Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Review: Lightsworn Dragonling

[Dragon/Effect]

ATK/1,500 DEF/1,300

If you have a “Lightsworn” monster in your GY: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Special Summoned: You can send 1 “Lightsworn” card from your Deck to the GY, except “Lightsworn Dragonling”. If this card is sent to the GY: You can add 1 Dragon monster with 3000 ATK/2600 DEF from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of “Lightsworn Dragonling” once per turn.

Lightsworn Dragonling is one of the best cards for Lightsworns. Konami recently released this card in Legacy of Destruction. This effect monster have very good effects. This card adds consistency to the archetype.  It helps provide access to powerful cards such as Judgment Dragon.

Sets

  • Legacy of Destruction

First Effect:

You may special summon Lightsworn Dragonling from your hand if your graveyard has a monster with Lightsworn in its name. This effect provides a lot of value. You are able go into your combos with this effect monster.

Furthermore, this effect’s condition is a very easy requirement for Lightsworns. Many monsters in the archetype mill cards from the deck to the graveyard. You can easily fulfill this condition on the first time. Lightsworn Dragonling is always a great card to draw at any time during a game.

Second Effect:

Lightsworn Dragonling may send a monster with Lightsworn in its name except for a copy of itself from the deck to the graveyard. This effect accelerates Lightsworns’ strategies. You have many options for this effect. You may send a monster with Lightsworn in its name to the graveyard with the intent to special summon it. The effect also sets up Judgment Dragon.

For example, Felis, Lightsworn Archer and Wulf, Lightsworn Beast may special summon themselves from the graveyard if an effect sent them to the graveyard. You may send one of these effect monsters to the graveyard. They will special summon themselves. 

Third Effect:

Lightsworn Dragonling may add a dragon with 3,000 ATK and 2,600 DEF from the deck to the hand when this dragon leaves the field. This effect has two options for Lightsworns. You may add either Judgment Dragon or Punishment Dragon to your hand.

Therefore, this ability adds consistency for Judgment Dragon and Punishment Dragon. You can easily add these key cards to your hand without a cost. Your graveyard or banished cards may have the proper set up to special summon Judgment Dragon or Punishment Dragon after adding one of these cards to your hand.

You can send Lightsworn Dragonling to the graveyard with a variety of methods. You may use this effect monster as material for a synchro summon or link summon. This strategy provides a powerful monster from the extra deck. It would also activate Lightsworn Dragonling’s effect to add a card such as Judgment Dragon from the deck to the hand.

Add these monsters to your hand with the effect of Lightsworn Dragonling!
  • Judgment Dragon
  • Punishment Dragon
Extra Deck Material:

Lightsworn Dragonling is an option for material for special summons from the extra deck. You may use this effect monster to special summon Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion, Michael, the Arch-Lightsworn, and Minerva, the Athenian Lightsworn. This monster fits the requirements for all three monsters from the extra deck.

For instance, you may use Lightsworn Dragonling and Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn as material for the synchro summon of Minerva, the Athenian Lightsworn. These effect monsters have a total of eight levels. They meet the perfect conditions for the synchro summon of this synchro monster.

Special summon these monsters from the extra deck with Lightsworn Dragonling as material!

Support:

Lightsworn Dragonling is a strong card in Lightsworn. This dragon has synergy with many cards in its archetype. Many Lightsworn monsters enable this effect monster’s special summon. Other cards in the archetype may add this card to your hand.

Many cards may add Lightsworn Dragonling to your hand. Charge of the Light Brigade and Minerva, Lightsworn Maiden may add this effect monster from the deck to your hand. You have consistent access to this card.

In addition, Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner may special summon Lightsworn Dragonling from the graveyard. You may use this dragon as material for a special summon. Then, Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner may special summon Lightsworn Dragonling from the graveyard. Then, this dragon’s first effect activates its ability.

Play these cards with Lightsworn Dragonling!
  • Charge of the Light Brigade
  • Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner
  • Minerva, Lightsworn Maiden

Card Rating:

Overall, Lightsworn Dragonling is an amazing card for Lightsworn. The consistency from this effect monster elevates the archetype of Lightsworn. You can easily special summon this effect monster. It can add Judgment Dragon to your hand, you may easily play one of the deck’s best cards. Therefore, I recommend playing three copies of Lightsworn Dragonling in your deck.

Card Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0 stars

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