Unit of The Week: Master Swordsman of First Light, Gurguit Helios

Master Swordsman of First Light, Gurguit Helios

The shine of first light will banishes all despair of darkness. 

[Stride]-Stride Step-[Choose one or more cards with the sum of their grades being 3 or greater from your hand, and discard them] Stride this card on your (VC) from face down.
[ACT](VC)[1/Turn] Unite (Active if you have called two or more units to (RC) or (GC) during this turn):[Choose a face down card from your G zone with the same card name as this unit, and turn it face up] This unit gets drive +1.
[CONT](VC) Generation Break 3:This unit gets [Power]+5000 for each of your rear-guards, and for the battle that this unit attacked, your opponent cannot call grade 1 or greater cards from hand to (GC).

Gurguit is one of my favorite units. His defensive skills from two versions of him and various G-Units are fun cards. I earned three top three spots at tournaments from my local card shop. I am staying by this card’s side because I am at my best with the Gold Paladins! Master Swordsman of First Light, Gurguit Helios is an upcoming card from Ultimate Stride!

Master Swordsman of First Light, Gurguit Helios’s first skill is activates when unite is active. Gurguit Helios gains an additional drive check. Four drive checks make any vanguard very dangerous. Opponents must consider their opponent’s probability of overcoming their shield. The extra card can be very useful. Gold Paladins superior call their allies to the field. You are not calling many units from your hand. Your hand’s size will be a healthy throughout games.

Play these cards with Master Swordsman of First Light, Gurguit Helios!

Furthermore, Master Swordsman of First Light, Gurguit Helios’s next skill gives him 5,000 power for each rear-guard and opponents cannot call grade one or greater cards from hand to guardian circle. Master Swordsman of First Light, Gurguit Helios is a huge boss if Generation Break 3 is active. Now opponents cannot negate the attack with a perfect guard. They must spend a lot of resources to block the attack. It is very easy to have a full of Gold Paladins. Gurguit Helios’s power will be 51,000 before receiving a boost from a rear-guard. He can easily attack for over 60,000 power.

Finally, Gurguit’s Generation Break three skill makes Gurguit Helios fall into the discussion of being too powerful. His large amount of power and guard restriction are too overwhelming. In addition, Gurguit has four drive checks with potential to break any effort of guarding the attack. Opponents may struggling defending against such a powerful attack. Only a handful of decks can withstand an attack with a power above 50,000.

Overall, Master Swordsman of First Light, Gurguit Helios is currently the best G-Unit for decks with Gurguit as the vanguard. He falls in the category of broken cards. He is too powerful for most decks to handle. His skill generate a lot of advantage with an additional drive check. He is one of the most difficult cards to defend against because of his second skill’s guard restriction. My Gold Paladins continue to shine as one of the best clans under Master Swordsman of First Light, Gurguit Helios.

Card Rating: 5.0 out of 5.0 stars

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