The Big Boss of the Dark World

Now there's a hype going around the OCG Yu-Gi-Oh! world and if you are a player, then you guessed it right, the advent of the latest structure deck, rumoured to change the course of how Yu-Gi-Oh! is played.  Now, this latest structure deck is, in its own way, devastating.  It has all the required monsters, spells and traps to swarm your own field with monsters while leaving your opponent's field literary empty.  If you follow this link, you will know why I said that: http://shriek.twoday.net/stories/29757872/

Alright, without further ado, let me introduce you to the boss monster of this deck: Grapha, Dragon God of Dark World.

This mean looking bastard is the key to making an amateurish dark world (zero) into a killing machine (hero).  So, what is its effect you ask?  Taken from yugioh.wikia, it can be translated as, "You can return one "Dark World" monster you control to your hand to special summon this card from the graveyard.  When this card is discarded by a card effect, you can select and destroy one card on your opponent side of the field.  When this card is discarded by your opponent's card effect, select one card in your opponent's hand and reveal it.  If it is a monster card, you can special summon it to your side of the field."

Ain't that a mean effect or what!  Its summoning condition is extremely simple, taking into account that other dark world monsters can be special summoned via their own effect or if you feel like it, just normal summon a lv4 or below "Dark World" monster and bounce it back for Grapha.  What makes this effect formidable is the fact that it is recurrent and not limited to once per turn.  A good way to abuse this effect is by special summoning a dark world monster, bouncing it back for grapha.  Then, you activate either one of the viruses in meta and normal summon a dark world monster.  Then, rebound it again for grapha to deal a direct blow to your opponent's life points.

Now, let's talk a bit about the big boss itself.  Its name is derived from the mineral "graphite" and holds some resemblance to its predecessor "Armed Dragon Lv10".  When I mean resemblance, I mean its stance, posture and even ATK power once empowered by Gate of Dark World.  A lot of you must be wondering why they call it dragon albeit it being a fiend-type monster.  The reason is actually quite simple, it is rooted in the Japanese's (descendant of Chinese) blood that deem dragon as a sacred and mystical beast.  In ancient folklore, it is said that dragons can maintain the peace of a certain place and ward off evil spirits.  That's why you can see a lot of dragon paintings and sculptures on temples and shrines.

So, this wraps up today's post on "Grapha".  Next time, I will do a post on the angel's boss, "Master Hyperion" with a few thoughts of my own.  Till then, see you.