Sunday, October 19, 2014

Card of the Day - 10/20/2014 - "Dragonic Overlord "The X""

Dragonic Overlord "The X"
Grade 3 / 11000 Power / Twin Drive
Dragon Empire / Kagero / Flame Dragon
[ACT](VC): Legion 22000 "Dragonic Overlord "The End"" (If your opponent's vanguard is grade 3 or greater, this unit may return four cards from your drop zone into your deck once, search your deck for the specified card, and Legion.)
[AUTO](VC): When this unit performs Legion, search your deck for up to one card with the same name as a card on your (VC), reveal it to your opponent, put it into your hand, and shuffle your deck.
[AUTO](VC): [Counterblast (1), and choose a card from your hand named "Dragonic Overlord "The X", and discard it] At the end of the battle that this unit attacked, if the attack did not hit during that battle, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose two of your opponent's rear-guards, and retire them.

Uhhhh. Huhhhh. Well, this was not quite what I expected. Regardless, it's what we got. First, we'll start by looking back at The X's Legion Mate, "The End."

For those of you that don't know about "The End," he was the first crossride of Dragonic Overlord, back before Overlord became a Break Ride. His main skill is a Persona Blast. When his attack hits (rear-guard or vanguard), you can Counterblast 2 and discard a copy of himself to restand. This gives you two more drive checks at the cost of only discarding one card. He also made very easy 19k and 21k columns, allowing you to swing at a rear-guard to plus even when your opponent is at higher damage. He was so much of a threat in Japan that he even got restricted to 2 copies for a pretty long while.

"The X" allows you to easily search out a second "The End" or a second "The X," most likely whichever you don't already have in your hand. This creates a predicament for your opponent where they either guard your first attack to lose their guardians and two rear-guards, or take your first attack, allowing you to restand and attack again (in which case they either take another damage or lose 2 rear-guards anyway). This brings Overlord back as one of the biggest on-hit pressure units in the game. I can't say for sure what this says about where the game is headed with G-BT01, but I can say for sure that it'll be... interesting.

Other than that, I expect it to mainly see play alongside the rest of the generic Kagero lineup, including large amounts of vanillas for consistent defense early game, Gattling Claw Dragon for killing starters, Bellicosity Dragon for on-hit unflips, etc.

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