The Tuners: Level 4

As Claudio just postet a comment to my last article which said that he would prefer Flamvell Magician or Mist Valley Solider over Rose, I just decided to write about all tuners and their pros and cons. I will start with level 4, and will post about level 3, 2 and all other out there within my next articles.

Until now, there are 8 level 4 Tuner available in the TCG:

• Trap Eater
• Flamvell Magician
• Hyper Synchron
• Royal Swamp Eel
• Mist Valley Solider
• Rose, Warrior Of Revenge
• Road Synchron
• Debris Dragon

At first, all of them are searchable with Summoner Monk (except Trap Eater and Royal Swamp Eel) for easy level 8 Synchro Summons (or level 6 with Road Synchron).

Trap Eater:
I think this guy is the most played level 4 Tuner. The reason? Many players use him instead of Dust Tornado in their Side decks. Especialy Dark-Decks can do this, as they can also remove him for Allure of Darkness. As sending a card to the graveyard is a cost, not even Royal Oppression can stop him.

Flamvell Magician:
One of the two new level 4 Tuners available in Hidden Arsenal. His biggest advantge is that he can not be touched by BTH, so summoning him with Summoner Monk will be a save synchro summon. Diwsadvatage? He cna do nothing else.

Hyper Synchron:
Just forget I wrote him down, he's just here because I want to bring a complete list.

Royal Swamp Eel:
This guy is pretty interessting with Colelacanth. If you find a save way to bring him up,you can simply discard one card from your hand to bring up two level 8 Synchros. This is also a got setup for Pot of Avarice. This deck would only need some small support for becoming a deck worth playing I think.

Mist Valley Solider:
I think this guy is one of the best level 4 tuners available. You can tribute him for Icarus Attack, he's a first class out against Synchros and Heraklinos, and he's a WInd monster you can remove for Dark Simorgh.

Rose, Warrior of Revenge:
The first level 4 Tuner came up as Sneak Promo in Crossroads of Chaos. While she's searchable with Reinforcements Of The Army, her effect is useless I think. Flamvell Magician can't be touched by BTH and Mist Valley solider has a much better effect. I would only play her in decks with Reiforcements, and even there I would consider playng one of the other two guys as nearly every deck runs 2 BTHs nowadays.

Road Synchron:
Did you ever summon Goyo Guardian, Tempest Magician or Brionac with Summoner Monk? In fact, you can do it with this guy. At first, this idea doesn't sound that bad, but we can simply summon Rescue Cat and can get even more options. The reason he's here is the same as for Hyper Synchron.

Debris Dragon:
Last but not least, this guy comes up. His restrictions are quite hard, but you can simply summons Black Rose Dragon with him. You can also use him for level 8 Synchro summons if you use a Treeborn Frog or a Dandylion Token. I just mentioned his best target to use: If you use him with Dandylion you get 2 extra tokens which you can use of effects, as a tribute or what ever comes to your mind.

I don't want to give you a rankign here, as this is only my personal oppinion of these guys. The fact would be that Road and Hyper Synchron would be place 7 and 8 xD
Good luck for everyone who visits this weekend's SJC, if something interesting reaches the playoffs, I will give you one more analysis.