CH.508 Generic Pack Opening chapter title number #10
Today is just a Pack Opener day. I’ll start with opening some packs, then I’ll summon the Synchroes I have.
I have two sets to open, and I think I’ll do 20 packs of each. Starting with .
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ABPF 1
Power Invader; Power Supplier; Break! Draw!; Consecrated Light; Reptilianne Gardna; Shreddder; Ritual of Destruction; Alien Brain; Core Blast
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Well, nothing new here. Bad start, but hopefully it will get better.
Next pack.
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ABPF 2
Shreddder; Spiders' Lair; Sword Master; Fire Ant Ascator; Nature's Reflection; Advance Force; Codarus; Fiendish Chain; Reptilianne Vaskii
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Yeah, it got better. I got four new cards.
Sword Master is a Tuner, which is nice, but its effect is basically useless and it lacks stats.
Codarus is fine, nice to have a baby Daedalus.
Fiendish Chain is OP, and I think I’ll install a copy into myself. It should fuse with my Dark Chain skill, and hopefully allow Dark Chain to prevent anyone bound by it from using their skills.
Reptilianne Vaskii is fine. Just a shame it has that ‘cannot be normal summoned or set’ restriction. Other than that, perfectly good snake lady.
... maybe I should Reverse Union with her or a different Reptilianne monster. I should gain a Naga or Lamia race from it.
Anyway, next pack.
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ABPF 3
Gravekeeper's Stele; Changing Destiny; Temple of the Sun; Spiders' Lair; Apocatequil; Serpent Suppression; Variety Comes Out; Reptilianne Gardna; Ascending Soul
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Changing Destiny sounds like it would be a powerful card, but it is actual trash. Why would I ever use something like it?
Ascending Soul is fine-ish. Recovering a monster used as a tribute for a Ritual summon isn’t terrible, but nothing great either.
Next pack.
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ABPF 4
Rose Fairy; Viper's Rebirth; Psi-Curse; Consecrated Light; Gundari; Destruct Potion; Reptilianne Gardna; Ritual Cage; Ogre of the Scarlet Sorrow
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Rose Fairy is fine in the TCG, but for me, it is just a weak monster. But because she is a small fairy, she has her uses. Is she even a her? Do fairies have genders? Whatever.
Viper's Rebirth is a sucky Monster Reborn replacement. Is what I would say if it didn’t have that last effect. Seriously. Why does it destroy the summoned monster during the end phase? There is no reason to have that limitation.
Ritual Cage is great. Protects Ritual monsters from monster effects.
And sadly, Ogre of the Scarlet Sorrow sucks. It tries to be GorzGorz the Emissary of Darkness, but it just isn’t.
Next pack.
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ABPF 5
Changing Destiny; Reptilianne Rage; Serpent Suppression; Widespread Dud; Temple of the Sun; Power Invader; Nature's Reflection; Destruct Potion; Viser Des
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Viser Des is new, but it is absolute trash.
Next pack.
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ABPF 6
Nature's Reflection; Machine Assembly Line; Forgotten Temple of the Deep; Supay; Reptilianne Servant; Unicycular; Serpent Suppression; Consecrated Light; Cyber Dragon Zwei
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Cyber Dragon Zwei is okay. I don’t really use Cyber Dragons as much as I should, but I do like them. And Zwei is a decent support card.
Next pack.
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ABPF 7
Sword Master; Changing Destiny; Informer Spider; Oilman; Call of the Reaper; Gundari; Rose Fairy; Lair Wire; Ascending Soul
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Nothing new, next.
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ABPF 8
Sword Master; Lair Wire; Psi-Curse; Fire Ant Ascator; Supay; Bicular; Reptilianne Naga; Machine King - 3000 B.C.; Reptilianne Vaskii
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Nothing new, next.
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ABPF 9
Temple of the Sun; Codarus; Serpent Suppression; Call of the Reaper; Machine Assembly Line; Meteor Flare; Changing Destiny; Apocatequil; Reptilianne Vaskii
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Meteor Flare is new, and if it wasn’t for the restriction on activation, I’d call it great. 2000 burn damage is huge. Well, Erasure Magic for that part of the effect is always an option.
Next pack.
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ABPF 10
Alien Brain; Weeping Idol; Call of the Reaper; Forgotten Temple of the Deep; Unicycular; Rose Fairy; Machine Assembly Line; Reptilianne Gardna; Shield Worm
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Shield Worm is new. And it is okay. Not great, but just okay.
First 10 had 2 super rares, no other higher rarity cards.
Maybe the next ten will be better.
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ABPF 11
Lair Wire; Serpent Suppression; Inverse Universe; Reptilianne Servant; Power Invader; Pandaborg; Machine Assembly Line; Reptilianne Naga; Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast
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I already had a Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast, because I got it from the Fusion summoning challenge, but it is new from this set. And it is a decent beast.
Next pack.
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ABPF 12
Sword Master; Lair Wire; Reptilianne Servant; Magic Hole Golem; Psi-Curse; Call of the Reaper; Spiders' Lair; Gravekeeper's Descendant; Gravekeeper's Visionary
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Gravekeeper's Descendant is kind of meh. Destruction effects are nice, but tributing another monster for it is costly.
Gravekeeper's Visionary on the other hand is great. Gains attack for each Graveskeeper in the GY, and can prevent its own destruction. Nice.
Next pack.
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ABPF 13
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Corridor of Agony; Flare Resonator; Power Break; Changer Synchron; Second Booster; Wattfox; Trigon; Koa'ki Meiru Sandman; Revival Rose
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Nothing new here, next.
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TSHD 8
Ronintoadin; Biofalcon; Flare Resonator; Testudo erat Numen; Wattwoodpecker; Synchro Magnet; Archfiend Interceptor; X-Saber Pashuul; Ally of Justice Core Destroyer
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Nothing new here, next.
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TSHD 9
Key Mouse; Infernity Reflector; Blossom Bombardment; Black Thunder; Infernity Randomizer; Biofalcon; Infernity Break; Memory Crush King; Blackwing - Backlash
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Nothing new here, next.
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TSHD 10
Morphtronic Vacuumen; Black-Winged Strafe; Archfiend Interceptor; Flare Resonator; Genex Undine; Dragon Laser; Trigon; Magidog; ZERO-MAX
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Magidog is okay. Decent stats, looks cute, yes that is important, and an effect when used as a Synchro material.
ZERO-MAX is fine, even if it is only a Monster Reborn replacement.
Also, like with Absolute Powerforce, the first 10 packs of The Shining Darkness had 2 super rares, but no other higher rarity cards. I just find that interesting.
Next pack.
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TSHD 11
Genex Controller; Corridor of Agony; Spore; Key Mouse; Infernity Reflector; Flare Resonator; Chaos Trap Hole; Worm Call; Revival Rose
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Spore is okay. A Tuner and it can even adjust its level.
Next pack.
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TSHD 12
Blackwing - Ghibli the Searing Wind; Crevice Into the Different Dimension; Morphtronic Vacuumen; Infernity Randomizer; Power Break; Corridor of Agony; Black-Winged Strafe; Biofalcon; Guard Mines
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Guard Mines is okay. Counters effects that target and destroy a monster.
Next pack.
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TSHD 13
Changer Synchron; Crevice Into the Different Dimension; Assault Spirits; Chaos Trap Hole; X-Saber Pashuul; Hunter of Black Feathers; Biofalcon; Infernity Reflector; Koa'ki Meiru Shield
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Nothing new here, next.
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TSHD 14
Card Breaker; Wattcube; Crevice Into the Different Dimension; Infernity Reflector; Testudo erat Numen; Chaos Trap Hole; Blackwing - Ghibli the Searing Wind; Flare Resonator; Cherry Inmato
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Cherry Inmato is new and I guess it is good. It summons two Inmato monsters when destroyed by battle.
Next pack.
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TSHD 15
Magic Triangle of the Ice Barrier; Genex Controller; X-Saber Palomuro; Silent Graveyard; Archfiend Interceptor; Genex Undine; Wattfox; Infernity Beetle; Black-Winged Dragon
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Magic Triangle of the Ice Barrier is normally situational, but I can just force the requirement it has. But even then, unlimited summons, so I don’t need it.
And then there is Black-Winged Dragon. ... It sucks normally, but it is actually decent for me. Negating effect damage is just good, and since the dragon doesn’t have to attack, its reducing attack stat doesn’t matter that much.
So yeah. Black-Winged Dragon is nice.
Next pack.
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TSHD 16
Assault Spirits; Wattwoodpecker; Power Break; Silent Graveyard; Ronintoadin; Infernity Break; Dragon Laser; Koa'ki Meiru Initialize!; Guard Mines
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Nothing new, next.
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TSHD 17
Dragon Laser; Trigon; Silent Graveyard; Crevice Into the Different Dimension; Memory Crush King; Morphtronic Vacuumen; Batteryman AAA; X-Saber Pashuul; Revival Rose
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Nothing new, next.
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TSHD 18
Koa'ki Meiru Initialize!; Worm Call; Genex Undine; Spore; Changer Synchron; Wattfox; Koa'ki Meiru Sandman; Magic Triangle of the Ice Barrier; Magidog
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Nothing new, next.
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TSHD 19
Morphtronics, Scramble!; Memory Crush King; Dawn of the Herald; Silent Graveyard; Crevice Into the Different Dimension; Archfiend Interceptor; Infernity Break; Fairy Archer; Infernity Avenger
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Infernity Avenger is another okay tuner. It is a bit too situational for my tastes, but it isn’t bad.
Next, and last, pack.
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TSHD 20
Worm Call; Testudo erat Numen; Chaos Trap Hole; Flare Resonator; Dawn of the Herald; Morphtronic Vacuumen; Assault Spirits; Synchro Magnet; Infernity Beetle
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Sadly the last pack didn’t have anything new. And also, my second 20 of Shining Darkness only had 1 higher rarity card.
But it was the ghost rare Black-Winged Dragon, so it isn’t that bad.
Now, last thing. Summoning the Synchro monsters I have.
I don’t have that many, only seven. And that will only get me one more reward. But it is still worth doing.
Those seven are Majestic Star Dragon; Majestic Red Dragon; Explosive Magician; Reptilianne Hydra; Blackwing - Silverwind the Ascendant; Zeman the Ape King and Black-Winged Dragon.
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I claimed my 80 summoned reward, Deep Sea Prima Donna and Deep Sea Artisan, summoned Prima Donna and checked what my next reward will be.
Spoiler[collapse]Summon unique Synchro MonstersUnique Synchro Monsters summoned: 84 Aromaseraphy Rosemary; Aromaseraphy Sweet Marjoram; Red Dragon Archfiend; Black Rose Dragon; Psychic Lifetrancer; Clear Wing Synchro Dragon; Magical Android; Avenging Knight Parshath; Goyo Guardian; Nitro Warrior; Thought Ruler Archfiend; Ruddy Rose Dragon; Cosmic Fortress Gol'gar; Light End Dragon; Power Tool Dragon; Garden Rose Flora; T.G. Hyper Librarian; Dark End Dragon; Hundred Eyes Dragon; Lightning Warrior; Seven Swords Warrior; X-Saber Souza; Stardust Dragon; Minerva, the Athenian Lightsworn; Shooting Quasar Dragon; Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon; Shooting Star Dragon; Turbo Warrior; Tempest Magician; Revived King Ha Des; Queen of Thorns; Iron Chain Dragon; Doomkaiser Dragon; Blackwing Armor Master; Earthbound Servant Geo Gryphon; Accel Synchro Stardust Dragon; Ally of Justice Catastor; Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier; Flamvell Uruquizas; Mist Wurm; X-Saber Urbellum; Power Tool Braver Dragon; Ancient Fairy Dragon; Ancient Sacred Wyvern; Arcanite Magician; Archfiend Zombie-Skull; Blackwing Armed Wing; Dark Strike Fighter; Exploder Dragonwing; Hyper Psychic Blaster; Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon; Trident Dragion; Turbo Cannon; XX-Saber Gottoms; Red Rising Dragon; Scarlight Red Dragon; Red Nova Dragon; Red Supernova Dragon; Garden Rose Maiden; Fortune Lady Every; Deep Sea Repetiteur; Ally of Justice Field Marshal; Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier; Drill Warrior; Fabled Valkyrus; Geo Genex; Jurrac Giganoto; Mist Valley Thunder Lord; Naturia Beast; Naturia Leodrake; Thermal Genex; Windmill Genex; XX-Saber Hyunlei; Superheavy Samurai Warlord Susanowo; Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon; Blue-Eyes Spirit Ultimate Dragon; Majestic Star Dragon; Majestic Red Dragon; Explosive Magician; Reptilianne Hydra; Blackwing - Silverwind the Ascendant; Zeman the Ape King; Black-Winged Dragon; Deep Sea Prima Donna Next Reward is given at 85 unique Synchro MonstersNext Reward: Shooting Riser Dragon + Stardust TrailSpoiler[collapse]
Interesting rewards. Shooting Riser Dragon is nice, and I honestly do lack Synchro Tuners. Stardust Trail on the other hand is super pretty. Also, her effect practically yells: “I help in summoning Majestic Star Dragon!”
But that is all for today. See you next time.