Guardian Dreadscythe
Fiend / Effect
DARK / 
8Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by its own effect. If a "Guardian Eatos" is destroyed by battle or card effect and sent to your GY: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. When this card is Special Summoned: You can equip 1 "Reaper Scythe - Dreadscythe" from your Deck to this card. You cannot Normal or Special Summon monsters (but you can Normal Set). If this card is sent from the field to the GY: Send 1 card from your hand to the GY, and if you do, Special Summon this card from the GY.
2500/2000
CARD ID: 18175965
STATUS TCG: Unlimited
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| TCG Set | Symbol | Rarity | Low | Avg | Trend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragons of Legend | DRLG-EN010 | Secret Rare | -,--€ | -,--€ | -,--€ | |
| Dragons of Legend: The Complete Series | DLCS-EN012 | Common | -,--€ | -,--€ | -,--€ | |
| Dragons of Legend: Unleashed | DRL3-EN049 | Ultra Rare | -,--€ | -,--€ | -,--€ |
This monster appears in the artwork of Spirit Hunting.
In the anime, this is the only Guardian monster that does not need an Equip Spell Card on the field in order to be Summoned, requiring instead the destruction of Guardian Eatos.
Indeed, this monster and Guardian Eatos (the only other Guardian to not have this Summoning Condition in the real game) are the only two such Guardian monsters to not have their correlating Equip Spell weapon visible in their artwork.
The mask of this monster is very similar to the facets of Aqua Madoor, Neo Aqua Madoor and Lightray Madoor.
Comparing this card's artwork to that of Guardian Eatos suggests that this card is a darker, fallen version of Eatos, as the dress is identical to the one Eatos wears, and the wings are lowered and recolored black.
This is further suggested by their Types: Eatos is a Fairy-type monster while Guardian Dreadscythe is a Fiend-type monster. Also, Dreadscythe rises (summoned) after Eatos falls (destroyed). Eatos renders the GY free of monsters whereas Dreadscythe gains power from monsters in the GY.
A comment made by Rafael, the user of both cards in the anime, suggests that Dreadscythe is the reanimated corpse of Eatos possessed by a new soul.
In the anime, this is the only Guardian monster that does not need an Equip Spell Card on the field in order to be Summoned, requiring instead the destruction of Guardian Eatos.
Indeed, this monster and Guardian Eatos (the only other Guardian to not have this Summoning Condition in the real game) are the only two such Guardian monsters to not have their correlating Equip Spell weapon visible in their artwork.
The mask of this monster is very similar to the facets of Aqua Madoor, Neo Aqua Madoor and Lightray Madoor.
Comparing this card's artwork to that of Guardian Eatos suggests that this card is a darker, fallen version of Eatos, as the dress is identical to the one Eatos wears, and the wings are lowered and recolored black.
This is further suggested by their Types: Eatos is a Fairy-type monster while Guardian Dreadscythe is a Fiend-type monster. Also, Dreadscythe rises (summoned) after Eatos falls (destroyed). Eatos renders the GY free of monsters whereas Dreadscythe gains power from monsters in the GY.
A comment made by Rafael, the user of both cards in the anime, suggests that Dreadscythe is the reanimated corpse of Eatos possessed by a new soul.
OCG Rulings
The "If a "Guardian Eatos" is destroyed by battle or by card effect and sent to your Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card from your hand." effect is a Trigger Effect that is activated from the hand. (It does not target.): Guardian Dreadscythe
The "When this card is Special Summoned: You can equip 1 "Reaper Scythe - Dreadscythe" from your Deck to this card." effect is a Trigger Effect. (It does not target.)
The "You cannot Normal or Special Summon monsters (but you can Normal Set)." effect is a Continuous Effect. (It is applied to the controller of "Guardian Dreadscythe".)
The "When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: Send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard, and if you do, Special Summon this card from the Graveyard." effect is a mandatory Trigger Effect that is activated from the Graveyard. (Sending 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard is part of the effect.)
After a "Guardian Dreadscythe" that was sent from the hand or Deck to the Graveyard is equipped to "Inzektor Exa-Beetle", if it is destroyed by "Mystical Space Typhoon", since it was not Special Summoned by the "If a "Guardian Eatos" is destroyed by battle or by card effect and sent to your Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card from your hand." effect, you cannot activate the "When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: Send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard, and if you do, Special Summon this card from the Graveyard." effect.: After a "Guardian Dreadscythe" that was sent from the hand or Deck to the Graveyard is equipped to "Inzektor Exa-Beetle", if it is sent to the Graveyard, can you Special Summon "Guardian Dreadscythe"?