Skill Drain

DCR-049
Skill Drain
(Trap/Continuous)
Pay 1000 Life Points. As long as this card remains face-up on the field negate the effects of all face-up Effect Monsters on the field.
 

Intro: " I negate everything hahahahahah"

Ok this is a really neat card I think it is one of the top 5 in the set it has so many possibilities. I mean when you talk versatile this is one of the most for that matter. I mean from negating a Goblin from switching to defense mode or just plain old stopping a Jinzo this is one card that could be dangerous in a beatdown with 2-3 Goblins. This card is just so great. I mean attack with yata you can draw Jinzo I can use traps, Goblin I do not switch anymore. This can really help you. So what does it do well if you did not know it does what the effect says it does. But if you are new and you do not understand exactly what it does it stops pretty much all effects. For example if this is activated before a Jinzo is summoned or on the felid then you can still use traps if this is on the field than Goblin Attack force and Spear Dragon loose their effect meaning spear does not switch and does not get the trample effect and as for Goblin he does not switch.

Ok how should you use this :

Well really anyway you want you can throw it into any deck, I am not saying it is a staple because it is not but it would never hurt your deck if you have room for it. So I guess in a strait beatdown deck with 2-3 Goblins then you can use this from keep it from switching and keep on hitting or when you have this set and you are about to get hit with Don or Yata flip it and all you are taking is the damage no effect. Or before a Jinzo is summon activate it and then KABOOM Jinzo no longer negates this trap. But there is something that I have to explain with this and Jinzo. This has to be activated before Jinzo is on the field in order for Jinzo's effect to be negated. So if this is on the field before Jinzo is then Jinzo no longer negates traps. And lets not forget about monsters with very annoying effects that can now be negated like Jairo Gumo and Dark Elf and whatever.

Pro's

Negates monsters effects

Con's

negates you monsters too

have to pay 1000 lp

with lots of m/t removal this will not last long

Ok as for the Pro's it negates monsters effects like I already said.

Now for the Con's,

Yes it negates you monsters effects too which could be a Con or a Pro depending on what you are using it for, for ie: Goblins DEF switch is negated so it stays in ATK mode. Or it could be bad when you want to use you Jinzo or something but you never know if this card is going to be on your side of the field or their side of the field. Also with some playing 3 mst and HFD and Heavy storm this thing will not stay long if it is up to your opponent. Also the 1000 lp could be a heavy cost when you are low or just do not have enough to pay.

Overall: this is a good card but is not a staple and does not belong in every deck, especially if you play lots of effect monsters like tribe and yata which a lot of people do. So if you feel you find yourself in a situation when you wish you could negate a monsters effect then play it it is a little above average in the right deck, in the wrong deck this is going to hurt you more than help you so be careful with it and always have a MST to kill it when you need to.

Draft: 2.9

Tourney: 3/5

Casual: 4/5

    Yay, a really cool card. Look through your opponent's deck and see how many effect monsters they have. Well, you might as well make them useless. Armor Exe doesn't get it's effect negated because it's a cost. Sort of like the Imperial and Jinzo problem people ran into. This card can even get it's own deck type. Jiri Gumo and Dark Elf got a major boost from there once good then bad and now good positions.  Goblin attack force and Spear Dragon now can stay in attack. Too bad this card is a continuous trap, but if it were a one time activation and stay for the rest of the duel, it would be the hottest deck type ever.

   Casual 4
  Tourney 3 if you you make a deck around it 4.5