Talk:Quintessence Crystal Dragon, Athora/@comment-25996522-20170607171629/@comment-25996522-20170608001720

Athora isn't too terribly broken on his own. The issue arises when you mix him in with all the Prism Dragon support. You've got the aforementioned Crystal Spikes, which boosts him up to 9k defense which is insanely difficult for low-tier decks to match unless you link attack, but even that means you generally only get one swing at him per turn, maybe 2 if you're lucky. Then there's the spell that puts itself in Athora's soul and makes him immune to effects that make him lose soul. Then there's Asterism Effect which, while situational, provides a hard counter to the new Black Dragons which would otherwise be a relatively good match-up on paper cuz Death Count Requiem lets them ignore Athora completely. And let's not forget the fact that Athora is completely immune to destruction by effects which makes almost any monster removal that isn't from Magic World completely useless against him. He's just an all around nasty card to deal with when you pair him up with all the Prism Dragon support.