[AC01] Cipher

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

AC01-JP38  光波複葉機 Cipher Biplane
Level 6 LIGHT Machine Effect Monster
ATK 1000
DEF 2000
You can only use the 1st and 3rd effects of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) If a “Cipher” monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned to your field: You can Special Summon this card from your hand.
(2) Once per turn: You can target 2 “Cipher” monsters you control that have a Level; their Levels become 8 until the end of this turn.
(3) If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect and sent to the GY: You can banish this card from your GY; add 1 “Cipher” monster from your Deck to your hand.

AC01-JP039 光波干渉 Cipher Interfere / Cipher Interference
Continuous Spell Card
You can only use the 1st effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) During damage calculation, if your “Cipher” monster battles and there is another monster with the same name on field: You can double your battling “Cipher” monster’s current ATK, until the end of the Battle Phase.

AC01-JP040 拡散光波 Double Exposure
Continuous Spell Card
You can only use the 1st and 2nd effects of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) You can target 2 Level 6 or lower monsters on the field with the same name; double their Levels.
(2) At the start of the Battle Phase: You can target 1 “Cipher” monster you control; the name of 1 other face-up monster on the field becomes the targeted “Cipher” monster’s name until the End Phase.

[The Highlander]

Biplane is nice, it + any Cipher monster is an immediate Galaxy-Eyes Xyz (like Cipher Etranger), also with the existence of this monster Cipher Twin Raptor can also finally get out a Galaxy-Eyes Xyz.

Also they finally get Cipher Interference, which is a good Etranger target and can help deal a lot of damage (in fact Neo Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon can remove all monsters from opponent's side and then attack directly for 9k).

Double Exposure is whatever ... it is not searchable by Etranger ... it is expensive level manipulation ... the name changing only matters in some cases with Cipher Interference ... I guess it is generic though.

 

Only a few more pieces of good support (like Biplane) and they might end up playable.