[CYHO] Arch-Lord Palladion

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

 

 

CYHO-JP044 アークロード・パラディオン Arch-Lord Palladion

Link 3 LIGHT Cyberse Link Effect Monster

ATK 2000

Links: Top, Bottom Left, Bottom Right

Materials: 2 or more Effect Monsters, including a Link Monster

(1) This card gains ATK equal to the original ATK of the monsters this card points to.

(2) Monsters this card points to cannot attack.

(3) Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 “Palladion” or “World Legacy” monster you control that this card points to, then target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; until the end of the turn, that card’s effects are negated.

[Thomas★Zero]

So a Link 3 that can be easily laddered into and if you manage to get a high ATK Monster in a zone it points to makes this stronger though at the cost of preventing your other monster from attacking.

 

For that generic effect alone this could be a threating card by itself where in a deck like HERO's where if you ladder into this off a Isolde and get a The Shining on the field with some HERO's banished it would make this already a 5000+ ATK Monster plus with 1 zone up it sort of prevents your opponent from using that zone as it would both power this up and prevent the monster in their from attacking.

 

As a Link 3 this is a pretty decent card.

[Atypical-Abbie]

So Palladion is the new Archetype, doesn't say much, Cyberse is not unusual for them, so it's probably not that, I do hope we'll see a Main Deck Archetype of Cyberse monsters though, would be nice. As for the card, it does require a Link Monster, but that it's a huge ATK boost, even if they can't attack, it's still able to gain that from the opponent's monster, so that's nice.

[Thomas★Zero]

So Palladion is the new Archetype, doesn't say much, Cyberse is not unusual for them, so it's probably not that, I do hope we'll see a Main Deck Archetype of Cyberse monsters though, would be nice. As for the card, it does require a Link Monster, but that it's a huge ATK boost, even if they can't attack, it's still able to gain that from the opponent's monster, so that's nice.

Whats even hilarious with the ATK boost that in decks like HERO and Blackwing with Isolde and Apprentice Witchling to summon this that they have there own ATK boosting hand traps which can generate even more ATK for this through its effect, Specially with Honest Neos giving this a 2500 ATK boost by boosting a HERO you control that's already in a zone it points to.

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

A hilarious use would be to put this into a zone pointed to from an opponent's Extra Monster Zone by one of the opponent's top-pointing arrows.
That way, not only do you prevent that monster from attacking, but you get that monster's ATK power +2000 to use for your own needs.
Honestly, I see this being run of as a 1-of in a lot of decks, especially if we get some way to Link Summon as a Quick Effect.

[The Highlander]

A hilarious use would be to put this into a zone pointed to from an opponent's Extra Monster Zone by one of the opponent's top-pointing arrows.

That way, not only do you prevent that monster from attacking, but you get that monster's ATK power +2000 to use for your own needs.

Honestly, I see this being run of as a 1-of in a lot of decks, especially if we get some way to Link Summon as a Quick Effect.

To be fair if you use Topologic Trisbaena (a link 3 with even easier summon conditions) you can shut down that zone right away, so it is already outclassed in that regard.

 

The card itself is interesting in that it is basicly a parasite for whatever is linked to it, based on the archtype the negation effect could be solid.

The World Legacy - Crown could be interesting with this, given that it can simply place itself in a linked zone, has 2000 atk, is placed in defence position anyways and the negation effect of it or this card using it would still be usable.

That being said, this card implies that the new archtype supports world legacy as much as itself, which is about the most interesting aspect of this card.

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

So a Link 3 that can be easily laddered into and if you manage to get a high ATK Monster in a zone it points to makes this stronger though at the cost of preventing your other monster from attacking.

 

For that generic effect alone this could be a threating card by itself where in a deck like HERO's where if you ladder into this off a Isolde and get a The Shining on the field with some HERO's banished it would make this already a 5000+ ATK Monster plus with 1 zone up it sort of prevents your opponent from using that zone as it would both power this up and prevent the monster in their from attacking.

 

As a Link 3 this is a pretty decent card.

Well you'll have to tribute it (assuming Heroes don't run other WC cards). It's really a one trick pony that's inferior to Summon Sorc in the deck

[Darj]

More World Legacy stuff, yesh!

Should be safe to assume this is an evolved Auram/Avram.

I like the card, especially the Quick Effect but... looking at their past decisions on World Legacy series, I don't have high hopes for a maindeck archetype for Palladions, which means the effect may rely more on World Legacy monsters, which in turn are cumbersome to Summon, with a few exceptions like Crown and Shield. They may make Palladions an only or mostly-Link archetype as an answer to Troymares/Knightmares.