Yu-gi-oh! Card Discussion - Meklord Emperor Wisel, Granel, and Skiel

Right now, I'm going to discuss the three probably, in my sense more underrated in the September 1st, 2011 Ban List Format, because of how players set up their hand traps (Effect Veiler, Maxx "C") in their decks. So now, let's go into the discussion at hand:

Meklord Emperor Wisel

* Attribute: Dark

[Machine/Effect]

Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned by its own effect, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. When a face-up monster you control is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand). Other monsters you control cannot declare an attack. Once per turn: You can target 1 Synchro Monster your opponent controls; equip that target to this card. This card gains ATK equal to those equipped monsters' combined ATK. Once per turn, when an opponent's Spell Card is activated: You can negate the activation and destroy it.

ATK: 2500   DEF: 2500

Right now, this seems to be more likely to be main decked because you are going into destroying your own cards, potentially; however, more players decided to play Dimensional Prison over Bottomless Trap Hole, which does not destroy and send to the Graveyard, but just plain flat-out banishes the monster. If you run cards that destroy your own cards, run Meklord Emperor Wisel, otherwise, there's not much of a point.

Meklord Emperor Granel

* Attribute: Earth

[Machine/Effect]

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by its own effect. When a face-up monster you control is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. This card gains ATK and DEF equal to half of your Life Points. Once per turn, you can select 1 Synchro Monster your opponent controls and equip it to this card. This card gains ATK equal to those equipped monsters' combined ATK. During your Main Phase, you can select 1 of those equipped monsters, and Special Summon it to your side of the field in face-up Defense Position.

ATK: 0  DEF: 0

Right now, this seems to be the second most likely to be main decked because you are more or less going for an early game kill; however there is a different weakness, because of how the effect is used. If it gets hit by Effect Veiler, it does not gain its ATK back for the turn, and because of this format, where Meklord Emperor Granel can die easily, that one turn could be fatal, so when you decide to use this card, beware of hand traps (Effect Veiler, Gorz the Emissary of Darkness).

Meklord Emperor Skiel
* Attribute: Wind
[Machine/Effect]
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by its own effect. When a face-up monster you control is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. Other monsters you control cannot declare an attack. Once per turn, you can select 1 Synchro Monster your opponent controls, and equip it to this card. This card gains ATK equal to those equipped monsters' combined ATK. You can send 1 monster equipped to this card to the Graveyard to allow this card to attack your opponent directly this turn.
ATK: 2200  DEF: 2200

Right now, this is most unlikely to run; however this discussion wouldn't be complete without it. The only practical use I see you using this is that if your Deck is a Weenie Rush deck. Even then, this format is really meant to beating your opponent's face in.

EDIT: Updated with more fixes.