Archfiend Week - Lesser Fiend

Lesser Fiend
Level 5
Dark/Fiend
ATK: 2100 DEF: 1000
As long as this card remains face-up on the field, monsters destroyed by this monster
as a result of battle are removed from play instead of being sent to the Graveyard.


Pros:
* Monster Removal, removes monsters so they can't come back and bite you on the behind.
* Stops Effects that require the card to hit the Graveyard (ie. "Sangan" and "Witch of the Black Forest")
* Other effects cannot usually override "Lesser Fiend"


Cons:
* Does not stop flip effects like "Cyber Jar" or Trigger Effects like "D.D. Warrior Lady" or "D.D. Assailant"
* Does not remove "Relinquished" from play if attacking.

 

[densetsu_x]

Well, it could remove "Relinquished". The condition is dependant on whether or not RQ has a monster equipped to him.

- A

 

[luffy]

If there is, then how would the ruling go?

 

[Dillie-O]

What densetsu_x means is that if Relinquished is destroyed as a result of battle and there is a monster "sucked up" to him, then the equipped monster is destroyed instead. If Lesser Fiend destroys Relinquished with no monsters "sucked up" to him, then Relinquished will be destroyed and removed from play.

 

[chenw]

couple this is soul absorbtion you could in theory really annoy your opponent

 

[Archfiendgeneral]

A decent archfiend. I don't like see many opponents again anyway. Yeah they may have copies but this at least stops them from reviving them somewhat. And in archfiend decks it's a means of getting a LV 4 archfiend like the King, the queen or the knight. Yeah maybe you perfer Skull archfiend but Skull archfiend won't permanent get rid of your opponent's monsters. And in archfiends decks, your opponent will usually have to kill the pawn if they want a crack at anyother of your archfiends which can be difficult with a queen or two on the field.