LAST. BOX.
Our final card is one of the newest branches to be added to both the Kuriboh AND Performapal family trees: Performapal Kuribohble!
General Observation:
You can think of Kuribohble here as an official game take on the anime version of Kuribon. Much like that card's animated equivalent, when you're about to suffer a direct attack, you can special summon this card to take the blow. Then, again like Kuribon, your damage is converted to extra LP instead.
However, there are two key differences. First, Kuribohble increases YOUR points rather than your opponent's, and secondly, he's destroyed like any other defending Monster instead of returned to your hand after battle. The former makes him quite a useful card for a last-ditch defense against an uber-powerful Monster. Plus, since he's both a Level 1 AND Performapal Monster, there are a myriad of ways to bring him to your hand with the right deck.
Trivia Observation:
Kuribohble is actually the first brand-new card to be featured in an Advent Calendar. This means it has no previous TCG set to mention. However, it DOES have a single manga appearance in Scale (Chapter) 23 of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V where Yuya Sakaki uses him to defend. Yuya joins the exclusive club with Yusei of protagonists who had to wait until their manga to get their own personal Kuriboh and his TCG art is even taken from that original manga appearance. (As seen above.)
As for odder trivia, this card's actually called Kuribohrder/Kuriborder in Japan and the English manga respectively. Not sure why they changed it or what either name is a possible portmanteau of (Kuriboh and Snowboarder maybe?), but that's how it is.
Personal Observation:
Super neat to get a brand new card, especially one that uses appropriately festive reds, greens, and stars in its design. Still need to catch up with the ARC-V manga, so I can't wait to see this guy in action.
That's all she wrote for the Kuriquel! I'd like to thank every one of you for joining in for another year of me trying to seem knowledgeable about card games. It means a lot that you stuck with me through this fun holiday journey that briefly subverted my infamous laziness. These are a ton of fun to do. Will there be a follow-up? Well, we'll have to see what Konami says, but chances are, if I can find ANY kind of Advent Calendar based on something I'm interested in during future holiday seasons, you'll see it here.
Anyway, have the happiest of holidays and the merriest of Christmases. I hope all of you can find some peace and contentment this season and partake in a good bit of personal joy to top the year (and decade) off well. As for me, I'll be back for the annual Christmas Fallout post, so be sure to stay tuned to the blog in the meantime. As my furry friends above would likely say: KURIBYE!!
