Il Blud

Zombie/Effect/Dark        Level 6

2100 ATK/800 DEF

This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is face-up on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it be treated as an Effect Monster with this effect:

•Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Zombie-Type monster from your hand or from either player's Graveyard. When this card is removed from the field, destroy all Zombie-Type monsters Special Summoned by this effect.

    One of the cards that match up to the “hype.”

    I do not think Il Blud was the key card for the rise of the Zombies.  It was the Zombie Master that did it.  However, Il Blud definitely helped – free Special Summon from EITHER PLAYER’S GRAVEYARD OR YOUR HAND??

    Sure, 2100 ATK is never considered “high” with Cyber Dragon and Monarchs appearing in 2’s and 3’s.  But if we played monsters solely for ATK, then Goblin Attack Force would be a staple and Majestic Mech – Ohka would be a broken card.  This card solved many problems that Zombie decks had.

    First, for an explosively aggressive card, Gravekeeper’s Spy blocked a game-winning turn and turned the table around simply by spinning a high level Zombie-Type monster.  Special Summoning another blocker is brutal.

    Then, this card easily became a free Book-of-Life with beefy ATK.  Special Summon with Pyramid Turtle, Normal Summon, Special Summon Pyramid Turtle, draw a card(s), ram Pyramid Turtle, grab Spirit Reaper, and take out a card = ouch.

    Personally, I believe Il Blud is overrated slightly, because it does not grant Zombie decks like…*cough* tomorrow’s card *cough*.  Yes, of course Il Blud is a good card.  It certainly is evolutionary.  But is it revolutionary?  Not enough, in my opinion.

    Traditional:  1.5/5     Too slow.

    Advanced:   3/5    You can never had too many of recursion.

Monday – Il Blud

            Today's card is a key card to the famous Zombie theme that comes from the same set as Zombie Master, which is another key card that made this old theme competitive again. Il Blud is a 1-Tribute 2100 Gemini monster, which isn't good at all at first. This card is the KEY to swarming efficiently with Zombies, next to the obvious source Zombie Master. This guy's a tribute and you have to wait a turn, but Zombie Master can discard this card easily and then it can be prematured or called and then summoned again. There are numerous ways to activate this guy's effect, and they're all not too hard to do. Even if you don't manage to get this guy's effect out, you can still use the other Zombie's to swarm while you try to find a way. Il Blud is definitely a step down from Zombie Master, but it's still pretty consistent. I mean, it can summon ANY level Zombie onto the field. This means Vampire Lord, Ryu Kokki, and more can all me special summoned along with maybe another Il Blud. Multiples of this card bring out the full potential of the Zombie theme. A staple in Zombie decks.

Traditional: 1.1/5 – MAYBEE. It's DARK attribute, but who would run a 5-star Gemini Zombie in a Chaos deck?

Advanced: 5/5 – In a zombie deck