How Good Is Fifth Omni Dragon Lord , Crimson Drum?

I'm pretty sure most of you already know that this is by far one of the best cards in the Heb04 set but I'm just gonna talk about it anyways.

So as you all should already know , yes , this is an omni lord so it can be placed in any decks at 1 copy unless it's a dragon world deck. What makes this card so good is that it has the ability to redirect any attack at the cost of 1 life which is a fairly decent payment. Alike Miserea and Burn Nova , this card can be placed into almost any kind of deck, be it Aggro , Control, Combo or Beatdown. It kind of gives you some breathing space if you are out of shields or if you are stalling for something. 6000 defense until now is still considered good as it is just enough defense to keep some aggressive cards from doing single attacks. Decks such as Thunder Knights or Dungeon World Knights will have some big problems when this is on the field.

However this card truly stands out in the current king of meta-play , Dragon Ein /Azi Dahaka. Why is this so good in Ein? Well, Aqulta Gwaneff neutralizes all single attacks, meaning that your opponent will have to perform link attack to try to deal damage to the player, this is where crimson drum acts, paying 1 life, the link attack is redirected to the crimson drum , only then losing 1 soul. It spares the Ein player a turn or even 2 if he doesn't have a shield. Crimson Drum is also unique in a sense that it's ability is not a counter, meaning cards that disallow players to cast counters during their monsters battle will have no effect against this guy. As for the setbacks for this card, it's hard to really say that it has any glaring weakness but i guess that you can say the only weakness is also it's strength. Because of it being an Omni Lord , you can only place 1 of it outside a dragon world deck, so Dragon Ein doesn't share the benefits of playing 4 because it is not a world, thus only enabling the deck to run 1.

 Overall this card is just amazing , crazy skill, cost worth it's skill and size 2 only. In my opinion , this is the best card in the entire set so do get your hands on one of these !!

(9/10) rating