Samurai Skull

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update 12/01/2021

Samurai Skull

Attribute	DARK
Monster Type	Zombie
Card type	Effect
Card Effect Type	Trigger Effect
Level	★4
Passcode	68989981
ATK	1700
DEF	-

Text

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can send 1 Zombie monster from your Deck to the GY. If this face-up card in its owner's control leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Zombie monster from your Deck, except "Samurai Skull".

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Evalutation

Rating

B

Pros

Mills Zombie monsters out of your deck.
Can Special summon Zombie monsters from your deck.

Cons

Special summoning from your deck can only be triggered when your opponent destroys Samurai Skull with a card effect.

Tips

Bacon Saver

Put Bacon Saver into the graveyard so that you can use his effect later to protect your monster from an opponent's attack.

Vampire

Samurai Skull is an excellent opening play for Vampire decks because it allows them to get Vampire Familiar or Vampire Retainer into the graveyard where they can special summon themselves and trigger their search effect. If Samurai Skull is destroyed by your opponent's card effect you can also Special summon these monsters from your deck and trigger their search effect.

Vampire Familiar

Vampire Retainer

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Classification

Actions	Activates upon Normal Summon, Sends from your Deck to your Graveyard
Monster/Spell/Trap categories	Special Summons from your Deck

Comments

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Candend

The fact that this monster dumps a zombie from deck as soon as summoned, is superior to gozuki since it can be floodgate th'd, canadia'd, book of moon'd. And if ur opponent try to get rid of this card, it floats with something straight from the deck while Gozuki is only from hand and it needs to banish something first from GY.
This card deserves to be UR like Gozuki or at least SR, IMO.
But nevermind, I know why Gozuki is UR because you can continuously activate its effect and summoning zombie from hand regardless its level is great.

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Anonymous

What was the brilliant idea freeing this card?

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Back when shiranui was meta konami noticed there was a cheap alternative to gozuki so they limited skull

Then once they nerfed shiranui they noticed the only way to be play was with playing both gozuki and skull. Players no longer had a cheap alternative, they needed both card so skull was released, skull would no longer affect the sales of gozuki

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Didn't they free this 🔥 before Shiranui was even released? I don't remember.

Anonymous

people who spend gems to obtain samurai skull to use into Shiranui deck instead Gozuki are f@cking mind monkeys

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Anonymous

Vampire miller

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Anonymous

still powerful, this deck will have quite a long life

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Anonymous

Suitable for tattoo

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Tattoo it on the chest girls will go crazy for it and also tattoo yoyr d1ck too

Anonymous

finally my zombie viable

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

i kog with vampires every month, first day.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

You have to believe me, although people already know I am a very dishonest person

Kaien

Why when my opponent drowning my samurai skull , my samurai skull effect did not active to special summon level 4 or lower zombie from deck ?

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<< Anonymous(Kaien)

Anonymous Reply

Effects cannot activate directly from the Deck. After Drowning resolve, Samurai Skull would be in the Deck, therefore its "leave the field" effect cannot activate.

<< Anonymous

Kaien Reply

So "leave the field" effect only can active in GY and banish zone only ?
In the Deck and hand can not be active ?

<< Anonymous(Kaien)

Anonymous Reply

It can activate anywhere (even hand), except the Deck and Extra Deck.

<< Anonymous

Kaien Reply

Thanks bro , very helpful

Anonymous

I kinda lol at some comments that say this card wasn't going to be limited but in all honesty, how old are those posts?
Probably as old as Empire of Scarlet is haha

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Tbh, hitting vampire grace or kingdom sounds like a more reasonable hit. Limiting skull hurts not only vampires but other zombie decks. If Konami wanted vampires to go, they could have hit the two I mentioned above. So when they release more zombies there won’t be any limitations

Anonymous

They won't touch this card, because the deck is not being overused.

And the game is free to play.

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See all 5 comments..

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Im already playing Karakuris and Dinosaurs, Im surprised such old comment was actually spot on since most of the comments in this site are garbage

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Looks like this comment didn't ages that well...

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

lol ^

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

it doesn't even say the date this post was created, which means it's way too old, probably more than 3 months old

Anonymous

i will miss this card

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Damn, guess I'll have to dump some gems to get an additional Gozuki

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Yeah the 38% winrate I had with Vamps in the Feb KCC is way to high!!!!!

Great card

This little card guarantees you a free tribute after Yubel Terror incarnate destroys it.

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Samurai Skull

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Samurai Skull

Text

How to Get / Rarity

Evalutation

Pros

Cons

Tips

Bacon Saver

Vampire

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