Decoy Pillar

{{Card_Template}}The Decoy Pillar (Japanese: デススタチュー, Death Statue) is a Fire attribute creature and an Independent type card introduced in Lost Kingdoms. It is a somewhat-rare monster that does not attack.

Appearance

The Decoy Pillar is an apparently-sentient, tower of blocks balancing on a skull. The card's artwork depicts flames though these aren't always visible in-game.

Obtainability

• By transforming a Sand Golem card with 2100 EXP
• By receiving it as a reward in Lumsted. Obtained by winning 32 or more battles before cleansing the 4^th well.
• By transforming a Golden Goose card with 2000 EXP
• By transforming a Caterpoker card with 5000 EXP
• By copying one using 3500 EXP

Strategies

The Decoy Pillar is exactly that, it is meant to act as Decoy. It never attacks, but it's ability Decoy Action forces enemies to attack it.

As a Card

The Decoy Pillar's Decoy Action ability can be fantastic when setting up basic combos, or even just finding breathing room. It's low cost makes it easy to set up multiple times if needed.

Besides not attacking by itself, the Decoy Pillar has two main flaws: one is that it is a Fire attribute monster, and the other is, as a consequence of Decoy Action, boss fights tend to wear it down rather quickly.

As a Monster

The Decoy Pillar does not appear as an enemy monster.

Profile Descriptions

Card Profile

"A sentient pillar of rock. When summoned, it will draw the enemy's fury to it, relieving the player from attack."

Monster Profile

"Unknown"

Glitches

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Other Notable Appearances

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Trivia

• This monster is the only Decoy monster to never appear as an enemy.
• Eight Decoy Pillars are used as decorations in Broch Black: four in the room in front of the level's entrance, and four in the room before the Dragon's Mouth. They can't be interacted with and won't effect any battles.
• While the Decoy Pillar is a Fire attribute creature in Lost Kingdoms, its card appears to be Neutral in the credits. Later on, the Decoy Pillar would change attributes from Fire to Neutral in Lost Kingdoms II.

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{{Card_Template}}The Decoy Pillar (Japanese: デススタチュー, Death Statue) returns in Lost Kingdoms II. Its attribute was changed to Neutral, and its type was changed to Helper. It is a somewhat-rare monster that does not attack.

Appearance

The Decoy Pillar is an apparently-sentient, tower of blocks balancing on a skull. The card's artwork depicts flames though these aren't always visible in-game.

Obtainability

• By upgrading a Gargoyle with 15000 EXP
• By opening a chest at Sarvan. Found in the chest on the right side of a row of 3 chests past the 1^st set of stairs.
• By opening a chest in Royal Tower, Lower. Found at the end of the level on the top of 1^st set of platform steps. The chest can be reached by using a high jumping Transform type card.
• By importing cards from a Lost Kingdoms save file after clearing Sacred Battle Arena 2. The option to do this can only be taken once.
• By copying one with 21000 EXP

Strategies

The Decoy Pillar is exactly that; it is meant to act as Decoy. It never attacks, but it's ability Decoy Action forces enemies to attack it.

As a Card

The Decoy Pillar's ability can be fantastic when setting up basic combos, or even just finding breathing room. It's low cost makes it easy to set up multiple times if needed.

Besides not attacking by itself, the Decoy Pillar has one main flaw: as a consequence of Decoy Action, boss fights tend to wear it down rather quickly.

The Decoy Pillar can also be used in the Rotary Death combo. It uses one Decoy Pillar card and one Carbuncle card, and requires six Magic Stones to activate. The Decoy Pillar attracts enemies while the Carbuncle spins around it, hitting those that get too close.

As a Monster

The Decoy Pillar does not appear as an enemy monster.

Profile Descriptions

Card Profile

"A sentient pillar of rock that will draw the enemy's fury to it, instead of the player.

It causes the enemy to ignore all other friendly creatures while on the battlefield."

Monster Profile

"A creature in the shape of a stone pillar.

Does not appear as an enemy monster."

Glitches

• ?

Other Notable Appearances

• ?

Trivia

• This monster is the only Decoy monster to never appear as an enemy.
• While the Decoy Pillar was a Fire attribute creature in Lost Kingdoms, its card appeared to be Neutral in the credits of the same game. Later on, the Decoy Pillar's attribute would be changed from Fire to Neutral in Lost Kingdoms II.
• The Decoy Pillar is one of the few monsters introduced in Lost Kingdoms to have changed both its attribute and type in Lost Kingdoms II. It shares this with the Unicorn, but, unlike the Unicorn, the Decoy Pillar's appearance and abilities stayed the same.

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