Raidraptor - Tribute Lanius

[~British Soul~]

 

Winged-Beast/Effect

During your Main Phase, if this card was Normal or Special Summoned this turn: You can send 1 "Raidraptor" card from your Deck to the Graveyard. During your Main Phase 2, if this card destroyed an opponent's monster by battle this turn: You can add 1 "Rank-Up-Magic" Quick-Play Spell Card from your Deck to your hand, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except "Raidraptor" monsters. You can only use each effect of "Raidraptor - Tribute Lanius" once per turn.

 

Even though it probs will anyway, I'd like to see this in Wing Raiders so that we can finally have a TCG release for this guy, discuss?

[Aman Indra]

To be honest and fair, my whole deck skeleton is based around this guy.

This card is amazing and makes raptors much more potent  ( free mimicry search) + RUM is great since now RUM are much better and lethal (soul shave).

Tcg raptors will enjoy this, great card for a combo setup.

[~Faytl~]

Might as well read "Search Nest," as that seems to be the most common usage in tandem with Mimicry. Can't search Raid Force or Soul Shave, but that latter one is probably for the best, really. Good card is good.

[Aman Indra]

Might as well read "Search Nest," as that seems to be the most common usage in tandem with Mimicry. Can't search Raid Force or Soul Shave, but that latter one is probably for the best, really. Good card is good.

 

If only raptor's gust was "raid raptor gust" , things would be much easier.

[~Faytl~]

If only raptor's gust was "raid raptor gust" , things would be much easier.

Because searchable "counter everything" effects are so fair, as we all learned *coughcoughInfernity* . Twice *coughYosenjuCOUGH*

[Lizardonx]

Because searchable "counter everything" effects are so fair, as we all learned *coughcoughInfernity* . Twice *coughYosenjuCOUGH*

Now we have Araidne and Majespecters too.

[evilfusion]

Wing Raiders will probably give us this and Force Strix, when I think about it, but no guarantees.

[~British Soul~]

Wing Raiders will probably give us this and Force Strix, when I think about it, but no guarantees.

Strix is confirmed. It was shown on the poster a couple of days ago.

[evilfusion]

Strix is confirmed. It was shown on the poster a couple of days ago.

 

For the TCG version as well? Because it's technically an OCG reprint, and we know how the TCG handles OCG reprints. "Let's remove it and reprint something else! Like Kuriboh instead of Arkana's Dark Magician, which we'll release in a completely different product several months later!"

[~British Soul~]

For the TCG version as well? Because it's technically an OCG reprint, and we know how the TCG handles OCG reprints. "Let's remove it and reprint something else! Like Kuriboh instead of Arkana's Dark Magician, which we'll release in a completely different product several months later!"

I don't see a reason for Konami to remove it from the TCG product tbqh.

[BlackBeartic]

I always find myself debating on whether to run 2 of these or 3.

 

What do you guys think? At first I used 3 and then I cut it to 2 and it's what i've stuck with for awhile now.

[VampireofDarkness]

For the TCG version as well? Because it's technically an OCG reprint, and we know how the TCG handles OCG reprints. "Let's remove it and reprint something else! Like Kuriboh instead of Arkana's Dark Magician, which we'll release in a completely different product several months later!"

The Arkana DM was a Normal Monster, and the product it was placed in tbh made sense to place it in. Force Strix is a card that completely runs a Deck and there is no other better time to release it. Konami doesn't follow through and this pack becomes a borderline dud

[玄魔の王]

As much as I want to, I never get a chance to use the search effect since Sharp does so much more utility-wise.

For the TCG version as well? Because it's technically an OCG reprint, and we know how the TCG handles OCG reprints. "Let's remove it and reprint something else! Like Kuriboh instead of Arkana's Dark Magician, which we'll release in a completely different product several months later!"

For something this core to the deck, I doubt it. More likely we'll see Strix and Tribute as imports only to be reprinted 2 months later, like what happened with Kendama.

[ENMaker]

I always find myself debating on whether to run 2 of these or 3.

 

What do you guys think? At first I used 3 and then I cut it to 2 and it's what i've stuck with for awhile now.

 

I use 3 of all them except Fuzzy who I use none of. It's what Shun would want.

[BlackBeartic]

I use 3 of all them except Fuzzy who I use none of. It's what Shun would want.

But shun runs Force Strix OTK and that requires 3 Fuzzy ::

[玄魔の王]

I use 3 of all them except Fuzzy who I use none of. It's what Shun would want.

Fuzzy is really good early game though. This guy and it combine into a 1-card Strix that sets you up for further plusses, even without opening Vanishing.

[Lizardonx]

As much as I want to, I never get a chance to use the search effect since Sharp does so much more utility-wise.

For something this core to the deck, I doubt it. More likely we'll see Strix and Tribute as imports only to be reprinted 2 months later, like what happened with Kendama.

Why not both?

 

Sharp only has to attack to summon, it says nothing about attacking monsters.

[玄魔の王]

Why not both?

 

Sharp only has to attack to summon, it says nothing about attacking monsters.

Because most turns I can only summon one or the other.

[Blake]

From testing, this is somewhat analagous to Skullcrobat Joker.

 

Both cost a valuable summon, both are really strong T1 depending on setup, and both have the same ATK and low DEF.

 

At present, the quickplay searching effect is mostly negligible, so it's mostly an Arma Knight.

 

What I failed to realize when I posted my deck yesterday was how well this synergizes with some opening hands. IF you have any 2 of fuzzy/singing/call/nest with this, you get the double strix opening and setup. Opening any 1 of those + tribute's not bad, either, though not AS good.

[~British Soul~]

Found this on the Org

Even though the pic is blurry, you can see that Tribute Lanius is now confirmed for Wing Raiders.

 

[Klycix]

I run two Tributes too. Three is just too bricky. You don't wanna see it late game. Cause, nest, mimicry and force prob searched a bunch of rr cards and there's nothing much to send and it's just a dead card.