Golden Castle of Stromberg——————————&mda

Golden Castle of Stromberg————————————————Once per turn, during your Standby Phase, you must banish 10 cards from the top of your Deck face-down (this is not optional), or this card is destroyed. During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon 1 monster from your Deck that specifically lists the card “Golden Castle of Stromberg” in its text. You cannot Normal Summon/Set the turn you activate this effect (even if this card leaves the field). You can only use this effect of “Golden Castle of Stromberg” once per turn. When your opponent’s monster declares an attack: Destroy the attacking monster, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to half the ATK that monster had on the field.————————————————Can Be Found In: Battles of Legend: Relentless Revenge (BLRR-EN010)Field Spells were always the core of many strategies right from their debut decades ago. Back then most Field Spells only provided stat boosts so players focused arround a particular group of monsters, with only “Umi” as the only Field Spell with proper support. While “Umi” and its substitutes became a staple pick for many WATER Decks, gradually we obtained more complex Field Spells ready to assist with their effects in one way or another. From Field Spells simply giving a little push to those leading a whole Deck with their mere pressence, Field Spells went from an optional resource to one of the most important cards to make entire Decks work.“Golden Castle of Stromberg” is a card that debuted in a filler arc from the original anime as one of the most broken cards in the game, and after a long wait appears in the game as its own archetype. “Stromberg” requires us to banish face-down the first ten cards from our Deck during each of our Standby Phases, as otherwise will destroy itself. But this big demerit has a solid compensation, as in exchange of our Normal Summon or Set we can summon from our Deck any monster with an effect related to “Stromberg” itself. Lastly the Field Spell gives us a solid coverage from battles, as in case the opponent attacks said monster will destroy itseld and deal damage equal to half its ATK. While its milling demerit can be quite severe to the point of running out of cards in a few turns, “Golden Castle of Stromberg” not only makes the opponent’s Battle Phase virtually impossible to execute, but will also let us search for any archetype monster as they gain certain effects due this Field Spell being active.With cards like “Terraforming” and “Glife the Phantom Bird” taking no time to look for this card, “Stromberg” will soon start executing one of many goals thanks to its summoning effect. Many of the monsters that will summon from our Deck will provide additional benefits as soon they land on our field, ranging from “Prinzessin” and “Iron Hans” summoning other monsters from our Deck, to the mentioned “Glife” and “Hexe Trude” destroying opponent’s cards. The lose of our Normal Summon/Set is not that severe nowadays due the many Special Summon options we have available, allowing us to gain momentum in our setups as we work along “Stromberg”. Although in most cases its summons will be enough to aim for bigger summons some cards will gain other benefits under the pressence of “Stromberg”, like “Glass Slippers” being obtained as soon “Prinzessin” is summoned, or “Iron Cage” allowing us to destroy and/or steal an opponent’s monster. While “Stromberg” already has several advantages by its summons alone let’s not forget its battle coverage, as pretty much nullifies the opponent’s attacks if they don’t wanna lose monsters in vain. Finally, if milling and banishing our Deck might become a problem as the Duel progresses, cards like “Necroface” and “Gren Maju da Eiza” will take advantage of this cost in later turns.Despite a milling maintenance and making us lose our Normal Summon, “Golden Castle of Stromberg” gained great reputation among various Decks entirely or partially focused on its archetype. Its demerits are quite tame as will let us summon monsters that gains bonus effects under the pressence of “Stromberg”, with some mixed themes solely focusing on “Iron Hans” and “Iron Knight” to prepare expensive summons right from the first turn. Truly the main drawback of “Stromberg” is that we must invest a Deck arround the monsters that can summon, but the many results that provides along the many Special Summon methods available in the game makes it a strong choice to start big summons or nullify the opponent’s Battle Phase if needed.Personal Rating: A+ Summons from our Deck a monster related to this card+ If the opponent attacks the attacker will be destroyed and they will take damage equal to half its ATK+ Strong results with the monsters that can summon along other Special Summon options- Will banish face-down ten cards from our Deck during our Standby Phases or destroy itself otherwise- Its summoning effect forbids Normal Summons and Set- Requires a Deck with enough monsters to work with -- source link

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