"Imperial Fortress" monsters, a NEW archetype

[ABC Gun]

If you like little underdogs and hyper-powered superbeings, then you're gonna love these guys.

 

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Activate only from your hand while you control no face-up Spell or Trap Cards. You can only control 1 "Imperial Fortress". Each time you Summon an "Imperial Fortress" monster(s), gain 500 Life Points. When an "Imperial Fortress" monster you control battles, you can discard 1 card to the Graveyard to have it gain 500 ATK and DEF for each "Imperial Fortress" monster you control, until the end of the Damage Step. During each of your End Phases, send the top 2 cards of your Deck to the Graveyard unless you remove this card from play.[/b][/color][/size][/font][/align]

 

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While you control a face-up "Imperial Fortress", this card gains the following effect:

● When your opponent Summons a Dragon-Type monster(s), except "Dragon Tamer of the Imperial Fortress", gain control of that monster(s) until the End Phase.[/align]

 

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While you control a face-up "Imperial Fortress", this card gains the following effects:

● If this Defense Position card is attacked by a non-LIGHT monster whose ATK is lower than the DEF of this card, destroy the attacking monster after damage calculation.

● Each time this card destroys an opponent's non-LIGHT monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, it gains 500 DEF.[/align]

 

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While you control a face-up "Imperial Fortress", this card gains the following effects:

● When an "Imperial Fortress" monster(s) is Summoned, declare 1 Type of monster, and return all face-up monsters your opponent controls of the declared Type to the top of the owner's Deck(s), and shuffle the Deck(s).

● Each time the battle position of a face-up "Imperial Fortress" monster(s) you control is changed, declare 1 Type of monster, and flip all face-up monsters your opponent controls of the declared Type into face-down Defense Position.[/align]

 

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While you control a face-up "Imperial Fortress", this card gains the following effects:

● You take no Battle Damage from battles with this card.

● During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent.

● At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card attacked or was attacked, Special Summon 1 Level 6 or lower "Imperial Fortress" monster from your Graveyard.[/align]

 

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While you control a face-up "Imperial Fortress", this card gains the following effects:

● While this card is in a Monster Card Zone, all "Imperial Fortress" monsters equipped with Equip Cards gain 800 ATK and DEF.

● Once per turn, you can equip this card to a Level 7 or higher "Imperial Fortress" monster you control, OR unequip it to Special Summon this card in Attack Position.

● If an "Imperial Fortress" monster you control that is equipped with an Equip Card(s) would be destroyed by battle, you can destroy 1 Equip Card equipped to that monster instead.[/align]

 

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“Golem of the Imperial Fortress”

"Raider of the Imperial Fortress" + 2 or more non-Tuner "Imperial Fortress" monsters

This card cannot be Synchro Summoned unless you control a face-up "Imperial Fortress". While you control a face-up "Imperial Fortress", this card gains the following effects:

● If this card attacks a face-down Defense Position monster, you can destroy the monster immediately with this card's effect without flipping it face-up or applying damage calculation.

● You can discard 1 "Imperial Fortress" monster to the Graveyard to destroy 1 face-up monster your opponent controls whose Level is equal to the Level of the discarded monster.[/align]

 

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“Charmer and Serpent of the Imperial Fortress”

"Hydromancer of the Imperial Fortress" + 2 or more non-Tuner "Imperial Fortress" monsters

This card cannot be Synchro Summoned unless you control a face-up "Imperial Fortress". While you control a face-up "Imperial Fortress", this card gains the following effects:

● When this card declares an attack, Tribute 1 other face-up "Imperial Fortress" monster to gain control of 1 monster your opponent controls whose Level is equal to the Level of the Tributed monster, until the end of the Battle Phase.

● An opponent's monster that battles this card loses 1200 ATK and DEF during each of your opponent's Standby Phases.[/align]

[The Tin Trooper]

Yay, first!

A nice creative idea, good OCG, pic cred, balanced, a bit OP'ed in the Golem, but 9/10 from me!