Three brand new cards have been revealed for the upcoming Beyond the Boundaries (BETB) set, and Toon fans are in for a treat — one of them is a brand new Toon-adjacent monster with some surprising hidden potential!
BETB-JP031 – Misstic Call
Level 5 | WATER | Spellcaster | Tuner | Effect Monster
ATK 1600 / DEF 800
Misstic Call is a versatile Spellcaster Tuner that can Special Summon itself from the hand or GY by discarding another Spellcaster or a Spell/Trap — at the cost of being banished when it leaves the field. Its second effect lets you banish a Level 4 Spellcaster from your Deck, then add it to your hand or Special Summon it during the End Phase. Sharp-eyed players have already noted that this makes it secret Drytron support, given Drytrons cannot be Normal Summoned and are Level 4 Spellcasters.
- You can only use the 1st and 2nd effects of this card's name each once per turn.
- (1) If this card is in your hand or GY: You can discard 1 other Spellcaster monster or 1 Spell/Trap; Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field.
- (2) If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can banish 1 Level 4 Spellcaster monster from your Deck, and if you do, during the End Phase of this turn, add it to your hand or Special Summon it.
BETB-JP034 – Cartoon Shade
Level 1 | DARK | Illusion | Special Summon Effect Monster
ATK 0 / DEF 2000
Cartoon Shade is a new Illusion-type monster that ties directly into Toon and other Special Summon-only strategies. It can be Special Summoned for free from your hand as long as a monster that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set is on the field. Once out, it searches any monster with 2000 ATK or DEF from your Deck that can't be Normal Summoned — and if it gets Tributed, it bounces up to two cards back to the hand (with bonus bounce if you control a 2000 ATK/DEF monster).
- Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) if a monster that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set is on the field. You can only Special Summon "Cartoon Shade" once per turn this way.
- (1) If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 monster with 2000 ATK or DEF from your Deck to your hand that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set.
- (2) If this card on the field is Tributed: You can target 1 card on the field, or up to 2 if you control a monster with 2000 ATK or DEF; return it to the hand.
BETB-JP078 – Cursed Paper Retribution (Tatarigami no Mukui)
Normal Trap
Rounding out the trio is a flexible Normal Trap. Its first effect lets you destroy your own monster to negate an opponent's face-up card for the turn — a powerful disruption tool. Its second effect triggers if this Set card is sent to the GY, allowing you to negate the effects of a face-up card your opponent controls.
- You can only use the 1st and 2nd effects of this card's name each once per turn.
- (1) Target 1 monster you control and 1 face-up card your opponent controls; destroy your monster, and if you do, negate that opponent's card's effects until the end of this turn.
- (2) If this Set card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; negate its effects.
What Set Are These From?
All three cards are from Beyond the Boundaries (BETB), the upcoming OCG booster set. We'll keep you updated as more cards from this set are revealed.
Source: @YuGiOh_OCG_INFO on X