SDZW-EN032 Imperial Iron Wall
While this card is face-up on the field, card(s) cannot be removed from play.
Seriously, the reason why DMoC is banned is because of Imperial Iron Wall + Monster Reborn combo.
Think of this.
Have Imperial Iron Wall + DMoC in grave, and Monster Reborn in hand. Now throw in some burn card like Shadowpriestess of Ohm / Cannon Soldider / Mass Driver / etc. Here's the prob, because of Imperial Iron Wall, DMoC will hit the graveyard instead of RFP and thus yep, loop Monster Reborn into infinite loop for burn OTK by tributing DMoC for burn effect, then Reborn, then tribute/burn, Reborn it, etc. And you can't even use D.D. Crow to stop this since Imperial Iron Wall negates D.D. Crow (FINALLY, something OTHER then Divine Wrath that stop that stupid bird.)
So DMoC is banned, so is the OTK dead? Not really. Here's another card that there's a potential loop.
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CSOC-EN031 Plaguespreader Zombie
Dark /Zombie/Tuner/LV2/400ATK/200DEF
Select and place 1 card from your hand on top of your deck to activate. Special Summon this card from your graveyard. When this card was special summoned by this effect then removed from the field, it is removed from play instead.
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Before I go into how GREAT this Tuner Monster really is. (Seriously, with the right combo, you can Synchro Summon TWICE in one turn. Think of this card plus D-Hero Malicious, now that it's 3x per deck. That's 2x LV8 Synchro summon in one turn right there.) Let's ignore that it's a tuner. This card can special summon itself by putting one card to top of deck. (i.e. you Raiza'D yourself) Normally, after that, it's RFP after it leaves the field, BUT with Imperial Iron Wall, that's negated and it goes BACK to graveyard. And thus you can special summon him right back. Yep, just burn it up infinately with Ohm/Cannon/Mass Driver for the win. But wait, then I topdeck every card from my hand? No prob, that's what Card of Safe Return is for. When Plaguespreader Zombie special summons itself, Safe Return will let you draw, i.e. draw the top card you sent with Plaguespreader Zombie. This literally negates the cost, and more importantly, free infinite Plaguespreader special summon. Which means infinite tribute/burn for the OTK.
To sum it up, Burn OTK combo is
Card of Safe Return + Plaguespreader Zombie + Imperial Iron Wall + Ohm/Cannon/Mass Driver/etc. + 1 random card in hand.
It not THAT hard to do. Although to make a dedicated focused deck means 3x Reasoning/Monster Gate, which is impossible now (IMO, stopping these random OTK/FTK is the reason why Reasoning/Monster Gate is 1x per deck. Well, in traditional format, it certainly killed Magical Scientist FTK.) so IMO, just splash it in your zombie deck for a pot-luck win condition. (I mean, people are ranting of how GREAT Imperial Iron Wall is a good sidedeck with Zombies Decks, so put that extra 3rd Plaguespreader Zombie, 3x Iron Wall, and random Cannon Soldier or something. I mean, since Mezuki and Book of Life can't be activated when Iron Wall is in play, Plaguespreader Zombie is your new friend, being a broken tuner to synchro summon a CRAPLOAD of Synchros in 1 turn. ) But hey, maybe someone CAN create a consistant OTK without Reasoning/Monster Gate (I personally don't think so... unless it have insane amount of draw power, but that means going into Allure/DDraw/Trade-In/Upstart/etc. which isn't zombies.... who knows.)
While this card is face-up on the field, card(s) cannot be removed from play.
Seriously, the reason why DMoC is banned is because of Imperial Iron Wall + Monster Reborn combo.
Think of this.
Have Imperial Iron Wall + DMoC in grave, and Monster Reborn in hand. Now throw in some burn card like Shadowpriestess of Ohm / Cannon Soldider / Mass Driver / etc. Here's the prob, because of Imperial Iron Wall, DMoC will hit the graveyard instead of RFP and thus yep, loop Monster Reborn into infinite loop for burn OTK by tributing DMoC for burn effect, then Reborn, then tribute/burn, Reborn it, etc. And you can't even use D.D. Crow to stop this since Imperial Iron Wall negates D.D. Crow (FINALLY, something OTHER then Divine Wrath that stop that stupid bird.)
So DMoC is banned, so is the OTK dead? Not really. Here's another card that there's a potential loop.
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CSOC-EN031 Plaguespreader Zombie
Dark /Zombie/Tuner/LV2/400ATK/200DEF
Select and place 1 card from your hand on top of your deck to activate. Special Summon this card from your graveyard. When this card was special summoned by this effect then removed from the field, it is removed from play instead.
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Before I go into how GREAT this Tuner Monster really is. (Seriously, with the right combo, you can Synchro Summon TWICE in one turn. Think of this card plus D-Hero Malicious, now that it's 3x per deck. That's 2x LV8 Synchro summon in one turn right there.) Let's ignore that it's a tuner. This card can special summon itself by putting one card to top of deck. (i.e. you Raiza'D yourself) Normally, after that, it's RFP after it leaves the field, BUT with Imperial Iron Wall, that's negated and it goes BACK to graveyard. And thus you can special summon him right back. Yep, just burn it up infinately with Ohm/Cannon/Mass Driver for the win. But wait, then I topdeck every card from my hand? No prob, that's what Card of Safe Return is for. When Plaguespreader Zombie special summons itself, Safe Return will let you draw, i.e. draw the top card you sent with Plaguespreader Zombie. This literally negates the cost, and more importantly, free infinite Plaguespreader special summon. Which means infinite tribute/burn for the OTK.
To sum it up, Burn OTK combo is
Card of Safe Return + Plaguespreader Zombie + Imperial Iron Wall + Ohm/Cannon/Mass Driver/etc. + 1 random card in hand.
It not THAT hard to do. Although to make a dedicated focused deck means 3x Reasoning/Monster Gate, which is impossible now (IMO, stopping these random OTK/FTK is the reason why Reasoning/Monster Gate is 1x per deck. Well, in traditional format, it certainly killed Magical Scientist FTK.) so IMO, just splash it in your zombie deck for a pot-luck win condition. (I mean, people are ranting of how GREAT Imperial Iron Wall is a good sidedeck with Zombies Decks, so put that extra 3rd Plaguespreader Zombie, 3x Iron Wall, and random Cannon Soldier or something. I mean, since Mezuki and Book of Life can't be activated when Iron Wall is in play, Plaguespreader Zombie is your new friend, being a broken tuner to synchro summon a CRAPLOAD of Synchros in 1 turn. ) But hey, maybe someone CAN create a consistant OTK without Reasoning/Monster Gate (I personally don't think so... unless it have insane amount of draw power, but that means going into Allure/DDraw/Trade-In/Upstart/etc. which isn't zombies.... who knows.)
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