hi. what are some good machines i should get. i got jinzo and barrel dragon what else is good. also can anyone explain what gradius's option does. its pure jibberish i think

Gradius' Option
Light/Machine/1/?/?
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This monster can only be Special Summoned by selecting 1 face-up "Gradius" on your side of the field. The ATK and DEF of this card becomes the same as the ATK and DEF of the selected "Gradius". If the selected "Gradius" is removed from the field, destroy this card.

You DO NOT equip this to Gradius or vice versa....you just select a face up Gradius already on your side of the field...special summon it and that's it.....


Netrep rules

The ATK/DEF of "Gradius' Option" is the same as the current ATK/DEF of the selected "Gradius", not the original ATK/DEF. So if you equip "Axe of Despair" to "Gradius", the ATK of "Gradius' Option" will also increase by 1000 points.


Equipping "Axe of Despair" to "Gradius' Option" has no purpose. Activating "Reinforcements" targeting "Gradius' Option" serves no purpose. "Luminous Spark" on the field will not change the ATK/DEF of "Gradius' Option". It always has the same ATK/DEF of the selected "Gradius".


If the selected "Gradius" is flipped face-down, "Gradius' Option" is destroyed.


If the selected "Gradius" is temporarily removed from play by the effect of "Interdimensional Matter Transporter" or "Dimensionhole", "Gradius' Option" is destroyed.


If "Gradius' Option" is temporarily removed from play by the effect of "Interdimensional Matter Transporter" or "Dimensionhole", when it returns to the field you must select a new "Gradius". If there is no "Gradius" on the field, it is destroyed.


If you pick up "Gradius' Option" by the effect of "Cyber Jar" you cannot Special Summon it, even if "Gradius" is also in the 5 cards you picked up. It is placed in your hand instead.


If you pick up "Gradius' Option" by the effect of "Morphing Jar #2" you cannot Special Summon it, and it is sent to the Graveyard.


"Gradius' Option" cannot be placed in your hand by the effects of "Sangan" or "Witch of the Black Forest", because "?" is undefined.


[Re: Amazoness Spellcaster] You can select "Gradius' Option" as the other monster, and the original ATK of the Amazoness will now be the ATK of "Gradius' Option" at the time "Amazoness Spellcaster" resolves. The ATK of "Gradius' Option" remains as the ATK of "Gradius" and does not become the ATK of the Amazoness.


[Re: Maju Garzett] "Maju Garzett"'s ATK will be 0 if you Special Summon it, or Tribute Summon it with a monster with "?" ATK (such as "Gradius' Option" or another "Maju Garzett"), or Tribute Summon it with only 1 Tribute using "Cost Down", or equip it with "Megamorph", or if it's flipped face-down and then face-up again, or if you Tribute Summon it with Mirage Tokens, or if you remove it from play with "Dimensionhole" and it returns to the field.


[Re: My Body as a Shield] "My Body as a Shield" can only be used against effects that will destroy monsters at that time. So you cannot use "My Body as a Shield" when "Tribe-Infecting Virus" is summoned; you can only use it in response to the activation of "Tribe-Infecting Virus"'s effect, at which point the effect of "Tribe-Infecting Virus" is negated and "Tribe-Infecting Virus" is destroyed. Also, you cannot use "My Body as a Shield" against cards whose effects will not destroy a monster right away, so you cannot use "My Body as a Shield" against "Jigen Bakudan", "Ekibyo Drakmord", "After Genocide", "Magical Hats", "Steel Scorpion", "Toon Monsters", "Thunder Nyan Nyan", "Gradius' Option", "Summoner of Illusions", "Limiter Removal", "Call of the Haunted", "Premature Burial", or "Autonomous Action Unit".


[Re: Shinato, King of a Higher Plane] When your "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane" destroys "Gradius' Option" or "Maju Garzett", your opponent takes no damage from "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane"'s effect.


[Re: Skill Drain] The ATK and DEF of "Gradius' Option", the ATK of "Maju Garzett", and similar monsters is 0 while "Skill Drain" is active, and is not restored even if "Skill Drain" is destroyed.



As for the topic.....good/usable machine/Machine related cards

Barrel Dragon
Gatling Dragon
Blowback Dragon
Jinzo
Limiter Removal
Heavy Mech Support Platform
Reflect Bounder
Mechanicalchaser
Cannon Soldier
Fusilier Dragon, the Dual Mode Beast
Helping Robo for Combat
Gradius
Gradius' Option
Machine King
Perfect Machine King
Antique Gear Golem (japanese, TLM)
Antique Gear Beast (same)
Antique Gear Soldier (same)
Satellite Cannon (japanese)
Emes the Infinity
X-Head Cannon
Y-Dragon Head
Z-Metal Tank
XY-Dragon Cannon
YZ-Tank Dragon
XZ-Tank Cannon
XYZ-Dragon Cannon
Kinetic Soldier
Gear Golem the Moving Fortress
Super Roboyarou
Super Robolady
KA-2 Des Scissors
Needle Burrower
D. D. Scout Plane
Woodborg Inpachi
Mecha-Dog Marron

These are all pretty usable machine's