20: Trishula, Zero Dragon of the Ice Barrier @Bane_Of_Despair
I did a moderate amount of handwringing over whether to pick this or the original version, but went with this one because I think its just better.
Usability: 10/10 This is probably the best card up to this point and maybe one of the top 5 on the entire list. TBH I think the only reason OG Trish is limited and this is unlimited is because OG Trish interacts with the opponents hand, which is exceedingly rare and prone to getting hit with the banstick. Trap Dustshoot is a straight 1 for 1 (and lets you see your opponent's hand) and is banned, to give you an idea. Anyway, even though I think the field-centric effect is slightly less good than OG trishs One of everything effect, the other boons make up for it. You get to go into an OG Trish (without the effect though) if this is destroyed by card effect, and then Trish gets an atk buff, nerfs your opponent's atk, AND negates other monster effects, which is the real kicker here. The one thing I am unsure of is how much the level 11 vs level 9 matters, but theres so many things you can do with tuners I am skeptical it makes a difference, but the fact that it's unlimited makes me think there has to be something holding it back from being broken and that's the only thing I can think of.
Design: 8/10 Ice dragons especially are something I'm very fond of, with Kyurem from pokemon being like one of my favorite legendaries ever, so this hits that sweet spot. Plus it has multiple heads, another thing I like as 5-headed dragon can attest.
Attachment:0/10 I have never owned or used this card.
Total score: 18/30 Coincidentally, this and OG Trish are great examples of my Synchros etc arent good thematically post several posts ago. This is Trishula, Zero Dragon of the ICE BARRIER. But I could play this in a fire deck because ??? In a perfect world, this would be limited to the Ice Barrier archetype, but even if the monsters had to be Water, I would take that. I wonder if Ice Barriers would see play (afaik they are regarded as one of the worst archetypes in the game) if this were an Ice Barrier limited card. I wonder what the landscape of the game would look like if all extra deck summons that are supposed to be boss monsters of an archetype were limited to that archetype?
Aw ya go my Trish
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You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be I really messed up this contest, but azuarc gave it a Breath of fresh air
