And so we come to the upcoming set in the TCG, Order of Chaos. There are quite a few notable themes that become really good as of this set. These themes are Wind-Ups, which I have already talked about extensively, Inzectors, and Evols. I touched upon Evols briefly when I talked about Evolsaur Vulcano, but there is so much more to the deck. Much like Wind-Up Factory, there is an incredibly cheap card that is essential to the theme that is already out. It's called Gravekeeper's Spy. Wait, no, let me try that again. It's Evoltile Westlo.
Evoltile Westlo
Effect Monster Card
FIRE / Reptile / ATK-700 / DEF-1900
Level 3
FLIP: Special Summon 1 "Evolsaur" monster from your Deck.
This thing is amazing for the theme. We all know Gravekeeper's Spy after the backrow format, and this card is much like the Spy, but this card has even better targets! This card is essential in threes in a deck that's (at least) Tier 2 after ORCS, much like Wind-Up Factory, Since I'm sure the only Evols a lot of you know are the Evolzars, I'll let you know why this card could even be better than Gravekeeper's Spy.
Well to start off the list of this thing's great targets, let's talk about the most simple target, Evolsaur Diplo. Basically, this thing instantly pops a backrow. This doesn't seem THAT great, and you're right. But you forget one of the main weaknesses of Evols, hitting the monsters before you can get out Evolzar Laggia, Evolzar Dolkka, or Evolzar Soldde. It feels pretty bad when you try to go into Laggia when all of a sudden, a wild Solemn Warning appears and ruins your day. Or better yet, a Bottomless Trap Hole against your materials, such as Evolsaur Cerato, Jurrac Guaiba, or most horribly Evoltile Casineria. This card will pop that card like a boss, and then you can just normal summon another material next turn with little danger.
This card has other great targets as well. Evolsaur Vulcano was touched upon before, and he's still amazing to the deck. If you have an Evolsaur in the grave for who knows what reason, maybe they Solemn Warning'd it, this allows for a Laggia with no normal summoning required.
Evolsaur Cerato is the only holo Evolsaur so far, and it's justified. He can search out Westlo, Odonto, or Casineria whenever he kills something (assuming he was summoned by an Evoltile before). This allows for plusses, and he's a 1900 beater if you drew him without an Odonto, which is why he's pretty much the only Evolsaur run in threes.
Evolsaur Elias is an Evolsaur coming out in ORCS, and his only real purpose is to bring out Evolsaur Soldde, who is nearly indestructible and broken in many ways. It can't die, and it kills off anything that tries to run over it. It's very rare to lose after you bring this thing out. Better yet, Casineria allows you to get the guy instantly.
So yea, Evols are going to be pretty damn amazing after ORCS comes out, and right now $1.50 for a card you run in threes in a high-tier deck isn't anything to pay. It's a great investment. There's one thing you will have to worry about though. If it turns out that the Jurrac version of the deck is better than plain Evols, then Westlo won't go up much. They don't really have the room for Westlo, nor would they want to run him if they could. You be the judge. It's kind of like Wind-Up Factory in this regard too. What if the only good form of Wind-Ups is splashing in 3 Wind-Up Rat and Hunter into everything? That wouldn't be good for Factory.
Buy / Trade for these things at $1.50 each, but if you lurk enough you could probably find some for $1 each.
This investment is: SAFE, because this card doesn't really even have any room to go down, at best it goes up by a lot and at worst it rises to about $3 come ORCS. Small cards like these are always a load of fun to invest in.
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