Hello again my fellow Duel Masters! We're continuing the week with a look at more Super Rares from Shattered Alliances! Today's card will single-handedly provide you with an insane amount of advantage and can set up some pretty crazy combos as well that aren't just out of this world, they're out of this reality! Let's take a look at Borran, the Reality Shaper.

Name: Borran, the Reality Shaper
Civilization: Water/Nature
Type: Creature
Race: Earth Eater/Colossus
Level: 8
Power: 9000
Flavor Text: The laws of nature don't apply to him.
Rarity: Super Rare
Set Number: S9/S10 l 9SHA
Abilities:
(This card enters your mana zone tapped.)
Double Breaker (This creature breaks 3 shields.)
Transform Essence- Whenever this creature or one of your other creatures is banished, you may reveal the top card of your deck. If it's a non-evolution creature, put it into the battle zone. If it's not, put it into your hand.

Borran is anything but boring! This level 8, 9000 power creature has an ability that can make it very difficult to  with anything on the same side of the battle zone as he is. The "Transform Essence" ability basically states that if one of your creatures would be banished, you reveal the top card of your deck. If it's a non-evolution creature you get to play it for free and if it's anything else, you simply add it to your hand! No matter what you will gain advantage off this card... unless of course your opponent finds a way around Borran's effect, such as bouncing it back to their hand or sending it to the mana zone instead.

This card can set up some mind-blowing combos in the right deck. You can use Ripper Reaper to sacrifice a card to make your opponent sacrifice a card and then you get a free card to your hand or another creature into the battle zone! This gets even more crazy when you might happen to have two Borran out... You no longer have to worry about your creature being blocked or dying in battle. No matter what, you'll get something out of it.

If you want to take this card a step further, if you have out Steamtank Kryon, whenever one of your creatures is banished, you can potentially play another creature and have that one attack as well. Carl Reddish gave an insane combo when he first previewed this card that involved using Borran with Necrose with Ripper Reaper. It has the potential to make bigger creatures more playable just like in those pesky "Bottle Decks."

Being able to swing freely in at your opponent and not worry so much about whether or not they have Terror Pit is a nice advantage, especially when you know you can upgrade a smaller creature to something potentially bigger and better. Overall, if you're running Nature and Water, I would suggest giving this guy a try. He has solid stats and provides advantage even when he would be banished himself.

Constructed: 3.50/5.00 (As long as your opponent can't find a way around it,  you just made it extremely difficult to overcome any of your creatures!)
Limited: 3.00/5.00 (Every creature that dies gives you another card one way or another. Just be sure to get enough mana to play this card and be careful not to deck yourself out!

I hope you enjoyed today's review of Borran, the Reality Shaper! We look forward to seeing you all again tomorrow! So until next time we meet my fellow Duel Masters, keep calm and game on!