#phantom nightmare

Big reveals night for Phantom Nightmare! We got a whole 13 new cards tonight, with two bulk reveals for two archetypes plus some very special news involving Master Duel!

First up: new Raidraptors! Never been a big fan, personally, but the lineup includes a new Rank 13 monster (the second to be printed and only the third in the franchise's history) and a new Rank-Up Spell. Good for them!

Second up: new Aroma cards! They've got a new Fusion and a new Link to add onto the roster, along with a new Spell that can place their backrow from Deck.

Finally: a new FIRE Link-3! The Prisoner Princess of Fruitful Flames has had a bit of build-up thanks to some announced sleeves of her back in August plus a recent leak of her art via Master Duel ads on the Playstation Store. Why ads of her on Master Duel?

Haven't been posting these updates as regularly since we've only been getting drip-fed one card at a time over the last week or so.

A speedrun of new cards since the last posted update, in chronological order:

A Link Monster for the ancient Spell, Sebek's Blessing, with neat Life Point manipulation effects hampered by hard once-per-turns.

What is probably the only new Visas card we'll get this set unless some of the Extra Deck cards are from that storyline. It's just a generic card that lets you have an extra Battle Phase, only the third card to do so after the ancient Weather Report and Unfortunate Report.

A new I:P Masquerena-related monster that acts as generic Link support, and provides a nice bonus interruption for using it in conjunction with I:P or S:P Little Knight.

Stealth Centurion support in the form of a new Synchro that looks straight out of MegaMan Battle Network.

A new Instant Fusion target that can Special Summon any Flip monster from the Deck. It immediately turns IF into a powerful one-of in any Flip strategy.

A new Counter Trap that's basically a Solemn Judgment or Solemn Warning but it also blows up everything in the column of the negated card. More of a sidegrade compared to those two, but it might see some use in decks that like having their own cards blown up.

A new Earthbound Spell that acts as a generic Quick Effect Polymerization for any DARK Fusion. It's just okay in Earthbounds but I could see this played as a poor man's Branded in Red.

While I was busy last night we got a bunch of new Fish support! Two new Ghoti cards plus a new Synchro. With these and the new Gate Guardian anime imports we got the other day we're getting World Premiere Pack support early, so there's potential for some new Gold Pride support too.