Forum:Cards that are "buffed"

Normally, when we see a card in an anime/manga, where we get to see how a very powerful card got its effect nerfed when it makes into real life. Some of the popular cards include the heavily butchered Card of Sanctity and Elemental Hero Bubbleman. Of course, no other examples will be given because that will stray from the topic.

On the other side of the spectrum, there are cards that receive a better effect than conceived in the anime/manga, and this is why the topic is created: to discuss what cards are actually better in real life than the anime/manga. Here's what I know:

One of the cards that is buffed in real life is the infamous Dark Strike Fighter, famous for inflicting lots of damage in one turn and notorious for defeating opponents at the same time that it ultimately got banned, because it is too easy to get on the field and use the effect. Well, that's the real life, but what of the anime's interpretation of this card then? It's much more balanced, believe it! For those who didn't watch the anime (maybe because to avoid 4Kids dub, an opinion which I don't share), it cannot tribute itself for the damage, and even when it does effect damage to the player, it's not allowed to attack. See how less deadly he is in the anime?

Another card that gets buffed to be easier to use is another infamous card known to bring advantage to a battling monster in your control, except it needs to be LIGHT to work, and if you haven't guessed, that monster is Honest! Honestly (pun intended), the card is a very good card, but do you know what's the effect the anime gave. Since the episodes this card stars in is not in the English dub, let me tell you its effect. Take Honest's current effect, but add Level 7 or above in the equation, and then add Warrior-type, and finally subtract the LIGHT attribute. Now you can see that the anime makes the effect harder to activate.

Spell Striker requires a Spell Card to be removed to special summon, but the anime requires a monster card in addition to the real life counterpart's card. While the extra removal might come in handy in certain situations, the lesser cost in the real life is actually easier to take advantage of, because most decks don't want to remove monsters in the graveyard from play to take advantage of the fact that cards are easier to claim from the graveyard (like Treeborn Frog and Drill Warrior's effect). Overall the smaller cost is welcome.

Junk Warrior is an interesting case. Both versions have the same effect, but different activations. The anime is continuous, while the real life is triggered. In my opinion, it is buffed, because weak monsters will not last long on the field unprotected, weakening the anime version's effect, but the real life one is unaffected. The anime's continuous effect is also in need of change because the monster will have unlimited ATK, and assuming it will be excluded, it will be weaker.

So what cards are actually better when it becomes a real life card? Alrightio 14:30, June 24, 2010 (UTC)