BPW2 – My Pulls

Well, Konami got me again.  I guess the collector in me really wants to buy yugioh cards, even though the player in me no longer does.  I couldn’t pass up the $20 box at Target tonight.  Part of me regrets the purchase, but another part is happy that I spent my hard earned cash on painted cardboard . . .

Most of the packs I opened contained absolutely nothing, but the Round 2 pack had some decent cards in it.  While I didn’t get the Number 11: Big Eye that I had hoped for, I did get High Priestess of Prophecy instead.  And since I have absolutely no need for the sexy little priestess, I’ve put her up for sale on eBay.

If you’re interested, you can see the listing right here.  Most of the “buy it now” listings for the priestess are $15 or more so I decided to sell mine for $14.50 instead, with free shipping of course.  It sold less than 15 hours after I put up the listing!  Ebay will get their cut and USPS will get theirs, so I’ll only end up coming away with around $10, but that’s more money I can spend on other cards, or save for the Deluxe Edition of Legacy of the Valiant coming out in March.

Hopefully it sells.  But if not I’m sure I can trade it away at my locals with ease.

Any Good Pulls?

Battle Pack 2: War of the Giants Round 2 has been out for a week now, so I wanted to see if anyone had pulled anything good yet.  Looking at the completed list, there isn’t a whole lot of good to be had.  Considering Number 11: Big Eye‘s $20 price on ebay, I doubt I’ll be getting one after all.  I had hoped the price would come down more than that, but maybe it’s still fairly difficult to pull.

I’m not really sure why they re-released the Evilswarm base monsters as commons.  4 of the 5 Evilswarm monsters they re-printed are in common form now.  When they came out in Hidden Arsenal 7, they were Super Rares and very easy to pull.  The only cards I had to buy for that deck were the Secret Rares.  Plus, no normal player would want to build their deck with a Common version of a card that comes in a very easy to get Super.

Maybe I’m just hating on Konami again.  I mean, I know the purpose of the Battle Packs isn’t really to introduce new cards or re-print highly sought after cards; they’re for sealed play.  I will not be experiencing sealed play any time soon though, because unfortunately for me, none of my local stores participate in fun things like that for Yugioh.  Magic The Gathering is the only game that gets any love, even though locally there are more Yugioh players than Magic.

Anyway, I’ll stop whining.

I doubt I’ll be buying any of the Battle Pack Round 2 packs.  I’m saving up for Legacy of the Valiant if I decide to keep playing this game.  Let me know if you pulled anything good though, because it’s always exciting to hear what people pull.

P.S. Anyone else notice that Big Eye was released in Round 2, along with Number 11: Big Eye?  Looks like Konami is opening the floodgates to a lot of bad ebay purchases.  For Sale: Battle Pack 2 Round 2 Big Eye!

 

Battle Pack 2 – Round 2

Battle Pack 2: War of the Giants was the very first set that I bought an entire box of.  I liked the sealed play that the battle packs provided and really enjoyed it.  Unfortunately, I didn’t really get that many cards I could use with my tournament decks.  I believe Forbidden Dress was the only card I was really excited to pull.

Round 2 has some pretty good cards just from the little bit of information that we’ve been given.  Ignoring all the other cards in the list and focusing only on the 5 Ultra Rare cards that have been confirmed, the set is already looking good.  The biggest stand-out on the list for me is Number 11: Big Eye.  I really want to get my hands on a few of those.  Being able to steal an opponent’s monster with virtually no cost is simply too good to pass up.  Plus, its a Rank 7 monster and those are pretty easy to make with the cards in the format right now.

The second stand-out is Safe Zone.  Safe Zone is one of those cards that open up a whole lot of strategic combos.  For example, many monsters with great effects have low attack to help balance them out.  Put that monster on the field with Safe Zone and it becomes much more potent.  Another cool combo is the “Key Beetle Lockdown”.  The effects of Safe Zone and Number 66: Master Key Beetle are very powerful when combined.  Safe Zone is one of those cards that I would definitely find a use for if I had one.


The third card from the list that I have an interest in is Dragunity Knight – Vajrayana.  I know, I know, I’ve criticized Konami over and over for re-printing this card, only to ban Dragon Ravine.  So why would I want it?  Well, I am holding on to a tiny thread of hope that either A) Dragon Ravine will be given back to us next format (probably limited or semi-limited) or that B) a new Dragunity search card will be released in order to keep the Dragunity Archetype from ceasing to exist.  Since my deck only has 2 copies at the moment, I would really like to get my hands on another.

The other two cards, Fog King and High Priestess of Prophecy, I wont really have a use for.  I have no intention of playing a Prophecy deck and I can’t see where Fog King is all that impressive.  The rest of the cards we’ll just have to wait and see on.  According to the wiki the BP02 set will contain 313 cards, 98 of which will be added with Round 2.  Round 2 packs will contain cards from both Battle Pack 2 and Round 2.

The release date for Round 2 is set for this month (January 17th) and I have to say I’m actually kind of excited.  Shadow Specters left me wanting more, so maybe this will help fill the void.

What do you think of Battle Pack 2?  Are you looking forward to this new addition or do you think its a waste of card stock?  Personally I wish there was a Dracossack as one of those Ultra Rares, but overall it seems pretty decent.