The saga of the Condemned Maiden continues in just a week with Soul Fusion! The maiden has grown stronger since her condemnation, now known as the Condemned Witch! She’ll be a welcome addition to almost any Fairy strategy, with the power to use the Forbidden cards and call upon other Fairies.

While Condemned Witch does have high DEF, you’ll rarely see her in Defense Position since her first effect requires a Normal Summon. This effect allows Condemned Witch to search your Deck for any ”Forbidden” Quick-Play Spell Card! That is, Forbidden in the card name, not to be confused with the Forbidden & Limited List. These same artifacts are what got her condemned in the first place – don’t worry, you’re probably safe.

Each of the Forbidden spells has an effect which modifies a monster’s strength in battle, but also can have harmful or helpful effects added on. Forbidden Chalice increases strength, but negates the monster’s effects. Forbidden Dress and Forbidden Lance weaken the monster, but protect it from other cards. Forbidden Scripture returns everything to its starting ATK/DEF, while negating everything else on the field during that battle as well. Each of these cards can be used to turn the tide of battle, or to protect yourself. With Condemned Witch, you can grab exactly the card you need for each situation.

Condemned Witch provides a lot of utility with a simple Normal Summon. However, that’s only half of her effects! By using her Quick Effect during your opponent’s Main Phase, you can Tribute Condemned Witch to Special Summon any Level 4 Fairy from your Deck! With this kind of power, you’ll want to consider Condemned Witch in almost every Fairy strategy. You’ll get to Special Summon the Fairy of your choice and use your Forbidden card to protect it!

Some Decks rely on a few specific cards to make their strategy work, such as with Darklord Nurse Reficule. Condemned Witch will be an invaluable addition to those strategies, getting the key Nurse into play more consistently and protecting her with a Forbidden Quick-Play spell.

Counter Fairy Decks are similar, heavily relying on Bountiful Artemis to keep drawing cards. Of course, Condemned Witch can also search for other cards in the strategy such as Honest or Guiding Ariadne. One of the scariest options for Condemned Witch is to Special Summon Barrier Statue of the Heavens or Aurora Paragon. Since this effect of your Witch is a Quick Effect, you can use it in response to cards like Instant Fusion or Monster Reborn to completely shut them down!

The long-awaited Valkyrie strategy finally arrived this summer in Shadows in Valhalla, and Condemned Witch is another option for the Deck. It’ll allow you to more reliably play Valkyrie Dritte, which in turn gets you your all-important Ride of the Valkyries.

And finally, you can use Condemned Witch to Special Summon the original Condemned Maiden. This could allow you to search for a Forbidden card and keep it safe in your hand, only playing it when necessary with Maiden’s effect.

The are a lot of other Fairy strategies out there, and any of them would welcome the power to search for their Level 4 monsters and get a free Quick-Play spell in the process. Melodious Divas, Cloudians, Star Seraphs, Arcana Force, and Vylons could all effectively use Condemned Witch.

Condemned Witch offers utility for almost any Fairy strategy, searching out a powerful Quick-Play spell and a key monster all by herself! This is one card to watch out for – it’s great now, and will continue to be a strong choice any time a new Level 4 Fairy arrives on the scene. You can check out Condemned Witch for the first time at the Soul Fusion Sneak Peek on October 13th and 14th!