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The starter deck [ST1-11] 12/4 LV6 WarGreymon is not very popular in the current meta, mostly due to the fact that it costs a hefty 4 memory to digivolve. This means that it is extremely likely for your turn to end immediately after digivolving. This makes him a very likely candidate for removal cards such as Terra Force without him being able to do anything yet. 

In some tournament decks, the other [BT1-025] WarGreymon is more often played for lower 3 memory digivolution, with <SecurityAttack+1> only on digivolution and <OptionJamming> while attacking the security. At 3 cost for digivolution, he is more likely able to check securities on the same turn, and while you also [BT1-085] Tai Kamiya this is pretty much guaranteed.

Also to note while both these WarGreymons can inherit +DP effects to almost guarantee survival during security attacks, only the [BT1-025] WarGreymon can jam security option cards. In most decks removal options are usually played at maximum copies, so there is a 50% chance of checking an annoying option such as Gaia Force or Hammer Spark.

To be honest the only true drawback of the ST1 WarGreymon is its 4-cost digivolution. I would've scored it 4/5 if they lowered his digivolution costs. He most likely cannot even stay on the field long enough to digivolve into Omnimon (if you have him)!

Competitive value: 2/5
Art: 3/5

The starter deck [ST2-11] 12/4 LV6 MetalGarurumon can, once per turn during attacking, unsuspend itself. Let's take a look at the competition:

• • [BT1-115] 6/3 LV4 Veedramon: once per turn when attacking, if you have a tamer, unsuspend this digimon.
  • [BT2-032] 13/3 LV6 UlforceVeedramon: during your turn, when one of your blue tamers becomes suspended, unsuspend this digimon. 
  • [BT1-036] 6/2 LV4 Garurumon: when played, unsuspend 1 of your digimon.
  • [BT2-028] 8/3 LV5 AeroVeedramon: when digivolving, if you have a blue tamer, unsuspend 1 of your blue digimon.

This effect is not only aggresive, but also far more flexible than <SecurityAttack+X> (since you can choose to target digimons, or to keep yourself safe after attacking). 

When compared with Veedramon, this effect is far better suited for MetalGarurumon as it has a far-higher DP to survive a security attack. Meanwhile when compared to UlforceVeedramon this card is much better suited for turbo decks such as the Omegamon Turbo as it does not rely on fielding tamers.

Furthermore, being a LV6 this digimon can inherit effects with high synergy, such as [ST2-08] Weregarurumon for <SecurityAttack+1> and [BT1-041] Zudomon for memory+1. 

And lastly, do not forget that 2 copies of MetalGarurumon costs 500 yen (in the starter deck) while UlforceVeedramon would cost upward of 2000 yen per card! Talk about value!

Competitive value: 4/5
Art: 4/5 (beautiful lights and glacier from the seasoned digimon illustrator As'Maria, I felt cold just by looking at this card)

The [ST3-11] Seraphimon can reduce the DP of an opponent's digimon by 4000 when attacking. Let's compare this against other similar DP-reduction effects:

• • [BT1-062] SlashAngemon: on digivolve, reduce an opponent's digimon's DP by 8000. 
  • [BT2-041] ShineGreymon: reduce opponent's DP by 4000 for each of your yellow tamer in play.

At first glance Seraphimon's effect may look viable, since it triggers on attack hence can be used in consecutive turns. However, when we consider that he only has 10000DP, he will almost certainly not survive your opponent's turn. Furthermore, without inheriting effect from [BT2-035] GeoGreymon, he cannot even destroy most LV4 digimons. With all these being considered puts even SlashAngemon in much better value than Seraphimon. Of course, in the current meta there is simply no competitive yellow decks that does not play ShineGreymon, which should instead by your main nuke instead of Seraphimon.

The only deck that Seraphimon can excel against would be a rookie rush deck, so maybe play just a single copy for that moment? There are better ways to deal with rookie rushes so I cannot recommend Seraphimon for competitive.

Competitive value: 1/5
Art: 3/5 (no offence, but I feel most of Nakano's work lacks pose and details)