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!

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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........

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