[Shadow Lord of Chaos]

Alright this article is about my new favorite monster Brain Crusher. So what is this card exactly well here are his stats.

Card Name Brain Crusher
Card Type Monster
Monster Type: Insect/Effect
Attribute: DARK
Level 7
Attack 2400
Defense 1500
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Once per turn, if this card destroyed an opponent's monster by battle and sent it to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 of those destroyed monsters from the Graveyard during the End Phase.

Well I know what u first see in this guy. Its level 7, which means 2 tributes. Then u look at his attack power and say "I can get that with a Monarch with only 1 tribute." But wait there is good news ahead, his effect. Any time that this monster gets a whack at an enemy monster, if Crusher overpowers and kills it, u get to summon that monster in the end phase to your side of the field to do with as u see fit.

There are no rulings on this card yet but what matters is the monster that you destroy. If the monster you destroy cant be special summoned, then guess what, u dont get it. This isnt too much of a bother as few monsters in the format commonly appear with that restriction. Another thing to be aware of is that when a monster that you got through Crusher's effect is destroyed it goes back to the owner's grave. In other words, searchers (Mystic Tomato, Giant Rat, etc) and the like monsters that activate their effects in the grave will NOT benefit you and their effects will be at your opponent's disposal. So dont go failing everywhere with this monster as it can come back to bite u in the ######.

Now with that out of the way, what hope is there that he will be seen in more competitive play. Truly not much. There is only one type of deck currently semi-popular that will be able to incorporate Brain Crusher and that would be a Reasoning or Monster Gate deck. Most duelists will see the 2400atk and 2 tribute cost and toss it aside but the effect is quite nice. This is probably going to be one of the more specialized type of cards that some duelists use. So in the competitive environment, Brain Crusher gets a 3/10 and this is true in both formats.

In terms of the art of this card, it would leave u wanting. Not real good imagery on it and the colors conflict highly in design. Hmm for those with the card foil folders might want to keep this card image from the front of the folder.

Well, that does it, not much else to say. I'll add rulings on it when or if they appear.