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Anonymous

Huge buff to Dark Gaia and Resonator decks, giving them easy ways to out monsters. Staple in general due to how it outs difficult to remove monsters - does your deck struggle with Lunalights? Santa Claws. Can't out Bloom Diva? Santa Claws. Slash Harpie giving you trouble? Santa Claws. People are 🔥ting on the newest box but with 3 full playable f2p archetypes and this card as a staple, it's the best Arc V box yet by far.

Anoymous

No dkayed, we ain't buying this box

Anoymous

Even sylvans can out those monsters wdym? Are you perhaps still playing in 2019?

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Sylvans can out them with a uge complicated combo that isn't even guaranteed. This is just 1 card. Not even comparable.

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Do you even know said "complicated" combo?

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Since when clicking YES is complicated

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Not OP, but what is this Sylvian card you are talking about? Pretty sure santa claws is similar to volcanic queen in term of effect which is tributing opponent monster. Perhaps I had it but didnt know it

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

i'm sure they mean the new rank 7 high silvan arbiter it returns up to 3 cards to hand without targeting.
though sylvans can use many other ed options depending on their build i've seen them using brionac, hastorr, zeta and samurai destroyer when they use spore/bulb. i've also seen them using the xyz that looks like a camera (any rank 6 actually) and heliopolis when going pure or with rikkas

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Oh so he compared it to a monster that has to be summoned in a specific deck, and had to activate it's effect? Hm....

Anoymous

Best Arc V box? Nope. Santa Claws is good but too situational to be a staple, it is just a side deck tier. Meanwhile the rest of the box are tier 3 at best, no meta changer.

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

All this is giving me "lancea dd crow omg meta changers!!!!" vibe

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Not like generic extra deck monsters can't get rid of diva either malevolent, brio, zeta, heliopolis, m7, vulcan, samurai destroyer, etc

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

The problem is extra deck monsters aren't available to every archetype. Santa Claws gives EVERY deck a 1 card out to problematic boss monsters.

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Only monarchs don't use Ed and even them can out diva with that new green monarch or caius

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Is every deck that runs an extra deck able to run every/enough extra deck monsters to out specific threats? No. Extra deck space is too small in this format to run a viable generic extra deck toolbox.

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Yes because diva is not an specific threat the same monsters that can get rid of her can do so with other monsters too.
Check KoG decks in this very site or in dlm all of them have at least 1 generic ED monster that can out diva and almost all other monsters.

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Oh wow, 1 out...what happens when they summon another one?

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Also I hope your opponent doesn't have literally any spell or trap that can prevent your extra deck monster from hitting the field or using its effect, making you go -2 for nothing. Santa Claws is just 1 card and it can't be responded to.

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

winning that same turn? Melodious doesn't use backrow

I also hope your opponent doesn't have literally any spell or trap that can use santa claws as advantage like ballista, treacherous, econ, needle ceiling you would just go -2 for a card that was yours and that is dead if you went first

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Melodious don't use backrow? tell that to all the melodious decks topping tournaments with triple skill prisoner, breakthrough skill, tth etc. Your argument against Santa Claws is a bunch of situational power crept cards that see no play in good decks.

<< Anonymous

Anoymous

Also the entire point of a kaiju is that you deal with it before your opponent gets to use it, so your entire argument is invalid.