Forum:Ritual monsters are dead.

The above explains it all. Ritual monsters are dead. D-E-A-D. I remember when I was younger and I'd get a ritual monster and feel like I was in heaven, but now, they are just horrible compared to synchros and the only useful fusions left over.

Is there any chance of ritual monsters making a comeback? Schwazzy (talk • contribs) 06:36, December 28, 2010 (UTC)

Pretty sure they've still got a niche in Demise OTK decks. Not sure if they're "in" now or not; I can see them working with the Ritual Djinn archetype (Lightsworns, too?), but a lack of releases hurts them, too.AllanAokage (talk • contribs) 06:46, December 28, 2010 (UTC)

Ya thats the problem ever since synchros come out I don't hear of many ritual monsters being released.. its just sad to see these special blue cards not be played anymore :'(

Schwazzy (talk • contribs) 06:50, December 28, 2010 (UTC)

Perfect Herald decks are still good, Rituas are going to be alright. -Falzar FZ- (talk page|useful stuff) 07:00, December 28, 2010 (UTC)

WTF you talking about?

Ritual monsters are not dead they received a huge boost with the inclusion of of the"Djinn"series which not only allwos them to be used as ritual fodder from the graveyard but also gives new effects the summoned ritual monster,other notable cards include:Preparation of Rites,Ritual Cage,and Ascending Soul,also note the major improvement was the effect now the actual ritual spell cards themselves have useful effetcs that can be activated in the graveyard further enhancing their abilities,its no modesty i say you can easily make a ritual monster nearly immortal and give you a lot of draw power,the best ritual monsters are: Dark Master - Zorc,Demise,Divine Grace - Northwemko,Garlandolf, King of Destruction,Herald of Perfection

Additionaly its possible to play a normal monster and or gemini type ritual deck with the monsters:Cú Chulainn the Awakened and Lycanthrope for some major high atk boosts with their effects.

so in essence ritual monster type decks didnt die people just think its too much a pain when in fact their so good someone just needs to dust them off and et them shine with their more then worthy effects.

now about that new archetype:Gishki or Rituas,they suck.....and im gonna point out why they do,just take a look at their ritual summoned monsters.....their atk is low and thier effects suck im not even joking most of their effects wont help you at all.lets take a look at:Evigishki Soul Ogre,its their msot powerful monster with only 2800 and an effect that requires a hand cost and only gets rid of 1 card,

next lets look at Evigishki Tetra Ogre,its effect is as follows:This card can only be Ritual Summoned with a "Gishki" Ritual Spell Card. Once per turn, you can declare a card type (Monster, Spell, or Trap). Your opponent can discard 1 card from their hand to negate this card's effect. If they do not, each player must send 1 card of the declared type from their Deck to the Graveyard. wtf?i dont wanan discard cards from hand to possibly discard one card from their deck this effect is stupid and only 2600 atk weak -_-

worst off is there last ritual monster:Evigishki Mind Augus,heres its effect:This card can only be Ritual Summoned with a "Gishki" Ritual Spell Card. When this card is Ritual Summoned, select and return up to 5 cards from the Graveyard(s) to the Deck(s). ...wow this effect basically does....nothing,unless your running across a zombie or dark armed dragon deck this card is pretty much not worth it,id personally rather use a summoned skull then this piece of crap.this is sad really because their non-ritual monsters are great and help you get the cards you need very well and reasonbly,however theres no point since their ritual monsters just plain dont have good effects,your gonan be up against cards liek stardust dragona nd red dragon archfiend and some wicked monsters and honestly the Giski cards just dont have the power or skill for it,im really sorry for anyone offended by this but im being as honest as i can.

now if you want some good ritual monster deck ideas and concepts just hit me up on my talk page leave a note and ill give you a list and some ideas.Raventheblack (talk • contribs) 07:43, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

...Raven, have you ever used a Ritua deck? the sheer amount of searching & control they have to get the monsters out is powerfull, and the effects are potent against most current decks, for the first Evigishki Soul Ogre is a better scrap dragon, it gets Ritua monsters in the grave (where they can be Salvaged, or their own cards to get back) and RETURNS TO DECK 1 card of the foe, so can't be negated by stardust, or other anti-destruction cards. Also, it's ATK & DEF are the magic number of 2800, when most monsters used atm don't break that value.

Moving on, Evigishki Mind Angus's return FIVE cards from the grave to the deck is an obscene effect against: X-Sabers, Lightsworn, Blackwings, Scrap, Zombie, -anything- running Treeborn Frog as the main engine, Dragunity, Disaster Dragon & Hopeless Dragon as well as Every Single Current Meta Deck (barring Gravekeeper's due to them being anti-meta <,<).

Finally, Evigishki Tetra Ogre's attack is the nice value of 'more than stardust/monarch', as well as an effect which causes the foe to either lose hand advantage, or lose a spell/trap from deck, each of which 'should' hurt them, due to most 'meta' spells each being actually usefull to the deck.

Just my thoughts, Gishki are a good archtype, based around rituals, which works, though they don't help any of the other ones-Resk (talk • contribs) 13:59, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, rituas can get out a ritual monster every turn and still keep advantage. I think that qualifies them as being good. ShortCircuitFTW (talk • contribs) 15:48, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure Rituals are still alive. Sure they look dead but with the new cards coming out, they are coming back. Say what you want about Rituals, I think Rituals can be pretty powerful depending on how you use it. Fallensilence (talk • contribs) 21:55, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

Rituals arent dead its just that not many players play them because they can be slow at times or becoming a dead draw. I personally would not use them. Talking about rituals made me think of black luster solidier because I think it was the 1st ritual released. I remember I got BLS from the yugi evolution deck and he just looked cool, however these were years ago about 7,8 years.188.221.224.25 (talk) 21:05, January 4, 2011 (UTC)

In MY opinion.....

I'm pretty sure that ritual monsters are not dead, I personally have a Herald of Perfection deck and so far I've been capable to take down some of the strongest decks around (Machina, Infernities, X-Sabers, Blackwings, etc) I don't like to brag about that and I'm not stating that my deck is the best around but up to this point, this ritual deck has been the best I had...... Lighness (talk • contribs) 01:21, January 10, 2011 (UTC)

Rituals arn't dead. Even if you run the regular stuff, the addition of stuff from ABPF made it so much more consistant. But still there is still a high chance of a dead draw with these decks. Djinns add significant support, 2000 def and the effect of negating special summoning and traps etc. and also being able to sacrifice from the graveyard keeps hand advantage up. Couple all these factors toghether, it is relatively strong. Obviously its hard for it to win against the top tier but so are other non-meta archeatypes. Roughpuppet (talk • contribs) 12:28, January 10, 2011 (UTC)

Herald of Perfection FTW. That makes up for all other rituals sucking. DaNoobKing (talk • contribs) 03:29, January 11, 2011 (UTC)