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Sometimes I choose more appropriate cards than I
realize at the time of selection. I like the Ojama
Trio. I didn’t care for them in what little I saw
of Yu-Gi-Oh GX but it was Yu-Gi-Oh GX, so does that
count? The dub for that matter… To the point,
being the fat guy at the party who (when not hiding)
is instead always in the way and being obnoxious
(usually because I don’t think things through, not
because I am trying to be rude) I totally relate to
these little fellows that Harpie Lady 1
apparently likes to hunt with a whip.
…
Why are you looking at me that way?
Anyway, according to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki the name
“Ojama” is derived from the Japanese phrase
“Ojamashimasu” and is said by people entering a room
unexpectedly and means “Pardon me for intruding”.
I’ll have to remember that. I will also have to
remember that (if the site is correct) we are
getting more Ojama support including two new
Ojama and a Field Spell for them! Happy New
Year, yeah!
The card Ojama Trio has sadly been restricted
to one per deck. I’ll be honest, I can’t remember
why. If there was a OTK or something equally
annoying with them… can we ban a different card to
kill it? Please? Oh well, this card has a few uses,
but loses many of them with its restriction to a
lone copy per deck. The classic use is in a burn
deck: eat up some space, get off as many copies of
Just Desserts as you can, and if they are low
enough on LP just nuke them yourself to score
another 900 points of damage.
What else are they good for? Well, locking down the
field. I never got it stable enough to work, but I
tried to use them in conjunction with Spatial
Collapse to lock an opponent down to just “from
hand” Monster cards. Of course, back then I could
use multiple copies and Xin Zhen Hu if I
wanted to make sure it was a real lock. Now you
have to use Xin Zhen Hu or both recycle
Ojama Trio and burn a card or attack to make
room for the next three Tokens. Once you do, then
only a handful of “from hand” card effects can be
used, and usually not to great effect. The hard
part was making sure your opponent didn’t just
suicide the Tokens to get rid of them: with 0 ATK
and only 1000 DEF, they weren’t very durable. I did
it by using Inaba White Rabbit to attack the
opponent directly, then letting it bounce itself to
my hand. Of course, now such a deck is nearly
impossible to run.
So, is there anything else? Yes, but again it is a
diminished role. Several decks love your opponent
to have weak things to destroy in battle. Decks
with Windstorm of Etaqua, Zero Gravity,
Level Limit – Area A, Enemy Controller
etc. can shift the little critters into ATK
position. Trample still loves them as 1000 DEF
isn’t that high and you’ll get a rebate of 300
points of damage thanks to the burn effect.
Monsters that can attack each of your opponent’s
Monsters loved them when combined with something to
grant them trample or shift their position. The
tokens are also good for effects that triggered
“then this card destroys a Monster in battle” (Fenrir)
and even the effect of another Ojama support
card, Ojamuscle.
Like most cards, its restrictions greatly reduced
its usefulness.
Ratings
Traditional: 1/5
Advanced: 2/5
Art: 4/5 – Appropriate. Creepy, but appropriate.
For the record, my favorite is Ojama Green
because that is my favorite color. My second
favorite is Ojama Black because that
is my second favorite color. My third favorite
color is pink… no Ojama for that (though
Ojama Red is one of the new ones). I am fond of
most (artificial) yellow flavors (e.g. lemon,
banana) and even those fruits for real… but I really
don’t like Ojama Yellow. The eyestalks just
creep me out. It figures that is the shape they
pick for the generic “Ojama”. Not that I
wouldn’t take Ojama Yellow as a Duel Spirit
if Duel Spirits weren’t real, possibly over better
cards. Yes, I finally start to live up to my screen
name as I have contemplated this: how if for some
reason I had Light and Darkness Dragon as a
Duel Spirit I’d trade it to Chazz for the Ojama
Trio. I don’t even care that much for nor know
that much about Yu-Gi-Oh GX as most
episodes only aired on Cartoon Network in our area
and I don’t get cable. In fact, most of what I know
of it comes from the poorly translated video games.
For some reason, I want a series of cards inspired
by the tentacles from Maniac Mansion to be
released in Yu-Gi-Oh, and for them to be Ojama
compatible.
Perhaps it is good I am going to be away for a
while…
Happy New Year! |
