Mutagenic Insect Queen (Your Necromancers Were So Concerned With Whether or Not They COULD...)

[Black D'Sceptyr]

...they never stopped to think that a high-Level Zombie already cornered the market when it DID.

 

 

[spoiler=Mutagenic Insect Queen: Info]

EARTH/Insect-Type Effect Monster/Level 7/2200 ATK/2400 DEF

 

Lore: Must be Special Summoned by its own effect. If a monster effect is activated that Special Summoned a Zombie Effect Monster(s), except itself, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) when that effect resolves. When you do: All other Zombie monsters on the field lose 200 ATK for each monster you control. Once per turn, if a Spell/Trap or monster effect is activated that targets a Zombie monster(s) on the field or in the GY (Quick Effect): You can negate the activation, and if you do, you can Special Summon 1 "Zombie Insect Token" (Zombie/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 100/DEF 100).

 

 

 

T-Rex chewed-up as this metaphor of an opener was, this card is good on several fronts.

 

First, it works in response to a Special Summon-though not a self-summon, so as to keep it from chaining in response to itself-the field is still open-Gozuki, the Shiranuis, Mezuki, you name it.

 

That would normally be enough for a monster to already break the mold for the Zombie playstyle, but, newsflash:

 

 

Because not only does this do what Balerdroch does, it propagates the field instead of taking away from it with zombie Insect Tokens. Level 1, so you can get your Linkuriboh on too.

 

That all totals out to a gangbusters Level 7 Zombie. From opening up new plays for Zombies in the Extra Deck, and furthering the miniature but concentrated focus on stun it's now got at its disposal between the TCG-exclusive Balerdroch and MY new Tytannial...yeah, nothing but net for this web-spinning wraith.

 

Until the next card, reviews, revelry,  you know the drill.

 

BD'S, signing off.