Number 1! Top 10 Cards of 2011

And finally after two weeks we have been brought here, discussing the Top Card of 2011, which is none other than Tour Guide from the Underworld.

Number 1: Tour Guide from the Underworld

This little girl came as an TCG Exclusive in Extreme Victory making really small impact and now, about six months later the whole competitive scene of Yu-Gi-Oh! is centered around her. The deciding factor for her advent was obviously the release of Xyz Monsters but also gained a lot of fame from a temporary yet bad ruling decision of Konami that stated that Overlayed Xyz Materials still count as being on the field. This essentially meant that when cards like Reborn Tengu and Sangan get their effects. Hence Tour Guide was an instant Rank 3 Xyz along with a search from Sangan. This made her price spiked up to 250$ per copy if my memory serves me well. But the ruling changed and Tour Guide fell from glory for a day or two.

And then Generation Force came in with the first two good Rank 3 Xyz Monsters, Number 17: Leviathan Dragon and Leviair the Sea Dragon followed by then even better Wind-Up Zenmaines. Essentially by now, Tour Guide is an one card combo to bring out:

• A free Sangan to get the search you want.
• A 2500 ATK beater.
• A 1800 ATK beater with the ability to Special Summon a Level 4 or lower banished Monster.
• A 2100 DEF defender (with also decent 1500 ATK) with three lives and a free destruction every time he use his first two shields.

As you can see one card can be used to counter all sort of differnet situation and it is almost never dead. And as the expensive Engine is in almost any competitive Deck due to it's amazing capabilities, the core of this Engine, Tour Guide from the Underworld herself is the Best Card of 2011.
Fun Fact: All of the Top 10 of 2011 is Monster Cards so it is no surprises that this year the fields are dominated by poweful Monsters.