Dark End Dragon

Dark End Dragon

Dark End Dragon is the current prize card for the Shonen Jump Championships(soon to be the new premiere championships or whatever their calling it). It is a synchro monster that requres one tuner plus one or more non-tuner dark monsters. It's effect is that: once per turn, he can lose 500 ATK and DEF to send one monster your opponent controls to the graveyard.

Let's look at the advantages of this card: 2600 atk, pretty decent beater, his effect "sends" and not "destroy", this means he gets around Stardust Dragon and several other cards. Let's look at the cons of it: after he uses his effect, his attack stays at the reduced amount, he requires 1 non-tuner "DARK" monster, how many dark decks are actually being used right now. Only top tier ones I can think of are blackwing, dark monsters scattered in a deck, and after the 11th, Infernity. I think that it is a very "good" card, I just don't think it is a very "great" card. He can be used in a lot of decks as a staple, but I don't see him being the first thing you go to grab when you synch for a level eight monster. All in all, he's a good card that can be splashed into several different decks. His low attack is what makes him a problem, he would be a very broken card if his attack were more around 3000-3500. I'm personally hoping that he is in the gold series 3 this year simply because I love the art on the card. When this card eventually gets reprinted(and it will), I guess we'll see what TCG has in store for him.