The new effect of Dark Strike Fighter can only be activated during Main Phase 1 with a hard once-per-turn clause.A/D Changer Effect Monster LIGHT 1 100 100 You can remove from play this card in your Graveyard to select 1 monster on the field. It was until OCG 2014.04 that Dark Strike Fighter was released from the Limit Regulation, but with an errata to its effect. Shortly in the following OCG 2009.09 Forbidden & Limited List, Dark Strike Fighter went straight to forbidden.
Blackwing involves using Black Whirlwind to search and Special Summon Blackwing – Bora the Spear and Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind.īlackwing, piloted by Benjamin Tan Hong Hwee from Singapore, would go on to win the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2009. Cat Synchro simply had to open with Summoner Monk to Special Summon another Summoner Monk and then Rescue Cat, which in turn brings out 2 X-Saber Airbellum. This would deal exactly 2600 + 2600 + (200 × 7) + (200 × 7) = 8000 points of damage.Ĭat Synchro and Blackwing were the top two popular decks that were able to pull off this OTK combo easily. The OTK involves Synchro Summoning 2 Dark Strike Fighter, direct attacking with both, and then tributing themselves to their own effect to burn the opponent. Two copies of Dark Strike Fighter were played in almost every deck as it was the basis of an One-Turn-Kill (OTK). In the Semi-Final of the Fortune Cup, Bommer (Greiger) summoned Dark Strike Fighter against Fudo Yusei.ĭark Strike Fighter was later released in Crimson Crisis on 15 November 2008. The release of Instant Fusion in Cyberdark Impact on 10 August 2006 was the catalyst that put Thousand-Eyes Restrict on the OCG 2006.09 Forbidden List, making it the very first Fusion Monster to become forbidden.Īlmost 10 years later, Thousand-Eyes Restrict was finally revised to limited status in the OCG 2016.04 Limit Regulation, semi-limited in OCG 2016.07, and eventually released in OCG 2016.10.ĭark Strike Fighter made its first appearance in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s anime’s episode 21, aired on 20 August 2008. Shortly in the following OCG 2005.09 Forbidden & Limited List, Thousand-Eyes Restrict together with Tsukuyomi, Scapegoat and Metamorphosis became limited. Goat Control, piloted by Miltiadis Markou from Greece, would go on to win the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005.
This also cause the monster that was equipped to Thousand-Eyes Restrict to drop off, allowing Thousand-Eyes Restrict to equip another monster to itself. Thousand-Eyes Restrict creates a soft-lock on the board by preventing other monsters on the field from changing positions or attacking, and also functions as a removal by equipping the opponent’s monster to itself.Ĭombined with Tsukuyomi, this allows the player to turn off their own Thousand-Eyes Restrict during Main Phase 1 by turning it face-down, attacking with the other monsters during the Battle Phase, and then turning on Thousand-Eyes Restrict again in Main Phase 2 by Flip Summoning it. The deck revolves around using Metamorphosis to Special Summon Thousand-Eyes Restrict. The OCG 2005.03 format was dominated by Goat Control, also known as Metamorphosis Chaos (変異カオス) in Japan. However it did not see play in the competitive scene until Metamorphosis was released in The New Ruler on, and Magical Scientist was released in Champion of Black Magic on 19 September 2002. Thousand-Eyes Restrict was later released in Thousand Eyes Bible on 14 December 2000. Crawford (Maximillion Pegasus) Fusion Summoned Thousand-Eyes Restrict against Yami Yugi. In the final battle of the Duelist Kingdom arc, Pegasus J.
Thousand-Eyes Restrict made its first appearance in the manga’s chapter 131 “Strike of Chaos!!” (混沌の一撃!!), published on 21 June 1999 in Weekly Shonen Jump.