Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Review: Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier

[Warrior/Ritual/Effect]

ATK/3,000 DEF,/2,500

You can Ritual Summon this card with “Super Soldier Ritual”. If this card destroys an opponent’s monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to its ATK in the Graveyard. If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, or if this card in your possession is destroyed by an opponent’s card effect and sent to your Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 “Gaia The Fierce Knight” monster from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard. You can only Special Summon “Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier(s)” once per turn.

The original Black Luster Solider had no impact in the meta and was only a popular card due to the anime. The card’s legacy continues in Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier. Konami retrained the original ritual monster into a powerful version with four effects. This ritual monster lives up to its name. This monster is a super warrior in battle with the potential to inflict massive damage.

First Effect: Ritual Summon

You may ritual summon Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier with Super Soldier Ritual. This spell card may ritual summon any monster with Black Luster Solider in its name. It requires materials from your hand or the field.

Furthermore, Super Soldier Ritual requires you to tribute monsters with levels equal to exactly eight. You may use a single monster at level eight. You may also use a combination monsters with the total levels at exactly at eight.

In addition, Super Soldier Ritual also also special summon Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier from your hand with its second effect. This spell banishes itself, one light monster, and one dark monster from the graveyard. Then, it special summons Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier, and this spell ignores this ritual monster’s requirements for his ritual summon. This strategy is an effective tactic to place this card on the field and reuse the ritual spell card from the graveyard.

Play these cards to ritual summon Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier!
  • Arisen Gaia the Fierce Knight
  • Super Soldier Ritual

Second Effect:

Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier inflicts extra damage to the opponent. This warrior’s second effect inflicts damage to the opponent equal to the original ATK of a monster when he destroys the monster by battle. The effect puts you at a major advantage in battle. Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier damages an opponent’s twice when he destroys the opposing monster and this effect’s ability.

Therefore, you can inflict massive damage after battle with Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier. An opponent can potentially lose a lot of life points if you destroy an opponent’s monster with a high ATK in battle. It puts a lot of pressure on the opponent.

For example, Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier destroys Dark Magician in battle, and this effect inflicts 2,500 damage to the opponent. The total amount of damage is 3,000 points of damage. The opponent loses 500 life points due to the battle and an additional 2,500 life points due to this effect.

Third Effect:

Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier special summons a monster with Gaia The Fierce Knight in its names from your hand, deck, or graveyard when an opponent’s effect or monster in battle destroys this monster. The effect provides a new monster for you to have a monster to protect your life points. This card help you rebound after losing a powerful ritual monster.

Furthermore, Arisen Gaia the Fierce Knight is the best target for this effect. Arisen Gaia the Fierce Knight revives this ritual monster from the graveyard when you tribute Arisen Gaia the Fierce Knight. Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier returns to the field.

Fourth Effect:

The final effect is a restriction on this ritual monster. You may only special summon one Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier per turn. This effect prevents players from abusing the second effect of this card.

Support:

Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier has solid support from the archetypes of  Black Luster Soldier and Gaia the Fierce Knight. This card has a lot of consistency. Many cards may add this ritual monster to your hand and other cards may special summon this ritual monster.

Many cards can add Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier from the deck to your hand. Charging Gaia the Fierce Knight and Gateway to Chaos add this ritual monster from the deck to your hand. These cards add consistency for this ritual monster. You may consistently play it with Super Soldier Ritual.

Play these cads with Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier!
  • Arisen Gaia the Fierce Knight
  • Charging Gaia the Fierce Knight
  • Gateway to Chaos
  • Super Soldier Ritual

Card Rating:

Overall, Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier is a good ritual monster. He has the potential to inflict massive damage with his effect after battle. This ritual monster has good support. You can easily play this card in decks for Black Lust Soldier. Therefore, I recommend playing three copies of Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier in your deck.

Card Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0 stars

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