Gilaflame the Assaulter Card of the Day

Welcome back to Pojo.com's Kaijudo Card of the Day section. We are closing out the week looking at Gilaflame the Assaulter. Gilaflame is a level four Drakkon Fire monster with 5000 power. Gilaflame has Fast Attack, allowing it to attack the turn you play it, and Blurring Speed, which returns it to your hand at the end of your turn.

I like Gilaflame the Assaulter, mainly because he reminds me of my favorite Magic the Gathering creature type, the Viashino. Back in the day, they had a similar hit and run ability.

Gilaflame has those same abilities here for Kaijudo. Fast Attack and Blurring Speed make it a hit and run creature. Which is fine if you have the mana to continue doing so. The problem becomes not being able to keep hit and running with Gilaflame while casting more sustained spells.

Limited: 3/5
Constructed: 3/5

Ah another weekend and that means more tournaments and we are exactly one week away from Dragonstrike Infernus! I cannot freakin wait. I guess in the mean time though since I do not possess the power to control the flow of time. Heres another COTD.

Gilmaflame, The Assaulter

Cost: 4
Fire
Drakon
Power: 5000

Fast Attack (This creature can attack on the turn it enters the battle zone.)
Blurring Speed — At the end of the turn, return this creature from the battle zone to your hand.

So here we have a card that will see play for days and days. This card goes in pretty much everything running red. Rush & Aggro use this for momentum swings and additional pressure, and control variants run this for spot on monster removal and that last attacker you need for game. 5000 power has the ability to crash with the ever popular Neuron//Medusa and run over pretty much anything that isn't an evo or finisher. It's real power incase you didn't know was its ability to return to the hand. Which makes it extremly difficult to deal with. Infact only shield blasts or discard is able to remove it incase you didn't know already.

Summary:

Card is amazing and will continue to see play for a long time. Not ideal for Drakon Evolution but hey it's there just in case.

Constructed 5/5
Limited 5/5

It's Friday everyone and the weekend is finally here! Personally I've been working a week straight and also had Midterms for Masters Level classes all this week on top of that, so I'm ready for a breather! Conveniently enough, I'm off from work and class for about a week and Monday just happens to be my birthday as well; what luck! I will be putting up some videos soon so make sure to stop by my channel for those or just to wish me a happy birthday ;)! Alright, I'm sure you're all burning to know about today's card, so let's get started with Master Chavez's (No relation to the recently deceased, Hugo Chavez!) right hand creature, Gilaflame (Pronounced: He-la Flame, not Gilla-Flame) the Assaulter!

Name: Gilaflame the Assaulter
Civilization: Fire
Type: Creature
Race: Drakon
Level: 4
Power: 5000
Flavor Text: "Gilaflame, return fire!" -Master Chavez
Rarity: Very Rare
Set Number: 113/165 I 3RIS

Abilities:
Fast Attack (This creature can attack on the turn it enters the battle zone.)
Blurring Speed- At the end of the turn, return this creature from the battle zone to your hand.

Gilaflame is probably one of the best fast attackers in this game outside of Bolt-Tail Dragon and the innate abilities of Evolution Creatures. He can appear out of nowhere and just as soon go back without any warning. After that last shield breaks in front of you, the thought of your opponent dropping a Gilaflame or Bolt-Tail is enough to get you worked up!

From my understanding and personal experience, Gilaflame was one of the main reasons that people started running Scaradorable of Gloom Hollow. It essentially dulled Gilaflame's fiery onslaught to a calm candlelit dinner for two! People literally were putting cards into their decks just to deal with this guy, including Frogzooka as well.

Outside of the fact that Gilaflame's power is above average for his Level, and he happens to have Fast Attack, it's his Blurring Speed that really makes him a formidable foe. This ability returns him to the owners hand at the end of the turn, making the only way to banish him by means of a shield blast, a very strong blocker, or an effect that causes your opponent to discard him from their hand; he's very illusive!

There's still plenty of reason for decks to run Gilaflame outside of landing the finishing blow on your opponent. You could potentially think of him as a Tornado Flame on legs! As long as your opponent has a tapped creature with 5000 power or less, Gilaflame is able to banish it with ease! If the creature just so happens to be weaker than 5000, you just played a Tornado Flame and at the end of your turn, put it back in your hand!

This card is a really good card to consider even if you're just teching in a few Fire Civilization cards into your deck. There's also an increasing level of support for Drakons coming out, so overall, Gilaflame is a very powerful and versatile card. If you don't have him, make sure you get a playset while you can, you won't regret it!

Ratings:

Constructed: 4.50/5.00 (A powerful card for its cost. It easily takes down smaller creatures and blockers and avoids most spells outside of shield blasts.)

Limited: 5.00/5.00 (In limited, Gilaflame can spell disaster for your opponent and can very easily win you the game within a few simple turns!)

I hope you all enjoyed this week of Pojo's Card of the Day! Stop by next week when we review over some personal choices of yours truly; I'll get you guys revved up for DragonStrike Infernus, I promise!  Make sure to stop by on my YouTube channel or my Twitter account and wish me a happy birthday or just check out my videos and information that are posted! Until next time guys and girls, keep calm and game on!