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Yeah, that would be awesome!

Thing is, Heroes would be able to main 3 Super Poly after Escuridao got released.
and then they would be broken.

How is that card gonna kill Six Samurai decks?

I agree, people are over reacting. Super Poly is a minus 1. Plus 2 at best (using both of your opponent's monsters while he targeted your face down super poly with MST, or something). They're just really excited that the DARK E-Hero is here... I mean even I am excited... But this card in itself is underwhelming, only good if you manage to SuperPoly your opponent's big monster, like DAD.
Basically: Great art, meh effect, only good for SuperPoly. Wouldn't play a Miracle Fusion to bring this guy out.

Six Samurai are still good, but you can't deny that they've been topple more and more by other decks. Now that this card is seeing release, more top spots should be taken by hero over samurai, seeing how you only need to super poly a hero and shien. I know that super poly is a neg-1, but it's also a negative to stare down a LLS Shien, so for me, I'd rather pick the super poly. With this card Six Samurai will seen even stiffer competition from heroes.

Only in the manga...in case you forgot, the other manga E. Hero non-Fusion cards were either normal or had various different effects. (Ocean and Airman merely being direct attackers; Ocean needing Umi and Airman halving its ATK, for example)

So Shadow Mist, if it comes out, will more than likely be an Effect Monster whose effect directly compliments Escuridao's, much like E. Hero Flash does with The Shining in the OCG now.

They could keep "Elemental Hero Shadow Mist" as a Normal Monster like they did with Sparkman and Clayman when it's released in the OCG.

Anime stuff almost always is kept the same, especially when released in Starter Decks, Structure Decks, Booster Packs, or Premium Packs unless necessary otherwise for one reason or another. That's pretty much why Featherman, Burst Lady, Sparkman, and Clayman were kept as Normal Monsters.

However, the manga stuff is primarily released through Limited Edition, V-Jump, and W-Jump (and, in turn, Jump Fiesta) which is manned by Shueisha and they've constantly made it a trend of releasing cards from the manga as either completely revamped or, if a "blank slate" ("Normal" in the manga), add/mix in effects with few exceptions (like Golem Dragon, Lance Lindwurm, etc).

Some of the biggest examples that I can immediately recall being...

Messenger of Hades - Gors (Normal in the manga)
Darkred Enchanter (Normal in the manga)
Divine Beast Machine King - Barbaros Ur (revamped)
E. Hero Airman (revamped)
E. Hero Ocean (revamped)
Chimeratech Fortress Dragon (revamped)
Cyber Eltanin (revamped)
Armoroid Gaidengo (Normal in the manga)
Aka Oni (Normal in the manga)
Archangel Christia (Normal in the manga)
Fallen Angel - Asmodeus (Normal in the manga)


...so I don't see why they'd suddenly release E. Hero Shadow Mist as a simple Normal Monster when all its manga, non-Fusion colleagues are Effect Monsters now.

They could release E-Hero Shadow Mist as a Normal Monster in OCG as a record that this is the only "E-Hero Dark Normal Monster" since there no "E-Hero Water Normal Monster" so far.

I doubt they'd waste a sales opportunity for something so trivial like that.