Saturday, July 9, 2011

Review Series Tins: Red Nova Dragon Tin

I was excited when this tin came out. As with Shooting Satr Dragon tin, it had its first-evolution counterpart, Red Dragon Archfiend was a nice touch. Magician's Valkyryia was also a bit of nostalgia, and nice support for Spellcaster decks. The Wicked Avatar is a nice card, but really costly to summon, and Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord was a blast from the past for those good ol' Exodia decks.

As for the packs, The Shining Darkness and Duelist Revolution were great, and ABPF was great. And with Hidden Arsenal, with the reports I've seen, usually they are the synchros, like this huy I know , with 5 tins, got a Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, Ally of Justice Catastor, and a Mist Wurm!

Though not as good as Shooting Star Dragon Tin, its okay.

3 stars

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Review Series Tins: Shooting Star Dragon

First of all, having Stardust Dragon in the tin, but what about actually having Starstrike Blast pack in it, for the sake of getting the set, with a Formula Synchron?

Though Elemental Hero Ocean being good with a little healthy nostalgia, and Gandora the Dragon of Destruction being good, the Dreadscythe Harvester was a little confusing for the sake of Insects rapidly losing popularity, if not popular at all.

Other than the absence of Starstrike Blast, which if it were me I would have switched out Absolute Powerforce for, the selection of packs was nice, with the ever-popular packs Duelist Revolution and The Shining Darkness, the pack of Stardust Overdrive was a look to past with Majestic Star Dragon, the second evolution of Stardust Dragon.

The pull ratios were good, with around 1-3 supers from the packs, and the occasional Ultimate, but my good friend Ethan got a Naturia Bamboo Shoot from the Duelist Revolution pack!

I highly recommend this tin to everyone, especially new duelists, which it would give them a vital Synchro Monster and at least a start on trading.

All the Best,
M.B.