January 16, 2010

Miraculous Afterglow - Guess Whoes Back.

Good day everyone.

Today, I would like to introduce everyone to Miraculous Afterglow.

Whilst being similar to Time Machine, Miraculous Afterglow proves superior due to its free-chain ability.

However, having to revive a monster that was destroyed by battle this turn proves problematic at times, limiting it to only be able to be activated on the opponent's battle, Main 2, and end phases.

So, what makes this card good?

Why should I include it in my deck?

The answer is recursion.

Note that Miraculous Afterglow special summons the monster from the graveyard, giving you all the benefits of being special summoned.

The first few cards that come to mind in this situation are Elemental Hero Airman, and the Gadgets.

Triggering their effects when special summoned, especially Airman, they make great targets for Miraculous Afterglow.

In the case of Airman, his relatively high ATK points will force the opponent to use cards such as Book of Moon or Shrink in order to take it down, which is perfect, because you simply have to revive it and search another Elemental Hero.

Recursion is not limited to cards which do something on summoning or special summoning.

Cards such as Gale and Cyber Dragon are used as beatsticks, and left for, most of the time, dead.

However, setting a Miraculous Afterglow behind Gale suddenly creates more than just another problem for the opponent.

After removing your gale by battle, the opponent synchro summons, lets say, Stardust Dragon, and ends his or her turn.

At this point, you open Miraculous Afterglow, bringing Gale back to kill said Stardust Dragon.

Suggested phrase to say while doing so:

Guess Whoes Back.

In the case of Cyber Dragon, most Machine Decks will aim to destroy Cyber Dragon, to Avoid Chimeratech Fortress Dragon.

Well, activating Miraculous Afterglow at their end phase will make that fear a reality.

Dont we all love 4000 ATK Chimeratech Fortress Dragons out of nowhere?

How about Raiou? Free-chaining Miraculous Afterglow targeting Raiou to, lets say, RoTA gives you advantage.

Its not only specific monster that can draw upon this.

Elemental Heroes in general benefit on the offensive with Skyscraper, but on the enemys turn, Skyscraper doesnt really help them.

Miraculous Afterglow can be abused even more with Elemental Heroes and Skyscraper.


Unexpected, Unpredictable, and Undervalued, Miraculous Afterglow is a affordable, effective, and threatening card to include in many decks.

After all, who doesnt love four Call of the Haunted?

Thats all for today.

G-Ray

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