelengel + Jar of Greed + Airknight Parshath.


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In the end, I give this card a

9 out of 10

It's metagame material card definately. And I can't rate "metagame" cards lower then a 9 IMO. In a world without Pot of Greed, drawing effect is great, even if we got back Graceful Charity.

 

[krazykidpsx]

the card is garbage and the only reason people are hyping it is becuase Adair use it in his deck.

Trust me the card is wack, its not anything good. a Lv 2 non morphable creature is just horrendous, Magician of Faith and Magical Merchant have the one up that after they use their effects they turn into Thousand Eyes Restrict.

what does the Skelengel have over it? nothing. it has absolutly nothing but a one shot effect.

Magical Merchant
Magician of Faith
and the little treasure box are much better than this.

the only one up that Dekoichi has is that its a machine and potential 2800 attacker in the right deck, but currently all the players are using it cause somebody hyped it up with thinking if the card is actual worth it without support.

man all the TCG needs is one good Gadget deck to make everybody think twice about what they play or how they play for that matter.

 

[Complex_Mind]

the card is garbage and the only reason people are hyping it is becuase Adair use it in his deck.

Trust me the card is wack, its not anything good. a Lv 2 non morphable creature is just horrendous, Magician of Faith and Magical Merchant have the one up that after they use their effects they turn into Thousand Eyes Restrict.

what does the Skelengel have over it? nothing. it has absolutly nothing but a one shot effect.

Magical Merchant
Magician of Faith
and the little treasure box are much better than this.

the only one up that Dekoichi has is that its a machine and potential 2800 attacker in the right deck, but currently all the players are using it cause somebody hyped it up with thinking if the card is actual worth it without support.

man all the TCG needs is one good Gadget deck to make everybody think twice about what they play or how they play for that matter.

Not everyone runs Metamorphosis in their deck.

The reason people are hyping over it is because it's a draw card, light and some people don't like when Magical Merchant throws useful cards into their grave, because then they have to rely on Pot of Avarice.

And other than that, I'm offended by your post.

The card is NOT garbage and you shouldn't hold your opinion over other's.

 

[krazykidpsx]

Dude...

I wont even respond back becuase if you would have met me in person you probably would have cried.

insulted, jeez.

whats so great about it being light? Chaos Sorcerer? you might as well use Magical Merchant to dump the creatures.

there are WAYYYY better cards than this. using this is just like tributing for a Cyber Dragon. just plain...

 

[Complex_Mind]

Dude...

I wont even respond back becuase if you would have met me in person you probably would have cried.

insulted, jeez.

whats so great about it being light? Chaos Sorcerer? you might as well use Magical Merchant to dump the creatures.

there are WAYYYY better cards than this. using this is just like tributing for a Cyber Dragon. just plain...

I don't understand how you get away with posts like those and no one else does.

?

 

[krazykidpsx]

I bring facts to the table. All you stated was that you were insulted and that it was a light creature. and that most players dont run Metamorphosis.

thats good you bring to the table the attribute the fact that alot of players dont run Metamorphosis but you never brought up why its good.

the simple fact is, unlike dekoichi [which still is a 50/50] has a much stronger premise and has a bit more support. Its not the attribute its the status that it contains.

Why do you play the cards you play? becuase they are the best. Plain and simple.

if Skelengel is the best what does Dekoichi come out to?
if Dekoichi is the best then what is Skelengel?

The player with the best cards is the player that has a higher percentage of winning.

Skelengel only gives you 1 card. Thats all it does, its weak status doesnt suffice for just the card drawn.

You stated once that dekoichi was good becuase of its 1400 attack power, and in todays meta 1400 for a 4 star drawer is actaully preaty decent. So how does Skelengel become better than the 1400 attacker? is it fact that what ever the SJC champs plays is the best? or is it that the card is actually good.

Back a few months ago Guardian Kay'est was in players decks, but what good was it for? becuase of the free tribute? you sacrificed tons of life for a free tribute. what happend shortly after? everybody stoped running it because it was like playing with a loaded gun. It would Backfire more often than actually work, but hey it was in a champ deck it must be good right? wrong, thats not how it works. How it works is how you make it work. IF a card is good for you then good, its the best for you, but why should I use it? becuase its good for you? whats good for you may or may not be good for me.

Skelengel is in that position, Its not great its not good. its a second hand card that only made it up there because it was in the deck. Other than that it could have easily been a secondary Dekoichi. right?