Pojo's Yu-Gi-Oh! news, tips, strategies and more!


Card Game
Card of the Day
TCG Fan Tips
Top 10 Lists
Banned/Restricted List
Yu-Gi-Oh News
Tourney Reports
Duelist Interviews

Featured Writers
Baneful's Column
Anteaus on YGO
General Zorpa
Dark Paladin's Dimension
Retired Writers

Releases + Spoilers
Booster Sets (Original Series)
LOB | MRD | MRL | PSV
LON | LOD | PGD | MFC
DCR | IOC | AST | SOD
RDS | FET
Booster Sets (GX Series)
TLM | CRV | EEN | SOI
EOJ | POTD | CDIP | STON
FOTB | TAEV | GLAS | PTDN
LODT
Booster Sets (5D Series)
TDGS | CSOC | CRMS | RBGT
ANPR | SOVR | ABPF | TSHD
STBL | STOR | EXVC
Booster Sets (Zexal Series)
GENF | PHSW | ORCS | GAOV
REDU | ABYR | CBLZ | LTGY
NUMH | JOTL | SHSP | LVAL
PRIO

Starter Decks
Yugi | Kaiba
Joey | Pegasus
Yugi 2004 | Kaiba 2004
GX: 2006 | Jaden | Syrus
5D: 1 | 2 | Toolbox
Zexal: 2011 | 2012 | 2013
Yugi 2013 | Kaiba 2013

Structure Decks
Dragons Roar &
Zombie Madness
Blaze of Destruction &
Fury from the Deep
Warrior's Triumph
Spellcaster's Judgment
Lord of the Storm
Invincible Fortress
Dinosaurs Rage
Machine Revolt
Rise of Dragon Lords
Dark Emperor
Zombie World
Spellcaster Command
Warrior Strike
Machina Mayhem
Marik
Dragunity Legion
Lost Sanctuary
Underworld Gates
Samurai Warlord
Sea Emperor
Fire Kings
Saga of Blue-Eyes
Cyber Dragon

Promo Cards:
Promos Spoiler
Coll. Tins Spoiler
MP1 Spoiler
EP1 Spoiler

Tournament Packs:
TP1 / TP2 / TP3 / TP4
TP5 / TP6 / TP7 / TP8
Duelist Packs
Jaden | Chazz
Jaden #2 | Zane
Aster | Jaden #3
Jesse | Yusei
Yugi | Yusei #2
Kaiba | Yusei #3
Crow

Reprint Sets
Dark Beginnings
1 | 2
Dark Revelations
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Gold Series
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Dark Legends
DLG1
Retro Pack
1 | 2
Champion Pack
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
5 | 6 | 7 | 8
Turbo Pack
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
5 | 6 | 7

Hidden Arsenal:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
5 | 6 | 7

Checklists
Brawlermatrix 08
Evan T 08
X-Ref List
X-Ref List w/ Passcodes

Anime
Episode Guide
Character Bios
GX Character Bios

Video Games
Millennium Duels (2014)
Nighmare Troubadour (2005)
Destiny Board Traveler (2004)
Power of Chaos (2004)
Worldwide Edition (2003)
Dungeon Dice Monsters (2003)
Falsebound Kingdom (2003)
Eternal Duelist Soul (2002)
Forbidden Memories (2002)
Dark Duel Stories (2002)

Other
About Yu-Gi-Oh
Yu-Gi-Oh! Timeline
Pojo's YuGiOh Books
Apprentice Stuff
Life Point Calculators
DDM Starter Spoiler
DDM Dragonflame Spoiler
The DungeonMaster
Millennium Board Game

Magic
DBZ
Pokemon
Yu Yu Hakusho
NeoPets
HeroClix
Harry Potter
Anime
Vs. System
Megaman

This Space
For Rent

Pojo's Yu-Gi-Oh Card of the Day

X-Saber Wayne
#5DS3-EN042 

1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters When this card is Synchro Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Warrior-Type monster from your hand.

Card Ratings
Traditional: 2.67
Advanced: 3.00 

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 is average. 5 is the highest rating.


Date Reviewed -
June 30, 2010

Back to the main COTD Page

 

Dark Paladin

Wednesday

Speaking of bad Synchro Monsters...X-Saber Wayne, a Level 5 Synchro monster, Earth type, with 2100 attack and 400 defense, both are which obviously bad. We have a Warrior who is Synchro Summoned with one Tuner and one or more non-Tuner monsters, which is good, no restriction.

When Synchro Summoned, you can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Warrior-type monster from your Hand. There are good X-Saber cards and good X-Saber Synchro Monsters, but this one you can do without. It actually slows the Deck down and doesn't do enough for you.

Ratings:

Traditional: 1/5
Advanced: 2/5 It is better than Junk Destroyer
Art: 4.5/5


Freeza

X-Saber Wayne ...
 
Who? ... Wayne. ... WHO?!?!?! ... Wayne. ... ok.
 
This is one of those that u will scratch your temple raw and bloody trying to figure out what to do with him, cuz u just SWEAR he's gotta be good ... right? ... Well, he is. 
 
In it of himself, he doesn't look like much. 2100 ATK. 5 stars. Warrior. When Synchro summoned, u can special a level 4 or lower Warrior from your hand. Yadda, yadda, yadda. We've seen it before with easier to summon monsters. So why care? Cuz, despite Wayne's deceptive lack of tuning restrictions - he's not made for just ANY deck. Not even for just any Warrior deck. He's an X-Saber.
 
X-Sabers loop-swarm almost as deadly and annoying as Infernities. Monsters that special summon more monsters from the hand often run into the dilemma of hand/resource depletion due to over-extending. With Darksoul's ability to almost constantly and continually replenish the hand, X-sabers will rarely lack a decent target for Wayne's effect when he's Syncho summoned. U got 2 X-sabers, which then clears the way for Faultroll who then brings an X-saber from the Graveyard (possibly that Darksoul again?)... and chances are, u haven't even normal summoned yet. Normal summon a Tuner, synch with Darksoul, and ... well, u get the point. And that's just one haphazard scenario.
 
Wayne is good news for the X-Saber deck.
I'm sure everyone one of them will be playing at least one of him.
 
Traditional: 4/5
Advanced: 4/5
 
- FREEZA


Mark
Howard
Today's card is X-Saber Wayne, which isn't remarkable at all. He doesn't do anything for his own X-Saber decks because there's not much he can summon, and there are much better Synchros to make, namely XX-Saber Hyunlei Nukes Your Defenses. He lets you special summon a Warrior from your hand, but looking at those weak stats, there isn't much that will redeem him.

If you're looking for a Level 5 Synchro, Ally of Justice - Catastor will do better than this in virtually any situation. If you can't afford that, Magical Android will hold her ground better as well.

2.5
Art: Wayne plays Red Dead Redemption.
Fun Fact: You should be watching Adventure Time.
Tomorrow: No more CotD until the 7th. :(
DarthLuigi36

X-Saber Wayne

John, er, X-Saber Wayne is a 5 star Synchro Monster who is an EARTH Warrior. He's got 2100 ATK and 400 DEF. Unfortunately for this desperado, that's not a very good start.

His effect does, however, make him useful. When Synchro Summoned, you're able to Special Summon a level 4 or less Warrior from your hand. This means a few cool tricks.

Cool Trick #1. Pretty straightforward: Wayne can make instant 7- or 8-star synchros. Usually you'll be playing Wayne in a dedicated X-Saber deck, which means you can throw down Pashuul or Fullhelmknight and make whatever you like. If you make Colossal Fighter this way, it will have a minimum of 3000 ATK.

You can even follow this trick up with Gottoms' Emergency Call. X-Sabers aren't usually able to make 8-star Synchro Monsters too easily, so this can be very useful.

Cool Trick #2. Make Wayne, summon any X-Saber warrior. You now can drop that XX-Saber Faultroll in your hand. Usually, you would just play Faultroll when you had two monsters out, then Synchro using those two, then use Faultroll's effect to revive one of them.

This method, however, has a bonus over the usual way: Due to Cool Trick #1, it has a tendency to baiting out cards like Bottomless Trap Hole and Torrential Tribute. This leaves your precious Faultroll safe, so you can still do your shenanigans with it later.

I'm sure most people won't want to drop their copies of Ally of Justice Catastor for this guy, but I definitely recommend they find room for a copy of Wayne. Just one probably all you need, since making a 5-star in X-Sabers isn't too common.

Advanced: 3/5 He's definitely got some uses in X-Sabers, but nowhere else.
Traditional: 1/5 I'm trying to think of a reason to play this cowboy here, and I can't.
Art: 5/5 One of my favorite card arts. But why is a cowboy wearing a mask? What is his secret?!


Copyright© 1998-2010 pojo.com
This site is not sponsored, endorsed, or otherwise affiliated with any of the companies or products featured on this site. This is not an Official Site.