Forum:Best Level 1 Monsters?

Hey guys. I was curious on what you guys thought the best Level 1 monsters in the game are. For my examples, I'm going to be sorting them by ATK, DEF, and effects. I'd love to hear your guy's ideas. There's only two restrictions. One of them is that they must not be Restricted. The reason why should be obvious. The other is that Meklord cards are not allowed on the list. An explanation will be given in the honorable mention section.

By ATK:

Infernity Randomizer - At a modest ATK of 900, I think this is the strongest ATK for a Level 1 monster I've seen that isn't Meklord related. Its effect isn't too shabby either. It seems odd that this is an Infernity monster when you're drawing cards with this. I guess the idea is that you are hoping to draw Infernity Archfiend with it, but it is a "randomizer" for a reason.

By DEF:

Charcoal Inpachi - Its DEF of 2100 makes it an obvious choice for the best defensive Level 1 Monster. It doesn't do anything other than that, but if you think about it, does it matter if it did anything?

By Effect:

Effect Veiler - This was a tough choice. Between good Level 1 monsters with effects like the Meklord Emperor family and D.D. Crow, I think that Effect Veiler is the best option. The ability to negate monster effects is a really powerful thing in this format. One of the reasons why T.G. Stun decks were doing so well in recent months was because of their usage of Skill Drain. Also, it's a Level 1 LIGHT Tuner, so its even more useful in a lot of decks. That's why Effect Veiler is on my top pick for the best Level 1 Monster by their effects.

Honorable Mentions:

The Meklord Emperor family - For ATK or DEF, these things are unmatched for Level 1 Monsters. With Meklord Emperor Granel's possibility for an insanely high ATK power and with Meklord Emperor Wisel's ability to negate Spells, it was a really hard choice to decide whether to put them on the list or not. In the end, I decided not to put them on the top of the ATK/DEF charts. In the end, the reason people use the Emperors is for their effects. Granel gets it high ATK power from its own effect and people use Wisel for its ability to negate Spells. It may be wrong of me to do so, but it's my list so you can't tell me what to do. :P Besides, Effect Veiler and Skill Drain trump them.

Arcana Force 0 - The Fool - It's ability to take blows is cool, but Forbidden Challice and Skill Drain trump it. Effect Veiler may or may not trump this card, depending on if your opponent normal summons it or not.

Battle Fader, D.D. Crow, the Kuriboh family, Level Eater, Symphonic Warrior Basses, and Swift Scarecrow - These cards have pretty good effects, but compared to Effect Veiler, I don't think they are as good. The ability to negate attacks (Fader, Kuriboh, and Scarecrow) is pretty nice. Level Eater is pretty nice. You have a monster that can Special Summoned from the graveyard easily by scratching off a level on a monster. Like my friend has said: "It's the difference between a Hyper Psychic Blaster and a Mist Wurm." Symphonic Warrior Basses is pretty cool since it can increase its level based on the number of cards in your hand. D.D. Crow is just totally awesome in this format. Banishing cards in the graveyard is really nice. I just think Effect Veiler has a little more potential over D.D. Crow though.

Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor - I remember when Blackwings were top tier decks. This was my favorite card out of Blackwings right next to Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind. You could use him to break out just about any of the Blackwing Synchros. Even if they didn't have effects, they're there to deal some damage.

Chaos Necromancer - This card isn't on the high ATK slot for the same reason Granel isn't.

Cyber Valley and D.D. Sprite - These cards are personal favorites of mine. I used these in my Macro decks before the format had extreme back row hate. Cyber Valley gets you a card in some way or another and D.D. Sprite gives you a Level 1 LIGHT Tuner just by banishing a monster you control, mostly either D.D. Scout Plane or D.D. Survivor.

The Exodia set - An automatic win. The only downside is that you have to have all the pieces.

Fishborg Blaster - :(

Kinka-byo and T.G. Cyber Magician - Right now, this is my favorite combination of cards. You can do two things: either Synchro for Formula Synchron or use Magician's effect to go for T.G. Synchros. Kinka-byo also has the boon of being a Spirit monster, so I can use its effect over and over again if need be.

Glow-Up Bulb and Spore - They're banned. Enough said. Outside of that, they are really good cards. These are the cards that defined formats. A Level 1 Tuner that can summon itself in the graveyard at the cost of milling a card and a Level X Tuner that can summon itself in the graveyard by banishing a Plant. Simply cool.

Magical Scientist - More format defining cards. Magical Scientist OTK FTW.

Magician of Faith - The ability to reuse Spells and Traps without any cost is pretty cool. My personal opinion is that they should bring it back. Just to see what happens.

Relinquished and Thousand-Eyes Restrict - Relinquished makes me smile. The only downside is that I never get to use it. The same goes for Thousand-Eyes Restrict, except its banned.

Skull Servant - Useless card? I think not. Just look at the decks based around it.

Steelswarm Scout and Treeborn Frog - I like these cards for their Tribute-fodder engine. Treeborn Frog is a pretty cool card on its own. Frognarchs were godly. Scout makes Steelswarm/Verz decks a little more formidable, giving them a Tribute that keeps on giving.

Substitoad - Another format-defining card. Before this card was banned, this was part of an OTK that completely screwed you up.

Tuningware - I wish I owned one of these, it would be so useful in my decks. It's ability to be treated as a Level 2 monster and its ability for you to draw a card is really cool.

Unknown Synchron - I'm growing fond of this card. It's not Glow-Up Bulb, but it does its job well.

Please give me your opinions! I'd appreciate your opinions.

AnnoyingMacroPrick (talk • contribs) 20:05, March 13, 2012 (UTC)