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Fossil Dig

Fossil Dig ———————————————— Add 1 Level 6 or lower Dinosaur-Type monster from your Deck to your hand. ———————————————— Can Be Found In: Ancient Prophecy (ANPR-EN062), Duelist League 13 (DL13-EN018), Legendary Collection 4: Joey's World Mega Pack (LCJW-EN164)

Dinosaurs has the most basic and in an ironic way most primitive tactics of all Types. Their goal is to overwhelm the field with strong attacks and monsters, not asking much thought compared to other builds. To do so they have various strong small monsters to start the Duel with, to end with high Level creatures with powerful stats and effects to lead battles with. Together with some basic defenses and effects to protect themselves, Dinosaurs shouldn't be underestimated for having the simplest setups in comparison to others.

"Fossil Dig" is the usual staple searching card many Decks share, but in comparison to others this one offers some liberties. When activated, "Fossil Dig" allow us to look for a Level 6 or below Dinosaur in our Deck to add to the hand. The Level restriction really stands out, as while other searching effects often limits its use to small monsters "Fossil Dig" allow us to look for some of our bigger Dinosaurs for when the time comes for their arrival. Obviously a staple card for the Type, "Fossil Dig" is an important Spell Card that goes from looking for Dinosaurs to start the Duel with to our biggest targets to keep the pressure later on.

Obviously excluding Level 7 and above Dinosaurs, every Dinosaur that can fit in the Main Deck becomes easily at our disposition by the use of "Fossil Dig". We can start by looking for monsters such as "Jurrac Velo" or "Hydrogeddon", able to summon other Dinosaurs as they defeat monsters in battle. If you don't wanna rely on effects, instead we can look for Normal Monsters such as "Sabersaurus" and "Megalosmasher X" which are further supported by cards like "Rescue Rabbit" and "Unexpected Dai". Some Dinosaurs might not stand out as much in battle but still carries effects to keep the opponent under control, with "Hyper Hammerhead" able to bounce enemies even on defeat or "Black Brachios" rearranging battle positions. "Destroyersaurus" can become an interesting target to look for, as once is added to our hand can be discarded to look for "Jurassic World". Together with "Fossil Dig", "Soul-Devouring Oviraptor" can either search or dump to the Graveyard any Dinosaur regardless of Level when brought to the field. Pendulum Monsters have a dependable searcher to setup their Scales with, allowing us to look for monsters like "Samurai Cavalry of Reptier" or "Lancephorhynchus" for any purpose needed at the moment. "Tyranno Infinity" is a very particular target, as requires its own build to boost its ATK  as much as maximum, thus becoming the top priority of "Fossil Dig" in its strategy. Last but not least there's the high Level monsters we can search for when we need a push in battles, with "Frostosaurus" as one of the strongest monsters of its Level or "Dark Driceratops" punishing defenses.

"Fossil Dig" is undoubtly a must for Dinosaur Decks of any kind. With several monsters having different roles to cover, "Fossil Dig" allow us to look for the right Dinosaur for the best scenario by simply activating it. However, while allow us to look for some high Level Dinosaurs the Type's most dominant monsters are above Level 6, turning this small liberty over other searchers not that impressive when we see the scarce targets we can search for. But regardless "Fossil Dig" is as important as any searcher from early to late game, and even if doesn't have that many high Level monsters to add in our hand still has a very important role when looking for one of many important Dinosaurs to keep leading Duels with.

Personal Rating: A+

+ Searches and adds to our hand a Level 6 or lower Dinosaur from our Deck + Many candidates for all sorts of purposes to search for

Nix Nature Center – Daytime Astronomy

OC Parks – Laguna Coast Wilderness Park presents: Daytime Astronomy at the Nix Nature Center on Saturday, August 9th, 2014

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Come to Nix Nature Center between 1:00 – 4:00 pm and be an astronomy in the daytime…How does that work? Get ready to look out into the heavens in the daytime and explore the the Sun. Amateur astronomers will bring their telescopes and solar…