We're in the homestretch with only six days to go after this one!
The fast-approaching Christmas Eve is already shining on us with our first Ultra Rare card, Hoshiningen! (Or "Star Person," if you translate the Japanese.)
General Observation:
Hoshiningen is probably the oldest card we've gotten out of the Calendar yet, and its effect is fittingly basic as a result: it strengthens Light-attribute Monsters by 500 ATK and weakens Dark-attribute Monsters by 400 ATK. Could be useful with augmenting a Light Monster-heavy deck, but the drawback is that it's such a wimpy Monster that you'd have to protect it with a Spell or Trap in order to keep it around. However, since it takes up a spot on your field in order to use its effect, you'd probably be better off sticking to Field or Equip Spells to strengthen your Monsters instead.
Trivia Observation:
Hoshiningen was originally printed in the OLLLLLLLLD TCG set Metal Raiders. It has made one single, solitary appearance on the anime side of things and it's not exactly a flattering one: Yusaku, the main character of Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, showed it off among his "dummy deck" of terrible cards to his school's Duel Club in Episode 6 of VRAINS. (He keeps this deck on him to protect his secret identity as the vigilante duelist, Playmaker.) While you may feel sorry for Hoshiningen because of that particular factoid, it's kept in good spirit by the sheer fact that its Japanese name is, in fact, "Superstar."
Personal Observation:
Very interesting choice for our first Ultra. Might be fun to try making a gimmick deck with this guy.
That's all on our plate today, but stick around tomorrow for the next serving of Astral's Advent Observations!
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