Legacy of the Valiant – First Pack

While I was at Wal-Mart today I saw they had some packs of Legacy of the Valiant in stock, so I figured I would buy one to see what lady luck had in store for me.  I was really hoping to pull an Evilswarm Exciton Knight since he seems to be pretty valuable right now.  Unfortunately, as is usual with any pack I buy, I pulled nothing.  I got two new synchro monsters which seem pretty cool, but nothing I pulled is worth anything or could be used in any of my current decks.

Here’s what my first pack of LVAL had for me:

• Leo, The Keeper of the Sacred Tree
• Mighty Warrior
• Gorgonic Ghoul
• Swordsman From a Distant Land
• Overlay Sentinel
• Black Brachios
• Dododo Buster
• Gillagillancer
• Rose Witch

The art for Leo, The Keeper of the Sacred tree is pretty cool.  Looks like a lion in a suit of armor.  He’s a level 10 synchro that can be used with any type of tuner, and his attack is 3100.  His effect is pretty good too:

This face-up card on the field cannot be targeted by your opponent’s card effects, except during your Main Phase 2.

If I had a deck that could use this fella, I would certainly try it out.  My Dragunity deck could have made him pretty easily, but nothing I have right now can make level 10s.

How has everyone else been faring with their packs?  Anyone pull some of the Secret Rares without buying an entire box?  Let me know in the comments below.

Legacy of the Valiant – Deluxe Edition

I’ve been patiently waiting for more information on the Legacy of the Valiant set that’s coming out this month.  I’m particularly interested in the new Evilswarm monster, Evilswarm Exciton Knight.  I don’t have a lot of interest in the rest of the cards but the list still appears incomplete so maybe that’ll change as they release more information.  Either way though, the people at my locals are all playing with the new archetypes and I’m sure I can find some decent things to trade.

I was very excited when I saw THIS post over on cyberduelist.com.  Legacy of the Valiant is getting a special collectors box just like Judgement of the Light did.  As a collector, I think its really cool.  It gives me more incentive to buy cards even if they’re in a set I don’t particularly care for (Konami is good at that – unfortunately).  The Judgement of the Light box that I got a few months back looks really cool on my shelf and it gets a lot of use.  I keep 2 decks, spare sleeves, and cards that I’m not trading in it.  It’s stuffed as tight as I can get it so having a second box would come in really handy right now.

Plus, one of them is Evilswarm themed.  Having just completed my Evilswarm build, this box would be perfect to store it in.  If its priced the same as the Judgement of the Light box ($30 I think) I will be all over it.  9 packs, card sleeves, promo cards, and a sweet looking box – I’m in.

I just wish I didn’t have to wait until March . . .