Well today is a very momentous occasion my
friends...this is the TEN year anniversary for the
Pojo Yugioh Card of the Day! We open the week and
honor this by looking at a blast from the past, the
very FIRST card reviewed here, the legendary Blue
Eyes White Dragon. Right off the bat, sadly a
monster like Blue Eyes White Dragon has little to no
place in any real competitive play. A Dragon Deck
CAN be a force to be reckoned with, but most of
those wouldn't even be playing Blue Eyes White
Dragon. This card has a lot of support however. Most
of its support I would consider to not be great, but
things like Ancient Rules (allowing you to Special
Summon a Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from your
Hand) or something like Paladin of White Dragon, or
even Kaibaman. Kaiser Sea Horse can help as it can
count as both tribute Monsters as Blue Eyes White
Dragon is a Light attribute Monster. Dragon's
Rebirth is a Trap that can help you easier summon
Blue Eyes. Decoy Dragon can help, and being Level 8
Blue Eyes can be used for Trade In. The White Stone
of Legend can assist in getting Blue Eyes to your
Hand more easily, although doesn't really help in
summoning. Burst Stream of Destruction is an awesome
Magic card support, although it doesn't allow Blue
Eyes to attack the turn you use it. Dragon Tactics
can help, although the two Tributes are still
required, the Monster is Special Summoned. Photon
Sanctuary is another helpful Magic card in being
able to Summon Blue Eyes. IF you truly want to play
a Blue Eyes Deck, honestly it's not the most
difficult thing in the world to pull off. It's got
enough support, for Dragons, Light Monsters, and the
card itself.
Ratings:
Blue Eyes is a card like Dark Magician, that in
the fact as to how playable or good it may actually
be, it's above the ratings system.
Art: 5/5
Miguel
It's the Pojo's YGO COTD's 10th birthday today
and we're taking a modern day look at the very first
card our founding fathers of Pojo ever reviewed, the
mighty Blue Eyes White Dragon. First, this card had
a spot in my heart, as it is my favorite monster
ever. In the beginning, there were very few cards
that helped ol' Blue Eyes. Lord of D with The Flute
of Summoning Dragon could get you one or two,
depending on your hand, or Card Destruction with
Monster Reborn, and Soul Exchange/Change of Heart.
Now there are a lot more ways to either get it out
or get the most out of this 3,000 ATK monster. Using
The White Stone of Legend with Cards of Consonace to
get you a Blue Eyes and two cards, then use Trade-In
to net you two more. Monster Reborn, Dragon's
Rebirth, Kaiser Seahorse and Kaibaman are a few ways
to get it on the field, depending on where Blue Eyes
is. Blue Eyes has enough support to make its own
deck, including Burst Stream of Destruction and
Paladin of White Dragon. Is it big time tournament
worthy? A very well built one, maybe, other than
that, Seto Kaiba's ace card is good for locals, and
maybe regionals. But other than that, it's still one
of the best monsters in the game, just based on his
support alone.
Traditional: 2
Advanced: 5 *In a deck built around BEWD*
Art: 5 All of the various forms
Tomorrow: Who wants S'mores?
Happy Birthday Pojo!
Argouru
Monday:
Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Lv 8/LIGHT/Dragon/3000A/2500D
(no effects)
Wow! 10 years of card reviews? That's quite the
accomplishment! While I haven't been on here as a
reviewer for long, I've enjoyed the experience and
am glad to be a part of the 10th anniversary. :)
Ah, the one that started it all. I've been playing
Yu-Gi-Oh! since the very beginning, and Ol' Blue
Eyes was once -THE- card to have in a deck as he was
the single strongest monster to exist. Despite
needing 2 tributes and lacking any special
abilities, he remained the ultimate beatstick for
several sets.
Nowadays, there's cards that vastly outclass him in
both power and can be gotten out way easier. Still,
he remains a good card that can go into certain
decks, such as a Dragon deck that involves special
summons (mainly using Red-Eyes Darkness Metal
Dragon), and has enough support to warrant building
a deck exclusively around him, using cards such as
Dragon Ravine, Totem Dragon, REDMD and several other
cards that make a list a bit too large to mention
here. He's also gotten some theme support in the
form of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Blue-Eyes Shining
Dragon and Kaibaman to name a few.
Still a fun card to use, but needs to be special
summoned to be competative, IMO.
Traditional: 2.5
Advanced: 2.75
Philosophical
Psycho
April 2, 2002
Hello everyone. Welcome to Pojo's first Yu-Gi-Oh!
card review. Today we have for you the strongest
Normal monster in the game. Imagine opening a pack
of LOB. There are eight worthless pieces of trash,
and sitting in the middle of the bunch is the
gleaming, ferocious Blue-Eyes White Dragon locked in
an uncontrollable outrage. At 3000 ATK, your
opponent is doomed without a Spell or Man-Eater Bug.
Trap Hole only works if your opponent actually goes
through the process of Normal Summoning it.
A decade later, what else has changed? Mirror Force,
Monster Reborn, and Dark Hole are still all on the
loose. Scrap Dragon, Judgment Dragon, Grapha the
Dragon Lord, and all other Dragons are incredibly
easier to summon than Blue-Eyes and can overpower
it/her (Kisara?) without a sweat. Galaxy-Eyes Photon
Dragon is a more muscular version of Blue-Eyes. So
then, Blue-Eyes is complete trash then, right?
In these ten years though, Blue-Eyes has also
garnered a great amount of support. The above cards
can outclass Blue-Eyes by itself, but the Blue-Eyes
Deck itself (hey at least you get the surprise
factor going for you) has a great amount of
potential. As such, I will be discussing Blue-Eyes
only in her trademark Deck for this next paragraph.
Very rarely will you go through the process of
Normal Summoning Blue-Eyes. You drop her straight in
the Grave (usually Trade-In, Polymerization,
Dragon's Ravine, Future Fusion for Ultimate Dragon
or Five-Headed), and you usually revive her from
there or Banish with Dragon's Mirror. King Dragun
and Flute of Summoning Dragon are also swift methods
to drop Blue-Eyes. The goal of a BEWD Deck is to
capitalize on Blue-Eyes' name and Normalcy to swarm
very quickly with high-ATK monsters, giving her a
strong chance to OTK (perhaps at an even easier
chance than a generic Dragon Deck). Dragon Master
Knight, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, or Thunder End
Dragon are all other powerful options that should be
summoned if possible.
Effectless it may be, but 3000 ATK is plenty
dangerous. She recieves great benefits off her Type,
Attribute, Level, and even her Name. You could even
splash in some Alexandrite Dragons and add Normal
monster support, but Blue-Eyes as a single archetype
takes up a lot of deckspace as is. Build a BEWD Deck
today and see how it works for you.
Niche Decks: Exodia FTK (certain variants enjoy a
core of Cards of Consonance + White Stone +
Blue-Eyes + Trade In + Super Rejuvenation and
sometimes Heart of the Underdog, which is by far my
favourite version of Exodia), Normalized Beatdown is
noteworthy given its record-high ATK, Hieroglyphics
could consider putting this to use but their Level 8
Normal Dragon is usually the one of their own
namesake considering BEWD would be at 0 ATK if they
try to swarm her
Advanced: 2.5/5 (at the very least, she has Fiendish
Chain immunity and Non-Spellcasting Area support
going for her)
Traditional: 2.8/5 (same score for different
reasons, given BEWD's potency in Exodia)
Aesthetics: 5/5 Legendary card, but I have a nagging
feeling how blue eyes and white skin probably has a
hidden connotation... In any case, I have always
felt BEWD is more of a silvery blue than a white
hue. The signed Takahashi artwork (atop a
skyscraper) is one of the most beautiful artworks in
the game. The tablet version's pose is much better
when she's charging up her laser. The original
artwork from Legend of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon
that depics her thrashing about is a painting that
clearly exudes passion and hard work, but I would
have to say I absolutely love Kaiba's classic BEWD,
the one that's crouching down. Blue is such a pretty
thing.
Philosophy Corner: Most of the things we call evil
are not evil at all; it is just that we don't
understand them and so we call them evil. And we
fear evil only because we don't understand it.
-Gabriel Mįrez, fictional
character of Rudolfo Anaya's
Bless Me, Ultima (1972)
