Card of the Day - 10/21/2014 - "Margal"

Margal
Grade 0 / 4000 Power / Boost / Draw Trigger
United Sanctuary / Royal Paladin / High Beast
[ACT](RC): [Put this unit into your soul] Choose one of your <<Royal Paladin>>, and that unit gets [Power]+3000 until end of turn.

You know, I'm actually kinda glad this got reprinted. If Lien was deserving of a reprint in BT17, then this was definitely deserving of a reprint. This is a pretty standard trigger clone, and as such, most clans have one. Royal Paladin's was originally released in BT02, so it has been long out of print in both the Japanese and English formats. This gives a very nice way of obtaining this card once again, since it'll come as a 4-of in G-TD02. OH YEAH AND HE COMES AS A RRR FOIL APPARENTLY.

You may be wondering why Margal getting reprinted is so important. Well, apart from any future G-BT01 bosses we might see, the main reason is this: Seeker, Thing Saver Dragon. Thing Saver requires a hefty Soul Blast 3 to use his skill, which normally limits you to once per game unless you re-ride or ride Thing Saver on top of a previously Legioned grade 3. Since re-riding isn't exactly optimal in a Persona Ride deck, and you might not always draw into your other grade 3 first, you need a backup plan to consistently achieve the double restand. Aside from Barcgal shenanigans, Margal is your most efficient way of doing this. You only lose a 5000 shield card that has little to no boosting value, you gain 3000 power in one of your columns, and Margal couldn't have been discarded for Thing Saver's skill anyhow (it requires you to discard "Seeker" units). This is an effective way to gain access to one of the plays that has been defining Japanese tournament play as of BT16's release.

I also realize that I just talked more about Thing Saver than I did Margal on Margal's Card of the Day. Oh well, dragons always win anyway.