[White Dragon Legend: When [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] is in the hand/deck, offer [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] or [Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon] as a sacrifice to call forth the legend and Special Summon [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]. When [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] is in the hand/deck/field/graveyard, every [Blue-Eyes] White Dragon that falls into the [Graveyard] leaves behind a [Legendary Shadow]. When [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] activates [White Dragon Legend], all [Legendary Shadows] gather upon its body, increasing its attack by the number of [White Dragon Shadows] × 1000 points. When [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] dies in battle, these [Legendary Shadows] also dissipate.]
"A plain and unadorned stat-based Ultimate Move." Dark raised his head slightly, frowning in thought.
This [White Dragon Legend] bore some resemblance to [Deep-Eyes White Dragon]'s [Abyssal Burial].
But he noticed that [White Dragon Legend] measured its attack bonus by the number of [White Dragon Shadows], whereas [Abyssal Burial] measured it by the "number of dragon species."
One was a simple count, while the other was a count of types. They appeared similar, but the actual difference was enormous.
Simply put, three [Blue-Eyes White Dragons] could provide [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] with three thousand attack points, but could only provide [Deep-Eyes White Dragon] with one thousand attack points.
However, [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]'s attack was already high enough to begin with. In most cases, the attack bonus from [White Dragon Legend] would only cause its attack to overflow.
Moreover, although [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] lacked the two Ultimate Moves, [Dragon's Reverse Scale] and [Tough! Invincible! Strongest!], that could drastically boost attack power, it was clearly built around true damage, placing greater emphasis on bonuses to its base attack.
And as long as [Maiden with Eyes of Blue] was present, she could additionally grant [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] [Tough! Invincible! Strongest!].
That would push [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]'s attack to