~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 These are the prize cards from the 2017 World Championship. They are of course illegal match winners, but I thought they were freaking awesome on many levels so I thought I might as well make the thread. They appear to be Link retrains of Gearfried the Iron Knight and Curse of Dragon, respectively. They're Extra Secret Rare, so Secret Rare foiling across the whole cards. Aren't they gorgeous? They're worth unfathomable $$$$$$$. They win matches by attacking their opponent directly and reducing your opponent's LP to 0 while Extra Linked and require type-specific Link materials. Somewhat difficult. Iron Knight of Revolution is a LINK-4 TRAIN!!!! Sanctity of Dragon is the first LINK-5!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 From a playability standpoint, there's no reason to use Iron Knight over Firewall, which boasts a slightly higher ATK, less restrictive requirements and well, actually does stuff outside match winning. But...suppose this still stands as one of the only Machine Link we got thus far, so... Might be a while before we get standard Link-5 monsters so Sanctity can boast about being the only one for the time being. (Not like members aren't already designing them on their own). ===So yeah, both of them have already set precedents for being first Machine and Link 5, respectively, but that's it.Art is cool though; will be nice to see them without the foil. (Now wait for the OCG to get reprints of these in Extra Pack 2018; even though both of these cards went to their players anyway.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted September 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Gaia Saber the Lightning Shadow is actually a Machine and not Cyberse for some reason so it should be the first on that front, but Iron Knight of Revolution does share being the first TCG-exclusive Link monster with Sanctity of Dragon. The latter's other distinction as the first Link-5 makes it more impressive. I imagine Sanctity of Dragon was either more exclusive and/or went to the higher/highest place player(s) than Iron Knight, but couldn't find the specifics on that. There were also some Sanctity of Dragon mats awarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCR_CAT Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 It's far more likely that Iron Knight is based off of Night Express Knight than Gearfried. The design, typing/attribute, and overall pose/weapons are much more similar to the Main Train than they are to Gearfried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Iron Knight of Revolution reminds me of Lionhearted Locomotive, in ATK, attribute, and train-ness. Sanctity is pretty clearly an original design. Honestly, I'm certain they both are. Very rarely were the match-winners retrains. Knight requires less materials, but Sanctity's arrows make it able to extra link with fewer monsters. Of course, neither of them exist in the game anyway so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~~ Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Knight requires less materialsFewer. OT: I love these match winners, they are worthy additions to the team! Iron Knight is based partly on the Industrial Revolution, and partly on St. George, and Sanctity is based on the red dragon in the Welsh flag, the dragon that St. George slew. This is because Worlds was supposed to be hosted in the UK this year, but was moved to Japan because of the terrorist threat in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notcleverusername Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 smh all you plebs these cards are clearly from Darksouls and Darksouls II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 I mostly see Polnareff's stand, Silver Charrior, when I see Iron Knight here.I think their art is great but not much else to say.... they are match winners. I've noticed each 2 Levels increase seems to be equivalent to around 1 Link increase in stats.Link 1 can have the stats of a Level 1 or 2 monster, for example, and so on.Link 5 is when we'll be getting the Shooting Star equivalent of Yusaku in the anime, I think. This makes me wonder if they'll go past Link 6 or get all the way to Link 8 at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airride Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 This makes me wonder if they'll go past Link 6 or get all the way to Link 8 at some point.the hypothetical max is 14 (5 mmz links +2 emz links) so i expect that at some point as some bad memey card to get outprobably type or archetype restricted too just to screw with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 the hypothetical max is 14 (5 mmz links +2 emz links) so i expect that at some point as some bad memey card to get outprobably type or archetype restricted too just to screw with us I don't think that's very plausible. Yes that indeed covers all Monster Zones on the field, but how could any one single Link be made in a way that'd point to all of that, especially the non-adjacent zones. I think it'll be more likely they cap once they cover up all directions around the card, personally. How could a Link 9+ really look like? Would it have like for example, an upper left arrow with an extra right arrow above it in an outer ring of Link arrow markers? That sounds kind of weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azuriena Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 I don't think that's very plausible. Yes that indeed covers all Monster Zones on the field, but how could any one single Link be made in a way that'd point to all of that, especially the non-adjacent zones. I think it'll be more likely they cap once they cover up all directions around the card, personally. How could a Link 9+ really look like? Would it have like for example, an upper left arrow with an extra right arrow above it in an outer ring of Link arrow markers? That sounds kind of weird. Overlapping arrows that point not only to the adjacent Monster Zone in the direction the arrow points towards, but also the Monster Zone adjacent to that one in that same direction. So they would be Link Arrows with a "range" of 2 Monster Zones, so to speak. (Poor effort, but you get the idea.) This means that, for example, a Link Monster in the rightmost Main Monster Zone with a double-left Link Arrow would point to both the Main Monster Zone adjacent to it as well as the middle Main Monster Zone. It also means that a Link Monster in the right Extra Monster Zone with such a Link Arrow would point to the left Extra Monster Zone. Or that a Link Monster in the Main Monster Zone with a double-up Link Arrow could point to an opponent's Main Monster Zone. Furthermore, I imagine that you would be able to form an Extra Link by having a Link Monster with a double-left Link Arrow in your right Extra Monster Zone and one with a double-right Link Arrow in your left Extra Monster Zone. (Needless to say, only Link Monsters with difficult Link Summoning requirements / a high Link Rating would get double-left or double-right Link Arrows, like how our current diagonal Link Arrows are seemingly restricted.) It's currently impossible for a Link Monster in the Extra Monster Zone to point to the other, or for one in the Main Monster Zone to point to an opponent's, so how interesting would that be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~~ Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 """""""""""""""""I bet my left testicle that this won't happen. It seems really too easy to miss unless you're looking for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azuriena Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 I bet my left testicle that this won't happen. It seems really too easy to miss unless you're looking for it.I find it as unlikely to happen as you do. I'm only proposing an idea for what a Link 9 or higher Link Monster could be like. If it did exist, I imagine one of the arrows being a different size from the other. The second arrow could even be darker/brighter or a different colour, or be embellished in any other kinds of ways to stand out. They needn't be melded together like how I did it either. Mine is just a low-effort mockup. It would make sense for the design of the second arrows to depart greatly from the original arrows' because there doesn't even exist a "slot" for them on the frames of Link Monster Cards (the black, "inactive" arrowheads). I don't think being easy to miss would be an issue in particular. Incidentally, the fact that there exists no "slots" for them is one of the reasons why I don't think it should, and that it likely won't, happen. In practice, any vertical/diagonal downward double Link Arrows would be largely pointless, and left and right, and diagonal upward (both), ones would be restricted, leaving only vertical / singularly diagonal upwards ones to take advantage of the mechanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Overlapping arrows that point not only to the adjacent Monster Zone in the direction the arrow points towards, but also the Monster Zone adjacent to that one in that same direction. So they would be Link Arrows with a "range" of 2 Monster Zones, so to speak. (Poor effort, but you get the idea.) This means that, for example, a Link Monster in the rightmost Main Monster Zone with a double-left Link Arrow would point to both the Main Monster Zone adjacent to it as well as the middle Main Monster Zone. It also means that a Link Monster in the right Extra Monster Zone with such a Link Arrow would point to the left Extra Monster Zone. Or that a Link Monster in the Main Monster Zone with a double-up Link Arrow could point to an opponent's Main Monster Zone. Furthermore, I imagine that you would be able to form an Extra Link by having a Link Monster with a double-left Link Arrow in your right Extra Monster Zone and one with a double-right Link Arrow in your left Extra Monster Zone. (Needless to say, only Link Monsters with difficult Link Summoning requirements / a high Link Rating would get double-left or double-right Link Arrows, like how our current diagonal Link Arrows are seemingly restricted.) It's currently impossible for a Link Monster in the Extra Monster Zone to point to the other, or for one in the Main Monster Zone to point to an opponent's, so how interesting would that be. The Link Monster template actually shows all markers that can happen at the moment, but they are "turned off" sort of speak. Yes there are applications for that idea, and there might even be a chance they could do something like that, but I think it is a bit too theoretical for this section xDHeck it'd even fit in with the flavor of digital stuff, because they'd be upgrading a connection's reach lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla1ne Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 the sheer fact that it's currently the only link5 monster in the game makes curse something that i want really bad. and i'm still upset that the match winners use such excellent art. Give that art to legal cards worth using dammit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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