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Impcantation Ruined Rituals

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 rebornthejam 7,080 5 Comments

Ritual is an interesting Special Summoning mechanic. Just like Pendulums, Rituals are Special Summoned from the hand rather than the Extra Deck. However, for the same reason, Rituals suffer many consistency and minus issues. Over the years, Konami has released Ritual Archetypes that addresses these problems. Then one day, Konami decided to fix all these issues by creating the Impcantation archetype. Suddenly, Ritual decks became more consistent and less costly. However, Impcantation did more harm than good.

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When Erratas Go Too Far

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 todash19 4,260 2 Comments

You’ve been out of the game for quite a while. The last thing you remember dealing with is having your entire hand looped out due to Crush Card Virus and losing to Dark Armed Dragon beatdown. You were glad when CCV was banned, but still felt that it was time for you to leave.
When you heard that it came back off the banlist, you were surprised. How can a card so powerful come off the list all willy-nilly? But what was even more surprising to you is that absolutely no one played the card anymore.

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Archetype’s Missing Support Part 2

March 21, 2020March 21, 2020 rebornthejam 2,960 0 Comments

Konami has made many archetypes and series over the years. Some of them originated from the anime, while some are game-originals. However, many archetypes have cards that imply future support they’ve never received.

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Marincess – The Water “Salamangreat”

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 rebornthejam 3,160 0 Comments

Marincess is a female anime archetype that first appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains. Aoi Zaizen used this archetype after she acquired the Water Ignis. Konami based the monster designs on various sea creatures. This is evident in their names (e.g. Marincess Marbled Rock is based on the Marbled Rockfish).

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Vendread – Did They Have Potential?

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 rebornthejam 2,920 2 Comments

Vendread was a TCG-exclusive archetype consisting of DARK Zombie-Type monsters. The monster resembles creatures from the Resident Evil franchise. In fact, the archetype deliberately references Resident Evil in many occasions. The archetype first debuted in Code of the Duelist.

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Archetype’s Missing Support

February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 rebornthejam 7,320 5 Comments

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Anime Archetypes Analysis

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 rebornthejam 2,640 0 Comments

An archetype is a group of cards with a similar name or theme that supports one another. Despite being common

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Ritual Summoning – Current State

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 rebornthejam 3,560 0 Comments

Ritual Summoning is a summoning mechanic that existed since the beginning of Yugioh. It is unique in that the monsters do not reside in the Extra Deck. Why aren’t rituals more prominent?