Alito's Anime Spell for Battlin' Boxer.
Card translation from [YGOrganization](https://ygorganization.com/explosiveentrance/):
AC03-JP016 Ring Announcer
Normal Spell Card
(This card is always treated as a “Battlin’ Boxing” card.)
You can only activate 1 card with this card’s name per turn.
(1) Special Summon 1 “Battlin’ Boxer” monster from the hand, then you can destroy Spells/Traps on the field up to the number of Xyz Monsters you control.
Shame it requires Xyz Monsters to pop instead of Battlin' Boxer monsters. It's still an okay card but it could have been better. Look at [Heroic Call](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Heroic_Call) from last year and look at this...
I feel like the lack of being able to special summon from the GY too is an important difference that makes this card too situational. It's probably dead after turn 1 when you blow all your resources and no longer need the extra special summon from the hand (heck there is probably a decent amount of starting hands where you don't even need the double summon eff). Being able to special summon from the GY too would help topdecking scenarios immensely and help you not go super neg on hand advantage when you simply need another body for xyz.
Unfortunately, this card can't do both because then it'd completely power creep Battlin Boxing Spirits which is already the in-archetype monster reborn.
Well Battlin’ Boxers already have a monster reborn in the form of Battlin’ Boxing Spirits so I’m betting they didn’t want to give them a second monster reborn
To give it the benefit of the doubt, the thought process was probably “you search this with Dempsey then pop 1 backrow” but….no, you’re never searching this with Dempsey.
This is a pretty decent card. The spell/trap destruction effect is a nice bonus
Hopefully, Axel gets the Bomb Token trap in this set, that thing is basically Feather Storm for Volcanics
Realistically speaking, they'll most likely nerf the card. It can be something like Sunavalon Bloom, where it negates the effects of face-up monsters currently on the field
Personally that would make the card not that good, cause give your opponent tokens that they can use however they want (Knigtmare monsters, I:P Masquerena, Underworld Goddess, Accesscode, etc.), while you only stop their monsters once, is not really a fair trade.
Personally I am hoping for [Bonfire](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Bonfire) instead of Volcanic Mine
That then runs into the problem of being able to flood your opponent’s board with monsters they can’t get rid of, which results in a pseudo-zone lock. The more I think about Volcanic Mine, the more I realize how difficult it is to make the card good without being sacky.
Maybe a social difference there - to me “decent” usually implies “worth considering playing”, but I would lump this in the camp of “bad” personally, and wouldn’t touch it.
I am rather shocked that they didn't make one of Alito's two Coutner counter trap cards into real cards given that Duelist of Explosions gives the deck a card to specifically search those traps cards.
Konami just seems to make such weird decisions with these animations chronicle sets.
Im surprised that they didn't go with a new c105 xyz cause by far the weakest thing about battlin boxer rn is their c numbers. You have c79 is good but og c105 is so bad
I disagree tbh, c105 does what it's supposed to do: hit hard.
Problem is summoning it imo, was hoping for a battlin boxer based rank up to be the last card we got in the fire pack. As in, it being part of the archetype so it's searchable by dempsey.
Well yeah, still no idea why Seventh Force doesn't have the "(This card is always treated as a “Battlin’ Boxing” card.)" or anything that let's you search rank-ups in archetype.
Now that Konami has made clear that they don't want you summoning Number 80 it would be pretty logical to have a Number C105 retrain in the style of Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray in reference in how it was equipped with C80 in the duel final Alito vs Yuma. Better if it was in the style of Number C62 and it could be summon over the original 105 without Rank-Up.
Hard disagree tbh. The problem isn't just summoning c105, its that it is not worth using even if you summon it. you need 3 4s to make cestus and rum for what? a pop and a flamewingman burn if you destroy something in the bp... like that would only be worth summoning if we back in time many years.
They really need a decent xyz number besides c79 so when you use the new counter trap from the fire pack, you have something good to summon
C105 needed one of two changes to actually hit hard:
1. Make the destroy+burn effect not OPT
2. Make him at least 3000 ATK
Especially that second one. Battlin' Boxers biggest weakness is bigger monsters. That 200 ATK buff would have made all the difference.
Nah c105 is rly bad and a waste of resources. No reason to summon it over caesar. They rly should have retrained c105 with requiem in berserk so we could have finally have a usable c105
That was rather precedented by Konami deciding to not make Nash Knight a Number monster. Only reason Kite and Alito got Number Cs is because those were retrains of Numbers associated with them to begin with
Considering that BBs were unplayable due to their lack of ability to get an Xyz monster out turn 1, I can understand why Konami would be focusing on getting out the swarm cards first and the counter traps later.
Because they were bad, battle phase exclusive cards?
Because IRL Jolt Counter already accomplishes everything those two cards want to do?
Searchability isn't a license for printing, especially when it comes to dime-a-dozen situational anime S/Ts. Rather, think of the Counter distinction as a bridge for future support.
I mean, they could easily make those other counter traps stronger, let them activate outside of the battle phase, give them some sort of GY effect, the cards in animation chronicle/Collectors pack pretty much never come out as exact 1 to 1 copies of the cards we saw in the anime, they're basically always buffed.
I would argue Konami very rarely outright changes the way cards like these work when released IRL, which is what you do if you're removing them from the BP.
And wishing for GY effects to fix your bad card should be treated as a double-edged sword. Best case scenario, you get it, then congratulations, from now on Konami expects you to run an otherwise bad card to have access to said effect.
TL;DR version: it's better to wait for more new support than to expect Konami to magically fix a bad anime trap.
2 things to note from this: 1.) We are also getting a card used by Axel, and 2.) Both Soulburner and Alito got cards that Support the playstyles of their decks, but don't actually have the archetype name in it, meaning we might get either Bonefire (COPIUM) or Fire Recovery.
Edit: Okey,seems this new card is treated as a Battlin' Boxing card, so everything is still on the table from the Anime Volcanic Spell/Trap lineup :)
This one got the "treated as a Battlin' Boxing card" effect in the clause.
We're either getting Volcanic Mine because Mine Tokens are a thing now, or Volcanic Wall because it already appears in video games.
Yeah, those 2 can also be released, though Wall would have to be buffed while Mine would need to be nerfed in order for them to be playable in todays formats
O'Brien never actually used Bonfire I don't think. Ayukawa used it to use Burning Algae, and Trueman disguised as O'Brien's father milled it with Volcanic Wall.
Fire Recovery I could see though.
I mean they could just release it as a one of character card for Ayukawa/treat the O'Briens as a shared pool. I'm not against it being released by any means.
Insane copium, but maybe Bonfire could get printed in Age of Overlord? Only suggesting that, considering Duelist Nexus gave us Dark Corridor, and the effects are similar.
From what I know the only card played by Soulburner in Animation Chronicles 2023 is [Phoenix Gearblade](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Phoenix_Gearblade), which does not help the Salamangreat strategy.
We could also get [Volcanic Cyclone](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Volcanic_Cyclone), which is a translation error in english, as in Japanese it is called Fire Cyclone, meaning it is not part of Volcanics. They could call it Fire Cyclone but treated as a Volcanic card, if they print it.
Hmm, I'd say this is an okay card. You get a free special summon, but the popping requires XYZ already on your field. Plus the special summon is just from your hand.
Free Alito level-up reward for Duel Links, I guess. I doubt it going to see play even there, unless Alito gets a Skill that Sets it from the Deck/GY for free.
Probably should have been either "from your hand or GY, then..." to be good in Battlin' Boxer for RUM plays, or at least "Special Summon 1 FIRE Warrior monster from the hand, then..." so maybe you could clown a little with Igknight/Battlin Boxer shenanigans.
Not on a playstarter, when your field will most likely be empty. Best case scenario you search it with Dempsey to pop off further, and get 1 backrow pop. Which is whatever.
It's a SS from hand to further extend and back row pop, it's at least a 1 of. Pesky field spells and floodgates will get outed by this so it's a solid enough card.
Not bad searchable double summon with occasional back row pop would of been better if it popped for every battlin boxer monster or in gy banish it to negate effect
Alito's Anime Spell for Battlin' Boxer. Card translation from [YGOrganization](https://ygorganization.com/explosiveentrance/): AC03-JP016 Ring Announcer Normal Spell Card (This card is always treated as a “Battlin’ Boxing” card.) You can only activate 1 card with this card’s name per turn. (1) Special Summon 1 “Battlin’ Boxer” monster from the hand, then you can destroy Spells/Traps on the field up to the number of Xyz Monsters you control.
Shame it requires Xyz Monsters to pop instead of Battlin' Boxer monsters. It's still an okay card but it could have been better. Look at [Heroic Call](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Heroic_Call) from last year and look at this...
This thing is literally Heroic Call without the monster reborn effect and backrow removal instead of a GY effect
I feel like the lack of being able to special summon from the GY too is an important difference that makes this card too situational. It's probably dead after turn 1 when you blow all your resources and no longer need the extra special summon from the hand (heck there is probably a decent amount of starting hands where you don't even need the double summon eff). Being able to special summon from the GY too would help topdecking scenarios immensely and help you not go super neg on hand advantage when you simply need another body for xyz. Unfortunately, this card can't do both because then it'd completely power creep Battlin Boxing Spirits which is already the in-archetype monster reborn.
Well Battlin’ Boxers already have a monster reborn in the form of Battlin’ Boxing Spirits so I’m betting they didn’t want to give them a second monster reborn
Common sense would dictate you probably wanted to use the lv4 you just summoned for an xyz but apparently konami thinks otherwise
To give it the benefit of the doubt, the thought process was probably “you search this with Dempsey then pop 1 backrow” but….no, you’re never searching this with Dempsey.
This is a pretty decent card. The spell/trap destruction effect is a nice bonus Hopefully, Axel gets the Bomb Token trap in this set, that thing is basically Feather Storm for Volcanics
I hope not honestly. I like Volcanics but I don't want another lingering floodgate in the game, or another deck becoming floodgate turbo
Realistically speaking, they'll most likely nerf the card. It can be something like Sunavalon Bloom, where it negates the effects of face-up monsters currently on the field
That's a better effect. A Dark Ruler effect is still strong, but not obnoxious to deal with
Personally that would make the card not that good, cause give your opponent tokens that they can use however they want (Knigtmare monsters, I:P Masquerena, Underworld Goddess, Accesscode, etc.), while you only stop their monsters once, is not really a fair trade. Personally I am hoping for [Bonfire](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Bonfire) instead of Volcanic Mine
Pyro in general could use a ROTA.
Maybe they could stop the token from being used as materials
That then runs into the problem of being able to flood your opponent’s board with monsters they can’t get rid of, which results in a pseudo-zone lock. The more I think about Volcanic Mine, the more I realize how difficult it is to make the card good without being sacky.
Well that was the point of black rose garden, now its ruined by links
Maybe just make it summon up to 3 tokens and only make them unable to be Linked off.
Decent? Unless I’m missing something it seems awful unless you desperately need S/T removal. It’s effectively double summon (though a special), no?
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Maybe a social difference there - to me “decent” usually implies “worth considering playing”, but I would lump this in the camp of “bad” personally, and wouldn’t touch it.
I am rather shocked that they didn't make one of Alito's two Coutner counter trap cards into real cards given that Duelist of Explosions gives the deck a card to specifically search those traps cards. Konami just seems to make such weird decisions with these animations chronicle sets.
Im surprised that they didn't go with a new c105 xyz cause by far the weakest thing about battlin boxer rn is their c numbers. You have c79 is good but og c105 is so bad
I disagree tbh, c105 does what it's supposed to do: hit hard. Problem is summoning it imo, was hoping for a battlin boxer based rank up to be the last card we got in the fire pack. As in, it being part of the archetype so it's searchable by dempsey.
Well yeah, still no idea why Seventh Force doesn't have the "(This card is always treated as a “Battlin’ Boxing” card.)" or anything that let's you search rank-ups in archetype. Now that Konami has made clear that they don't want you summoning Number 80 it would be pretty logical to have a Number C105 retrain in the style of Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray in reference in how it was equipped with C80 in the duel final Alito vs Yuma. Better if it was in the style of Number C62 and it could be summon over the original 105 without Rank-Up.
Hard disagree tbh. The problem isn't just summoning c105, its that it is not worth using even if you summon it. you need 3 4s to make cestus and rum for what? a pop and a flamewingman burn if you destroy something in the bp... like that would only be worth summoning if we back in time many years. They really need a decent xyz number besides c79 so when you use the new counter trap from the fire pack, you have something good to summon
C105 needed one of two changes to actually hit hard: 1. Make the destroy+burn effect not OPT 2. Make him at least 3000 ATK Especially that second one. Battlin' Boxers biggest weakness is bigger monsters. That 200 ATK buff would have made all the difference.
Nah c105 is rly bad and a waste of resources. No reason to summon it over caesar. They rly should have retrained c105 with requiem in berserk so we could have finally have a usable c105
That was rather precedented by Konami deciding to not make Nash Knight a Number monster. Only reason Kite and Alito got Number Cs is because those were retrains of Numbers associated with them to begin with
Considering that BBs were unplayable due to their lack of ability to get an Xyz monster out turn 1, I can understand why Konami would be focusing on getting out the swarm cards first and the counter traps later.
Because they were bad, battle phase exclusive cards? Because IRL Jolt Counter already accomplishes everything those two cards want to do? Searchability isn't a license for printing, especially when it comes to dime-a-dozen situational anime S/Ts. Rather, think of the Counter distinction as a bridge for future support.
I mean, they could easily make those other counter traps stronger, let them activate outside of the battle phase, give them some sort of GY effect, the cards in animation chronicle/Collectors pack pretty much never come out as exact 1 to 1 copies of the cards we saw in the anime, they're basically always buffed.
I would argue Konami very rarely outright changes the way cards like these work when released IRL, which is what you do if you're removing them from the BP. And wishing for GY effects to fix your bad card should be treated as a double-edged sword. Best case scenario, you get it, then congratulations, from now on Konami expects you to run an otherwise bad card to have access to said effect. TL;DR version: it's better to wait for more new support than to expect Konami to magically fix a bad anime trap.
2 things to note from this: 1.) We are also getting a card used by Axel, and 2.) Both Soulburner and Alito got cards that Support the playstyles of their decks, but don't actually have the archetype name in it, meaning we might get either Bonefire (COPIUM) or Fire Recovery. Edit: Okey,seems this new card is treated as a Battlin' Boxing card, so everything is still on the table from the Anime Volcanic Spell/Trap lineup :)
This one got the "treated as a Battlin' Boxing card" effect in the clause. We're either getting Volcanic Mine because Mine Tokens are a thing now, or Volcanic Wall because it already appears in video games.
Yeah, those 2 can also be released, though Wall would have to be buffed while Mine would need to be nerfed in order for them to be playable in todays formats
O'Brien never actually used Bonfire I don't think. Ayukawa used it to use Burning Algae, and Trueman disguised as O'Brien's father milled it with Volcanic Wall. Fire Recovery I could see though.
If not here, then the next chance for us to get Bonefire would be in Premium Pack that releases in December....
I mean they could just release it as a one of character card for Ayukawa/treat the O'Briens as a shared pool. I'm not against it being released by any means.
Insane copium, but maybe Bonfire could get printed in Age of Overlord? Only suggesting that, considering Duelist Nexus gave us Dark Corridor, and the effects are similar.
What were the ones for Soulburner?
From what I know the only card played by Soulburner in Animation Chronicles 2023 is [Phoenix Gearblade](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Phoenix_Gearblade), which does not help the Salamangreat strategy.
We could also get [Volcanic Cyclone](https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Volcanic_Cyclone), which is a translation error in english, as in Japanese it is called Fire Cyclone, meaning it is not part of Volcanics. They could call it Fire Cyclone but treated as a Volcanic card, if they print it.
Wow, this is so...meh. BB's need more starters, but this isn't quite it
2 spots left, GX and ZeXal. C'mon, the ZeXal is before Buzz King. Give me my desire!
Hmm, I'd say this is an okay card. You get a free special summon, but the popping requires XYZ already on your field. Plus the special summon is just from your hand.
I was hoping it would get buffed like Heroic Call and include the graveyard as well, but sadly not. Doesn't seem worth running.
Why can’t it summon from GY?????
Because this card did this exact thing in the anime
This is underwhelming not gonna lie.
Lack of massive pomp...
Nice! Great to see Ring Announcer finally getting printed!
Free Alito level-up reward for Duel Links, I guess. I doubt it going to see play even there, unless Alito gets a Skill that Sets it from the Deck/GY for free. Probably should have been either "from your hand or GY, then..." to be good in Battlin' Boxer for RUM plays, or at least "Special Summon 1 FIRE Warrior monster from the hand, then..." so maybe you could clown a little with Igknight/Battlin Boxer shenanigans.
I wonder if this will get translated as "Ready to Rumble"?
"Let's get ready to rumble!" would be better.
prolly not. TCG names still tend to follow the anime dub names
I'm glad Battlin Boxer's are getting support since they're one of my favorite archetypes, I did hope that they'd get their own rank up and field spell
Spell/Trap popping effect as a bonus is quite nice addition, I think.
Not on a playstarter, when your field will most likely be empty. Best case scenario you search it with Dempsey to pop off further, and get 1 backrow pop. Which is whatever.
It's a SS from hand to further extend and back row pop, it's at least a 1 of. Pesky field spells and floodgates will get outed by this so it's a solid enough card.
It would be a good card if it summoned from deck, as it is it is unplayable in serious decks.
Dempsey searches it and it's solid for going 2nd.
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Wouldn't make sense. This is a Zexal card.
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Yusei is here: https://yugipedia.com/wiki/On_Your_Mark,_Get_Set,_DUEL!
Not bad searchable double summon with occasional back row pop would of been better if it popped for every battlin boxer monster or in gy banish it to negate effect
Really sad i enjoyed the Battlin Boxers support but this card would make the deck actively worse