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#16: Harpies Brother (Sky Scout)
First TCG release: Pharaohs Servant (2002-10-20)



Back in the early days when 1800 ATK meant everything as a vanilla monster. La Jinn and 7 Colored Fish ran the game and if you didnt have them you were running monsters like Battle Ox and Neo the Magic Swordsman as compensation with their measly 1700 ATK. Everybody knew 1800 was the magic number. The 1800 ATK mindset was what I was focused on for so long. When Magic Ruler came out and the strongest level 4 was Dark Zebra who also came with a subpar effect, I was pretty disappointed that I didnt have another monster I could add to my deck alongside La Jinn. I actually dont remember if I even had a 7 Colored Fish but I do remember thinking man this card has the 1800 but it looks pretty lame.

And then came Pharaohs Servant and Harpies Brother hit all the right spots with being a cool-ass winged beast monster, being related to the Harpies (later rectified with a name change) and most importantly, had fucking 1800 ATK. It was exactly the kind of card I had been waiting for. The search was over.

It wouldnt be too long however until monsters like Gemini Elf with its fancy 1900 ATK changed the game and eventually became more common (actually Mechanicalchaser came before that with an absolutely insane 1850 ATK but it was so rare that it wasnt a factor for anyone I was playing with). Wah wah wah