Ape Magician →Used Deck

In the anime, he was one of the monsters used by Dimac, which had an effect that treated him as a Spellcaster.
In contrast to Fighter's Ape, which was revised upwards in OCG because it was so bad at the beginning, it was revised downwards to the point of dying because it was a fairly strong effect of the control takeover system.
It can't be helped that the SS is obviously wary of Rescya, the cost is limited to monsters & the control takeover is no longer permanent, so the control takeover target is limited to the front Defense Position. is too deadly.
Link Monster In the past, it was rare in modern Yu-Gi-Oh for the opponent to actively bring out monsters in the face-up defense position.
As long as you successfully use the effect, there are no restrictions on using this card or the monster you stole as material for his Special Summon, so you can use it in various ways, but without the support of other effects. It will be difficult too.
Unless Ape is themed in the future, I think it's a monster that won't be looked back.
Personally, in the anime, the Ape x Job ``○○'s Ape'' series, which had effects that could be treated as other races such as spell users and warriors, was a pretty favorite group of cards, so someday I'll follow it. I feel like I'd like to expect the appearance of, dragons, machines, and psychics would be nice.

You can take control at the lower class, but it's difficult to handle because you can't use Special Summon.
It is also a headwind that the defense is less likely to be seen due to the influence of speeding up and links.
Even if we consider some points of differentiation, it would be better to give priority to 《Mind Control》or 《Crackdown》.

Even though it's a status that corresponds to the black garden, "Special Summon can't be done. ’ is indescribably irritating. Even though it requires a monster cost, only monsters in the front defense position can take control, and it wasn't used much since then. Several years have passed since its introduction, and Link Monsters that do not become Defense Positions have also appeared, making their position even worse.

Duke Ete now has spells
I think that taking control is much easier to use thanks to "Link Summoning", but it's a card that feels like it's just an Ete because it can only be stolen from [Face Defense].

If there is a ☆ 3 monster in the opponent's field in the face-up Defense Position, you can X-summon, but otherwise it is difficult to make effective use of it.
That said, Take Control itself is excellent. Let's use it skillfully by weighing the cost side etc.

Take Control is powerful, but it's too restrictive. Since I can't Special Summon, I have to assign the summoning right to this guy, and on top of that, it requires a monster for the cost, and I can only steal the front Defense Position. What's more, the captured monster cannot change its battle position, and it comes with a bonus that control is returned during the end phase. If it's this severe, I think it would be fine to take it permanently, but it's still far from being adopted.

With the control seizure effect, the restrictions placed on the captured monster are relatively loose, only changing the battle position, but before that there are many things that are difficult to handle. Since you can't Special Summon, unless the monster you've stolen is a level 3 or Tuner, you'll have to find some way to deal with it without using summons. Also, it is quite troublesome that the target that can be stolen is the front Defense Position, so it is necessary to use 《Enemy Controller》or 《Windstorm of Etaqua》together. In addition to that, there is a hand cost, and that cost is limited to monsters, which is quite tough. This card is difficult to use.