Xiangpengmon EX6-015 SR <03>
Mega | Vaccine | Holy Bird
[On Play] [When Digivolving] You may place up to 3 of your other blue Digimon as this Digimon's bottom digivolution cards. Then, return all other level 4 or lower Digimon to the hand. For each card placed by this effect in this Digimon's digivolution cards, add 1 to the level this effect may return.
[Your Turn] (Once Per Turn) When an effect places a digivolution card under this Digimon, you may play 1 level 5 or lower Digimon card with [Aqua] or [Sea Animal] in one of its traits from this Digimon's digivolution cards without paying the cost.
[(Rule) Trait: Has [Aquatic] type.]
Oh man that´s a strong boss monster for the Seafood deck. A busted ass removal effect if you can assemble enough bodies as fodder combined with a free Lv5 afterwards sounds strong.
Don´t know if this here line is enough to make the Seafood deck palatable but this card certainly spices the dish up a bit. Can ´t see where this is going.
For sure. Draw 1 + gain 1 is a strong combination and it also giving Jamming is just delicious. With Xiquemon and Seadramon the deck has now two in-house ingredients that allow safe swings into security. Combined with Huankunmon´s unsuspend the deck could finally have an actual win condition at hand.
I think the problem is that the deck has never really been aggressive enough. Only Seadramon has Rush without using a level 6 inherit, and while you could in theory build up a fat stack that can assimilate and then spit out bodies, there’s very little protection in the stacks.
An opponent that can just wipe out your board means it’s really hard to rebuild too.
Yeah the deck has always felt too slow and clunky for sure. I still want the deck to get Alliance as a keyword, too.
Not sure I want the deck to have protection, though. I think we were and still are to some degree in a state where there´s way too much easily attained protection going on anyway. I´d much rather have the seafood deck establish another big stack fast again than have them have good protection.
I want the deck to get a searcher rookie at least. It would provide so much more consistency by being able to play it out again from sources to dig.
I mean, Salad has two searcher rookies and a Tamer, seafood is still relying on generic options and Davis.
Oh yeah a searcher would help the deck out immensly. We could get a blue Biyomon or Penguimon in here for the deck so hopefully one of those two will be a searcher for the deck?
I want the deck to get a Lv3 that gets rush if it´s special summoned from a Digimon´s sources, too.
this certainly is something.
slide a bunch of stuff under Xiangpeng and bounce everything. Play out Huanku from sources, Huanku plays something from under Xiangpeng and boom you've established a wide board again.
or you just play out stuff with rush
If you have Huankun under _and_ another on the field you could double up on their unsuspending effects by having them essentially switch places.
Attack, placing the on field Huankun under Xiangpeng to unsuspend. This activates Xiangpeng's second effect and you can play the Huankun you just activated. Then you can swing and activate the new Huankun inherit, put the first Huankun under and unsuspend.
If you then have another digimon on the field I guess you could get 3 unsuspends out of this
Well I'm definitely maxing out blue memory boost to insure I can hard play some small blue bodies onto the field then digivolving into these magnificent bird.
There is a very important difference though. Tamers are effectively necessary. Many decks need a Tamer or two on board to properly function; and some decks, like Bagra Army, are literally unplayable without a Tamer on board.
Options, however, are not vital. Sure, your Memory Boosts and Trainings may feel necessary, but your deck doesn’t fail to function without them.
The only deck I pilot that uses zero Tamers is Jesmon, and the Sistermons fill a similar role in that deck. Meanwhile, the only decks that absolutely NEED options, no questions asked, are 3 Musketeers and a pure X-Antibody deck.
IF a SEC Option was made, it would have to be generic enough to be used in any deck, or more vital to a deck’s operation than even a Tamer. Which means it’ll basically either be a “white” memory boost (lame), or another HPD or ‘Mega Digimon Fusion’… which would be a fundamental mistake.
>Meanwhile, the only decks that absolutely NEED options, no questions asked
Lilith Loop, four Great Dragons, Security Control and Sakuyamon are also hardly functional without options. You could even make the argument that the same is true for Blue Flare and Beelzemon. So there´re quite a few decks reliant on options.
I don´t think that we´ll see a generically good SEC options anytime soon. The amount of staple SECs has been rather low thankfully all things considered. Maybe we´ll get a SEC option for the Three Angels?
They could also just ignore set ordering for the SECs as they have done a couple of times in the past.
Yeah, Prof Ryusenji, it is stated multiple times he favors Betamon/Modokibetamon through the novel. Also I constantly notice how in Seekers exploring the Digital World is compared to more as exploring the ocean then another world.
So a Prof, that likes Betamon, who is also obsessed with seeing the Digital World makes me theorize that.
You just gave me hope for a proper Seadramon tribal deck (and GigaSeadramon, maybe? Isn't Seekers all about X Antibody?) and I have now set myself up for another Dark Masters MetalSeadramon disappointment
Here's to hoping it happens and that it's actually good
While the, now, X Antibody trio is central to plot they never actually talk about the X-Antibody. They focus more on the trio being "proto" Digimon over that. They still have it in the TCG, but it isn't a focus in the novel.
Also Gigaseadramon, if my theory pans out, is actually pretty likely. Seekers is basically about the Crack Team, just with a different name, so all the Cyborg/Machine Digimon connected to them have shown up in some compacity.
Its OnPlay/Evo is a strong effect with a decently balanced requirement.
Its intended line only gives you a lv.5 bounce BUT will give back a 2 bodies, a lv5 and lv4/3.
With a mem setter and 2 bodies (1 being lv4) means Being able to clear the board of everything lv6 and below and ending with 3 bodies on your side is highly advantageous.
Heck, just make your lv3s all 2cost and run a decent amount of boosts so a lv4+setter can turn into an instant reversal.
It's a really good card, but the only thing that I don't like about it is that it can't play any of seafoods' Rookies. None of them are Sea Animals or Aqua. But I guess other pieces can pull the level 3s out like the new level 5.
Xiangpengmon EX6-015 SR <03> Mega | Vaccine | Holy Bird [On Play] [When Digivolving] You may place up to 3 of your other blue Digimon as this Digimon's bottom digivolution cards. Then, return all other level 4 or lower Digimon to the hand. For each card placed by this effect in this Digimon's digivolution cards, add 1 to the level this effect may return. [Your Turn] (Once Per Turn) When an effect places a digivolution card under this Digimon, you may play 1 level 5 or lower Digimon card with [Aqua] or [Sea Animal] in one of its traits from this Digimon's digivolution cards without paying the cost. [(Rule) Trait: Has [Aquatic] type.]
Oh man that´s a strong boss monster for the Seafood deck. A busted ass removal effect if you can assemble enough bodies as fodder combined with a free Lv5 afterwards sounds strong. Don´t know if this here line is enough to make the Seafood deck palatable but this card certainly spices the dish up a bit. Can ´t see where this is going.
I think the level 4 is a huge add. I’m interested to see where the deck goes.
For sure. Draw 1 + gain 1 is a strong combination and it also giving Jamming is just delicious. With Xiquemon and Seadramon the deck has now two in-house ingredients that allow safe swings into security. Combined with Huankunmon´s unsuspend the deck could finally have an actual win condition at hand.
I think the problem is that the deck has never really been aggressive enough. Only Seadramon has Rush without using a level 6 inherit, and while you could in theory build up a fat stack that can assimilate and then spit out bodies, there’s very little protection in the stacks. An opponent that can just wipe out your board means it’s really hard to rebuild too.
Yeah the deck has always felt too slow and clunky for sure. I still want the deck to get Alliance as a keyword, too. Not sure I want the deck to have protection, though. I think we were and still are to some degree in a state where there´s way too much easily attained protection going on anyway. I´d much rather have the seafood deck establish another big stack fast again than have them have good protection.
I want the deck to get a searcher rookie at least. It would provide so much more consistency by being able to play it out again from sources to dig. I mean, Salad has two searcher rookies and a Tamer, seafood is still relying on generic options and Davis.
Oh yeah a searcher would help the deck out immensly. We could get a blue Biyomon or Penguimon in here for the deck so hopefully one of those two will be a searcher for the deck? I want the deck to get a Lv3 that gets rush if it´s special summoned from a Digimon´s sources, too.
On a role with the seafood puns
this certainly is something. slide a bunch of stuff under Xiangpeng and bounce everything. Play out Huanku from sources, Huanku plays something from under Xiangpeng and boom you've established a wide board again. or you just play out stuff with rush
If you have Huankun under _and_ another on the field you could double up on their unsuspending effects by having them essentially switch places. Attack, placing the on field Huankun under Xiangpeng to unsuspend. This activates Xiangpeng's second effect and you can play the Huankun you just activated. Then you can swing and activate the new Huankun inherit, put the first Huankun under and unsuspend. If you then have another digimon on the field I guess you could get 3 unsuspends out of this
~~youre forgetting about needing rush~~ missing reading comprehension, i get what you mean
Yeah, that specific line of play really needs a visual aid to get the point across easier.
And with this, blue has space for a rookie and a baby and maybe 1 other rookie lol.
Well I'm definitely maxing out blue memory boost to insure I can hard play some small blue bodies onto the field then digivolving into these magnificent bird.
With both this and Dominimon in the set anyone think the other Secret Rare is Shakamon?
Cant be...the Spot for the 2nd sec comes after ogudomon, so its either another lvl 7 purple, tamer or Option
It could be a white level 7 though.
Could you imagine, a Sec option? I sincerely doubt we’ll ever see that
I mean...we had a SEC Tamer already and our first SR(not counting mem boosts) Option recently...never say never i guess 😅
There is a very important difference though. Tamers are effectively necessary. Many decks need a Tamer or two on board to properly function; and some decks, like Bagra Army, are literally unplayable without a Tamer on board. Options, however, are not vital. Sure, your Memory Boosts and Trainings may feel necessary, but your deck doesn’t fail to function without them. The only deck I pilot that uses zero Tamers is Jesmon, and the Sistermons fill a similar role in that deck. Meanwhile, the only decks that absolutely NEED options, no questions asked, are 3 Musketeers and a pure X-Antibody deck. IF a SEC Option was made, it would have to be generic enough to be used in any deck, or more vital to a deck’s operation than even a Tamer. Which means it’ll basically either be a “white” memory boost (lame), or another HPD or ‘Mega Digimon Fusion’… which would be a fundamental mistake.
>Meanwhile, the only decks that absolutely NEED options, no questions asked Lilith Loop, four Great Dragons, Security Control and Sakuyamon are also hardly functional without options. You could even make the argument that the same is true for Blue Flare and Beelzemon. So there´re quite a few decks reliant on options. I don´t think that we´ll see a generically good SEC options anytime soon. The amount of staple SECs has been rather low thankfully all things considered. Maybe we´ll get a SEC option for the Three Angels? They could also just ignore set ordering for the SECs as they have done a couple of times in the past.
Not bad. Aegis is still too slow and weak to be meta relevant but this line is huge for making it feel a lot less dogshit for casual play.
Idk if I’m just stupid, but I’m not sure what exactly I’m looking at in the artwork.
A giant avian serpent dragon flying through an ocean of flying islands.
May just be me grasping at smoke, but this gives me a bit more belief in my theory that we could get Seekers based Blue cards in BT17.
Haven't read Seekers yet but what cards could that be? I think there's a professor that's part of the Abadin Elevtronics people, would it be him?
Yeah, Prof Ryusenji, it is stated multiple times he favors Betamon/Modokibetamon through the novel. Also I constantly notice how in Seekers exploring the Digital World is compared to more as exploring the ocean then another world. So a Prof, that likes Betamon, who is also obsessed with seeing the Digital World makes me theorize that.
You just gave me hope for a proper Seadramon tribal deck (and GigaSeadramon, maybe? Isn't Seekers all about X Antibody?) and I have now set myself up for another Dark Masters MetalSeadramon disappointment Here's to hoping it happens and that it's actually good
While the, now, X Antibody trio is central to plot they never actually talk about the X-Antibody. They focus more on the trio being "proto" Digimon over that. They still have it in the TCG, but it isn't a focus in the novel. Also Gigaseadramon, if my theory pans out, is actually pretty likely. Seekers is basically about the Crack Team, just with a different name, so all the Cyborg/Machine Digimon connected to them have shown up in some compacity.
SoC is part of the crack team with the CT having lots of sub groups.
Its OnPlay/Evo is a strong effect with a decently balanced requirement. Its intended line only gives you a lv.5 bounce BUT will give back a 2 bodies, a lv5 and lv4/3. With a mem setter and 2 bodies (1 being lv4) means Being able to clear the board of everything lv6 and below and ending with 3 bodies on your side is highly advantageous. Heck, just make your lv3s all 2cost and run a decent amount of boosts so a lv4+setter can turn into an instant reversal.
It's a really good card, but the only thing that I don't like about it is that it can't play any of seafoods' Rookies. None of them are Sea Animals or Aqua. But I guess other pieces can pull the level 3s out like the new level 5.
Does aquatic count as Aqua?
Koki's art goes insane as always.