LogFAQs > #956384570

#21: Imperial Order
First TCG release: Pharaohs Servant (2002-10-20)



This is it. This is the fucking card I actually pulled out of a pack and traded away for a Griggle (+ Rush Recklessly). The sets back then also had only two Secret Rares out of like 100+ cards (the other one in this set being Jinzo) and while some sets like LOB had pretty meh Secrets (Tri-Horn & Gaia the Dragon Champion) both of the Secrets in this set were INSANE. The guy I traded it away to was the same guy I beat in the bet duel with Scapegoat and its not like he was even misleading me or anything. He asked me what I wanted for it and I told him. I came up with those answers out of all the cards he could possibly have had. And you could see the look of genuine confusion in his face when I named my terms. I mean what can I say, I thought this card was bad because why would I want to PAY life points and not even be able to play my own Spell cards?

Obviously I got over my aversion to paying LP and in fact this is the first of my PERSONAL TRINITY of LP cost cards that I realized were actually insane and grew to love, although this is the only one out of the three that I dont have my original copy of unfortunately. Lets talk about the artwork though. Just like Solemn Judgment, it features an old man holding his hand out for a negation. But whereas SJs evokes a more Gandalfian You Shall Not Pass feeling, IOs is a Im DONE WITH THIS SHIT Look how hes holding his hand out at an angle for you to kiss the ring you filthy peasant. Its OVER. All SPELLS. NO.

One other thing Ill comment on that affects the ranking of this card (and others) is personal pull history. Considering other factors like competitive viability, artwork, etc. equal, a card that I personally pulled is the one Im going to have more attachment to because it was my card: I didnt trade for it, nobody else owned it first but me. And obviously buying singles is way more practical (and what Ive done for years now) but that feeling of opening a booster pack and pulling something incredible is one of the best feelings about trading cards for me so its left me a bit sad that a vast majority of the time, youll largely get garbage and filler from packs that just make it so impractical to buy them unless youre buying boxes (and even then). So yeah a lot of the later cards are high as they are not only because of their effects, artwork, etc. but largely because in my sentimentality I see them as my cards first and foremost.