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[YGO] The Shining Darkness Review

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    okay i had to do this because of the plant support ><;


    The Shining Darkness Review


    Intro
    First of all, I'd like to say: Hello all! Like I said up above, some awesome plant support was released in this pack, so I had to do a review. If this isn't aloud, feel free to close this mods.

    Overall
    Got 100 cards in a pack. Pretty decent, I loved the designs and all that, and, the 30% rising probability of pulling a secret rare makes this pack even more awesome, especially for some specific players. A ton of Infernities were released in this pack (got a lot and traded them away :>), and Blackwinged Dragon! Also, other BW support like Blackwing - Bombardment was released in this pack. Also, another Thunder archetype that goes hand-in-hand with the epic Batterymen were released - "Watt!" These go very nice w/ BMs. I went to the Promo of TSHD (5 packs) at locals and pulled an Ultimate Rare Splendid Rose, Infernity Doom Dragon, and an ultra rare Trust Gaurdian, I believe. I also got a lot of BW traps and Infernity stuff that I traded at locals.

    Some Notable Cards

    XX-Saber Boggart Knight & Darksoul - Really nice X-saber support. :3

    Blackwing - Ghilbi, Gust and Breeze - Definitely ideal for BW players. Blackwings are probably the most popular archetype in the game, so case in point.

    Infernity - Mirage, Randomizer, Beetle, Avenger and Barrier You are seriously lucky to pull a Barrier by the way; they cost around $80. Infernity support; this archetype is getting real nice.

    Plant- Spore, Splendid Rose, Revival Rose, Snyffus, Blossom Bombardment & Bird of Roses Although not all of them are useful, I find Splendid (in which I pulled at the promos!) to be an extremely awesome Synch, with cards like Copy Plant. Blossom Bombardment combos well with it's effect as well. Snyffus: Six Samurai of plants. Amazingly useful, but quite pricey ($9). I also love the artwork. Others are pretty self-explanatory.

    Watt - Giraffe, Woodpecker, Fox, Cube, Electromagnetic Shield Although this archetype is really un-finished, because my brother runs them w/ Batterymen I know about it, and it is sincerely annoying. Wattwoodpecker and Giraffe can attack directly, Fox stalls, Cube gives them all 1k ATK, and Shield will also stall if in trouble. Really interesting.

    Worm Call The Reptile-Type Worm's first support card. Self-explanatory.

    Chaos King Archefind, Chaos Goddess, Infernity Doom Dragon Haven't looked into them yet, but pretty interesting. All higher than rare.

    Batteryman AAA & Fuel Cell Actually a very nice addition to the horribly annoying BMs. They combo together.

    There are way more than these, but these are off the top of my head, so yeah.

    What do you think?
    Post what you think about the pack here. I enjoyed the promo, and it definietly helped my plant deck. What about you?
     
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    Sadly, I haven't bought a pack of The Shining Darkness yet. I'm still going with Absolute Powerforce and mostly Stardust Overdrive to pull Reptilianne and Fortune Lady support cards. I may have to even go down to Ancient Prophecy to obtain the last Fortune Lady I need as well as Future Visions. So yeah..plus I hate Blackwings and all those Blackwing support cards I would just trade off xD.
     
    Haha, the thing is, every time I open a TSHD pack, I get something amazing!

    1st pack: Infernity Doom Dragon
    2nd Pack: Splendid Rose
    3rd pack (today): Chaos King Archfiend

    I've traded first two away, and CKA is up. I really like this pack so far.
     
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