Yugipedia:Featured Card/Reborn Tengu
Over the past few months, and the next few to come still, the TCG has been overwhelmed by a horde of new game-breaking cards hitting the scene - between “T.G. Hyper Librarian”, the new Xyz Monsters and cards such as “Doppelwarrior”, the game has changed like never before. However, the one new card on everyone’s mind is definitely “Reborn Tengu”.
“Reborn Tengu” was introduced as the TCG-exclusive Sneak Preview card for Extreme Victory and quickly became the talk of the town. Since its release, its domination of YCS tournaments, as well as incorporation into almost every deck type you can think of has been unimaginable. It’s no surprise, as “Reborn Tengu” Special Summons a copy of itself whenever it leaves the field, regardless of how it was removed – including being banished, tributed, or just plain destroyed.
This effect means that "Reborn Tengu" can impressively function under virtually any strategy, but is efficiently abused by Synchro Decks in particular. The notorious Plant Decks that have ran rampant across the metagame this format have taken perfect advantage of this card - being Level 4, "Reborn Tengu" can quickly create the advantage-churning Synchro Monster, "T.G. Hyper Librarian" using simple Plant-Type Tuners, including "Glow-Up Bulb" and "Spore", and even begin a chain of Synchro Summons by Special Summoning additional copies of itself. Other combos include fantastic Synchro Summon synergy with "Genex Ally Birdman" and acting as an effective bridge into the increasingly popular, terror-inducing "Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier".
Along with "Reborn Tengu"'s Synchro talents, it also acts as a floater - able to retain a strong field presence, adding consistency to Decks that lacked it, while being an excellent addition to decks that thrive in it, including Gadget and Gemini Decks. Meanwhile, "Reborn Tengu" seeks to support the new Xyz Monsters in a similar manner to Synchros - originally advertised as an Xyz Support card, it will make Xyz Summoning some of the strongest new monsters, such as "Steelswarm Roach" simple.
While performing these amazing tasks, "Reborn Tengu" can be recycled near-infinitely using the unlimited "Pot of Avarice", allowing for a chain of up to 9 "Reborn Tengu" summons from a single card! This, paired with its ability to absorb 1-for-1 cards while retaining advantage makes it truly one of the most game-changing cards brought to Yu-Gi-Oh! in a long time.
From Plants, to Gadgets, to its own Tengu Synchro builds, get used to this card - you'll be seeing a lot more of it.
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