

Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon is a Rank 8 monster with 4000 ATK, which allows it to pair perfectly with the Xyz Galaxy Skill. Secondly, with Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon easily Summoned to the field, it becomes a breeze to use the Skill’s first effect and Xyz Summon the Rank 8 Number 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord or use the second effect to instantly Xyz Summon a powerful monster from the Extra Deck like the new Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon. Older cards like Monster Reborn and Shuffle Reborn can also help to Special Summon Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon to the field after it’s in the Graveyard. The new Galaxy Knight, Galaxy-Eyes Cloudragon, and Galaxy Zero all have effects that can Special Summon Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon from your Graveyard. It lets you immediately send Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon to your Graveyard so that you can Special Summon it back to the field. First off, while both of the effects granted by the Xyz Galaxy Skill are powerful, the ability to send a “Galaxy” monster from your hand or Deck to your Graveyard to activate one of the effects can be even stronger. This Skill works with a lot of cards that Galaxy-Eyes Photon Duelists already had at their disposal, as well as cards that were just released in the Heart of Xyz Mini BOX. In exchange, for the rest of the turn, if you Xyz Summon a “Galaxy-Eyes” Xyz Monster with 4000 or more ATK, you can Xyz Summon it simply by using a Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon you control as the Xyz Material one time only.

The second effect lets you send a “Galaxy” card from your hand to your Graveyard. The first effect lets you add Number 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord to your Extra Deck from outside of your Deck. Once per turn, you can send a “Galaxy” monster from your hand or Deck to your Graveyard to activate one of two effects. In exchange for this hefty restriction, the Xyz Galaxy Skill brings a lot of power. The new Xyz Galaxy Skill works as long as your Main Deck contains at least 10 “Galaxy” or “Photon” cards and no monsters other than “Galaxy” or “Photon” monsters. That said, they look playable, and may end up being an effective rogue deck.New cards in the Heart of Xyz Mini BOX and Kite Tenjo’s new Xyz Galaxy Skill have given new life to Decks built around the iconic Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon! Check out everything new that has catapulted Galaxy-Eyes Photon Decks into the competitive PvP Arena! Is this enough to make Photons meta? I'm not sure, though at the moment I'd say the answer is no.

Add in 1 extra Photon or Galaxy and you have your quick-play banish. Photon Lizard, which searches any level 4 Photon by tributing itself.Īny combination of 2 of the above will get you Galaxion + Galaxy-Eyes. Photon Vanisher, which special summons itself if you control a Photon or Galaxy monster. Photon Thrasher, which special summons itself if you have no monsters. Photon Advancer, which special summons itself if you control a Photon monster, or can just be normal summoned.

Will the Photon cards we get from this event and the upcoming box be enough to make the aforementioned play consistent? I think so. One neat thing about this is that, since you can special Galaxy-Eyes from the deck, you can just shuffle Galaxy-Eyes into your deck to trigger your skill, so Galaxy-Eyes isn't a brick. To end on Galaxion, Galaxy-Eyes, and a set Photon Stream, a Photon player will need at least 3 Photons (or 2 Photons and 1 Galaxy) in hand (two for the summoning of Galaxion, 1 to shuffle into the deck to search for Photon Stream. The only restriction is that you control a Galaxy-Eyes, and that's not hard to do. This means you can search the aforementioned Photon Stream of Destruction, or Galaxy Cyclone. The Galaxy Photon skill swaps a Galaxy or Photon monster in hand for any Galaxy or Photon spell/trap. Starliege Lord Galaxion specials Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon from the hand/deck. Photon Stream of Destruction is a quick-play spell that can banish 1 card from the field, which is really strong removal. Kite's level-up rewards seem pretty good, I think.
