Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Clear Wing is the most broken monster in the galaxy

So in the new set Crossed Souls, we got a new level 7 synchro monster called Clear Wing Synchro Dragon.
For those who aren't familiar, it has two effects: one that negates any level 5 or higher monster's effect on the field, and one that negates any monster effect targeting a level 5 or higher monster.  Each can be activated once per turn, and both are quick effects.  Furthermore, when either resolves, it destroys the monster whose effect activated and gains attack equal to that monster's original attack until the end phase.
So as you might imagine, it can be a little annoying to kill.
Now how does this incorporate itself into a Galaxy Deck?  "Galaxy decks can't synchro summon," you say.
But that's not entirely true.  Do you remember that crap card that was the bane of scalers of Judgement of the Light?  Yeah, Galaxy Serpent, a level 2 normal tuner.  It's so bad not even bad galaxy players run it.
Fortunately, it's now found its way into a 1-card combo that gets out any level 7 synchro monster ez pz.  It's called Galaxy Soldier, that new secret rare from World Superstars.  Basically, you dump some light monster, preferably Galaxy-Eyes, then you special summon soldier, and search Serpent.  If you have Expedition in your hand, activate it now to search something else; otherwise, sync for Clear Wing!  Or Black Rose if you need to nuke the field.  If you have Felgrand out, that will add to the annoyance caused by Clear Wing, but wait, there's more!
If you think back to Duelist Alliance, you might remember a level 5 synchro monster called Samsara, Dragon of Rebirth.  Yeah, no one runs that card, it's bad, it's slow, etc.
Well, not quite.  Most Galaxy players have been running Debris Dragon since the deck was goo-I mean since they started playing the deck.  The idea was summon Debris, target Galaxy Wizard, overlay for Castel, Exciton, 101, etc.  But now we have another target for Debris, Galaxy-Eyes Cloudragon.  It's good for it's own reasons, but to cut a long story short, it usually ends up in the grave.  Now, what we can do if we need to float is summon Debris, target Cloudragon, sync for Samsara, and proceed to float.  Also, Clear Wing is a great target for Samsara when it dies.

So yeah, the deck is still bad, but I'll be testing the new support with some interesting tech.

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