Yu-Gi-Oh! IMPH reportedly adds Rank 10 Teardrop the Rikka Empress
Five Rikka cards from IMPH are reportedly revealed, led by a 3200 ATK Xyz ace that can Tribute monsters and attach cards from the opponent's GY. Release details are not announced.
Five new Rikka cards from the IMPH set have reportedly surfaced, and the headliner is a Rank 10 Xyz ace, Teardrop the Rikka Empress (IMPH-JP041). The card texts come from a report, not from Konami, so they should be treated as unconfirmed. The report also lists stats and effects for four support cards.
The ace: Teardrop the Rikka Empress
IMPH-JP041 is a Rank 10 WATER Plant Xyz Effect Monster with ATK 3200 and DEF 3200. It takes 2 Level 10 Plant monsters as materials. It can also be Xyz Summoned on top of a "Teardrop the Rikka Queen" you control, in which case that monster's materials transfer to it.
Its first effect is a once-per-turn Quick Effect. You detach up to 6 materials, send the same number of Spells/Traps on the field to the GY, and may then Tribute 1 monster on the field.
The second effect rewards Tributes. Each time a monster or monsters are Tributed, outside the Damage Step, you attach 1 card from your opponent's GY to your Plant Xyz Monster.
The support cards
IMPH-JP042, Rikka Empress Strenna (Japanese name Rikka Shinsei Strenae), is a Rank 6 WATER Plant Xyz Effect Monster with ATK 2000 and DEF 2000. It uses 2 Level 6 Plant monsters.
Its first effect, once per turn, detaches 2 materials to Special Summon a Plant Xyz Monster from the Extra Deck in Defense Position, other than itself. If the summoned monster is a "Rikka" monster, you may attach 1 "Rikka" monster from your Deck to it. Its second effect, also once per turn, lets you Set 1 "Rikka" Trap from your Deck or GY when a monster is Tributed.
IMPH-JP015, Primrose the Twin Rikka Fairy, is a Level 8 WATER Plant Effect Monster with ATK 2600 and DEF 2600. All three of its effects are once per turn.
When a monster is Tributed, Primrose can Special Summon itself from the hand along with 1 other "Rikka" monster from the Deck, both in Defense Position. For the rest of that turn, you cannot Special Summon except Plant monsters.
Its second effect targets 1 Plant monster you control and raises or lowers its Level by 2. Its third is a Quick Effect usable in the opponent's Main Phase: after it resolves, you immediately Xyz Summon 1 Plant monster.
IMPH-JP016, Rikka Black Princess (Rikka no Kurohime), is a Level 6 WATER Plant Effect Monster with ATK 0 and DEF 0, and has two once-per-turn effects.
If you control no monsters, or only Plant monsters, it can Special Summon itself from the hand or GY. It is banished when it leaves the field, and you cannot Special Summon for the rest of that turn except Plant monsters. Its second effect Tributes 1 Plant monster from the hand or field to Special Summon a different "Rikka" monster from the Deck.
The fifth card, IMPH-JP064 Rikka June Moon (Rikka Suigetsu), is a Normal Spell. Only 1 card with this name can be activated per turn, and you may Tribute 1 Plant monster as you activate it.
It takes 2 "Rikka" monsters of the same Level but with different names from your Deck, adds 1 to your hand, and sends the other to the GY.
If a monster was Tributed on activation, the opponent cannot target your "Rikka" monsters with card effects that turn. After it resolves, you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of the turn, except Plant Xyz Monsters.
Art direction
The report says the Rikka artwork draws on Japanese flower arrangement (Ikebana) and claims that a grand master of Ikebana was hired for it. That claim has not been independently verified.
Where this fits
TCGKing's earlier coverage of a reported IMPH listing pointed to Rikka cards alongside Ra, Amazoness, and Salamangreat cards, with four alternate arts and no release date or price.
What is still unknown
The release date and price of the IMPH set are not announced. The card numbers are Japanese (JP), and nothing says whether or when an English-language release is planned. It is also unclear whether the English card names are official. No official publisher source has confirmed the card texts.
What it means for players
- The common thread across all five cards is Tribute: Teardrop, Strenna, Primrose, Black Princess, and June Moon all reference Tributing a monster or Plant monster.
- Several cards restrict your own Special Summons for the rest of the turn, mostly to Plant monsters or Plant Xyz Monsters, so the sequencing costs are written into the texts.
- Treat every effect described here as provisional until the publisher confirms the texts and an English release is announced.
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