October 2022 brought some of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Yu-Gi-Oh!'s most stylish eye candy yet — the newly-released Darkwing Blast set is rich with beautiful artwork that gives Magic: The Gathering and even Pokemon a run for their money. The set hearkens back to the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime introducing a new form of Crow Hogan's ace monster, Black-Winged Dragon.
Is it a huge bird or a dragon, you ask? Well, in the words of the late and great Kazuki Takahashi, "any given theme or motif can work as long as the [monster shares] the most basic, recognizable attributes of dragons... 'anything can become a dragon' is a central tenet of Yu-Gi-Oh!"
8 Bl🔴ack-Winged A🦩ssault Dragon
Here it is, our fierce headliner: Black-Winged Assault Dragon. Black and scarlet wings crown its piercing gaze, surrounded by an inferno of sparks and feathers. Strong, high-contrast red and black evoke a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:neo-Fauvist vibrancy, giving the piece a potent aura of destruction. The monster is still recognizably Black-Winged Dragon, but definitely adds in a hefty helping of "assault" — the dynamic pose suggests the dragon has locked eyes with its prey below and is curving its long, sharp-taloned body southwest for a lethal swoop-in. Let's hope you aren't dinner.
7 🎉 Ghoti Cosmos
The Ghoti archetype truly steals the show in this card set; it was challenging to write a list that wasn't entirely composed of ethereal space fish. Just look at them!
"Ghoti" is a funny little turn of phrase coined by linguists poking fun at the absurdity of English. It's pronounced "fish," using the F sound as in "rough," the O sound as in "women," and the S and H sound in the middle of "tuition." In Yu-Gi-Oh!, however, the official designated pronunciation is what you'd expect: like "goatee."
Ghoti Cosmos is a treat to behold. An aurora of blue, lavender, green, and gold surrounds the central fish crea🎃ture sꦯporting a flurry of glowing fins and tendrils. It floats in a nebula of its own, defying the darkness of space. It evokes an air of mystery and wonder — what are these mythical cosmic beasts, really?
6 ဣ Meizen The Ba🧜ttle Ninja
If you're a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:feudal lord in 15th-century Japan, watch out &mdash🎐; Meizen the Battle Ninja, will be coming for your life. Garbed in a black, crimson, and orange ninja-yoroi, Meizen echoes the design structure and color palette of Black-Winged Dragon. The two may well be allies battling a common foe🌼, equipped with two wakizashi and sharp black talons, respectively.
Meizen's pose projects confidence befitting a warrior, evoking a masculine strength seen in Roman marble statues. Michelangelo would have loved a chance to sculpt him in his prime, for sure.
5 𓂃 Snopios, Shade Of The Ghoti
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:H.P. Lovecraft, eat your heart out — Snopios, Shade of the Ghoti is a space octopus who's stylish and mysterious. The composition of the piece is incredible, pulling the player in with long, blue-violet tentacles tipped with golden light.
Snopios visually beckons us into the Ghoti galaxy, encouraging our curiosity and fear in equal measure. The detail wor🐼k is also something to behold; speckles of complimentary cerulean and sunflower-gold blend seamlessly with lavender accents along each tendril, a feast of color and luminosity for th🌳e eyes.
4 Blackwing Chinook The Snow Sma𝔍sher ෴
While many of the cards in Darkwing Blast are intense (if not a bit 🔯unsettling), this little guy brings both power and cuteness to the table. Blackwing Chinook the Snow Smasher features bold contrasting shades of orange and yellow-green against a backdrop of cobalt ice and snowflakes. Its talons are poised to kill, but it seems more interested in playing with piles of fallen snow. You can almos🔯t imagine Chinook cuddling close to you on a frigid winter night to keep you warm in its soft, downy feathers and snow-scattering plumes of fire.
3 🌌 ♍ Zep, Ruby Of The Ghoti
Contrast is key, and Zep, Ruby of the Ghoti knows what's up. Zep is a sort of lionfish-betta hybrid with intense crimson scales and gold feelers, making it pop against the sapphire sea of the cosmos.
Another facet of Zep that makes it stand out is its translucent core body. Looking closely, you can see the faint impression of the creature's fiery innards, including a gleaming golden orb that may represent its brain. Its gills shoot fire amid a field of comet shards, like a shooting star in the dark.
2 ꩵ Black Feather Whirlwind
Black-Winged Dragon appears for an encore in the Spell card Black Feather Whirlwind. This card is the epitome of dynamic posing — the mighty raven-dragon flies overhead, raining down a flurry of blue, red, and green feathers from its tail upon its enemies. On top of that, a stormy, dark-purple and gray tornado whips up from the sheer force of Black-Winged Dragon's 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:mighty wing beats. The card conveys the full force of a legendary dragon's physical prowess, overwhelming and threatening to players and their opponents alike.
1 Ixeep, Omen of thಌe Ghoti 🐭
Last but certainly not least, another Ghoti takes the crown: Ixeep, Omen of the Ghoti is one of the most ornately decorated cards in Darkwing Blast, and certainly deserves a spotlight of its own. Like others in its archetypal family, Ixeep is a stunning luminescent blue floating in glittering, starry space — what sets it apart is the wide span of its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:manta-ray-esque, sparkly pancake fins, each one lovingly dotted with pink and purple lines of freckles. And as far as creatures in the Ghoti cosmos go, Ix🅺eep looks the sleekest. 𝐆Its body looks like it would have a very light, smooth texture in your hands.