Lyrilusc (DP25)

[Atypical-Abbie]

I didn't think much of these when the first came out, too few members, seemed a bit hard to play without more, but now we got a decent amount, so yay!

DP25-JP034 Lyrical Luscinia – Beryl Canary (Lyrilusc – Beryl Canary)
Level 1 WIND Winged Beast Effect Monster
ATK 0
DEF 200
You can only use the 1st effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) If this card is in your hand: You can target 1 “Lyrilusc” monster in your GY; Special Summon this card and that target, but you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except Xyz Monsters.
(2) A WIND Xyz Monster that was Summoned using this card on the field as material gains this effect.
● Gains 200 ATK, also possession cannot switch.

DP25-JP035 Lyrical Luscinia – Celeste Wagtail (Lyrilusc – Celeste Wagtail)
Level 1 WIND Winged Beast Effect Monster
ATK 200
DEF 0
You can only use the 1st and 2nd effects of this card’s name once per turn each.
(1) If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 “Lyrilusc” Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand.
(2) If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 “Lyrilusc” Xyz Monster you control; attach this card to it as material.

DP25-JP036 Lyrical Luscinia – Ensembl(u)e Robin / Lyrilusc – Ensembl(u)e Robin
Rank 1 WIND Winged Beast Xyz Effect Monster
ATK 0
DEF 0
Materials: 2+ Level 1 monsters
(1) Gains 500 ATK for each material attached to it.
(2) If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s): You can detach 1 material from this card, then target 1 of those monsters; return it to the hand.
(3) If this card in your possession is sent to your GY by an opponent’s card: You can target 1 other “Lyrilusc” monster in your GY; add it to your hand.

DP25-JP037 Lyrical Luscinia – Prom Thrush (Lyrilusc – Prom Thrush)
Rank 1 WIND Winged Beast Xyz Effect Monster
ATK 0
DEF 0
Materials:  2+ Level 1 monsters
(1) Gains 500 ATK for each material attached to it.
(2) Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card, then target 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls; shuffle it into the Deck.
(3) At the start of the Damage Step, if another of your monsters battles: You can detach any number of materials from this card; your battling monster gains 300 ATK for each material detached, until the end of this turn.

Note: Its name is likely a play on a “Plum Thrush”, but also prom/promenade.

DP25-JP039 Lyrical Luscinia – Bird Sanctuary (Lyrilusc – Bird Sanctuary)
Continuous Spell Card
You can only use the 1st and 2nd effects of this card’s name once per turn each.
(1) You can target 2 Winged Beast Xyz Monsters you control; attach 1 of them and all material attached to it to the other as material.
(2) If you control an Xyz Monster with 3 or more material: You can draw 1 card.

DP25-JP040 Lyrical Luscinia – Hiyoku no Reichou (Lyrilusc – Birds of a Feather)
Normal Trap Card
You can only use the 1st and 2nd effects of this card’s name once per turn each.
(1) Target 1 “Lyrilusc” monster you control; change the ATK of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls to that target’s, also their Levels and Ranks become 1.
(2) When an opponent’s monster declares an attack on your “Lyrilusc” monster: You can banish this card from your GY; your battling monster’s ATK becomes the same as that opponent’s monster’s, until the end of this turn.

Note: This card references 比翼の鳥, an expression of two birds with one wing each in Asian culture that refers to inseparable lovers. We went for the most similar English idiom.

[The Highlander]

Interesting to say the least.

Their Spell/Trap support seems fairly average, although I guess Lyrilusc – Bird Sanctuary is good, considering Lyrilusc - Recital Starling can search Lyrilusc – Beryl Canary, which then gives back the 2 materials used for the summon of Recital Starling, which can then be attached to another Lyrilusc Xyz (like Assembly Nightingale or Lyrilusc – Ensembl(u)e Robin), which then enables the draw from Lyrilusc – Bird Sanctuary.

Lyrilusc – Ensembl(u)e Robin looks quite good, considering that with the targeting protection from Cobalt Sparrow (which can be revived via Lyrilusc – Beryl Canary to get it on both) Assembly Nightingale shuts down targeting and destruction via battle or effects, all while Lyrilusc – Ensembl(u)e Robin can use the not even soft-once per turn restricted bouncing effect to prevent the opponent from getting anything on the field past their Normal Summon (given how few Pendulum decks are even remotely tolerable in terms of their power level).

Lyrilusc – Celeste Wagtail also adding access to Lyrilusc – Bird Sanctuary to stack more Xyz materials, while having an once per turn re-attachment effect to keep re-filling Assembly Nightingale and/or Ensembl(u)e Robin, is rather good.

[~British Soul~]

The first effect of the trap reminds me of Zeroth Dragon of the End of the World Dusk's effect from CFV who also reduced the stats of everything your opponent has to 1.

What I find amusing though is even though the set description for Synchro Storm mentions you can combine Lyrilusc with Tri-Brigade, yet Canary locking you into Xyz kinda fudges that. At least Ensemblue Robin could find a home in thst deck.

[Thomas★Zero]

Thanks to the fact they now have 5 main deck monsters and 4 different Xyz's, Lyrilusc looks like its turning into a fully functioning archetype, specially with Bird Sancuary enabling their material stacks.