Little girl, your brain is too dirty...mind if I scrub it clean?

[Sander]

[IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/29apuac.png[/IMG]

[font="Adobe Fangsong Std R"]Remove from play 1 monster from your hand and select 1 monster that your opponent controls. Reduce your Life Points equal to the combined level of the removed from play monster and the selected monster x 200, and take control of the selected monster until the End Phase.[/font]

[Prince Dusk]

Why is it so small? What kind of template is this? Anyway, the card itself is pretty good IMO. "Brain Control" like effect, except for the most part you're gonna be paying more than 800 Life Points, making this decently balanced. Pic is sorta creepy, but cool. Love the holo effects and gold border. Well done.

[Sander]

[quote name='Prince Dusk' timestamp='1285874678' post='4669025']
Why is it so small? What kind of template is this? Anyway, the card itself is pretty good IMO. "Brain Control" like effect, except for the most part you're gonna be paying more than 800 Life Points, making this decently balanced. Pic is sorta creepy, but cool. Love the holo effects and gold border. Well done.
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The template was made by a member on YCM. I can't be arsed to give him credit anymore. And the reason why the card is so small is because I found that the original size of the template was too big (500x750).

Thanks for the comment anyways.

[♥Łövëły-Ċħän♥]

@.@ Meh. I'll stick w/ Enemy Controller =/. You'd end up paying more than 800 which IMO makes it an UP Brain Control ><. But no doubt you had your reasons for giving it that effect.

>< Sorry for the bland bland comment ); I just cant think of anything else to say

[CMRenji]

[b]The card is too UP'd IMO. You have to remove 1 monster in your hand from play, you'd probably lose a lot of Life Points and you only keep the selected monster until the End Phase.

So, IMO, you should change the last part of the effect from: "take control of the selected monster until the End Phase." to: "take control of the selected monster until your next Standby Phase." or something. I just think you should be able to control it longer.

Anyway, other than that it's fine. 9.1/10[/b]

[tomisntblue]

I think the effects too costly for something to simple. I'll say a 6.5/10, just because usability wise it's not that good in most cases.

[Sander]

"Boo hoo, you're losing more than 800 Life Points! UP'd! UP'd! UP'd!"

That's what I got when reading those last few comments.

[tomisntblue]

[quote name='Zandaa Roaisu' timestamp='1285886826' post='4669610']
"Boo hoo, you're losing more than 800 Life Points! UP'd! UP'd! UP'd!"

That's what I got when reading those last few comments.
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It is underpowered. If you take control of a level 4 monster and discard a level 1 monster you lose 1000 points to only have it for one turn. Plus you lose a monster. That's what makes it too costly in most cases. Most of the time you probably won't have a level 1 monster. Chances are you'd be discarding a level 3 or 4 monster so you're losing 1400 to 1600 Life Points and a monster. Cards like Enemy Controller and Brain Control do the same thing for less of a price.

Your picture is good and it's not a bad idea, you just could have had better execution.

[The True Ace Attorney]

It is UP'd. the only benefit to using this over Brain Control is the advantage it can give in a remove from play deck. Other than that, it's much more likely that you'll lose more life points plus a monster for the same effect.

[Sander]

Lawl at YCM for thinking a balanced card is underpowered.

[quote name='tomisntblue' timestamp='1285887498' post='4669639']
It is underpowered. If you take control of a level 4 monster and discard a level 1 monster you lose 1000 points to only have it for one turn. Plus you lose a monster. That's what makes it too costly in most cases. Most of the time you probably won't have a level 1 monster. Chances are you'd be discarding a level 3 or 4 monster so you're losing 1400 to 1600 Life Points and a monster. Cards like Enemy Controller and Brain Control do the same thing for less of a price. [/quote]

Removing a monster isn't that big of a deal. And the thing with this card is that you actually have to [i][b]THINK[/b][/i] when you're using this card. It wasn't meant to be a lacklustre card like Brain Control. With Brain Control, you could use it with no thinking whatsoever, as long as you maintained 900+ Life Points.

As I said, the card requires you to think. It makes you think if you want to make the move or not, could it possibly backfire or give you more advantage etc. etc. It also makes you think about what monster to remove for the cost (obviously if you remove a Level 6+ monster to get a Level 6+ monster, you either are in the winning role or you're doing something horribly wrong). Most of the time, the number of the Life Point won't be that big of a problem.

[The True Ace Attorney]

People think it's underpowered because Brain Control is an almost always better choice. Only positives are in a remove from play deck or a psychic deck. It doesn't matter if this card is more or less balanced than Brain Control, when we've got the two in our hand we'll probably go for the one with the lower cost.

And wait, you have to think with this card? Clearly you're a genius. That card is designed to make us think! Because we always just threw down whatever cards we had before without thinking hoping we'd win! You're a savant! You're a saviour! You're the messiah!

[tomisntblue]

[quote name='Zandaa Roaisu' timestamp='1285888603' post='4669688']
Lawl at YCM for thinking a balanced card is underpowered.



Removing a monster isn't that big of a deal. And the thing with this card is that you actually have to [i][b]THINK[/b][/i] when you're using this card. It wasn't meant to be a lacklustre card like Brain Control. With Brain Control, you could use it with no thinking whatsoever, as long as you maintained 900+ Life Points.

As I said, the card requires you to think. It makes you think if you want to make the move or not, could it possibly backfire or give you more advantage etc. etc. It also makes you think about what monster to remove for the cost (obviously if you remove a Level 6+ monster to get a Level 6+ monster, you either are in the winning role or you're doing something horribly wrong). Most of the time, the number of the Life Point won't be that big of a problem.
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I'm not trying to argue. I know it can be hard to take harsh criticism when you make something. It's just strategically in most cases it offers very little options. If you're running a Remove deck than it's beneficial. I understand that it requires thinking, but it offers very few more options than a card like Brain Control and that's why I say it's unusable.

[♥Łövëły-Ċħän♥]

[quote name='tomisntblue' timestamp='1285889226' post='4669717']
I'm not trying to argue. I know it can be hard to take harsh criticism when you make something. It's just strategically in most cases it offers very little options. If you're running a Remove deck than it's beneficial. I understand that it requires thinking, but it offers very few more options than a card like Brain Control and that's why I say it's unusable.
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If any one knows how to take or give [b]any[/b] kind of criticism, it's Zandaa. He know's what he is doing. ;D He's one of RC's best.

He is arguing his point on his card.

[The True Ace Attorney]

[quote name='♥Łövëły Ċ.Ċ♥' timestamp='1285889586' post='4669725']He is arguing his point on his card.[/quote]

Unfortunately his point on his card is completely offset by it's cost compared to other cards that give the same benefits. It's a ridiculous argument. On both sides really.

On one hand, he's made a somewhat more balanced version of Brain Control that can be run in a RFP or Psychic deck more easily than Brain Control.

On the other, Brain Control's cost is much safer to use than this card due to it's lower cost.

The only good part about its cost is that it's severe enough to possibly keep it safe from being forbidden if it were an official card.

Fun Fact: Brain Control's Japanese name is fully translated as "Brainwashing - Brain Control".

[tomisntblue]

[quote name='♥Łövëły Ċ.Ċ♥' timestamp='1285889586' post='4669725']
If any one knows how to take or give [b]any[/b] kind of criticism, it's Zandaa. He know's what he is doing. ;D He's one of RC's best.

He is arguing his point on his card.
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He may be one of the best. He may be the best. I've only seen this one card and I'm not saying that he is bad. All I'm saying is I rated this card low because if it was real it would see very little use. Is it more balanced? Sure, I'm not arguing that. I'm just saying that few people would use it as it costs to much for to little.

[♥Łövëły-Ċħän♥]

[quote name='tomisntblue' timestamp='1285890751' post='4669800']
He may be one of the best. He may be the best. I've only seen this one card and I'm not saying that he is bad. All I'm saying is I rated this card low because if it was real it would see very little use. Is it more balanced? Sure, I'm not arguing that. I'm just saying that few people would use it as it costs to much for to little.
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You're comment has nothing to do with my response to your previous comment.

Your previous comment implied that you thought he was taking a "harsh criticism" (which it wasn't it was a mere critique) badly. I was merely telling you that this was a false assumption.

I've already given him my statement on his card. He responded sufficiently. I have nothing more to tell him. His response was viable as well as well thought out.
I admit it has not changed my perspective that Enemy Controller or Brain Control has more playability, but I know that I need not continue to press the matter when he admits that he knows it is a flaw.

[tomisntblue]

[quote name='♥Łövëły Ċ.Ċ♥' timestamp='1285891193' post='4669837']
You're comment has nothing to do with my response to your previous comment.

Your previous comment implied that you thought he was taking a "harsh criticism" (which it wasn't it was a mere critique) badly. I was merely telling you that this was a false assumption.

I've already given him my statement on his card. He responded sufficiently. I have nothing more to tell him. His response was viable as well as well thought out.
I admit it has not changed my perspective that Enemy Controller or Brain Control has more playability, but I know that I need not continue to press the matter when he admits that he knows it is a flaw.
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I misunderstood what you were saying then, and that's my bad. I only said that bit about criticism because this was becoming an argument. It was like he was telling me that I was wrong in stated where I felt it was flawed. So to me it appeared that way.

[♥Łövëły-Ċħän♥]

Ah (Sorry if I sounded mean =/ that sometimes happens. It's the way I talk). Well people sometimes do that when trying to prove a point.

[Tourmaline]

You weren't being mean, really. At worst, you were being callous. Even then, so only proves honesty.

Anyways, I personally would not use this card. It isn't a bad card, although discarding one of my cards for the opponent's for a turn, while I lose the discarded card for over a turn. What would that be? A -1 at best? The Life Point cost only matters if you're going to pay something in the vicinity of 3000+ Life Points. Even then, Life Points, I believe, should start becoming the main priority after you're at less than 1500. If that happens, MBAS becomes useless, is why. This is the card I'd use at the first turn or two of a duel.

[tomisntblue]

[quote name='♥Łövëły Ċ.Ċ♥' timestamp='1285892206' post='4669905']
Ah (Sorry if I sounded mean =/ that sometimes happens. It's the way I talk). Well people sometimes do that when trying to prove a point.
[/quote]

I didn't think you were being mean. I'm just the type of person to make sure everything's clear so if I feel there's a break in communication I keep explaining and sometimes get carried away. So that's all I was doing, and what I'm doing now, just making sure I understand what everyone's saying and trying to make sure I'm understood. Anyway, I'm stopping now because my posts are getting off topic and pointless.

[tomisntblue]

You know something, after looking at some more cards I better remembered what each number on the rating system means, or how it is interpreted. So I change my rating to 7.5/10.

[wero-vasto]

It isn't bad guys!
you really are seeing this card bad
it's a splendid card, actually the cost part is not that much.

I like it, as said before, in RFP Deck would be nice (I remove my Necroface from my hand, take control and damage, tribute monster for Caius, remove 1 card and maybe 1K damage... yay!) :3

Is good, not as abusable as BC or EC, but it's good, and I rather loose LP and remove from play 1 monster to take control than tribute 1 monster I control to take control.

[Sander]

Bump.