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This shows tht Dark Synchros will not be introduced into the rl world..at least they r now useable as Normal Synchros.

*Demak's and Rudger's Dark Synchros are also printed as Normal Synchros in Valuable Book 12 (:

Dark type tuner? maybe

Did you really expect that on the game, just think like konami, its too complicate for child to put that, that was just the villain top card then the immortals and now more broken cards, I don't wanna a game with a DAD/JD in every deck.

hey thats life lol

you do know, you can pretty much special summon this guy with Gale + Barox (which can be instant fusion)?

and once it copies gale, you can pump this guy up with Sirocco?

or use its effect to copy Jinzo and negate traps, or Gyzarus to special summon 2 gladial beast?

or Sirocco to pump?

or Dark Grapher to sent monsters to the grave?

name and effect

the translation states it copies the name of the monster and the effect of the monster

They could still release the Dark Tuners, but they'd have to put in an extra line stating that, when they're tuned, you subtract the non-tuner's level from it to get the level needed. So, for Dark Tuner - Catastrogue, for example, it would be like this:

Dark Tuner - Catastrogue
Level 8/DARK/Fiend-Type/Tuner/0/0
Effect: When this card is used for the Synchro Summon of a Synchro monster, you must subtract the level of the non-Tuner monster(s) used for the Synchro Summon from this card's level instead of adding it. When this card is used for a Synchro Summon, destroy 1 card the opponent controls.

There. Simple.

it does mean a dark attribute tuner.

the fiend can either be instant fusion or dark realms.

Wow, that was random. Why are you quitting? Because the Dark Synchros are being released, finally? Or because they're being released as normal Synchros?

Seriously, I've heard several people, including my own roommate, threaten to quit the game if the Dark Synchros were ever made, and I have to ask, WHY?! You've stomached the Hero monsters, the Lightsworns, the Gladiator Beasts, the original Synchros, etc. Every single thing that Konami has thrown at you as far as this game is concerned you've taken without leaving, so why should this be any different? The game isn't RUINED FOREVER!!! because they're releasing the Dark Synchros, especially now that it's clear they're doing away with the Dark Synchro Summon mechanic and making the cards more balanced (as someone else pointed out, if they had kept the original effect for Hundred-Eyes Dragon, it would have been the new Chaos Emperor Dragon and banned just as quickly).

You're pathetic, honestly; the Dark Synchros are NOT going to ruin the game, and there's no reason for you to give up on the game because of them. All you're doing is getting pissy and moany over some aspect of the game you don't like and are trying to protest against it in a really stupid and, ultimately, futile manner. As I said, you've already suffered through several aspects of the game that you probably hated before now, and you didn't quit, so this shouldn't be any different. Hell, there's plenty of times where I could've quit the game, because I didn't like some of the changes they made to the game, but you don't see me getting in a fuss about it or threatening to quit if they aren't changed back. Why? Because I know that, if I stuck around long enough, there WILL be parts of the game that they introduce that I'll actually LIKE, and it's THOSE moments that make the game worthwhile. Take recent sets, bot OCG and TCG; they've been skimping on good Beast/Beast-Warrior support for a long while, which pisses me off to no end, as I'm a huge fan of those monsters, but they HAVE been bringing out some decent support for them (Berserking, Moja, and most recently Spiritual Forest), and Stardust Overdrive has no less than FIVE cards that have caught my interest, so that offsets the stuff that they introduce that i hate and keeps me in the game. You've probably done the same thing, yourself, in previous sets, so why stop now?

I'm quitting because they dropped the Negative Level mechanic and completely RUINED the Dark Synchros. I had been hoping and praying that they would make the Dark Synchros, BUT AS THEY WERE. Yes, OHED is broken, but it wouldn't be that bad.

1) Only Nightmare Hand or Des Submarine could be used to summon it. Both are useless with Trade-In. Allure would only hurt them. Dark Grepher could be Semi'd and Armageddon Knight could be Limited. RotA is already Limited.

2) Premature Burial is banned. Monster Reborn is a one-shot. Solemn Judgment is at 3. Limit Reverse can be Limited.

3) Negative Levels would've been an awesome mechanic. A giant "screw you" to Gravity Bind decks. Also, Graceful Revival.

4) The cards would've just LOOKED awesome. Black borders? Blue stars? Blue stars on the OTHER SIDE of the card? COOL!

I'm not quitting because they are releasing the Dark Synchros. I'm quitting because they bent the Dark Synchros over and raped them with the force of a huge dude with a life sentence. They look AWFUL with the white border and orange stars, and One-Hundred Eye Dragon isn't NEARLY as menacing as he was in the anime. The only Dark Synchro I don't really care about is Zaemon, and he sucked to begin with. Fitzgerald was better.

Thanks for misunderstanding. Idiot.

I agree. It's not so much nerfed as it is that it's effect was made far more specific than the vague card text that was used because the writers probably weren't quite sure how it would be used in the deck when they designed it. Simply left it open to avoid running into a wall in the middle of scripting a duel. Does it's more specific effect really vioalate any of the way's it was used in the anime?

If anything, being able to take on the archetype name of a monster is a good thing. As it means that while it's that monster it benefits from not just the effect but any support related to it and it's archetype.

Only task now is returning that RFP monster back from the different dimension. lol Hidden message. (wink wink)

(if that made sense)

It'll probably take a couple months before it comes out in english if not longer for new stuff.

And the answer is right in the text; the name and effect gaining is once per turn and only last until the End Phase, so essentially, it's a clean slate at the very end of your turn and start of your opponent's turn and goes back to being "One Hundred-Eye Dragon" with its own effect.

It's not the picture of the monster itself that was complained about (as they're still the same as the anime), but just the fact that it's not Dark Synchro-looking anymore because...

A.) The background isn't a dark grayish color.

B.) The Level Stars are normal colored and normally placed rather than dark blue/black and on the left side of the card.

...people thought the Dark Synchros looked cool like that, but being changed to normal Synchro makes them "ugly" and less intimidating now.

You can't honestly tell me that card art THAT dark actually looks good with WHITE card frames.

Morgan Freeman can pull off a white suit and make it look good. Dark Synchros cannot. End of story.

I'm not saying it looks awesome, but it's not as bad as people are making it out to be either. At least the image of the monster itself looks the same. One could also say the same thing about Red Daemon's Dragon; the black/gray background would certainly look good with its darker appearance.

And besides, it's just the background area.

I myself have really disliked how some cards have looked (originally or TCG-wise), but I just deal with it. It's not like it affects how it can be used as there are no effects involving pretty, cool, etc pictures/backgrounds/etc.

Actually doesn't look that bad with a white border. Maybe not as good as Stardust Dragon or Ally of Justice Catastor, but it still has a distinctive look to it.

The Dark Synchros on the other hand... their artwork just looks "out of their element," if you will. Card art gets pretty dark in terms of colors and general appearance, but never anything quite as dark as these guys. They just don't seem right with a white border.

Like I said, Dark Synchros are NOT Morgan Freeman. White suits just don't look good on them.