[Warrior/Ritual/Effect]
ATK/3,000 DEF/2,500
You can Ritual Summon this card with “Chaos Form” or “Super Soldier Ritual”. Must be Ritual Summoned. During your Draw Phase, before you draw: You can reveal this card in your hand; give up your normal draw this turn, and if you do, add 1 Ritual Spell from your Deck to your hand. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects during your Battle Phase. When this attacking card, that was Ritual Summoned using a Normal Monster, destroys an opponent’s monster by battle: You can shuffle all cards your opponent controls into the Deck.
Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman deserves legendary in his name. This ritual monster is a legendary character in the game. The original anime of Yu-Gi-Oh! introduced us to Black Luster Solider in the first season. Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman lives up to his legend because this card has amazing effects and is an easy ritual monster to special summon.
First Effect: Ritual Summon
Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman has a unique condition for his ritual summon. He requires Chaos Form or Super Solider Ritual. This card has two options for spell cards. This effect allows you to choose the best ritual spell card for your strategy.
Super Soldier Ritual has two useful effects for Black Luster Solider – Legendary Swordsman. This spell card requires one or more monsters with an exact total level equal to eight. Super Solider Ritual may also special summon Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman from your hand because it ignores his conditions for his summoning.
Chaos Form is a great option if you are playing a deck with Blue-Eyes. Blue-Eyes White Dragon fulfills the conditions for Chaos Form because Blue-Eyes White Dragon is a level 8 monster. It is an effective method for the ritual summon of Black Luster Solider – Legendary Swordsman.
Play these cards to Ritual Summon Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman!
- Chaos Form
- Super Soldier Ritual
Second Effect:
The second effect restricts the ability to summon this card. Black Luster Solider – Legendary Swordsman must be ritual summoned. It is the common method to play this card.
Therefore, you cannot play a card to special summon this monsters from the graveyard or deck. Those cards do not meet the condition for this effect. For example, Monster Reborn cannot special summon Black Luster Solider – Legendary Swordsman from your graveyard.
The only exception is Super Solider Ritual. Super Solider Ritual ignores this card’s condition for the ritual summon. The spell card may special summon this warrior from the hand.
Third Effect:
Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman allows you to add a ritual spell card from the deck to your hand instead of you drawing a card during the draw phase. You do not need to rely on luck of the draw. This effects provides the ritual spell card for consistency. It guarantees you to be in position to play this card.
Therefore, this effect consistently sets up your Ritual Summon. You have the proper spell card in your hand. You may proceed with the ritual summon.
For instance, Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman may add Chaos Form from the deck to your hand. Blue-Eyes White Dragon is in your graveyard. Chaos Form may banish Blue-Eyes White Dragon and ritual summon Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman.
Fourth Effect:
Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman prevents the opponent from activating cards’ effects during your battle phase. This powerful effect presents the opportunity to gain momentum. The opponent is unable to counter your strategy during the battle phase. You have a great chance to inflict damage and activate your cards’ effects.
Furthermore, this effect applies to all types of cards for the opponent. The opponent cannot activate effects from monsters, spells, and traps. The opposing player is put in a bad spot during your turn and you are free to extend a strong strategy for victory during the battle phase.
This effect provides a major advantage in battle. You do not need to fear the destruction of your cards. Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman may attack and destroy an opponent’s monsters in battle without any opposition.
Fifth Effect:
Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman returns all of the opponent’s cards on the field to the deck when he destroys a monster by battle. He gains his effect if you use a normal monster for the ritual summon. This effect is a huge advantage. This effect counters the opponent’s strategy because he or she loses all of the cards on the field.
In addition, the fourth effect complements the fifth effect. The opponent is unable to respond to this battle and cannot prevent this effect in battle. Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman has a great success rate with this effect.
Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman puts certain archetypes at a disadvantage. Some archetypes want cards in their graveyard for those cards’ effects. The opponent is unable to gain the advantages of those effects because this effect returns those cards to the deck. The opponent must activate a card to search for a particular card or hope to draw it.
Support:
Black Luster Solider – Legendary Swordsman has great support form Konami. This card fits in multiple decks and archetypes. You may play this ritual monster in decks with Black Luster Soldier, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and Dark Magician. You can create creative decks for casual games or a competitive deck with this ritual monsters.
Many cards have the effect to search for Black Luster Solider – Legendary Swordsman. Evening Twilight Knight and Gateway to Chaos may add this ritual monster from your deck to the hand. They are effective cards and put you in position to ritual summon this warrior. You may activate the third effect of Black Luster Solider – Legendary Swordsman on your next turn to add a ritual spell card to your hand for the ritual summon.
Due to Chaos Form, you can easily fit Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman in a deck with Blue-Eyes. This warrior enables a strategy with a quick win with powerful monsters. You can easily ritual summon him with Blue-Eyes White Dragon because he is a level 8 ritual monster and Blue-Eyes White Dragon is a level 8 monster.
Play these cards with Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman!
- Blue-Eyes White Dragon
- Chaos Form
- Evening Twilight Knight
- Gateway to Chaos
- Super Soldier Ritual
Card Rating:
Overall, Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman is one of the best versions of Black Luster Solider. This card is one of the easiest and most consistent ritual monsters to summon because many cards add this ritual monster to your hand. This ritual monster also searches for his ritual spell card from the deck. This warrior also has amazing effects and may return all of the opponent’s cards on the field to the opponent’s deck. I recommend playing Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman in your deck.
Card Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0 stars
