Subject: * Ritual Analysis * Ok, here is a huge problem with rituals, you have to sacrifice monsters for them, and personally, some of them are NOT worth it. In this report, I will give you an in-depth look on the ever so rising, Ritual combo. I call this a combo because it is a strategic play and anything strategic probably is a combo... So onto the Ritual monsters and Ritual Magics. Crab Turtle- Water * * * * * * * * Aqua/Ritual ATK/2550 DEF/2500 Analysis- This card is the king of all Rituals (so far) This is in the class of the Dark Magician, and as you all know, the Dark Magician is ( r@P... Actually, I have seen more UMI decks, as they are becoming more prevelant. So unless you use some equips to boost this guys attack strength, just use a dark magician. Now, the cool thing about rituals are you can sacrifice from your hand... meaning say you have 2 7 colored fish in your hand, you can kiss those goodbye to summon the crab turtle (YOU NEED THE RITUAL CARD!) Ritual Magic- You can use the card "Turtle Oath" to summon this monster. ***Turtle Oath is a Common magic card in Magic Ruler. Rating/ I rate this ritual card a 3.9/5 because it has a strong stability, so water decks own this card! --------------------------- Performance of Sword Earth * * * * * * Warrior/ Ritual ATK/ 1950 DEF/ 1850 Analysis- This is the cousin of Harpies. She has a solid attack and an "OK" defense, meaning she is playable. An Invigoration could help this out. Unlike "Crab Turtle" this card only requires 6 sacrificial monsters. So, a Man Eater Bug and La Jinn could be used. And as I said before, RITUALS CAN BE SUMMONED FROM YOUR HAND! A recent tournament that I participated in, everyone did not read the part of every ritual monster that says " You must also offer monsters who total level stars equal (whatever number) or more as a tribute from the field or YOUR HAND! So, this works perfectly in any deck! (You need the Ritual card!) ****NOTE**** Equip Magics are getting more popular since Malevolent Nuzzler, Black Pendant, Horn of the Unicorn, etc. came out. So, these new equips add a whole new perspective to the game! Ritual Magic- You need the magic card "Commencement Dance" to summon the "Performance of Sword." Rating/ I rate this a 3.5/5 because this is less stars than the "Crab Turtle" and can fit in an Earth deck. ----------------------------------- Hungry Hamburger DARK * * * * * * Warrior/Ritual ATK/ 2000 DEF/ 1850 Analysis- This card is almost exactly like the Performance Sword in terms of Level Stars, except this has a whopping 50 + attack. Not that big of a deal. This Burger is a Warrior! That boggles my mind because wouldn't you think a ... a BURGER would be a fiend or something.... UpperDeck comes up with the craziest things... ok enough opinions, now onto the facts. This is a Dark Monster, so Sword of Dark Destruction owns this card. I think this is better than "Performance of Sword" because FIEND/SPELLCASTER decks are a lot more popular than earth-based decks, so this will be more popular since it is a DARK type. My Brother seems to love this card, don't ask me why, I guess it's just a personal favorite! (You need the Ritual Card!) Ritual Magic- The Ritual Card for this is called "Hamburger Recipe." This is a common card that can be found in MAGIC RULER! Rating/ This is probably the best ritual card, so it gets a 4/5... i gave it a 4 flat because it has good qualities, such as DARK, 2000 ATk, etc. --------------- Relinquished Dark * Spellcaster?/ Ritual ATK/ 0 DEF/ 0 Analysis- Ok, those of you that don't know the mystical powers of Relinquished, probably get a bad first impression about this card. This card has horrible stats, I'll agree... But the effect is amazing. YOU ONLY HAVE TO SACRIFICE A MONSTER WHOSE TOTAL STARS EQUAL 1. A wimpy Magician of Faith, can be used to get this! This card has an effect... It absorbs a chosen monsters ATK Strength. (Possibly DEF, but don't quote me on that) So this card is the best Ritual Card out there! (You need the Ritual Card !) Ritual Magic- You need the Ritual Magic Card "Black Illusion Ritual." Rating/ This gets a 5/5 ... Not much more to say, this card says OWnAgE all ova it. ----------------- There are currently two cards in the game that allow you to search for Ritual Magic Or Monster.... *Sonic Bird *Senju of the Thousand Hands Hope this introduced you to RITUALS. My name is Mike. Some people call me Machine Mike, but I just call myself ... Mike! I am open to any comments, just subject the email something that has to do with duel monsters. if you have any questions,comments,ideas, or suggestions, feel free to contact me at........ Blazinmagic1@aol.com