Card Review: Photon Streak Bouncer

The new Rank 6 Xyz monster which is released in the Galactic Overload set is not to be messed with. Let us take a look at the stats of this card:-

Rank 6 [Light]
Warrior/Xyz/Effect
ATK/2700 DEF/2000

2 Level 6 monsters
Once per turn, when a monster your opponent controls activates its effect: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; negate that effect, and inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.




One hell of a boss card, even his picture looks badass, no? All right, let's discuss more on his effect. First off, he is a 2700 attack on field Effect Veiler. And secondly, he burns for 1000 damage after negating his target's effect! I would actually liked it better if he negates and DESTROYS the target instead, but hell, that would make him real boss and probably kinda broken. With many decks nowadays all running on lots of monster effect, Photon Streak Bouncer would probably be a pain in your opponent's ass. Inzektor Dragonfly effect? Negate! Black Rose nuke field? Negate! With 2700 attack points, running over him is also quite difficult. Even Master Hyperion will have to go toe-to-toe with Bouncer as he will just negate Hyperion's destruction effect. This card would actually be a potential Trishula stopper; but judging from the March 2012 banlist, these two monsters will probably never meet in a duel..

This card comes with a few drawbacks. Firstly, his negation can only be used once per turn...meaning your opponent can actually work around this guy (but slowing themselves down in the process). Secondly, he can only negate on field effects. So unlike the scary GB War Chariot, Bouncer cannot negate effects which activate in the Graveyard or hand. Apart from these two cons, Photon Streak Bouncer is one hell of a powerful Xyz which you will soon see in action in the upcoming tournaments.

Now, summoning Bouncer is not as hard as it seems. In fact, he can actually be teched into various deck archetypes... Hieroglyphs! The brand new dragon archetype released with this card can certantly Xyz summon Bouncer easily. Tfeni, Shiyu, Wattdragon (and sometimes Lightpulsar) are all easily summonable Level 6 monsters in a Hieroglyph deck. If you suspect that your opponent might have an Effect Veiler in hand and negate your Atumus's effect, Xyz Summon Bouncer instead and stun your opponent! Instead of your opponent successfully stopping your OTK move, summon Bouncer and its your turn to control your opponent!

Next we take a look at Graveyard Blackfeather. As we know this deck is capable of bringing out multiple Blackwing - Armed Wings in one turn with Vayu for a beatdown, summoning Photon Streak Bouncer is not impossible. Unable to finish off your opponent after swinging for 2300+2300 damage? Overlay the Armed Wings into Bouncer and make sure your opponent cannot make a come back by summoning Black Rose Dragon the next turn.

Other decks which can summon Photon Streak Bouncer include Gishki builds which still run Gustkrake. Xyz the 2 Gustkrakes which already used their effects into something better instead of letting them get beatdown the next turn. Dragunities, Inzektors, Photons and even Gigavise plant builds can also make use of this card. So when you have the chance, summon Photon Streak Bouncer and give your opponent a headache!