Keres, the Cruel and Unusual (The Wraith of Broken Faith that Comes in Clutch in the 8th)

[Black D'Sceptyr]

 

[spoiler=Keres, the Cruel and Unusual: Info]

LIGHT/Zombie-Type Link Effect Monster/Link-1/900 ATK

 

Link Arrows: Bottom

 

Lore: 1 Zombie monster with 1000 or more ATK, except "Keres, the Cruel and Unusual"

If this card is Link Summoned: You can activate these effects, based on its Link Material.

● Normal, Fusion or Ritual: Banish 1 Zombie monster from your Deck.

● Tuner, Flip or Gemini: Send 1 Zombie monster from your Deck to the GY.

● Synchro, Xyz or Link: Add 1 Zombie monster from your Deck to your hand.

Once per turn, if exactly 1 Zombie monster is moved from your Deck to a different place: Target 1 card on the field; move it to the same place that Zombie monster was moved to. 

 

 

 

"But BD'S," sayeth thee, "Keres' ATK is at 900 and the Link requirement demands a monster with 1000 or more ATK. Isn't Keres disqualified from its own Link requirements already?"

 

Well, see, my sharp-eyed critic, ATK-increasing effects are far more prominent than name-changing effects, especially on monsters that aren't themselves, and being that this card has a Zombie moving and field-moving effect that are soft OPTs, making sure a simple Hip Hoshingen doesn't do for Keres what Mega Zaborg did for Herald of the Arc Light is crucial. So yes, no matter how high Keres' ATK is moved on up, no Reincarnation Linking will be happening with this grey girl. 

 

 

So now to what this card actually does. Upon Link Summon, it does the Metaphys Horus thing, but with moving a Zombie monster to anywhere but the field. Then, once a turn, it can move any other card on the field to the same place a Zombie monster was moved to from the Deck. Keep in mind the effect's mandatory, so the first-turn usability with this card is quite limited without cutting into the very field you're trying to build.

 

Plus, the various effects often demand more complex monsters to get the Zombies where you want to go. Vanillas, Fusions and Rituals get you the banish, Tuners/Flips/Geminis get you the mill, and Synchro/Xyz/Link gets you the search. Only missing out on the Pendulums, but considering there's a grand total of one of those...

 

But yeah, this should help the Zombies up themselves a tier.

 

Anything I'm missing? Oh yeah-the name credit comes from the malevolent Greek spirit of the same name that's considering the daughters of Nyx (watch out for that), and  Gif credit's from Hocus Pocus (go and watch that). Until the next card (set a watch on that), reviews, revelry, you know the drill.

 

BD'S, signing off.