Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Review: Gladiator Beast United

[Spell Card]

During the Battle Phase: Shuffle into the Deck, from your hand, field, or GY, the Fusion Materials that are listed on a “Gladiator Beast” Fusion Monster, then Special Summon that Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. You can only activate 1 “Gladiator Beast United” per turn. You cannot declare attacks the turn you activate this card, except with “Gladiator Beast” monsters.

Many archetypes have an exclusive card for fusion summons, and many of these cards have powerful effects. Gladiator Beast United is Gladiator Beast’s spell card for fusion. This spell elevates the archetype’s strategy. Gladiator Beast want fusion summons for the deck’s strongest monsters. This spell helps the deck to play these fusion monsters from the extra deck.

Sets:

Release DateSet NumberSetRarity
10-24-2019CHIM-EN057Chaos ImpactRare
08-27-2020MP20-EN1852020 Tin of Lost MemoriesCommon

First Effect:

Gladiator Beast United returns monsters on the field, in the hand, or graveyard to the deck for a fusion summon of a monster with Gladiator Beast in its name. The effect ignores the conditions for the fusion summon. This spell provides many advantages. It is an alternative method for fusion summons. It returns fusion materials to the deck.

Therefore, Gladiator Beast United adds consistency to Gladiator Beast. You can have the materials in three locations. Your monsters in your hand gain value because you can use them as fusion materials without contact fusion.

Furthermore, Gladiator Beast heavily depends on contact fusion, and Gladiator Beast United provides a secondary option for these fusion summons. Contact fusion requires materials on the field, and the opponent can destroy those materials. This spell card allows you to use materials in your hand, graveyard, or on the field.   

In addition, Gladiator Beast United returns the fusion materials to the deck. This ability may return multiple monsters from the graveyard to the deck. You can play other cards to search for these monsters if you need to play them.

Restriction:

Gladiator Beast United only allows your monsters with Gladiator Beast in their names to attack on the turn of this card’s activation. This restriction is not a major problem. The majority of monsters in the deck have Gladiator Beast in their names. This restriction will rarely affect the player.

Support:

Gladiator Beast United is a stellar addition for Gladiator Beast. This spell has synergy with many monsters in the archetype. The deck can search for this card. It has effective strategies with traps.

Gladiator Beast Gistel, Gladiator Beast Samnite, and Test Panther may add Gladiator Beast United from the deck to your hand. These monsters add consistency for this spell card. They provide access to it and you may quickly activate it for a fusion summon!

Gladiator Naumachia is a stellar trap alongside Gladiator Beast United. You can activate both cards during the opponent’s turn. Gladiator Beast United fusion summons a monster and Gladiator Naumachia forces the opponent to attack your Gladiator Beast. 

Furthermore, Gladiator Beast Gistel is one of the best searchers in the deck. Gladiator Beast Gistel may search for Gladiator Beast United or you may search for Gladiator Naumachia for their combo. You can consistently adds this spell card to your hand and set up this strategy with this trap.

Play these cards with Gladiator Beast United!
  • Gladiator Beast Gistel
  • Gladiator Naumachia
  • Test Panther

Card Rating:

Overall, Gladiator Beast United is one of the best spells for Gladiator Beast. It is a staple in a deck. This spell adds consistency for fusion summons. It returns monsters to the deck, and you can search for those monsters with other cards. Therefore, I recommend playing a full set of Gladiator Beast United in your deck.

Card Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0 stars

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