Dododo Bot

Hello! And welcome to my first Yu-Gi-Oh! card review! :) I will start by reviewing the current TCG set "Cosmo Blazer."  And for the first card review, I will be looking at the first card in the set, Dododo Bot.

Dododo Bot is a level 4 Earth-Attribute, Machine-type effect monster with a respectable 1800 Attack and equally respectable 1900 Defense.  His effect reads, "Cannot be Normal Summoned (but can be Normal Set).  If this card attacks, it is unaffected by other card effects until the end of the damage step."

We'll start with the things I like about this card.  It's a Machine, so if you would like to add it into your Gadget or Geargia deck (or any other deck that can spam Gear Gigant X), you can easily search it out with Gigant.  I also like it's stellar defense for a level 4 monster.  Being a Geargia player, I know that 1900 Def is not incredibly easy early in the game, especially with ample backrow or another more severe threat on your side of the field.  I also like that it's unaffected by other card effects, which means the common Mirror Force and Dimensional Prison can't stop it.  If your opponent has no monsters, you can attack directly without fear of it getting destroyed.

Now for the negative aspects of Dododo Bot (of which there are quite a few).  The fact that you cannot Normal Summon it is one of the largest concerns here, and a large reason why it doesn't see any competitive play at all.  While 1900 Def is very good to sit behind, it will certainly not hold you forever.  Also, later in the game, Normal Summoning becomes a lot more important, and you don't want to waste a turn setting a monster, when you could just as easily Normal Summon it (especially since you can't bring it out with Giant Rat).  Personally, I would much rather summon a Machina Gearframe and search a Fortress, or summon another Gadget and search the corresponding Gadget, than waste a turn setting Dododo Bot.  Which brings up another point: Dododo Bot is only even remotely good in Machine-type decks (that can spam Gigant).  I can almost guarantee that not even a novice player would include this in any tournament level deck.  It's also quite simply outclassed.  I would much rather summon a Thunder King Rai-Oh to prevent my opponent from searching, or XYZ/Synchro Summoning.

Time for the personal rating of Dododo Bot!
Taking all of these things into consideration, I would give Dododo Bot a rating of 3 out of 10.  I would never use this in any of my decks, and I would not recommend you do either.  It's horrible summoning condition could give your opponent that chance to destroy you in one turn.  And it's simply outclassed by numerous other cards.

I hope you guys enjoyed my first review, and are as excited as I am for more! Coming up next, I will review Gogogo Ghost, the second card from Cosmo Blazer.