A Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Wall of Text Review: Wind-Up Zenmaister Tin

      I actually intended this to be a video review, but since I accidentally opened up my tin before remembering this, it won't be as proffesional as I had hoped.  However never fear, I did sort of make a video review (maybe I'll upload that video anyway, however at the moment it is doubtful).  This is a review of the 2011 Wave 1 Wind-Up Zenmaister tin (American version, but I'll get into that in a bit). A $19.99 US buy that comes with "Wind-Up Zenmaister," "Elemental Hero Gaia," "Neo-Parshath, the Sky Paladin," "Archlord Kristya," and a "Pot of Duality."  It also comes with 2 Storm of Ragnarok, 2 hidden Arsenal 4: Trishula's Triumph, and 1 Extreme Victory for the 5 packs that come in these kinds of tins.  The version of the tin I reviewed has 2 packs of Hidden Arsenal 4, while from openings I've seen on Youtube, the European version instead had 2 packs of Extreme Victory and 1 pack of Generation Force, which I'll be honest would have been more appropriate for the tin, but it was probably different due to marketing and sales differences between regions.
      The short version of who this tin would benefit the most is anyone who uses a lot of flip effect monsters, elemental hero decks, and probably most of all anyone who runs a fairy deck.  Neo-Parshath is nice but Kristya's effect of preventing special summons along with its own ability to have you keep bringing it back to the field makes it a great card for a fairy deck.  Pot of Duality can fit into any deck pretty much, since it merely is a drawing effect card, however if you run a deck that isn't based on special summoning or it won't really affect you, it makes for a good addition.  E-Hero Gaia is an amazing addition to any E-Hero deck, since it only requires an E-Hero and an earth attribute monster, of which the E-Heroes have no shortage of, with such solid choices as Clayman, Wildheart, and Woodsman and even if you are desperate, Neo-Spacian Grand Mole.  Without doing a review on the individual sets of the boosters, I can say that the tin isn't a bad purchase, for collectors or for anyone that could use one of the cards in there, and Pot of Duality was one of the reasons why Duelist Revolution booster prices rose online.  Again, overall not spectacular but a good buy nonetheless.

ABOVE: Terrible quality picture of the 5 Secret Rare (hence the glare) cards that come with this tin.  In order they are Wind-Up Zenmaister, Pot of Duality, Neo-Parshath the Sky Paladin, Archlord Kristya, and Elemental Hero Gaia. (Ct08-EN002, Ct08-EN008-11 respectively)