Zoroa, the Magistus Verethragna – #BLMM-EN045
1 “Magistus” monster + 1 Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster
You can target 1 Effect Monster in your GY or your opponent controls; equip that Effect Monster to this card. When a monster effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can send 1 face-up “Magistus” Monster Card you control to the GY; negate that effect, then you can destroy 1 card your opponent controls. You can only use each effect of “Zoroa, the Magistus Verethragna” once per turn.
Date Reviewed: September 12th, 2025
Rating: 3.92
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale. 1 is awful. 3 is average. 5 is excellent.
Reviews Below:
King of
Lullaby
Hello Pojo Fans,
Zoroa, the Magistus Verethragna wraps up the week for Magistus and is a new Fusion option for the archetype.
Not really a splashable target is a good thing, with this new Zoroa needing a Magistus and a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster. I suppose you could make one of those and an Artemis and then make this, but that’d be two spots in your Extra Deck and space can be at a premium.
Anyways, Zoroa can equip an effect monster much like his original form can equip a Magistus monster from the Extra Deck. However, it’s an upgraded ability, allowing you to use your own grave or a monster your opponent controls, highly increasing your options. Magistus Invocation alongside the original Zoroa after equipping Artemis is one of the easiest ways to summon this card, after you use Artemis’s effect of course.
This can easily get rid of a negation your opponent has, or steal their monster if they cannot counter Zoroa’s effect. Using your own monster, you’ll likely equip a Magistus in your grave to this Zoroa (Artemis). Sending a face-up Magistus Monster Card you control to negate a monster effect, then destroy a card the opponent controls is great interaction that was missing in the archetype. Giving you the option to destroy something other than the monster you negated works great when negating hand traps, as you’ll not need to destroy the monster being used from the hand to be effective. With so many monsters being able to be used from the hand (Vanquish Soul), you can negate their effect(s) while gaining field advantage in a 2-for-1 trade. At worst, you’re getting a 1-for-1 by negating and destroying the same card. Crowley, the Magistus of Grimoires and Rilliona, the Magistus of Verre can re-equip a Magistus to your Zoroa after his effect, and pretty much any of the Extra Deck monsters being equipped can give any Magistus monster an advantage in battle, though Artemis with her search ability is the most helpful.
Strong stats with opponent interaction and ways to recoup having to pay for that opponent interaction, Zoroa, the Magistus Verethragna is an upgrade to the Magistus Extra Deck lineup. Where Artemis searches as an equip, and Vahram functions as afield-clearing Synchro, Zoroa is meant to hold the field for as long as possible. Re-equip him and keep a Magistus onboard so his effect is always online.
Advanced- 4/5 Art- 4/5
Until Next Time,
KingofLullaby
Crunch$G
If the Level 4 Tuner and Level 8 Synchro wasn’t enough for Zoroa, now it has a Fusion form with Zoroa, the Magistus Verethragna.
Zoroa 3.0 is a Level 8 FIRE Spellcaster Fusion with 2900 ATK and DEF. Strong stats for a Level 8, FIRE is pretty nice, and Spellcaster is a great Type. Materials are any Magistus monster along with any Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link, which gives a lot of flexibility for Magistus to be able to summon this via Crowley, the Gifted Magistus or Magistus Invocation. You can target an Effect Monster the opponent controls or in their graveyard and equip it to this card, which is fun removal even if not a Quick Effect. When a Monster Effect is activated, you get a Quick Effect to send a Magistus Monster Card you control to the graveyard to negate that effect and then you can destroy a card the opponent controls. Negating a monster effect and then destroying any card the opponent controls is strong, and all you’d need to sacrifice is a Magistus you control, which you can likely get several Magistus monsters equipped to your other monsters for the cost over using an actual monster. At worst, you can just use this card itself for his cost, which is fine depending on how much value you get back in return from what you negate and destroy. HOPT on both effects of course. It’s another solid Fusion in Magistus to go with Chorozo, Awiass, and Invoked Magistus Omega. It does nothing while equipped, instead wanting to use the equips itself. Play it with your Magistus stuff, it’s a solid boss monster to add with the Zoroa Synchro.
Advanced Rating: 4/5
Art: 4/5 Now when do we get the Xyz Zoroa and Link Zoroa?
Mighty
Vee
I hope you’re not sick of Zoroa yet because ending the week is the new boss monster of the Magistus archetype, Zoroa, the Magistus Verethragna. Mirroring its Synchro version, this Zoroa is a level 8 FIRE Spellcaster Fusion monster. It’ll take any Magistus monster and any Fusion, Link, Synchro, or Xyz monster, so it’s a funny Super Polymerization target, though making it manually is pretty simple thanks to Artemis, the Magistus Moon Maiden being an easy Link 1. Rilliona, the Wondrous Magistus Witch Wardrobe can also easily make it by itself just by summoning Crowley, the Gifted Magistus. Dracotail hybrids can also make it pretty easily as long as they can field Crowley and any Extra Deck monster. It might share Zoroa, the Magistus Conflagrant Calamity’s solid 2900 attack, but it gets a substantial boost in defense to match its attack, making it also 2900. I love balanced stats! On that note, we’ll refer to them as “Fusion Zoroa” and “Synchro Zoroa” respectively to avoid confusion.
Compared to the other cards this week, Fusion Zoroa’s set of effects is pretty straightforward, with 2 simple hard once per turn effects. The first will let you target an Effect monster either in your Graveyard or on your opponent’s field and Equip it to Fusion Zoroa. This is helpful for a variety of reasons– it can set up plays with the new Endymion Link monster, Equip your Magistus Extra Deck monsters for their bonus effects, or most hilariously, steal an opponent’s monster and likely shut down their key effects if you have Synchro Zoroa on the field. Equipping the right Magistus monster will do about the same thing, but if you don’t need the bonus effects, you might as well remove a monster in the process. Fusion Zoroa’s other effect is a Quick effect, responding to an opponent’s Monster effect to negate the effect then destroy any card your opponent controls, at the cost of sending a face-up Magistus Monster card (Monster card, not monster!) you control to the Graveyard. In the past few years, Konami has been printing these weird spins on negates, not that it’s a bad thing! In this case, it’s a straight upgrade to the standard negate and destroy, since not only can you still destroy the original monster, you can also destroy a different troublesome card if getting rid of that monster isn’t a big deal. The cost does kind of sting if you want to keep your Equips to floodgate your opponent, but it’s not a huge loss overall since Fusion Zoroa can grab them back next turn anyway. And of course, in an absolute emergency, Fusion Zoroa can even send itself, or at least another Magistus monster. Only negating Monster effects is a bit of a bummer, but thankfully if you really wanted to, you can mitigate it by Equipping Vahram, the Magistus Divinity Dragon. Overall, Fusion Zoroa itself is a great boss for the deck, but consistently summoning it alongside Synchro Zoroa is going to be a bit of a challenge until we get Spoon. We need Spoon!
+Solid monster negate that can destroy any card, not just the negated monster
+Can retrieve Magistus Equips for their bonus effects or steal the opponent’s monsters
-Giving up a Magistus monster is sometimes painful
-Weak to backrow without Vahram Equipped
Advanced: 3.75/5
Art: 4.25/5 I like this Zoroa more, he seems a lot less angry. Definitely not because he’s shirtless, though.
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