Penguin Soldier

flip: return up to 2 monsters form the field to owners hand.

Not to many people I know really play this any more but it was and still is an ok cards. Returning 2 monsters to the hand may not seem like much but I have been in situations when this thing has just totally screwed me over. I man when a sac monster like Jinzo or Vamp attacks this then it get returns to their hand they could be in some trouble. A really good card when you need to get an open attack or just clear the field. Allot of the problem today is there is just no room in most tourney decks with all of the other monsters we play now from the last few sets. So if you are playing this there might be a better choice but it is certainly not bad at all.

Pro's

easy to get

works well

stalls

Con's

we have better cards now

Overall:

it is not that I think this is a bad card it is just that I think with all of the other monsters this thing is a bit outdated IMO. But it is still a good choice to play if you do not have nothing better. I guess you just got to watch out for card w/ trample and also NOC (noble man of cross-out)

3/5

Penguin Soldier

Positives (+)
Returns up to two monsters to hand
better then Hane-Hane

Negatives (-)
Crossout and Ceasefire bait
weak stats
Trample Bait
Fiber and Cyber are about the only worthy seen flip effects to use now and days

I'll admit, when i got my Pengy i played him at first, but when i left my small town and went to the big time tourney, well.....he never was played again. He fits more of a field control deck more cus usually the plan is to flip him, clear the monsters, and tribute for Jinzo or other. There was also the famous Penguin lock that i loved to do. When i would have a kick butt monster on my side of the field, i would attack and then set pengy. Then they woudl play a monster in defence. Then my turn i would flip pengy, return it and pengy and do it all over again.

But now since we have all these anti flip monster cards like Crossout and Ceasefire and the Tramplers like Spear and Airknight, the only flip that you really try and make work now is Fiber and Cyber Jar because they are just that good.

But dont let my bad remarks let me from stopping you from playin it. As a matter of fact, my friend plays 3 because he has a deck based on birds like Penguin Solder, Penguin Knight, Sonic Duck, Sonic Bird (no rituals in deck so really pointless), and any other crazy critters in there. Of course ppl just gave him cards cus he is the one that has to watch over the tournies so we HAD to make sure he new how to play so we gave him cards and he made what he calls is his "Fowl Deck"

Fun card, just not worth playing in my opinion.

Casual: 3
Tourney: 2.2
Draft: 4 (flips always last better here)

Peace out, signin out, Knocked Out



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Ah yes, Penguin Soldier. This card is great. Great in almost any deck. Except flip-effects are now a bit over-rated. I'd rather use this monster than Man-eater cuz 2 is better than 1, right? Returning 2 monsters and getting them off the field is better than destroying 1 monster. This card blows away soo much. This card should be played more often in my opinion, but people can't find the space to put it into most decks. Actually once I think about it the flip-effects are playable again. Most people play one Nobleman of Crossout now and no ceasefire. The major problem is change of heart, but that's always a problem. So Go for it. Play the card. Have some fun with it...

Tourney:         3/5
Draft:              --- (can't draft this)
Casual:            3/5