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Dragunity Oubliette

It's Dragunity vs the Ice Barrier Dragons! Otherwise titled: The Ice Barrier Dragons got a little unruly and had to be put in permanent time out by our good friend Areadbhair and Sacred Spirit of the Ice Barrier. The framing of this card is genuinely interesting. While there technically isn't any visible "seal" being created over these three dragons, Areadbhair's body completely encircles them along the card border, giving the illusion of entrapment. There's so much color variation and detail work happening in the limited space that is the pit here that it's a little tough to pick out the three individual dragons (well, four if you count Areadbhair). But at least there's a nice action shot of Brionac angrily falling in while being blasted with some pretty intense looking flames. I think the light particle effects shooting upwards and out are a little much and make the outer edges of the art busy like the interior, so it probably would've been better if they were left out.

Opponent Burn

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It’s been a year since the end of the dimensional war, since Yuya adopted three other souls into his body, since Zarc was sealed into his heart. He has pushed everyone away. Isolated himself in a vain effort to keep his demons at bay.

But, Zarc is growing stronger, threatening to take over, to cease the existence of Yuya and his three counterparts. And Yuya will try anything to make sure that he doesn't return a third time.

Fairy Breath

This is genuinely one of the better anime only cards I've seen. With just a little upgrade to the quality on Ancient Fairy Dragon, this would transfer so well to an actual card. I do, however, feel like the illustration of fairy "breath" is maybe a little off. The yellow sonic boom effects seem to be coming from Fairy Dragon's wings, both due to the positioning and the fact that there's two distinct lines of them. There's no clear indication of any sort of breath-like particles or cloud and instead just a lot of (sick) speediness, particles of debris, and sparkles. So, while cool, maybe not the most accurate card art out there.

Overkill Reduction

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