Forum:Dark Highlander - Discuss your thoughts

This thread is about the card - Dark Highlander (http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Highlander)

I searched, but all there was on this card was someone trying to stop synchros, and someone with deck help, so I figured that this card has some great potential, and I'd like to see a discussion thread about this card.

I just picked up a copy of this card as compensation for a bad trade. I was excited just to get my own card back, and even more excited when I got a compensation card for all the costs/problems, and it was an Ultra rare, even better. Then I looked into the card, and saw it has some GREAT potential.

Some simple things people said, which are obvious:

Dark Highlander + Black Rose Dragon : Bring out Black Rose, nuke the field, have a way to bring out Dark Highlander, and you've got a 2800 ATK beat stick, you've already nuked any current monsters that could be problems, or troublesome backrow issues. Your opponent can't synchro, and if they want to they have to get rid of your monster first, and that means either by a card effect, or getting a 2800+ monster out (that's not synchro). Granted you could've had a Stardust Dragon on the field, or a Red Dragon Archfiend, or even something like a wall of illusion, on the field when Black Rose nuked it, then you have some comeback possibilities.

Dark Highlander + Exceed Summons : Bring out Dark Highlander, and prevent any synchros from occurring, then you can focus on getting out easy exceeds. Unless your opponent has a 2800 or higher card already, or is able to get one without synchro summoning, you can easily put weak, low level cards, down on the field, and not worry about them being attacked, then you can exceed summon, and get some really nasty effects from doing so. I don't know to much about the exceeds that are used in the TCG today, but I plan on buying a pack today, and checking it out, and we'll see what other possibilities there are.

Dark Highlander Alone : It's still a pretty nice beat stick, and I would see it being a staple in side/extra decks for sure. 2800 ATK, and it's a level 7. Easier and stronger than level 8 stardust, with only 2500 ATK. Stronger than Ancient Fairy Dragon, Powertool Dragon, and Black Rose Dragon. Goyo Guardian is banned now, but it's stronger than that. Stronger than Brionac....which brings me to my next one:

Dark Highlander + Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier : Similar to the Black Rose idea, but you don't need to nuke the field. Bring out your Brio, and be able to keep him on the field long enough to be able to bring out Dark Highlander. Depending on the cards you have in your deck, you could use Brio's effect to send things like Plaguespreeder zombie to the graveyard, and then be able to use his effect to get him onto the field, you could send some synchro material to the graveyard easily, then monster reborn it. Swords of revealing light, unlimited - just keep sending cards to the graveyard, bringing swords back to your hand, playing it again, and locking down your opponent until you're able to bring out Dark Highlander. Until they are both out you could've already been causing problem by getting rid of their set traps, sending synchros back to the extra deck, sending high level monsters back to the hand, so they won't be able to bring them out again, and now that you sealed them from synchros, you can just use Brio to clean up any cards in the backrow you might be worried about, use dark highlander to attack, Brio's not bad with 2300 atk, so he can take down some cards too. Every turn you'll be getting another card, so depending on what's already on the field you can keep sending it back to the hand, and you might have quite a few cards in your hand. Maybe they have no monsters left, just 2 backrow, mirror force, solemn?. Send them back to the hand, and go in for a 5100 atk. Plus, you're getting another card next turn, for whatever they throw down :)

So what do you guys think? I'm pretty pumped I landed my hand on this card, Ultra Rare Promo.

I see a lot of great potential with it, and with the ability to lock down synchros, a strong attack, exceed summons already released, and who knows what other crazy stuff will come with it (I watch Zexal weekly, you never know what else is going to come out that's not straight from the anime)

Post your combos, and thoughts about this card please :)  --Xieon (talk • contribs) 18:15, August 9, 2011 (UTC)Xieon