Hello my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters and welcome to November! Things are going to start cooling down from here on out for most of us, so turn up the heat, grab a blanket, snuggie, or whatever suits you, as we take a look at today’s card, King Alboran.

Name: King Alboran
Civilization: Water
Type: Creature
Race: Leviathan
Level: 7
Power: 7000
Flavor Text: The cantankerous ruler of the swirling seas.
Rarity: Super Rare
Set Number: S2/S10 l 9SHA

Abilities:
Double Breaker (This creature breaks 2 shields.)
Forecast- At the start of each of your turns, look at the top card of your deck. You may put that card on the bottom of your deck.
Waterspout- Whenever you cast a spell, you may return target creature that is the same level as that spell from the battle zone to its owner’s hand.

King Alboran gives us yet another Leviathan to play around with. This one has fairly balanced and acceptable stats, 7000 power at level 7, and has Double Breaker. Its two abilities allow you to do things we were never previously able to do before, look at the top card of our deck before we draw it and put it to the bottom if we don’t like it, and you can attach a bounce spell to any spell you play… well, kinda.

The ability to look at the top card of your deck before you even draw for your turn is amazing. I personally thought that we were going to get a Cyber Lord with this ability, but at least they kept it in the same civilization. Forecast allows you to set up your plays and make your deck more consistent than it already was. If you’re top decking, maybe you don’t want to draw that Sprout on top… put it on the bottom of your deck and hope for something better!

The Waterspout ability can turn your spells into bounce spells on top of their original effects. The largest downside, however, is that they have to be equal to the level of the spell that you play, not equal to or less than. So sometimes you might be able to get this effect to work and force your opponent to replay a card over again, however, most other times you probably won’t.

Alboran can take down most commonly played creatures around his level and can deal with cards like Herald of Infernus and Lyra, the Blazing Sun, but does that warrant this card being used? I guess there’s a place for this card in a very focused control deck and of course, a Leviathan deck. If you combo this card with King Coral, you can pull all sorts of shenanigans. You can get to your other Leviathan cards twice as fast as before and keep all of your opponent’s low level creatures off the board. Give it a shot if you have some extra room in your deck during your next Duel Days and see how it works for you! 

Constructed: 3.00/5.00 (It can beat down most mid-range players, it sets up your draws, and can potentially bounce your opponent’s and even your own cards back to their respective owners hands.)
Limited: 3.00/5.00 (Great card in limited allowing you to cycle through your deck like nobody’s business! Watch out for rush strategies though.)

I hope you all have a great weekend, we’ll see you back here again on Monday! Make sure to check out my article on Alter Reality Games’ website this Monday as well!  Until next time my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters, keep calm and game on!