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COTD-EN081 Samurai Skull
Level 4 DARK Zombie Effect Monster
ATK 1700
DEF 0
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can send 1 Zombie monster from your Deck to the GY. If this face-up card in its owner’s control leaves the field because of an opponent’s card effect: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Zombie monster from your Deck, except “Samurai Skull”.
 
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So the rumor was true, huh. It's yet another Zombie miller along Unizombie and Gozuki. Is it really a good option when those 2 are available? IDK, I'm not an expert with Zombies. Its DARK attribute, 0 DEF and floating effect appear to make it better than Gozuki but... its milling depends on the Normal Summon.

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So the rumor was true, huh. It's yet another Zombie miller along Unizombie and Gozuki. Is it really a good option when those 2 are available? IDK, I'm not an expert with Zombies. Its DARK attribute, 0 DEF and floating effect appear to make it better than Gozuki but... its milling depends on the Normal Summon.

Nah, Gozuki is miles better than this. 0 DEF isn't too relevant and neither is the attribute. The float on this is garbage because it relies on your opponent to trigger it when in reality they can just destroy whatever you summon with this. The float on Gozuki is not always important, but it can come up, so it's better than this piece of s***.

 

Also yeah, being able to SS Gozuki and then use the effect is important.

 

At most, this card's float can deter Torrential.

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It is dully redundant to the other dump Zombies (Gozuki and Unizombie)... And definitely worse than the other two in that regard. And Zombina http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Zombiena does a better job at floating stuff from Grave than this, additionally, her options are wider to what you can Special Summon. This sucks card and it seems uninspired.

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It is dully redundant to the other dump Zombies (Gozuki and Unizombie)... And definitely worse than the other two in that regard. And Zombina http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Zombiena does a better job at floating stuff from Grave than this, additionally, her options are wider to what you can Special Summon. This sucks card and it seems uninspired.

Samurai Skull summons from the deck, whereas Zombina summons from the GY

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Samurai Skull summons from the deck, whereas Zombina summons from the GY

Ohh didn't see that... Card still sucks in comparison though. You are less likely to intentionally or unintentionally get this guys 2nd effect off than you are to get Zombina's effect off intentionally. Basically the only true weight it has over Zombina is that it dumps which is an asset already overshadowed by two other monsters.

 

Heck even something like Pyramid Turtle's effect is better than Samurai Skull's 2nd effect if you want a direct comparison to it.

 

The design is lazy, basically: Lets combine two common monster effects in the Zombie-Type together and nerf them.

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Uni Zombie all the way if used in pure Zombies:

Tuner, a Level modifier, and a Zombie mill also enjoying its 0 DEF DARK traits that technically make Allure and Recurring Nightmare possible.... Yet Recurring Nightmare still doesn't seem to be worth it, and that's understandable considering the amount of targets for it you are likely to run together, especially if your Zombie Deck is Shiranui which are FIRE.

 

For any other niche, Gozuki wins. At best, this card can respond to a Raigeki/Dark Hole but not all the time. 

 

 

It would have been neat if the mill effect was meant for another purpose so it wouldn't have to compete with these + any searcher + OG Foolish.

For example: Have it be a Zombie hand trap that under X situation can modify your opponent's effect into "your opponent mills 1 Zombie", so it'd cancel a play and have a random synergy with Despair from the Dark. Guess that's work for Custom Cards xD

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Man, I knew I shoulda posted that "Before anyone makes comparisons to Gozuki and Unizombie" post

It's true that in general Gozuki occupies the same niche more effectively but Samurai Skull's advantage is really simple

If Gozuki gets quick removed or Striked, you probably lost your Normal Summon that turn

Quick removal straight-up doesn't do anything vs this guy and effect negation turns Normal Summon dump into Unizombie instead

 

Sure I'd still prefer Gozuki most the time but playing around disruption still p cute

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Man, I knew I shoulda posted that "Before anyone makes comparisons to Gozuki and Unizombie" post

It's true that in general Gozuki occupies the same niche more effectively but Samurai Skull's advantage is really simple

If Gozuki gets quick removed or Striked, you probably lost your Normal Summon that turn

Quick removal straight-up doesn't do anything vs this guy and effect negation turns Normal Summon dump into Unizombie instead

 

Sure I'd still prefer Gozuki most the time but playing around disruption still p cute

So your opponent doesn't pop it and doesn't strike it, and then what? They still have their pop or strike, and can just use it on whatever you summon (Omega, Rank 4, links etc).

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So your opponent doesn't pop it and doesn't strike it, and then what? They still have their pop or strike, and can just use it on whatever you summon (Omega, Rank 4, links etc).

Then you get the dump

Omega and many of your other end goal options can float, dodge, or respond to disruption anyways but the entire point is that you managed to start your plays in the first place, which at minimum typically leaves more resources you can use next turn even if you aren't able to make a solid end play

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Then you get the dump

Omega and many of your other end goal options can float, dodge, or respond to disruption anyways but the entire point is that you managed to start your plays in the first place, which at minimum typically leaves more resources you can use next turn even if you aren't able to make a solid end play

Omega gets Striked, and Omega gets Drident'd (or whatever quick pop 1 your opponent uses) the second you enter the end phase, battle phase or activate its effect.

 

It doesn't really matter if you get the dump or not, since if you use mezuki to revive whatever, they can pop/strike that thing and even if they let you summon from the extra deck, they just pop/solemn that. No-one would strike or pop a Gozuki, so this isn't something that Skull has over Gozuki.

 

If we ever get a Link 1 (with a good effect) that requires just 1 Zombie monster, I take all this back however.

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