Shadow Specters is the next new core set in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game and features support for archtypes including Noble Knights, Vampires and Bujin. The sneak Peak events for the set, which allow players to get there hands on the set early, are due to happen this coming weekend of 2nd-3rd November and will see many players flocking to their local stockists to get there hand on the new set. Ahead of this event, the 20 additional cards on top of the original Japanese version of the set has been revealed. So lets take a peak at the list.
World Premiere
Level 3 / Dark / Zombie / Effect Monster
1100 ATK / 1200 DEF
Cannot be Normal Summoned, unless you control a “Ghostrick” monster. Once per turn: You can change this card to face-down Defence Position. Once per turn, during Main Phase 1: You can target 1 “Ghostrick” monster you control; it’s ATK becomes equal to the combined original ATK of all “Ghostrick” monsters currently on the field, until your opponent’s next End Phase, but if it does, only that monster can attack this turn.
Level 5 / Dark / Zombie / Effect Monster
2000 ATK / 0 DEF
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 DARK “Vampire” monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target in face-up Defense Position. When this card is Special Summoned: You can declare 1 card type (Monster, Spell, Trap); your opponent sends 1 card of that type from their Deck to the Graveyard. You can only use this effect of “Vampire Duke” once per turn. This card cannot be used as an Xyz Material for an Xyz Summon, except for the Xyz summon of a DARK monster.
Level 4 / Light / Warrior / Effect Monster
1700 ATK / 900 DEF
This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field. While equipped with a “Noble Arms” Equip Spell Card, this card becomes an Effect Monster with these effects.
• This card becomes DARK and its Level is increased by 1. During your Main Phase: You can reveal 3 “Noble Arms” cards from your Deck, have your opponent randomly add 1 of them to your hand, and send the rest to the Graveyard. You can only use this effect of “Noble Knight Borz” once per turn.
Level 1 / Light / Aqua / Tuner Monster
200 ATK / 1800 DEF
Cannot be used as a Synchro Material Monster, except for the Synchro Summon of a Warrior-Type monster. If this card is used for a Synchro Summon, banish it. When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 “Noble Knight” Normal Monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target. If this card is in your Graveyard: You can target 1 Level 5 “Noble Knight” monster you control; reduce its Level by 1, and if you do, Special Summon this card from the Graveyard.
Continuous Trap Card
Each turn, 1 Level 5 or higher Fiend-Type monster you Normal Summon can be Summoned without Tributing. If exactly 1 Normal Summoned/Set Level 5 or higher Fiend-Type Monster (and no other cards) would be destroyed: You can send this card to the Graveyard instead.
Level 6 / DARK / Fiend / Effect Monster
2400 ATK / 1600 DEF
If this face-up card on the field would be destroyed by a card effect, you can pay 500 Life Points instead. This effect can only be used once while this card is face-up on the field. If this card is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 “Archfiend”monster from your hand.
Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn
Level 5 / DARK / Warrior / Synchro Monster
2100 ATK / 900 DEF
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner “Noble Knight” monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can equip 1 “Noble Arms” Equip Spell Card from your Deck to this card. At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card destroyed a monster by battle and sent it to the Graveyard: You can add 1 “Noble Knight” or “Noble Arms” card from your Deck to your hand. You can only control 1 “Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn”.
Equip Spell Card
Equip only to a “Noble Knight” monster. It cannot be targeted by an opponent’s card effects. During your turn, except the turn this card was sent to the Graveyard: You can banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 “Noble Knight” Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 “Noble Knight” Xyz Monster with a different name, by using that target as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon.) Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.) You can only use this effect of “Noble Arms – Excaliburn” once per turn.
Sacred Noble Knight of King Artorigus
Rank 5 / LIGHT / Warrior / Xyz Monster
2200 ATK / 2200 DEF
2 “Noble Knight” Level 5 monsters
When this card is Xyz Summoned: You can target up to 3 “Noble Arms” Equip Spell Cards with different names in your Graveyard; Equip those targets to this card. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 other monster on the Field; Destroy that target. If this card on the Field is sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 Level 4 or higher “Noble Knight” monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target.
Level 4 / Light / Winged Beast / Effect Monster
1600 ATK / 900 DEF
When a “Bujin” monster you control is destroyed by battle with an opponent’s monster and sent to your Graveyard: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; destroy that opponent’s monster.
OCG Imports
Level 6 / Dark / Beast-Warrior / Synchro Monster
2400 ATK / 1500 DEF
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card is destroyed and sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; that target loses 2400 ATK.
Rank 1 / Light / Warrior / Xyz Monster
1100 ATK / 1000 DEF
3 Level 1 monsters
If this face-up card would be destroyed, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card instead. While this card is face-up on the field, face-up Level 4 or lower monsters you control cannot be destroyed by card effects.
Level 4 / Dark / Dragon / Effect monster
1300 ATK / 1900 DEF
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 Normal Monster with 1000 or less ATK in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target in face-up Defense Position. Once per turn: You can Tribute 1 Dragon-Type monster, then target 1 face-up monster you control; until the End Phase, that target becomes Level 8 and gains 800 ATK.
Level 4 / Light / Dragon / Effect Monster
1700 ATK / 1800 DEF
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 1 DARK monster from your Graveyard, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. You can only Special Summon 1 “Wyburstar the Ivory Dragon” per turn. If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can add 1 “Collapsarpent the Ebony Dragon” from your Deck to your hand.
Level 3 / Earth / Dragon / Effect Monster
100 ATK / 200 DEF
If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 Dragon-Type monster from your hand. You cannot Special Summon any other monsters, except Dragon-Type monsters, or conduct your Battle Phase, during the turn you activate this effect. You can only use the effect of “Kodomo Dragon” once per turn.
Secret Sanctuary of the Spellcasters
Continuous Spell Card
When a monster, except a Spellcaster-Type monster, is Normal or Special Summoned to your opponent’s side of the field while you control another Spell Card and your opponent controls no Spell Cards (except during the Damage Step): That monster cannot attack or activate its effects this turn. If you do not control a Spellcaster-Type monster,destroy this card.
Collapsarpent the Ebony Dragon
Level 4 / Dark / Dragon / Effect Monster
1800 ATK / 1700 DEF
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 1 LIGHT monster from your Graveyard, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. You can only Special Summon 1 “Collapsarpent the Ebony Dragon” per turn. If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can add 1 “Wyburstar the Ivory Dragon” from your Deck to your hand.
Rank 2 / Water / Psychic / Xyz Monster
400 ATK / 1000 DEF
2 Level 2 monsters
Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; this card gains 1000 ATK or DEF. During the Battle Step, when a monster you control battles: You can discard 1 card; this turn, you take no battle damage, also monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle. You can only use this effect once per Duel.
Normal Trap Card
Tribute 2 or more Tokens with the same Level, then target any number of monsters in your Graveyard with the same Level as the Tributed Tokens, up to the number Tributed; Special Summon those targets. Their effects are negated, also they are destroyed during the End Phase.
Level 4 / Light / Beast-Warrior / Effect Monster
1700 ATK / 800 DEF
When exactly 1 LIGHT Beast-Warrior-Type monster you control is targeted for an attack or by an opponent’s card effect: You can banish that target, then Special Summon this card from your hand. The banished monster returns to the field during your next Standby Phase.
With this list we now have knowledge of a whole new Xyz Monster for the Noble Knight archtype which will provide yet more options for the deck. Also notable are the inclusion of the mini Chaos Dragons Wyburstar and Collapsarpent which will perhaps provide the Chaos Dragon deck the needed boost to make people play them again.
What do you think of the World Premiere and OCG Imports list? Excited for some of the cards featured? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
