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Tactical Evolution

*Also available as an Ultimate Rare card
**Also available as a Ghost Rare card
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There are very limited uses for this card since you can use Ancient Rules to bring out a high-level Normal Monster without tributes but you can't with this card. Use AR instead. Unless you're running a Normal Monster deck that uses high-level monsters, don't run this. A waste of deck space. Use Creature Swap instead since you can choose any monster you control. Not much use for this card. The equipped monster may gain 900 ATK per monster but the monsters must be in your Graveyard. Might be decent in a Normal Monster deck though.
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Unless this is to power up Vennominion or Vennominaga, don't run this. The only use for this is when your opponent's monster(s) have no more than 500 ATK left or on one monster that has no more than 1000 ATK left. The Contact Fusion for Cyber Dark Dragon! It's definitely better than using Polymerization/Future Fusion, Overload Fusion but still not a great card to use. A sad excuse to run Flint. Don't run it or this card.
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A pretty bad card. The only good thing about it is extra tributes or extra defenses. Keep this in Jaden's Neo Space deck only. You're better off using Metamorphosis in every other deck and keeping this card in Jaden's Neo Space deck. While not the worst card in the set, it's not the best either but it can be somewhat okay for bringing out Flare Scarab or Grand Mole though. In Venom decks, this card is decent but elsewhere, it's trash.
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Play him with Ojama King and your opponent cannot Summon or Set anything unless the King and his Knight leave your field and with 2500 DEF, that won't be easy! Plus, summoning him is pretty easy! The PoA for Elemental Heroes and a particularly bad one since you need 5 Elemental Heroes in your Graveyard to use it and Pot is better since it can be ANY 5 monsters. So outside Elemental Heroes, use PoA. Just keep this card in Jaden's Neo Space deck only. Same as TAEV-EN046's comments.
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A powered-up Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin is about all this card is and he isn't worth using anywhere but Jaden's Neo Space deck so keep him there. Being 2800 ATK, I would've expected more but since he's a Rare, he's not much at all. Keep him in Jaden's Neo Space deck only. The ONLY reason why this card gets 2/5 is because he possesses the trample effect as Dasher can run over this card with ease no matter which mode Darkbright is in. 3000 ATK and getting 400 ATK for each card on the field for a potential 11,800 ATK is quite decent but he needs 3 monsters to be summoned and without Neo Space, he returns to the Fusion Deck at the End Phase.
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With those stats, anyone who uses him is about as sharp as the frills on Razor Lizard's head! Use Drillroid instead. Use Kaiser Sea Horse instead. Stick to Double Coston instead. 1800 ATK is a nice start but his effect is quite decent, especially in a Zombie deck! That lack of DEF doesn't help him much though.
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Being able to search out Neo Space can be quite helpful especially if you're running a Contact Fusion deck! 1800 ATK is also nice elsewhere! Neither his stats of (2300/2000) or his effect aren't all that impressive since you can only do it once per turn, making him an overall disappointing SCR card. Like his twin brother FaFD, Desert Twister isn't any better since he has the same stats, same lousy effect except it's destroying a Spell or Trap instead of a monster and can easily be clobbered by the same monsters. 4/5 for a monster with 100 ATK and DEF? Why???? He can take up the entire tribute for any DARK Ritual monster, making him a must for any DARK Fiend deck or a deck that uses DARK Ritual monsters.
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Yet another weak monster that probably won't see play as it's a watered down Spirit Reaper/Marshmallon. Use SR or Marshmallon instead. A Black Hole has more gravity than this card and will pull anything too close into it. Plus it's stats won't keep it on the field long and the only use for this card is if your opponent only has Attack Position monsters. A poor excuse to save yourself from being wiped out by your opponent in one turn but he can only return one monster while Penguin Soldier can return 2 so use that instead. This guys is a watered down Jar of Greed as you keep only one of the cards you picked up. If, however, it let you keep both cards, then it'd get a higher rating.
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Getting 2300 DEF isn't the worst effect to use but Destiny Hero - Defender has 2700 DEF and doesn't need to be re-summoned. So outside Gemini decks, run Defender instead. Pretty high stats for one tribute! Plus, he can bring back Fiend-Type monsters from either Graveyard at no cost but he isn't a Fiend-Type monster and if he leaves the field, so do the Special Summoned monsters. A high-level Gemini with poor stats. Sure he can deal 1000 damage each turn but Solar Flare Dragon is better since his effects will almost always resolve and can't be attacked if you have another Pyro-Type monster out. Another pretty bad Gemini-Type monster. Although he can allow a DARK monster to attack directly, it must be level 4, which really hurts this card's playability.
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She's horrible for a Gemini-Type monster since you waste your Normal Summon to bring her out twice in a row and her stats and effect aren't really worth it. Same as TAEV-EN020's comments. Being able to attack all monsters your opponent controls is quite decent but stats of (2350/1000) and having to be re-summoned to get the effect isn't so keep this card in Gemini-Type monster decks. Get him re-summoned and he rivals Cyber Dragon but still, Cyber Dragon's better since all you need is all monsters on the field be in your opponent's control to bring him out.
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 He too can't attack if his effect is used but requires one tribute and cannot escape GB or LLA-B. This is another card for Thelonius Viper or Reptile decks only. He can attack the same turn you activate his effect but with 1000 ATK, you wouldn't want to unless for a direct attack. Like Boa and Snake, keep this critter in Thelonius Viper or Reptile decks only. Whether for Normal Monster, Beat down or Gemini, this card is a must! What hurts it is the fact that you have to waste your Normal Summon to make him "Neos' younger sibling". Not only is he one tribute but re-summon him and he can attack twice per turn! Like the other Gemini-Type monsters you must waste your summon to give him the effect, which can be chained to.
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His stats are weak and his effect isn't the best either since he really isn't any better than Cyber Barrier Dragon but Cyber Barrier can do it multiple times in a duel and NG can only do it up to 3 times.  She's sure to do a number on your opponent, especially since when she has three hyper venom counters on her, you win the duel! Her summoning requirements freeze her rating at 4 stars. 2 Tributes for a monster with no ATK or DEF may seem weak at first but power him up with tons of Reptile-Type monsters and he'll be quite deadly! There must be very little poison in this snake since his stats are low and what's worse the monster with a Venom Counter on it can still attack. A horrid card outside Thelonius Viper or Reptile decks.
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Same as TAEV-EN007's comments. Same as TAEV-EN008's comments. Same as TAEV-EN009's comments. Same as TAEV-EN010's comments.
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*Sigh* Another weak monster that only gets under Gravity Bind... Basically, he's about as good as Renge of Dark World: Good for stall and that's about it. A powerful monster with a pretty heavy summoning requirement, which is why this card's rating is 3/5. However, neither of his two effects can be activated the turn he hits the field and his DEF isn't good either. I don't know what's worse, the low stats or the lousy effect that can only activate with Neo Space out! Only use this in Jaden's Neo Space deck.
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He has an ability to be indestructible in battle but only for one turn and since his stats are low, even Maha Vailo can destroy him without a problem. Overall just a bad card to use outside Gemini decks. His high ATK makes him the strongest vanilla Alien Monster in the game thus far and is a worthy choice for any deck! That volcano he came from must have melted away all but 500 ATK and DEF for he's the exact opposite of Alien Shocktrooper. Don't run him at all. Hmm, "no one can break through his incredible defense"...yeah, no one but Ushi Oni, Giant Orc and Goblin Attack Force! For stall decks, he's useful but elsewhere, there's about as much use for him as he has ATK!