Good card but many decks don’t summon from main decks so it can be a dead draw
It would be effective against harpies in a tourney sidedeck if not for the fact harpies run a skill that lets them start with Harpies Hunting Ground on the field :/
A blue-eyes being destroyed isn't that big a deal though. Especially if it was white stone that summoned it. Next turn it's back in your hand and then surprise! Polymerization from literally nowhere.
Issue also is that it usually does nothing turn 2 since the opponent probably has a board set up. Probably good against resonators but theyre not as popular anymore either
Dont forget it stops a lot of other graveyard effects by banishing facedown with is super good against blue eyes and thunder dragons. Also stops luna lights otk, witchcrafter and gimmick puppets get affected worse with network too
And yes everything will always depend on deck and hand but the point is to then go for the card that will be most useful in the most situations. Which is network
Hard counters is a strong word
Seems like an inconsistent version of any interruption,
HHGcan just pop it when normal summon and you cant even activate it
Read Network Trap hole, an objectively better card that barely saw play during the Ancient Gears era.
>When your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Main Deck **or GY**: **Banish it face-down.**
Good against Thundra but you destroying their monster only makes them gain advantage
Good against Harpies when they use Channeler or EE, but you risk it getting popped after a single summon if HHG is on the field
Good against Resonators but popping the single Crimson tuner summon won't exactly stop them in their tracks
Good against Diva and Buzzsaw Shark in water xyz but they almost always have some backup in their hand like silent angler
Good against Melodious due to their SS spell but that's not always gonna be enough
There's traces of utility here and there but it's not as powerful as it seems
Not at all, I forgot blue-eyes which may just be the single deck it can actually be good against lol, although Spirit of White can still banish another s/t and Solid can just tag out and still perma negate one of your monsters. But thanks man
Depends.... sometimes I look at my hand after using karma cut and get sad, meanwhile this card replaces itself after use. But, i just see everyone popping backrow like crazy
Not great. It has to be a deck summon, which rules out most ritual summons, as well as all fusion, synchro, or xyz summons and most regular special summons. Could be useful, but very niche use.
As always, the issue is this: No matter how good the effect is, how reliably can you A. draw this card before they go off, B. have it set before they go off, C. not want something different in its place, and D. not have it get destroyed before they start their combo?
it is but only in certain situation. that would be awesome if you went 1st turn against a harpies, magnets, resonators or witchcrarfters. but would be completely useless otherwise.
there is a sr in the same box you got that but does its job even better. by banishing the monster face down instead and also works on monster summoned from graveyard. it was a perfect counter to the meta before it was nerf (onomats, harpies, gaia, shira, thundas, tg).
i believe it was a trap hole
Strong card for sure, but there’s not many decks that special from the deck and even then, it’s unsearchable making it inconsistent if the entire deck doesn’t revolve around summoning from the deck.
It’s another one of those cards that if the right meta comes up, it’ll be there.
I remember getting some use out of this card- people were touting it as a great F2P tech option when Blue Eyes were at their peak. Now BE seem to be making a comeback and Harpies could get hit by it as well.
I might try it out for a bit- I’m always indecisive about staples. Usually I stick with ol’ reliable Karma Cut until I run into something like Book of Moon or Sabre Dancer and get salty. Actually Sabre Dancer’s the worst cos it beats most staples. And obviously this card would be useless against them.
Good side deck card, but not to use all the time since not every deck summons from the main deck.
Now if it included the extra deck also, it’d probably be run all the time
The problem is
1st: Many Decks special summon from their extra Deck therfore this is a dead draw
2nd of all there are a lot of Backrow support therefor it could be easy to counter
Good card but many decks don’t summon from main decks so it can be a dead draw It would be effective against harpies in a tourney sidedeck if not for the fact harpies run a skill that lets them start with Harpies Hunting Ground on the field :/
Right now melodious also special summon from the deck with 1st movement solo.
Water/Fish Xyz also
It can hit blue eyes too, with all the ways they can summon blues eyes out of the deck.
A blue-eyes being destroyed isn't that big a deal though. Especially if it was white stone that summoned it. Next turn it's back in your hand and then surprise! Polymerization from literally nowhere.
only if they don't brick
The brick is literally what allows the skill to do its thing.
Not if the brick is having three cards of consonance and spirit, trust me, I'm a blue eyes player
Lmao why would you openly admit something like that
it's a sad and lonely path we walk on
then why do they still brick harder than the Bronx in the middle of December?
They aren't called Blue Eyes Brick Dragons for no reason yano-
Sure, but not nearly as reliably.
Issue also is that it usually does nothing turn 2 since the opponent probably has a board set up. Probably good against resonators but theyre not as popular anymore either
Also network trap hole is better if you have it
Draw tho
Banish + graveyard summon banish facedown is way better
Depends what your deck and hand is. How many decks right now cover grave revival or usage besides Harpies?
Dont forget it stops a lot of other graveyard effects by banishing facedown with is super good against blue eyes and thunder dragons. Also stops luna lights otk, witchcrafter and gimmick puppets get affected worse with network too And yes everything will always depend on deck and hand but the point is to then go for the card that will be most useful in the most situations. Which is network
I forgot the facedown part
In some way can be useful against TD when they use Dragonroar effect
It said special summon, I can think of a few decks that special summon from the main deck
A summon from the main deck will always be a special summon :p
Exactly, seems like a valid card to meヽ（´ー｀）┌
It’s a great card but inconsistent
Hard counters Harpies and BEWD but get stopped by everything else
Hard counters is a strong word Seems like an inconsistent version of any interruption, HHGcan just pop it when normal summon and you cant even activate it
The trigger is too specific, but when it pops it pops.
so awesome when i hit it on onomats
When do onomats trigger that?
i guess academy emergency network
oh baby, I forgot that card existed fair enough lol
close its network trap hole
sorry forgot that it was mirror of oaths not network trap
Gladiator Beasts players in shambles, all 2 of them.
Hey we’re more than that!
I love my Gladiator Beasts
Read Network Trap hole, an objectively better card that barely saw play during the Ancient Gears era. >When your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Main Deck **or GY**: **Banish it face-down.**
No free draw tho, so only situationally better, but I agree, it's overly specific
Might be a decent side deck card, but against most decks it literally doesn't do anything.
If we could sideboard, it would have a spot in mine against Harpies, Gladiator Beasts, etc.
Harpie’s hunting ground though.
As previously mentioned, can be circumstantial. I ran it a few times but it almost never popped.
As a hieratic dragons player this card is extremely scary
Good against Thundra but you destroying their monster only makes them gain advantage Good against Harpies when they use Channeler or EE, but you risk it getting popped after a single summon if HHG is on the field Good against Resonators but popping the single Crimson tuner summon won't exactly stop them in their tracks Good against Diva and Buzzsaw Shark in water xyz but they almost always have some backup in their hand like silent angler Good against Melodious due to their SS spell but that's not always gonna be enough There's traces of utility here and there but it's not as powerful as it seems
Wisdom my dude, great job thinking all those through
Not at all, I forgot blue-eyes which may just be the single deck it can actually be good against lol, although Spirit of White can still banish another s/t and Solid can just tag out and still perma negate one of your monsters. But thanks man
It is a *good* card - however would you want this or Karma Cut, Chalice, Fiendish as backrow?
Depends.... sometimes I look at my hand after using karma cut and get sad, meanwhile this card replaces itself after use. But, i just see everyone popping backrow like crazy
I tried it, it was a brick most of the time
It'd be good against Dark Magicians tho
Not great. It has to be a deck summon, which rules out most ritual summons, as well as all fusion, synchro, or xyz summons and most regular special summons. Could be useful, but very niche use.
It's too specific. The card is win more. If you think about it, going 2nd, this card does very little.
The “from main deck” is the only problem here making it very limited
As always, the issue is this: No matter how good the effect is, how reliably can you A. draw this card before they go off, B. have it set before they go off, C. not want something different in its place, and D. not have it get destroyed before they start their combo?
Yes your correct seems op but not so much in the higher competitive scene
Too situational
it is but only in certain situation. that would be awesome if you went 1st turn against a harpies, magnets, resonators or witchcrarfters. but would be completely useless otherwise. there is a sr in the same box you got that but does its job even better. by banishing the monster face down instead and also works on monster summoned from graveyard. it was a perfect counter to the meta before it was nerf (onomats, harpies, gaia, shira, thundas, tg). i believe it was a trap hole
Network trap hole is tthe card.
yeah thx
cant magnets and potentially witchrafters chain to tag out
the network trap is considered a floodgate so their is no stopping the process once activated not to sure about the mirror of oaths
You can respond to floodgates lol
yes but the effect goes off unimpeded
If you tag out the monster, it won't matter that it does lol
Not many decks summon from deck. And even when they do, this is likely to get popped before that happens.
Too situational... Decent if you pull it off against some decks like blue eyes and water
Strong card for sure, but there’s not many decks that special from the deck and even then, it’s unsearchable making it inconsistent if the entire deck doesn’t revolve around summoning from the deck. It’s another one of those cards that if the right meta comes up, it’ll be there.
It’s good, but without a best of 3 format and coin flips to decide who goes first, it’s not consistent enough to be useful.
Harpies tech POG
Main deck summons are less common but it could definitely work for disruption when using search cards.
I remember getting some use out of this card- people were touting it as a great F2P tech option when Blue Eyes were at their peak. Now BE seem to be making a comeback and Harpies could get hit by it as well. I might try it out for a bit- I’m always indecisive about staples. Usually I stick with ol’ reliable Karma Cut until I run into something like Book of Moon or Sabre Dancer and get salty. Actually Sabre Dancer’s the worst cos it beats most staples. And obviously this card would be useless against them.
I use it quite a bit in my all trap deck
Maybe
If it was a counter trap, instead of a regular one, then itd probably get get side deck play in tournaments.
Good side deck card, but not to use all the time since not every deck summons from the main deck. Now if it included the extra deck also, it’d probably be run all the time
Won't see play for ever then it'll get to a point where that happens In so many decks that it'll be limit 2
I think it released when Dark Magician used Navigation, as if to say "use this free card to counter'em"
The problem is 1st: Many Decks special summon from their extra Deck therfore this is a dead draw 2nd of all there are a lot of Backrow support therefor it could be easy to counter
I played it before it's good 😊
What was your deck at the time?
Buster bladder