King David's Dilemma

[Stan Alda]

I decided to make a Biblical card, one that would be somewhat splashable. But Biblical cards are mostly taboo, so I decided to make a Spell card based on a story you may not have heard of, from 2 Samuel ch. 24 (see especially v. 11-15):
[spoiler=David Numbers the Fighting Men]1 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, "Go and take a census of Israel and Judah."
2 So the king said to Joab and the army commanders with him, "Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and enroll the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are."
3 But Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?"
4 The king's word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.
5 After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer, south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer. 6 They went to Gilead and the region of Tahtim Hodshi, and on to Dan Jaan and around toward Sidon. 7 Then they went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba in the Negev of Judah.
8 After they had gone through the entire land, they came back to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9 Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: In Israel there were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five hundred thousand.
10 David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing."
11 Before David got up the next morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David's seer: 12 "Go and tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: [b][i][u]I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.' "
13 So Gad went to David and said to him, "Shall there come upon you three years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me."
14 David said to Gad, "I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men."
15 So the LORD sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.[/u][/i][/b][/spoiler]

Hence, "King David's Dilemma"!
[spoiler=The Card][img]http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/9092/190391v.jpg[/img][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Lore]Select 1 Warrior-Type monster from your Deck and Special Summon it in face-up Attack Position. Then, select and activate 1 of the following effects:
- Until your 3rd Standby Phase after activation, you cannot Set or activate Spell and Trap Cards.
- Skip your next 3 Battle Phases.
- Pay 700 Life Points every turn for the next three turns.[/spoiler]

I couldn't get the bullet points to show up on the card, so I just used dashes. Many thanks to LiAM and Anbu-of-Sand for OCG help.

Whaddya think?

[A.Prime]

Very creative!! I Like it!! Perfect Pic and OCG!! 10/10 +rep

[~{Rochster}~]

Yay! Israeli stories! About the card: Amazing! 11/10 Triple rep for you because of the story! You are the FIRST person to get this from me!

[Stan Alda]

I didn't expect such great reviews for this card! Thanks for the reps, rochster.

[Face McShooty]

very well done... i give it a 10/10 just cuz its one of the best cards about religion i've seen, thanks to the back story
heck i'll give you a + rep too

[Lord Smeagle]

Just a suggestion, raise the 3rd effect to maybe 1000 a turn. 1500 points of damage over three turns isn't a steep enough cost to warrant what you might summon. Gilford, [s]Fail[/s] Faultroll, even maybe Kuraz if you're feeling a little wild...

Kuraz would be downright funny with this card, since you could pick skip 3 Battle Phases, and it's OK because he can't attack anyway. Blow himself up and 1 card your opoonent controls, then wait for them to attack and drop Mirror force or something.

Concept is fantastic BTW.

[Stan Alda]

Thanks, Lord Smeagle. Heck, it's only 500 LP more than Dark Elf needs to attack! I'll see what I can do.