Card review # 2

Note: I originally wanted this post to be about this one card with hand control, but your deck needs so much dedication to it that it turned into a string of card combos, so I'm sorry if this just seems ever long, but I promise you will learn some cool strats from it!

My first card replaced one card in your hand with 2, thinning the deck and creating some hand power, but there is a card that is trickier to pull off, but even better once its effect is used.

and that card is

OJAMAGIC!

What's with the creeper under the table?

Who cares, he makes the composition of the art quite interesting if you ask me.

Anyways- This card has much more potential than Thunder Dragon, and here is why.

When this card is discarded get three Ojamas (Monster cards that are relatively useless) from your deck to your hand. Well, right there you just traded off that +1 card-to-hand effect from Thunder Dragon  for a +2 cards-to-hand effect. The downside of this effect however is that it can't discard itself, it relies on something else to discard it, but if you make your deck based around cards that discard, this guy is a not-so-obvious keeper.

Also- if you set it you can try to bluff your opponent into thinking you have a trap. Once they exert themselves to get rid of it, you will get a +3 to your hand for their troubles. Now that might seem situational, but a lot of people try to clear back row (Back Row is a term used for describing the are where magic and trap cards go) before attacking, so I myself would actually do it. 

Just be sure to have a back up plan to actually defend yourself!

Maybe put cards like Threatening Roar in your deck, which can stop all attacks, even if your opponent destroys it!

Since it is a trap you can activate its effect in response to your opponents destruction, wasting their efforts and stopping them for a turn. Beware though, if you use a lot of these in your deck and Ojamagic, and your opponent knows that, they won't be scared to attack, even if you do have a back row.

In that case I would side deck cards like D Prison, just to juke your opponent a bit. First duel play with threatenings, then they won't be scared, then replace your threatenings with D Prisons, you will have their mind for a loop-

: P

That is a fun trick to pull on people, and gets rid of D Prisons only weakness, they have to attack to use it.

Anyways, as you can see, because these last few cards have nothing to do with Ojamagic, there are many things to consider when using a card as specific as Ojamagic. Ways around its weaknesses and strategies to utilize its strength, just be aware of that if you are going to use it.

Now there is one last issue that must be addressed before showing the strengths of this card...

When you use its effect you MUST get 1 of each of the 3 Ojama monsters. 

Unfortunately, if you draw one prior to using this cards effect, you can't use the effect!

That is why I recommend having your deck have 2 of each Ojama if you are going to do this, so that you can use Ojamagic more often.

If you happen to draw 2 of the same Ojamas in the same hand, that would be unfortunate, but you can use your discard cards to get them to the graveyard, then use cards like Pot of Avarice to get them back in your deck.

Be cautious though, putting Ojamas back in your deck to draw might be a bad idea unless you have multiple Ojamagics left, and I only recommend putting 2 in your deck in the first place.

Now, how could this be good enough to base a deck off of?

I wouldn't doubt it if people completely stomped my idea and said that using Ojamagic is just ridiculous and unheard of, but I got a few strats to keep up with the times.

First of all you want to get your hands on a Brionac. That card is a heavy hitter when you have a lot of hand power. His abilities will shine.

Now, to get Brionac you need tuners, because it is a synchro. But what is an efficient Tuner to use?

Maybe BlackWing Blizzard.

Use shuras in your deck, then when they are in the grave use blizzard to instantly get out a level 6!
(Brionac)

and vice versa, when you get Shura out and it successfully defeats a monster, you can grab blizzard from your deck and synchro for 6. Blizzard can't be special summoned? Well Shura negates Blizzards effect, which is actually a great thing.

Get blizzard, pull Shura from the graveyard.

Get Shura, takes a won battle, but you get blizzard from the deck.

Now that is actually incredibly balanced!

Brionac is an expensive card though, for a good reason, so I will try to show other strategies that don't involve using this.

First of all I would definitely throw in The Creator, that guy would do good in a deck like this.

With this guy you can revive a monster from your graveyard everyturn, AND for such a small cost once you got those bad Ojamas in your hand.

But how are you gonna just summon a monster that requires two tributes?

Maybe use a fella like this-

His tributing effect isn't as needed, but if you put this guy in your graveyard with a discard, then draw the creator, you got a good combo waitin. When The Creator is drawn you can show it to your opponent to special summon it. Then discard a card, ohh say OJAMAGIC to special summon Dasher from the graveyard.

Here is a good tip for using DHD (Dasher) for something like this--

The official ruling of DHD says:

You can use "Destiny Hero - Dasher's" effect to Special Summon 1 monster you draw only once while it is in the Graveyard. If "Destiny Hero - Dasher" is returned to your hand or Deck and then sent back to the Graveyard you could activate its effect again.

Meaning, if you revive it with The Creator, then it is put back into your graveyard, you can use its effect to special summon a monster you draw on a separate turn!

I'm not sure DHD reactivates from just leaving the graveyard though...the rulings only address when it is returned to the hand or deck, not the field. :/ 

WHY RULINGS!!! YOU SHOULD KNOW THESE THINGS!!!

And just for those specific moments you have Brionac and The Creator on the field, you can use The Creators effect to revive Dasher, then use Brionacs effect to discard an Ojama, to put Dasher back in your hand, then discard Dasher to put one of your opponents card to their hand!

Those are some cool moves.

To ensure getting Dasher in the graveyard faster, you might want to use Foolish Burial

Also, you might want to use DandyLion in this type of deck.

If you use Foolish Burial you can get this to the graveyard (if you don't want Dasher) and summon 2 tokens. 

This option would be best for when you already have creator in your hand, because DandyLion summons two tokens to the field that can be tributed to summon The Creator!
Unfortunately, you can't sacrifice the tokens the turn you do this, which is its biggest flaw, but they could be used as a defense with a threatening roar to almost ensure the creator in the turn ahead.
Unless they Dark Hole you...

T_T

The Creator can then utilize the effects of the Ojama cards in your deck and discard something to bring DandyLion back in defense, for a good defense. that will take 3 hits to take down! 
(Dandy Lion and the two tokens)

But how can the creator even be a threat? It has a high defense, but it needs to be in attack when summoned (with sacrifices) to use its effect when first summoned.

THE ANSWER IS HERE!

But why would you want an Ojama on the field?

I mean look atem...

....ewwwwwww

0 attack and 1000 defense, with no effect?!?!?!

What is this shinanigans...

BUT FEAR NOT, THERE IS A HERO AMONG THE OJAMAS!

OJAMA KNIGHT!

I wouldn't advise using fusions in many decks, other than Elemental Heroes (Which are all fusions, haha)

But this guy is an exception!
While he is on the field Ojama Country gains its ability to switch all monsters attack and defenses on the field.

This means you got a 2500 atk monster that cancels two of your opponents monster slots (which is better than you would think) and when the creator is on the field, you got a 3000 attack Juggernaut that becomes quite the beast.

The draw back of Ojama Knight is that you need to get rid of that hand power Ojamagic gave you, (to fuse the 2 needed ojamas, and use a polymerization) so it isn't really worth it.

UNLESS YOU USE THIS!

Worthless? I think not, use this to summon Ojama Knight, maybe even sacrifice it for Dasher, and regardless get the Knight to the graveyard. From that turn on you can discard an Ojama to bring him back, and have a 2500 constant for many turns, which is hard to beat every turn for your opponent. Get two of the Ojama Knights, and your opponent can only use 1 monster slot, which means they can't even synchro summon!

Shut them down, gain hand control, man- looking pretty good. 

For Ojama Countries protection you might want to use malefic Stardust Dragon

This card might be hard to get though, so maybe a simple field Barrier will do.

Except Field Barrier very useless unless you have Ojama Country
Maybe discard it?
uhh, if you are going to do that, then just get some Thunder Dragons up in her, I mean lets get real here.

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Waita minute

WOW this post is just TOO long, but you really have to dedicate yourself if you want to use Ojamagic. Honestly, it has SO much potential, I think I will have another card review showing a lot more uses, but this review is just too long already, so I will cut it short.

I give Ojamagic a 8/10 for hidden potential. Although it appears to be pretty confined for an Ojama themed deck, utilizing the effects of the several random cards to bring out Ojamagic full potential is necessary to see how truly amazing it really is.