Card Spot : Zoo King Alpha

Another staple appears for our beloved card game...

Shishi-Oh Alpha / Zoo King Alpha

Level 8 EARTH Beast [Special Summon] Effect Monster

ATK 3000

DEF 2500

Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set.

Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) while the total ATK of all monsters your opponent controls is higher than the total ATK of all monsters you control.

You can use the [(1)st] effect with this card’s name only once per turn.

(1) You can target any number of Beast, Beast-Warrior, and/or Winged Beast monsters you control; for the rest of this turn, your “Zoo King Alpha”(s) cannot attack directly, also return the targeted monsters to the hand, then return to the hand face-up monsters your opponent controls equal to the number you first returned.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! have many " Cyber Dragon " -like monster, self Special Summoning with various conditions, and various functions. For combo extender : Cyber Dragon itself, Solar Wind Jammer, Photon Thrasher, Trickstar Carobane, and many more. And big ATK with removal : Dinowrestler Pankratops. Ancient Warriors - Loyal Guan Yun, and comes the new Zoo King Alpha.

With the existence of some big and strong monster, usch as Dragun of Red Eyes, Borelload Savage Dragon, Borelload Dragon, or Borrelsword Dragon, it is inevitable to have removal : a big monster that can serve as a bait to break the opponent's board. 

Zoo King Alpha seems to be an answer for recent threat in Yu-Gi-Oh!. Being an ATK of 3000, it can remove many threats that mentioned above, by destroying them by battle. It also can remove some cards that can prevent being destroyed like Dingirsu, the Orcust of Evening Star, or cannot be targeted by effect such as Borelload Dragon, or Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax, with its effect returning them to the hand. And you can summon it again for as long as the requirement is met, since it doesnt say " can only be summoned once per turn this way " .

This card suits well in a going 2nd deck. For example : Mekk-Knight. After using King's effect, you can summon a Lv. 8 Mekk Knight and XYZ Summon it to become Dingirsu, Orcust of the Morning Star or Alsei, the Sylvan High Protector for extra removal. For extra protection in case you cannot OTK, summon Number 23 : Lancelot, Dark Knight of the Underworld or Number 68 : Sanaphond the Sky Prison to lock your opponent's Graveyard. Also, you can use this card along Grinder Golem for 1st turn combo. Too bad Firewall Dragon isn't here. If does, we can go back doing a U-Link Summon again.

In addition, use this to get rid the token produced by Nibiru, Primal Being, after wiped out your opponent board. Since the token's ATK will be high, it will be easy to hit your opponent with at least 3000 damage. Or you can extend your play before procceeding to Battle Phase, and OTK them