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Legacy of the Valiant (Page 3)

*Also available as an Ultimate Rare card
**Also available as an Ultimate Rare and Ghost Rare card
LVAL-EN059*
Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force
Normal Spell
Target the 1 Xyz Monster you control with the highest Rank (your choice, if tied); Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 monster with the same Type and Attribute as that monster you control but 2 Ranks higher, by using it as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.) During your Draw Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard, instead of conducting your normal draw: You can add this card from your Graveyard to your hand. You cannot Special Summon during the turn you activate this effect, except by the effect of "Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force".
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: It's a bit less specific than past Rank-Up-Magic cards and you can get it back next turn but isn't less specific enough to warrant a high rating.
LVAL-EN058
Leo, the Keeper of the Sacred Tree
EARTH / Beast-Type Synchro / Level 10 / ATK 3100 / DEF 1900
1 Tuner 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
This face-up card on the field cannot be targeted by your opponent's card effects, except during your Main Phase 2.
RARE
Rating: 4
Comments: Not only does it boast 3100 ATK and non-specific materials but it cannot be targeted by your opponent's effect except during your Main Phase 2 but if you don't enter that phase, they can't target him at all!
LVAL-EN057
Downerd Magician
DARK / Spellcaster-Type Xyz / Rank 4 / ATK 2100 / DEF 200
2 Level 4 Spellcaster-Type monsters
During your Main Phase 2, you can also Xyz Summon this card by using a Rank 3 or lower Xyz Monster you control as the Xyz Material. (Xyz Materials attached to that monster also become Xyz Materials on this card.) This card gains 200 ATK for each Xyz Material attached to it. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. If this card attacks or is attacked, after damage calculation: Detach 1 Xyz Material from this card.
SECRET RARE
Rating: 1
Comments: A real downer for sure as while she gains 200 per Xyz Material she has and you can use a Rank 3 or less Xyz Monster to bring her out, she loses 1 Xyz Material each time she battles and the only thing that even tries to make up for it is the fact that she deals piercing battle damage.
LVAL-EN056
Evilswarm Exciton Knight
LIGHT / Fiend-Type Xyz / Rank 4 / ATK 1900 / DEF 0
2 Level 4 monsters
Once per chain, during your Main Phase or your opponent's Battle Phase, if your opponent has more total cards in their hand and their side of the field than you do: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; destroy all other cards on the field, also your opponent takes no further damage this turn (this is a Quick Effect).
SECRET RARE
Rating: 1
Comments: Don't get too excited about him as he has to wait for specific conditions to wipe out all other cards on the field but even after that's done, your opponent cannot take damage, which defeats the purpose of using the effect in the first place! Demise does this too for 2000 LPs but doesn't hold you back once the effect is used.
LVAL-EN055
Fairy Knight Igunar
EARTH / Plant-Type Xyz / Rank 6 / ATK 2200 / DEF 3000
3 Level 6 monsters
Once per turn: You can detach 2 Xyz Materials from this card; return all other cards on the field to the hand. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to this effect’s activation.
SUPER RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: At least your opponent cannot respond to the effect but it has to give up nearly all of its Xyz Materials to do it in most cases.
LVAL-EN054*
Bujintei Tsukuyomi
LIGHT / Beast-Warrior-Type Xyz / Rank 4 / ATK 1800 / DEF 2300
2 Level 4 LIGHT monsters
Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; send your entire hand to the Graveyard (min. 1), and if you do, draw 2 cards. When this card you controlled while face-up leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can target Level 4 Beast-Warrior-Type "Bujin" monsters in your Graveyard, up to the number of Xyz Materials this card had on the field; Special Summon those targets. You can only control 1 "Bujintei Tsukuyomi".
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: It'll survive best in Defense Mode with that 2300 DEF but the fact that I have to throw out all cards in my hand to draw twice, even if just one card, is pretty bad and it'll only get to replace itself with up to 2 of its friends and that's if the effect isn't used.
LVAL-EN053
Ghostrick Dullahan
DARK / Fiend-Type Xyz / Rank 1 / ATK 1000 / DEF 0
2 Level 1 monsters
This card gains 200 ATK for each "Ghostrick" card you control. Once per turn, during either player’s turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 face-up monster on the field; halve its ATK, until the End Phase. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 other "Ghostrick" card in your Graveyard; add that target to your hand.
RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: A multiple use Shrink effect, gains 200 ATK per Ghostrick you have out and if sent to the Grave by any means, it gets one of its friends from your Grave. Sub par at best, especially for its stats.
LVAL-EN052
Alsei, the Sylvan High Protector
LIGHT / Plant-Type Xyz / Rank 8 / ATK 2800 / DEF 3200
2 Level 8 monsters
Once per turn: You can declare 1 card name; excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is the declared card, add it to your hand. Otherwise, send it to the Graveyard. If a card is sent from your Deck to the Graveyard by a card effect (except during the Damage Step): You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 card on the field; place that target on either the top or bottom of the Deck. You can only use this effect of "Alsei, the Sylvan High Protector" once per turn.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: It doesn't need any specific Level 8 Xyz Materials and with help from its friends, can trigger one or both of its effects but it won't be a common occurrence.
LVAL-EN051
Gorgonic Guardian
DARK / Rock-Type Xyz / Rank 3 / ATK 1600 / DEF 1200
2 Level 3 Rock-Type monsters
Once per turn, during either player’s turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; its ATK becomes 0, and if it does, its effects are negated. These effects last until the end of this turn. Once per turn: You can target 1 monster on the field with 0 ATK; destroy it.
COMMON
Rating: 1
Comments: It can get rid of monsters with 0 ATK but why would you bother wasting an Xyz Material for that when it's already weak enough to be destroyed in the next attack? Furthermore, unlike the stronger and easier-to-summon Reptillianne Medusa, the ATK loss doesn't last.
LVAL-EN050
Number C92: Heart-eartH Chaos Dragon
DARK / Dragon-Type Xyz / Rank 10 / ATK 1000 / DEF 0
4 Level 10 monsters
Cannot be destroyed by battle. When a monster you control inflicts battle damage to your opponent: You gain Life Points equal to the damage they took. If this card has "Number 92: Heart-eartH Dragon" as an Xyz Material, it gains this effect.
● Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; negate the effects of all face-up cards your opponent currently controls, until the end of this turn. This activation and effect cannot be negated.
RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: The easiest way you're going to get this guy on the field is through two Rank-Up Magic cards (or one if it's Astral Force) but you'll be keeping it in Defense Mode regardless and that could cost you later with cards like Fairy Meteor Crush.
LVAL-EN049
Number C69: Heraldry Crest of Horror
LIGHT / Psychic-Type Xyz / Rank 5 / ATK 4000 / DEF 1800
4 Level 5 monsters
When an opponent's monster declares an attack: You can destroy all cards your opponent controls. If this card has "Number 69: Heraldry Crest" as an Xyz Material, it gains this effect.
● Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 face-up Xyz Monster your opponent controls; this card gains ATK equal to that face-up monster's original ATK, and if it gains ATK this way, this card's name becomes that monster's, and it gains that monster's original effect. These effects last until the End Phase.
RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: It's pretty powerful for a Rank 5 monster but is also difficult to summon, even if just using a Rank-Up-Magic card. Much of the effect still needs its first form to be the Xyz Material though.
LVAL-EN048*
Number 39: Utopia Roots
LIGHT / Warrior-Type Xyz / Rank 1 / ATK 500 / DEF 100
2 Level 1 monsters
When any player's monster declares an attack: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; negate the attack, and if you negated an Xyz Monster's attack, this card gains ATK equal to that monster's Rank x 500.
RARE
Rating: 3
Comments: It may start out weaker than the more widely used version but with Xyz Monsters like its adult form being so popular, it's not hard for it to match or even surpass the ATK of its foes and unlike its adult form, this guy doesn't self destruct if it's attacked without Xyz Materials.
LVAL-EN047*
Number 101: Silent Honor ARK
WATER / Aqua-Type Xyz / Rank 4 / ATK 2100 / DEF 1000
2 Level 4 monsters
You can detach 2 Xyz Materials from this card, then target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls in face-up Attack Position; attach it to this card as a face-up Xyz Material. You can only use this effect of "Number 101: Silent Honor ARK" once per turn. If this face-up card would be destroyed, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card instead.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: It has to give up (in most cases) everything it has to steal a monster and can save itself using that monster but Relinquished can too and not only has better support but doesn't have to give up anything to get the other monster, which can be any monster your opponent controls.
LVAL-EN046*
Number C101: Silent Honor DARK
WATER / Aqua-Type Xyz / Rank 5 / ATK 2800 / DEF 1500
3 Level 5 monsters
Once per turn: You can target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls; attach it to this card as a face-up Xyz Material. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard while it has Xyz Material: You can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard, then gain Life Points equal to the original ATK of this card. "Number 101: Silent Honor ARK" must be in your Graveyard to activate and to resolve this effect. If this card is Special Summoned this way, it cannot attack for the rest of this turn.
ULTRA RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: Most likely, once your opponent sees what this guy can do, they'll try to get rid of it but in order for it to return to the field by its effect, it needs the original in the Graveyard and even when it is and this guy comes back, it can't attack that turn.
LVAL-EN045
Paladin of Photon Dragon
LIGHT / Warrior-Type Ritual / Level 4 / ATK 1900 / DEF 800
You can Ritual Summon this card with "Luminous Dragon Ritual". You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" from your hand or Deck. When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: Draw 1 card.
RARE
Rating: 2
Comments: Well since Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon isn't worth bringing out, even if it isn't harmed by this guy's effect, at least this guy lets you draw 1 card each time it runs over an opponent's monster.
LVAL-EN044
Majosheldon
WATER / Warrior / Level 3 / ATK 800 / DEF 2000
Cannot be Special Summoned, except by its own effect. If this card is Tributed for a Tribute Summon, during your next Standby Phase: You can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck during the turn you activate this effect.
SHORT PRINT COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: A sort of better version of Treeborn Frog as it has stronger DEF and will come back regardless of what's on your field provided it's used for a Tribute Summon but you can't Special Summon from your Extra Deck that turn.
LVAL-EN043
Tackle Crusader
EARTH / Rock / Level 4 / ATK 1500 / DEF 1800
If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can activate 1 of these effects.
● Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; change that target to face-down Defense Position.
● Target 1 face-up Spell/Trap Card your opponent controls; return that target to the hand. This turn, your opponent cannot activate cards with the same name as the card returned to the hand by this effect.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: Send it to your Graveyard any way you like and you'll activate 1 of its effects, which aren't too bad but nothing we haven't seen before.
LVAL-EN042
Xyz Avenger
DARK / Fiend / Level 4 / ATK 1800 / DEF 700
This card is unaffected by the effects of Xyz Monsters. When this card is destroyed by battle with an Xyz Monster and sent to the Graveyard: Activate 1 of these effects, depending on the Rank of the Xyz Monster that destroyed this card.
● Rank 3 or lower: Your opponent sends 1 card from their Extra Deck to the Graveyard.
● Rank 4: Choose 1 card in your opponent's Extra Deck and send it to the Graveyard.
● Rank 5 or higher: Your opponent sends as many cards from their Extra Deck to the Graveyard as possible, but not more than the Xyz Monster's Rank.
COMMON
Rating: 3
Comments: A beatstick that makes your opponent pay for Summoning an Xyz Monster but it doesn't save you from battle damage.
LVAL-EN041
Sirenorca
WATER / Winged Beast / Level 5 / ATK 2200 / DEF 1000
If you control both Fish and Winged Beast-Type monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). When you do: You can declare a Level from 3 to 5; the Levels of all monsters you currently control become the declared Level. If you activate this effect, monsters you control cannot activate their effects for the rest of this turn, except WATER monsters.
COMMON
Rating: 2
Comments: A bit hard to pull off its Special Summoning but luckily you don't have to do it but should you do so, you can have an easy Rank 3 to 5 Xyz Summon.
LVAL-EN040**
Mobius the Mega Monarch
WATER / Aqua / Level 8 / ATK 2800 / DEF 1000

You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Tribute Summoned monster. When this card is Tribute Summoned: You can target up to 3 Spell/Trap Cards on the field; destroy those targets. If this card was Tribute Summoned by Tributing a WATER monster, add this additional effect.

● Your opponent cannot activate the targeted card(s) in response to this effect’s activation.

SECRET RARE

Rating: 3
Comments: The first of several powerhouses to come and it's off to a good start as it leaves you with options on how to summon it and if Tribute Summoned with a WATER monster, the cards you target with its effect cannot be activated in response!