Talk:Emperor Dragon, Gael Khan/@comment-4167259-20140325010807/@comment-13275021-20140327152640

Marc: don't forget Begone!!, which will completely nullify the call of Gael Karn. Since both players lose one card with a 2 gauge cost (Begone!! and Gael Karn), the Duel Dragons player ends up with a net -2 in card advantage. Ouch.

In a perfect world, this guy would always do a great job; a potential -3 to the opponent (but likely a -2 in most cases, for a net +0 in advantage, which is never a bad thing), followed by 4 damage to your opponent's center, which is now open, assuming they didn't have a Soulguard tank sitting there. And, just to make your opponent's day even worse, they've still gotta replace the monsters they just lost, and then, they likely have to link attack with at least 2 of their cards just to touch the mighty emperor. And they might lose two gauge in the process, if Duel Law is present. And, just because we're still in dream land, I Counter their link attack with Battle Spirit Unite, of course.

But, in the real world, Demon Lord, Asmodai is a popular hard counter. Dragon Knight, Iwamoto exists. Jackknife "Thunder Storm" is going to see a lot of play after the trial deck is released tomorrow. Hell, even Dragonic Destroy can take this guy out easily.

Also, shields exist to deal with his 4 criticals. Dragon World especially will always have one. He suffers from the problem that every single size 3 without Double Attack also suffers from: all eggs in one basket. Unable to spread out his attacks, he'll never kill an opponent that simply places a monster, any monster, in the center area each turn. (Or, one that uses Move monsters.)

Armorknight Demon's strength is that he has versatility. He can clear the center, followed by an attack for 2 damage, he can slow the opponent down by wiping the field, and hey, he forces an opponent with 2 life left to use up two shield cards a turn, to Gael Karn's 1 shield card per turn.

Of course, we'll have to wait and see what else we get in BT02, but for now, I say he's pretty 'meh' until I actually get to test him.