Introduction:Well Silent Star may not be an Archetype I created, but it is an Archetype that I own and that ties into other Archetypes I have indeed made. It is also an Archetype that aged incredibly poorly with one of the Equip Spells that was fine during the format it was approved in but got ridiculous later, especially with other cards around it.
After some time, I had requested the ban of that Equip Spell and started to work on support to make Silent Star work better but also be healthier for the game, here's the results.
To reiterate, Silent Stars are an Archetype of mostly LIGHT Warriors that revolve around the Star Regalia Equip Spells to be activated in the same column as the monsters to proc some effects with the end goal of building a few good Xyz and overwhelm the opponent.
The Cards:
First up are the two monsters, the first of which being
Silent Star Roland, who continues the trend of swarming the field with Warriros to get enough Xyz Materials for plays. As his second effect, he is also able to be a one material Xyz, which is a nice thing to have in the Archetype for both fail-safe and extension. Generally speaking, a quite decent card. Even more decent is the Pendulum Monster
Simon, Shard of the Star Regalia, who has a 5 Scale to compliment the other Pendulum Monster's 3 Scale with and 2 incredibly helpful start-up effects: His Pendulum Effect searches an Equip Spell and his Monster Effect Summons a monster, so he can be the missing piece in hand. If you open a monster + Simon, you get to grab an Equip and vice-versa. Incredibly helpful also as a ROTA target, because now ROTA can technically also search an Equip Spell.
As for Spells, we're looking at
Safe Travels Under The Silent Star which continues the trend of making the Archetype actually able to use it's playstyle. The Field Spell is a unique tool in Silent Stars and one that is very needed for extension, so basically this card is 3 more copies of it, on top of it being a simple Extender if you already have the Field Spell. This is all-around built for resilience. On the other side, there's the "replacement" for the now-banned "Winda Equip", which we could basically call the "Babel Equip":
Future of Star Regalia. I have been looking for a way to make Silent Stars get at least one in-Arche disruption without just making a negate Xyz, because there's already an Xyz that's largely unused. Funnily enough, Roland and Future help it a lot, as Roland can make it in one card and Future has the ability to turn the Ignition Effects of Silent Star Xyz monsters into Quick Effects, which boosts all but one Silent Star Xyz, as one of them doesn't have an Ignition Effect. Other than that, it's your standard Star Regalia, but I found it to be a rather valuable piece.
The Alternative Artwork:After years upon years of making the same 4 Warrior Archetypes within a lore, it is kinda weird I didn't do this before. "Dark Angel Olivia" or in my lore's case, the Skydian Darivia has been the face of the Skydianborn Lore since the very beginning, with an effect that is basically ROTA, so...
Why not make a Darivia ROTA? Despite this, I don't plan on giving up getting a Darivia monster through BT one day, but an alt art is a good first step. Darivia is watching you, waiting for her inevitable release~
