Yugipedia:Featured Card/Tour Guide From the Underworld
So the TCG begins its turbulent foray into the Xyz era, starting with Extreme Victory, a set that introduced a TCG-exclusive monster that sought to drastically influence the game, "Reborn Tengu". While it has already had an impressive impact on the metagame, today, we look at another hyped card from EXVC – "Tour Guide From the Underworld"!
"Tour Guide From the Underworld" was released in Extreme Victory as a TCG-exclusive Secret Rare. whose popularity has since sky-rocketed, becoming a widely sought-after card. Let's take a look at why that is - When "Tour Guide From the Underworld" is Normal Summoned, it can bring out any Level 3 Fiend-Type monster from your Deck! And although that monster can't be used as Synchro Material, nor use its effects on the field, it has a few notable uses.
The most obvious way to utilize this card is with the new Xyz Monsters - "Tour Guide", being Level 3, searches out another Level 3 monster for an instant Xyz Summon, into popular monsters including "Number 17: Leviathan Dragon". This in many cases results in essentially Normal Summoning a 2500 ATK beater, but its true uses take it even farther!
Following the announcement of the TCG rule change which states that monsters used for Xyz Materials are considered non-targetable cards "on the field", "Tour Guide" can now be used to tutor "Sangan" - a useful little critter (pun intended), who can then be Detached and gain his effect, allowing you to search for the most popular monsters in your Deck. This has become an invaluable engine for several Deck Types, allowing Plant Decks to search out "Lonefire Blossom" and "Dark World" to search out "Fabled Raven", among others.
(Due to the announcement debunking the TCG ruling that stated that Xyz Materials were considered cards on the field, the above paragraph no longer holds true.)
However, this card shines when paired with cards from the latest sets, Generation Force and Photon Shockwave. Used alongside "Leviair the Sea Dragon", this card brings a fearful consistency to Plants and "Dark World", allowing them to revive monsters Banished by "Spore" or "Gate of the Dark World", respectively. "Dark World" can continue to bounce their revived monster to resurrect "Grapha, Dragon God of Dark World"!
Finally, this card provides useful support to the much-anticipated new "Rescue Rabbit" builds! A combination of "Tour Guide" and "Leviair" can bring back a "Rescue Rabbit" you used earlier on, allowing you to quickly re-make terrifying "Evolkaiser Ragia" plays.
"Tour Guide From the Underworld" truly is a force to be reckoned with, and being a TCG-exclusive, won't see the banlist for a long, long time, so snap one up while you still can! The leading Decks of the upcoming September 2011 format will be exploiting this card to the fullest!
Despite "Tour Guide From the Underworld" being nerfed by the official TCG rulings, it can still continue to be a player in Decks such as Plants and Dark World, who can continue to quickly tutor "Sangan" from the deck (but can no longer benefit from Xyz Summoning with it) and use it to search their best monsters via other means. Unfortunately, other decks will likely opt to no longer use this card.
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