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The Duelist Genesis - Sneak Preview

The Duelist Genesis boosters are almost here! Be one of the first in the country to try out the new Synchro and Psychic Monster types before the cards are officially released by playing in a Sneak Preview event on the 9th or 10th of August.

On this weekend the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME takes Dueling to a new level of excitement. It is The Duelist Genesis sneak preview. The first time you can play with the cards from the new booster which introduces the high-octane monsters of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s. 5D’s is the newest Yu-Gi-Oh! television series and it will be hitting the airwaves this September. But why wait, add the coolest new cards to your collection now!

The Duelist Genesis is the first booster with the new white-bordered Synchro Monster cards. With the power of new Tuner monsters, you can combine the Levels of your monsters to Summon mighty Synchro Monsters. Come to the Sneak Preview and you could be the first to get "Stardust Dragon" or "Red Dragon Archfiend" – amazing new Dragons from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's!

Come Duel in the Sneak Preview and you'll get a new "Avenging Knight Parshath" Synchro Monster card, and a chance to win an exclusive "The Duelist Genesis" T-shirt! Be sure to show up early – supplies of all items are limited and late comers could get left in the dust.

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Avenging Knight Parshath
LIGHT/Fairy - Synchro - Effect/8/2600/2100
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Light monsters
Once per turn, you can change the battle position of 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. During battle between the attacking card and a Defense position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card inflict the difference in Battle Damage tor your opponent.

shriek - 22. Jul, 19:20

37 comments - add comment

Forrenz - 11. Jul, 19:28

Yay!

But... Still no word on the Sneak Preview card, huh?
Hmmm...

ShinobiPhoenix - 11. Jul, 23:14

Tuner or Synchro?

Which do you think the Sneak Peek card will be?

A Tuner to promote getting Synchros and/or making them stronger...

or a Synchro to promote the new power that Synchros bring?

Given the history of Sneak Peek cards, I say a Tuner, since all Sneak cards except Octavius support achieving the goal of the card they work for better, but not doing the actual work of winning. Like V. Rocket, Dual Summoner and Dark Grepher.

cybergx - 12. Jul, 05:29

I'll agree with that. But hey, the card could be a Pyschic-type monster. You never know. But, most likely it'll be a Tuner (and hopefully a good one at that).

Cosmos - 12. Jul, 08:21

Hmm....

Hmm.... I don't think the sneak preview card will be a tuner, synchro, or even psychic type monster.. Maybe it's just a normal effect monster, with the ability to help snychro more easily, or doing something to psychic monsters....

Yeah, maybe kind of increasing/ decresing level for synchro or what...

ShinobiPhoenix - 12. Jul, 09:26

What would be the point to not making that monster a Tuner? Tuner is part of the representation of the set and what it is bring new to the game. It can still do all that. Just one small change: "Sub-Type"/Effect to "Sub-Type"/Tuner.

DarkReign - 12. Jul, 15:19

not being a tuner is possible

It could be one that gets a tuner from deck, hand or graveyard and brings it to the field. The type is pretty much up in the air, but psychic would almost "feel" right

Forrenz - 12. Jul, 16:51

It could always be a Psychic that heals LP very well, and maybe a 'Cyber Dragon' -like one.
I can't think of any really good efects if it does turn out to be a Tuner, since quite a few good ones already exist.

cybergx - 14. Jul, 19:24

I know Forrenz!

Since just about every Tuner released is like uber powerful (splashable in any deck, powerful effects, and allows you to summon uber powerful Synchros), then maybe the promo card is something like this:

Uber Tuner God
4 Stars LIGHT 1700/200
When this card is Summoned, destroy all of your opponent's cards and Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand/deck/Graveyard.

In case you didn't know, I was joking...

ariesdv8 - 12. Jul, 18:42

sneack preview card

the sneak preview card will definetly be a great card. it has been for the past few sets. My guess is that it will be a level 4 tuner. if you notice there are none. and my other guess is that it will be some insane effect to special summon a non tuner monster.

ShinobiPhoenix - 12. Jul, 19:28

There's currently 2 Tuner-4s already released.
- Soldier of Mist Valley
- Frembell Magical

Just had to correct you, but yes, it's VERY likely to be a Tuner-4 with something to benefit getting Synchros faster. Might even be a Psychic to just combine all 3 new things at once.

At least there are plenty of Tuner-3s, but I guess that means Tuner-4 are like the new "1900ATK 4-Stars." A rarity that will take time to become more common.

ariesdv8 - 15. Jul, 17:07

tuners

frembell monsters and soldier of mist valley are duel terminal cards. they are the only level 4 tuners and we will probably not get any of the duel terminal cards in america for a very long time. so to make up for it and because the sneak preview cards are now always great, my guess is that it will be some insane lv.4 tuner with a great effect. Also the sneak preview cards are TCG exclusive so Konami will give us something great.

Pharoh_Atem - 12. Jul, 19:13

Stardust Dragon

I'm pretty sure this is already going to be the SCR and Ghost Rare. I'd laugh at anyone who thinks SD will be worth the same as DAD or JD considering we already know that it's a going to be Tin. Or any other Tin card already announced.

Randomdog - 13. Jul, 22:54

My guess at the sneak peak card

[cool name goes here]
level 4
[psychic/tuner/effect]
1200/1200
When this card is successfully normal Summoned you may Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Monster from your Hand or Deck at the cost of 1000 Life Points. If you choose to Special Summon an Effect Monster by this Effect it's Effect is Negated

Hopefully something like that, which would be worth loads :P

cybergx - 14. Jul, 19:21

If the Sneak Preview card is anything like that, it would most likely Special Summon another Pyschic-type monster, or else it would be VERY powerful. (splashable in any deck... That would be loads of money)

And it might not have Level 4, maybe 2. I like your idea though, and I hope that a card similar is released.

My bet for a Sneak Preview Promo is either another Synchro, Tuner, Pyschic, or something that helps the Synchro strategy and it isn't a Tuner.

Randomdog - 15. Jul, 10:51

yeah i forgot to say that it sp. summons another tuner lol it is broken without that :P

EliteKakashi - 16. Jul, 06:43

Sneak Preview Card~

Apparently, the sneak preview card is Avenging Knight Parshath. A Synchro Monster, Fairy and Level 8.
One last thing.. looks like Montage Dragon got the Ultra Rare treatment. He was Super Rare in the JP pack.

cybergx - 16. Jul, 16:56

So it was a Synchro!

But I never would have seen a Parshath remake... It might Trample or allow you to draw more cards or something similar, like its other forms.

Shadowd1016 - 16. Jul, 17:48

Hmm

Game Changing?

Doesn't Look Like It Will Be A card That Will Effect The Game, Untill the Stats And Effects Are Shown It Just HAM With No Cheese

CyberMaster7 - 16. Jul, 21:35

I like it.

I did not expect to see it but I like all of the other Parshaths. I cannot wait to get it.

arapokemaster - 17. Jul, 02:09

Wow 2 tcg exclusive Parshaths.I hope this card has nothing to do with the sanctuary in the Sky.Like everyone said trampling and a draw effect would be nice.More attack would not hurt but I want to see an effect that can help other synchro cards,maybe an effect to send it back to the extra deck,and summon another synchro,or an effect that ties with counter traps.Anyway this card looks awesome.I wonder if this will be a secret in the pack like with all the previous gx packs from FOTB or will the pattern change in a 5D'd sets?

TriforceMaster3000 - 17. Jul, 14:00

ANOTHER one?

Wow. Just wow. I mean, I like Parshath, but isn't this, what, the 4th version now? The artwork is pretty sweet looking though, kind of a better looking Neo-Parshath. I have a feeling this synchro will be unique in its materials, what I mean is, it'll probably be like "1 Tuner Monster + 1 "Parshath" Monster" or something. I hope this card is more for the new stuff coming out, and isn't another fairy support, and if it is, at least keep the Sanctuary out of it. Maybe it can be a support for Lightsworns? (I doubt it, but it'd be nice) lol

cybergx - 17. Jul, 15:30

A possible effect

Considering that all the previous Parshaths had something to do with drawing cards, I'm thinking they won't break the pattern this time.

Airknight Parshath

--> Trampling, draw 1 card every time it inflicts Battle Damage

Neo-Parshath

-->Trampling, gains ATK, draw 1 card every time it inflicts Battle Damage

Darknight Parshath

-->gains ATK, draw 1 card every time it inflicts battle Damage by RFG'ing a DARK in your Graveyard.

Avenging Knight Parshath

--> "Avenging" might be mean to avenge a monster in your Graveyard, or one of the monsters sent to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon this guy...
-- might allow you to draw 1 card.

That's my guess.

fattony - 18. Jul, 20:56

they might bring out some of the dragon support sence there are a good amout of dragons in this set . they sould bring out " axe dragonute, lacer dragonute, the destoyer dragon, blizzard dragon because i dout were getting that game. and i really dout that the monsterous red eyes darkness metal dragon in this set. dragons just need low good support dragons and goood spell and traps . though i find it good that there are trying to make every thing stand up to dark armed dragon.

arapokemaster - 22. Jul, 22:15

sweet Parshath has nothing to do with Fairies.I like that it has a decent amount of attack points instead of 2300 as th highest for a parshah monster.It's effect is sweet switch an attack position card to defense then trample it over

cybergx - 23. Jul, 03:39

So my prediction was wrong. I kinda don't like the effect. Not the greatest, but that gives us another Level 8 Synchro to use.

They should have made this card have at least 2900 ATK. Then it could destroy DAD(I know it already can), Judgement Dragon AND Heraklinos. That would be so much nicer.

Forrenz - 23. Jul, 17:56

Yeah...

It is good against Monarchs and DAD, but LV8 is too high... Sure, there's that one Spell in "Duelist Genesis" that can turn even LV4 monsters into a Tuner so you only need 2 LV4 monsters out, but still... It's the only "Parshath" that doesn't have a draw effect...

cybergx - 24. Jul, 00:26

I would have taken a drawing effect over Trampling any day. It's easy in OCG to summon a Level 8 Synchro, but its hard in the TCG. I would have liked something that replaces what I've lost to summon this guy, instead of something like this.

He would be so much better if he was a Level 6. I would be changing my mind then. But alas, he isn't.

Is it just me, or are the Sneak Preview cards just getting worse and worse? (or nothing really supportive)? Gaudian of Order is good, but isn't good enough like Rocket, Grandmaster, or Dark Grepher. Parshath will follow the same path that Guardian did I fear.

I would have liked a Pyschic monster that makes them more playable. Their weakness isn't the fact that they require so much Life Points, but a lot of their effects boost/reduce ATK.

Raybeam - 26. Jul, 18:04

@cybergx

So you're saying they should release a broken card to beat a broken card thereby adding another broken card into the game?
No, just no

cybergx - 28. Jul, 17:58

@ Raybeam

What? A monster that allows you to draw a card when it inflicts Battle Damage to the opponent is broken? And no other effects? Read Airknight Parshath. Then tell me that a monster that allows me to draw cards (in the only case of inflicting Battle Damage) would be broken. Please.

Level 8 Synchros aren't the easiest to summon in the TCG. Trampling and changing monster positions just doesn't cut it for this guy. He could use his effect to change Battle Positions maybe once or twice per duel. And that really isn't useful if this guy was going to run over that monster anyway.

And now, you tell me that another Level 6 Synchro would be broken, with the only effect of allowing me to draw a card, whenever it inflicts Battle Damage. Read Goyo Guardian.

Honestly, I don't think you understand the term "broken". Cards and such as Dark Hole and Raigeki are broken. It offers an unfair advantage for no cost, and can be splashed into all decks.

Forrenz - 28. Jul, 22:10

"Broken"??

Seriously? If 'Avenging Knight Parshath' had Trample, that would be the only thing that would make this guy PLAYABLE! A monster that's LV8, MIGHT let you make an opponent's monster easier to destroy, and has a subpar 2600 ATK for a monster that requires at least 2 monsters, whose combined LVs MUST equal 8, but may require more. So yeah, just adding "When this card deals Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points, draw 1 card." to it would just make this even more powerful than DAD and Judgement Dragon. Whew.

Anyways, all that makes it easily the worst TCGX Sneak Preview card to date. I mean, the other ones are easily the broken ones of their Deck Archetypes, but are exactly what they are missing too.
And, again, we still don't know the 10 other TCGX cards yet, and we may get cards of 'Il Blud', 'Blazewing Butterfly', 'DragonIce', 'Allure of Darkness', 'Prime Material Dragon', and 'Ehren, Lightsworn Monk' calibre for Psychics and maybe to boost Yusei's and Jack's decks. (I love Jack's first turn against Yusei in Ep. 4, remember?)

cybergx - 29. Jul, 15:51

Forrenz...

I was saying that I would prefer the folloowing effect better than the current one:

"When this card inflicts Battle Damage, draw 1 card." No Trample. I wasn't refering to Drawing and Trample if that's what Raybeam thought I meant. Just so things are clarified.

And another thing Raybeam... I also said that the effect was the same, then it should have at least 2900 ATK. Then, that would have given me an appropiate counter to Judgement Dragon AND DAD.

Thank you for supporting me Forrenz!

breaker14 - 29. Jul, 23:55

non-tuner???

hey could any1 tell me wat a non tuner card is plz

Forrenz - 30. Jul, 22:51

You'd think it was obvious...

Um, well... a "non-Tuner" is a monster that isn't a Tuner. That's the best I can say it :P

What it's supposed to mean is that only 1 Tuner can be used when trying to Synchro Summon. Okay?

leonaxium - 1. Aug, 01:35

About the secret rares

I think that one of the secret rares is going to be a level 4 tuner, just because the OCG got 2 and the TCG doesn't even have a confirmed one yet. If we look at previous sets (Gladiator's, Phantom and Light), we see cards that are meant to be broken or just plain good for the deck that is being hyped (Test Tiger for GBs, Darklord Zerato for Dark and DAD, and Ehren for Lightsworn). So either we may be getting a good level 4 tuner or a broken synchro.

leonaxium - 1. Aug, 03:54

Another OCG exclusive...

Does anybody believe that we may get the Tricky as one of the OCG exclusive cards? Not that I'm saying I'd use it but, if you think about it, it's a level 5 special summon that would easily go great with any tuner. I think UDE would do that because in Phantom Darkness, they gave us Metal Reflect Slime to make calculator more useful. So, they may be thinking along those lines if they even consider the tricky as an exclusive.

Forrenz - 1. Aug, 19:13

'The Tricky' and others...

Yeah, that'd be a good addition, especially if you dumped a Tuner to Special Summon it from your hand, then 'Angel Revival' or 'Limit Reverse' (or what have you) to bring out the Tuner as well. 'The Tricky's Magic 4' (is that right?) would also be good, since you can sync with the Tokens as well...

However, I can't think of any others that they'd put in here... I bet they're saving 'Botanical Leo' for CSOC, but what else...?

(It turns out that 'The Tricky' and the renamed 'Tricky's Spell 4' are indeed in here, and the Tricky' is a Rare.)

Forrenz - 8. Aug, 19:57

Jason's 'Avenging Knight Parshath' Article on Metagame

He's got a good point... I feel dumb dumping on this card now. 2600 is still a little shy of being decent, but if you can have it hit your opponent for at least 2000 damage, you can't deny its power...
Then, you have to keep it safe from 'Mirror Force' and 'Dimensional Prison', which is still tough to get around unless you're packing 'Jinzo', 'Royal Decree', or 'Mirage Dragon'...

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