Empowered Warrior

Empowered Warrior
"Terratiger, the Empowered Warrior"
Japanese	魔（ま）装（そう）戦（せん）士（し） 魔装戦士 (base) まそうせんし (ruby) Masō Senshi (romanized) Magic-Equipped Warrior (translated)
French	Guerrier Éveillé
German	Ermächtigte Krieger
Italian	Guerriero Potenziato
Korean	마장전사
Portuguese	Guerreiro/a Edificado/a
Spanish	Guerrero/a Fortalecido/a
Sets TCG Super Starter: Space-Time Showdown OCG Starter Deck 2014 Clash of Rebellions
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"Empowered Warrior" (魔（ま）装（そう）戦（せん）士（し） Masō Senshi) is an archetype that is part of the "Empower" series. While the monsters debuted in Starter Deck 2014, it was not until OCG Clash of Rebellions that they received Pendulum support. They are related to the "Summoner" series and the "Aether" archetype. The term "Empowered" refers to the armor pieces worn by the monsters of this archetype. "Arnis", "Hydrotortoise", "Terratiger" and "Ventdra" have equipment originated from "Aether, the Empowering Dragon", while both "Dragodies" and "Dragonox" are basically different forms of "Ventdra" that is equipped by the armor of "Aether, the Evil Empowering Dragon".

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Monster		Origin
Empower	Summoner
Aether	Golden Dragon	Yellow Dragon
Arnis	Red Sparrow	Vermilion Bird
Hydrotortoise	Green Turtle	Black Tortoise
Terratiger	White Tiger	White Tiger
Ventdra	Blue Dragon	Azure Dragon

Playing style

Competitively, when running "Terraforming", the "Empowerment" Field Spell Card and it's "Discard to Special Summon from Deck" effect is used for "Dragodies, the Empowered Warrior" to gain its "When Destroyed on the Field" effect. Both "Dragodies" and "Dragonox, the Empowered Warrior" as Pendulum Scales for their strong Battle Phase effects when using them from the Hand. The Field effect of "Dragonox" can be useful for any Deck for great utility, but the revival target must be checked by the opponent to make sure it is a correct target: losing any surprise factor. "Aether, the Evil Empowering Dragon" and "Aether, the Empowering Dragon" provide the archetype with a variety of removal effects, and are searchable through the effect of "Empowerment". "Terratiger, the Empowered Warrior" (When Normal Summoned) and "Ventdra, the Empowered Warrior" (When Destroyed on the Field) have utility effects for Normal Monsters and would be useful for Graveyard-style archetypes like "Dark Magician" or "Red-Eyes" with a slight Rank 4 Monster focus. "Dragodies" and "Empowerment" combo is similar to "Sky Iris" and "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" in terms of speed and utility. For a little context, in the OCG, "Empowered Warrior" Pendulum cards were released around the same time as "Performage" and "Dracoslayer" (Both heavily restricted); whereas "Odd-Eyes" and "Pendulum Magician" (Some search effects restricted) cards were released around the same time as the "Red-Eyes" support in "Clash of Rebellions".

Recommended cards

Main Deck Monster Cards Normal Monsters Alexandrite Dragon Clavkiys, the Magikey Skyblaster Neo the Magic Swordsman Effect Monsters Arnis, the Empowered Warrior Hydrotortoise, the Empowered Warrior Terratiger, the Empowered Warrior Ventdra, the Empowered Warrior Aether, the Empowering Dragon Blue Dragon Summoner Red Sparrow Summoner White Tiger Summoner Rescue Rabbit Pendulum Monsters Dragodies, the Empowered Warrior Dragonox, the Empowered Warrior Aether, the Evil Empowering Dragon Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon Spell Cards Empowerment Reinforcement of the Army Terraforming Trap Cards Common Charity Soul Rope Extra Deck Xyz Monsters Daigusto Emeral Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn Princess Cologne Queen Dragun Djinn Link Monsters Gouki The Powerload Ogre Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights