Exiled Force
Rating: 4.7/5


 

Type: Earth
Attribute: Warrior/Effect
Level: 4
Attack: 1000  Defense: 1000
Effect:  Offer face-up this card on your side of the field as a Tribute to destroy 1 monster on the field. If this card is used for a Tribute Summon or this card is offered as a Tribute due to another cards' effect, this card's effect is not activated.
 
 
  

Tyloki

Say goodbye to Man-Eater Bug, this card is far superior. Let's pretend that your opponent has a Defense Position Goblin Attack Force or Spear Dragon, and a Jinzo in attack to go with it. With a Man-Eater Bug in hand, you could set it use and its effect on Jinzo during your opponent's turn, assuming that he/she doesn't have Nobleman of Crossout, Change of Heart, Raigeki, or any other card to kill it in his/her hand. With the Exiled Force, you can attack the Goblin Attack Force, then use its effect to destroy Jinzo. The only thing that could possibly stop it is an Offerings to the Doomed. If your opponent is using that in his/her deck, chances are that he/she is hurting anyway. This card has yet another advantage over Man-Eater Bug. You can reuse the effect without having to add cards such as Shallow Grave or Spear Cretin into your deck. You can turn your Monster Reborn, Premature Burial, or Call of the Haunted into monster removal.

If your opponent has a face-down trap card on the field, and you want to summon Exiled Force to kill their Summoned Skull, you don't have to worry about anything except for a Horn of Heaven or Solemn Judgment. Once the monster is summoned, you have the option of activating the effect before your opponent can do anything else. You wouldn't have to worry about your opponent having a Trap Hole or Offerings to the Doomed face-down, simply because he/she would have to chain one of those cards to Exiled Force's effect (assuming that you choose to use the effect immediately after you summon the monster). If they do chain, the effect of Exiled Force would go off anyway as the last link resolved, so your opponent would have just wasted a card. (For more info on this, go to Edo's website and read his recent essay on the Concept of Priorities)

4.6/5 Not quite staple, but definitely an awesome card.


tbones

This card is MUCH better than it looks.  Let's compare it to another fairly similar card, Man-Eater Bug.

Exiled Force...
    -is reusable (Monster Reborn, etc.)
    -is faster
    -has high enough ATK to actually be useful sometimes
    -doesn't risk being Nobleman'd or Raigeki'd
    -is going to be restricted to one per deck (that doesn't necessarily mean it's better, but you should be aware of the upcoming restrictions)

Exiled force is far superior monster removal to most other cards out there.  There are still some cards that are better, such as Raigeki, Dark Hole, Mirror Force, and maybe Torrential Tribute (but probably not), but those are all also restricted, so your deck isn't going to hurt if you add another great monster killer.  Goblin Attack Force and Spear Dragon fear this card, as you can attack the Goblin/Spear, then use the effect to kill another monster and not leave yourself with a vulnerable monster on the field.  Very, very, very good card.  

Rating: 4.5/5.  It really is that good.

Gobboboy

WOW. This is amazing. There's not much I can say other than that. People used to use Tribute to the Doomed... Why try it now??

5/5. Get three of them. Now.

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