Astral's Advent Observations: The Kuriquel - DAY 12!

Welcome back to Astral's Advent Observations: The Kuriquel! Hope you've been enjoying things so far and that I've done a moderately decent job of providing mildly entertaining content related to trading cards.

Day 12! We're officially halfway there!

This guy gets aROUND! It's Sphere Kuriboh! (Sorry, I was having too much of a ball.)

General Observation:

Not only is Sphere Kuriboh super useful for protection thanks to its ability to switch any of your opponent's attacking Monsters into defense position, but you can also use this card from the graveyard as fodder for a ritual summon, making this card a definite boon for Ritual Decks.

Trivia Observation:

Sphere Kuriboh was originally printed in the TCG set Dimension of Chaos. He's made only a single appearance in an anime so far: in VRAINS when Playmaker uses copies of him to dodge security during a hacking attempt.

Other trivia of note is that he might be based on The Winged Dragon of Ra's Sphere Mode due to the similarities in design and his Japanese name actually translates to "Kuriball." (Sharing the name of one of the effects of the five Kuriboh Brothers in Season 4 of the original anime.)

Personal Observation:

Heh, I mostly know this guy for being ANNOYING in Duel Links. Someone ALWAYS seems to have a copy in their hand.

Sphere Kuriboh's gotta roll, but stay tuned for tomorrow's entry on Astral's Advent Observations: The Kuriquel! (Most likely with significantly less ball puns.)