At first i thought this card was a pile of crap, the cost was weird and he's not even a tuner, so I never looked into him.
Lately however I've seen him getting a lot of play in Meta decks and in decks at my locals when it hit me, this card is game breaking... Lets have a look at it. I personally wouldn't run it but others like it. But what you gunna do?
So basically what he does is:
"If this card is in the Graveyard, you can return 1 face-up card you control to the hand to Special Summon this card from your Graveyard, and take 400 damage. Each player can only use the effect of "Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite" once per Duel."
So I'm sure that at this point you're thinking the same as me... "Why is he that good. He looks crap to me." Well lets have a look at the cards that can be reused with his effect...
All the mainsprings... Fortune lady lighty, wind, call of the haunted limit reverse, Tour guide from the underworld... the list goes on, this basically allows decks to have more flow if he's in the graveyard... He's also quite searchable, this card can be searched via "Raptor Wing Strike", "Swallow's Nest", "Black Whirlwind", "Soul Rope", "Summoner Monk", "Resonator Engine", and "Witch of the Black Forest". So pretty average search not a lot that can get him.
However if used in a deck that relies on milling like zombies and chaos tengu plant he then comes into his own... In a black wing deck is where he is most effective however because of some sick plays you can make. Summon "Blackwing - Bora the Spear" or "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind", and return it to your hand to Special Summon "Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite". Then Special Summon either monster back to the field. If done with "Gale", you'll be able to use its effect twice and Synchro Summon a Level 7 monster like "Blackwing Armor Master" or "Black Rose Dragon" for an easy nuke to gain control.
More things you can do with this deck are bouncing a "Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North" to reuse its effect or the monster it recovers. Bounce "Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow" for its effect. Discard with the effect of "Dark Grepher" and another "Blackwing" monster (to be used with "Blackwing - Vayu the Emblem of Honor") or use this card with "Icarus Attack" as a safety precaution before attempting to swarm the field by other means theres so many uses in blackwing'ss its rediculous! Thank god for the once a duel limit otherwise blackwings may have been tier 0 with this guy.
You can use it in non-Blackwing Decks for Tribute, Synchro, Ritual, or Xyz Material as well. In monarchs you can bounce a monarch back from the field to tribute this guy to use it again!
In absolute zero, bounce stratos or prisma to use their effects again OR bounce absolute zero to abuse him!
In Infernity Decks, retrieve a card like "Infernity Necromancer" to reuse its effect for another level 8 or 9 synchro which is pretty powerful
In Dragunity Decks (this is where I've learned its power by using it in my dragunitys), pay for the effect of "Dragon Ravine" by discarding "Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite", and return "Dragon Ravine" in your hand to activate the effect of "Zephyrus". Re-activate "Dragon Ravine" to use it again. Also, "Zephyrus" is a Winged-Beast-Type Monster and can be used as Synchro Material Monster for "Dragunity" Synchro Monsters.
You could also return "Dragunity Legionnaire" after he's used his effect to destroy more cards with Dragunity Aklys, or Summon "Dragunity Phalanx" to Synchro Summon "Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier".
In Mist Valley Decks (i use this in my "Bounce!" deck on DN), "Divine Wind of Mist Valley", since you can return a WIND monster back to your hand, Special Summon this card, and use the Field Spell's effect to Special Summon a WIND monster from the Deck, potentially providing you 2 or 3 monsters in a single turn which is just unreal!
Special Summon "Genex Blastfan" with "Divine Wind". Use "Blastfan" to search for "Genex Ally Birdman". Return "Divine Wind" to your hand for this monster. Activate "Divine Wind" again, then bounce "Blastfan" for "Birdman". You can easily Synchro Summon monsters of any Level in this way making genex slowly claw their way into Tier 2 HURRAY! Its about time these guys got play.
You can use his effect to re-equip an Equip Card to a different monster. In a Deck that uses "Supervise" (this is for Psycho turtle specifically), use "Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite" in the Graveyard to retrieve an equipped "Supervise" and Special Summon "Zephyrus". Then, use "Supervise" for another Gemini monster.
Defensively he's very effective aswell, you can "Mind Control" one of your opponent's powerful monsters and return it to the hand to Special Summon this card which is really REALLY funny many rage quits with this move
You can also use Zephyros to retrieve useful cards that can be reused like "Dragon Ravine" (like I said before), "Swords of Revealing Light", "Call of the Haunted", "Black Whirlwind", "Royal Oppression", "Morphing Jar", "Supervise" and "Pitch-Black Power Stone.
You can fill your field in 1 turn by having this card and "Blackwing - Bora the Spear" in your Graveyard while "Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North", "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind", and "Blackwing - Gust the Backblast" are in your hand (such a play allow me to explain). First, make sure you control no cards on your field so you can Special Summon "Gust" using its effect. Then, Normal Summon "Blizzard" and use its effect to Special Summon "Bora" from your Graveyard. Return "Bora" to your hand to Special Summon this card and take 400 damage. After that, Special Summon "Bora" again, then "Gale" from your hand. For an OTK (like my blackwings), use "Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn", "Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite" and 3 "Blackwing - Bora the Spear". (Note: use 1 "Gale" if you cannot assemble 3 "Bora" in time.)
Use the effect of "Future Fusion", and target "Elemental HERO Escuridao", and send "Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite", and another "HERO" monster. Use the effect of Zephros to return Future Fusion to your hand, so you can reuse Future Fusion bloody ace play I use in my Chaos Spacian's deck, seriously this card makes game play so much more powerful, he's rediculous I've OTK'd so many times because of him that 400 damage makes all the difference I mean hell in "Lightsworn" Variants, I use this card to return "Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress", and reuse it's effect for Spell/Trap Destruction. Return "Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner", to Special Summon another "Lightsworn". Return "Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter", to mill 6 cards and destroy 2 cards its awesome!
If you have a "Wulf, Lightsworn Beast" on the field, use "Blackwing - Zephros the Elite" to return it to your hand.Use plaguespreader zombie to place him ontop of your deck, Use "Zephyros" To return Wulf to your hand, and use "Glow-Up Bulb" to mill Wulf, and Special Summon both of them. With your field, you can Synchro Summon into a Level 5 and a Level 6, or a Level 9 Synchro Monster stupid plays are stupid.
So in the end... this card isnt crap like I initially posted he's retarded, thats right not broken not OP, he's retarded...
I give him a 4/5 because his cost is a bit iffy because if you cant return it to the hand he can't be summoned. So returning opponents synchro's is out of the question. Plus his effect can only be used once per duel.
Kudos Konami another shitty broken card to add to the ban list.
The Cynical Duelist.
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