Top 10 Most Useful Cards - by Exploding Pidgeons Well, it's me again....Your good pal, Exploding Pidgeons. ^_^ If you read my Top 10 Most Useless Cards last month, then you knew that this was coming.....especially since I stated so at the end of the list. -_- *Ahem* But before I begin, I must complain about the Base Set Spoiler on Pojo's site. -_- It gave me the impression that Marine Flower was 2 mana and 1000 power, and that Aqua Vehicle was a 1 mana, 2000 power Blocker, thus flooding my Inbox with surly, grumpy players telling me I was wrong and I had them mixed up. So someone seriously needs to fix that Spoiler!! Sadly, I'm using the same Spoiler for my card information for this List...^^;; Moving on, it's what you have all been waiting for: The Top 10 Most Useful Cards of Base Set!! #10: DEATH SMOKE: I personally prefer this card over Terror Pit......4 mana to kill anything Untapped. Yes, it's limited to only creatures that are Untapped, but for only 4 mana, that's still pretty good..... A lot better than Tornado Flame, which costs 1 mana more and can only kill things under 4000. #9: SPIRAL GATE: Wow. It's so cheap! 2 mana to put something dangerous back in the opponent's hand. O_O Of course, destroying it is better, but how can you not like it when it's so cheap?! Then again, sometimes putting something back in the hand can put you in danger of the person just laying it back down again.....But still, I'd say it's essential for any Blue deck to have one of these. #8: BRAIN SERUM: Pay 4 mana and draw 3 cards. Card Advantage is the best advantage you can have in any CCG, and Brain Serum gives just that. 4 mana may seem a bit hefty of a price, but believe me, it's worth it. Plus, Shield Trigger enhances it a bit to where occasionally you wont even HAVE to pay for it. It's not a Staple or anything, but in Blue it'll speed up any deck. #7: GATLING SKYTERROR: Yup, the first creature on my list.....Although he's pretty DARN expensive, (7 mana) he's also 7000 power, which is nothing to scoff at, and he can kill off Untapped creatures, which means that nothing is safe. Are you staring at a King Depthcon about to break your Shields? Well, Gatling can kill it off even if it's Untapped. ^_^ Isn't that nice? That means that against Light decks, Skyterror can take out those annoying Toel Viziels in no time flat. I just love it! :) #6: HANUSA, RADIANCE ELEMENTAL: Hmmm, I thought URTH was good.....7 mana for 9500 power AND Double Breaker..... This may seem like a lot now, but just wait......In a few expansions, 9500 will seem like NOTHING. Soon we'll have 15000 power, Triple Breaker creatures. ^^;; So while this guy is pretty darn powerful NOW, he'll become obsolete in a few sets. But while he's here, use him please. I'm probably going to have to debate with a couple of people about why this card is better than Urth, but let's move on to the next card..... #5: CRYSTAL MEMORY: Search your deck for ANY card. Sure, you can pay 1 mana less and use Dimension Gate, but this thing can fetch ANYTHING. Need an Aqua Vehicle? Use Memory and get one! There, you just received a game-saving card! ^_^ But seriously, folks, this thing can get anything you might need out of your deck. Staring down a King Depthcon that's eyeing your Shields hungrily? Search for a Death Smoke and kill it! Of course, that's if you're playing a Black / Blue deck, which will probably never happen....... Bottom line is: It's good. Just play it, Okay? #4: KING DEPTHCON: Wait.......Do I hear a chorus of angels in the background? 7 mana for 6000 and it cant be Blocked, you say?? It's like Candy Drop, except it's actually GOOD! Let's see, I'll take out this Shield and that Shield.....and that Shield, too....And there's nothing anyone can do about it! ^_^ So to sum it up, with Depthcon on the field, the opponent has no hope whatsoever unless they manage to pull something that can kill it, like Death Smoke or Terror Pit.....It's just so powerful it's unnerving. Yes, you could get a huge Bolshack Dragon out and whoop on it, but by that time, 4 of your Shields will probably be gone. #3: GRAN GURE, SPACE GUARDIAN: Nothing can get past this guy......Except for a powered-up Astrocomet Dragon or a Hanusa or a ridiculously huge Bolshack Dragon.......Right now, this 9000-power, 6 mana Blocker is almost the ultimate defense.... Unless some punk decides to use a Spell to tap it and then run over it into your Shields.... But other than that, he's pretty much impenetrable. He cant attack an opponent, but who cares? All you need is for him to Block. #2: BOLSHACK DRAGON: Okay, so I like big creatures......But I like this guy a LOT. Maybe saying that he's the 2nd best card in the Base Set is overdoing it, but when something can get as huge as Bolshack Dragon can get, AND has Double Breaker, I dont think many people could argue with me that this guy doesn't deserve a spot on the list. I've dueled against this guy before, and although I used Death Smoke on it before it could really start wrecking some havoc, my opponent managed to get it up to a whopping 14000 power. +_+ Of course, when it gets up to that range, it almost doesnt matter how huge it gets because there's no damage calculation, all that matters is how many Shields he can break, and 2 is as high as it goes at this stage of the CCG. **************************************** And, the most useful card in the entire game issss.... **************************************** #1: AQUA VEHICLE: Just kidding. ************************ Okay, here's the REAL #1..... ************************ #1: HOLY AWE: I'm in Awe of this card. *someone boos in the background*. This card is just phenomenal, especially in a Weenie deck, where you can get lots of creatures out really really really fast...... Got 5 creatures on the field? Yay! Play Holy Awe, attack and you win. Paying 6 mana to tap all opposing creatures is almost too good. Yes, the effect is somewhat expensive, but when you can play this and win in the span of three seconds, who cares? Plus, it has Shield Trigger. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, my work here is done.....Now you all can finally realize that I know much more about Duel Masters than anyone else on the planet. Well, not really........lol But hopefully you've at least learned something from this list, and if you care to debate something with me, my E-mail address is at the bottom. :) Peace in! ~Exploding Pidgeons~ E-mail: explodingpidgeons@juno.com ***I will ALWAYS E-mail you back!!......Unless you are really rude!!*** _______________________________