Stan Alda Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 I noticed that a few Ritual Spell Cards have the word "Oath" in them. It then got me thinking about oaths and vows in the Bible, and how they were used both wisely and foolishly. I then decided to make a pair of Ritual support Spell cards for the "wise" side, and the monster/associated support card for the foolish side. The monster has nothing to do with Ritual Monsters, but the biblical verses connect it to the whole "oath" thing. But I digress... Please reply if you read; I've had considerable trouble lately with people not giving feedback of any sort on my cards. [spoiler=Beersheba, Well of the Oath] [spoiler=Card Image][img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4109/190391.jpg[/img][/spoiler] [spoiler=Lore] SPELL/Continuous As long as this card is on your side of the field, the effects of Ritual Spell Cards and Ritual Monsters cannot be negated.[/spoiler] [spoiler=Biblical Source (If You're Curious)]2 At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do. 23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.” 24 Abraham said, “I swear it.” 25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized. 26 But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.” 27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty. 28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock, 29 and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?” 30 He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.” 31 [b][i]So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.[/i][/b][/spoiler][/spoiler] [spoiler=Eternal Covenant] [spoiler=Card Image][img]http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4109/190391.jpg[/img][/spoiler] [spoiler=Lore] SPELL/Continuous As long as this card is one the field, you may activate 1 of these effects once per turn during your Main Phase. -You may offer 1 monster on your side of the field as a Tribute to Ritual Summon 1 Level 6 or lower Ritual Monster from your Deck. Skip your next Battle Phase. -You may offer 2 monsters on your side of the field to Ritual Summon 1 Level 7 or higher Ritual Monster from your Deck. Skip your next 2 Battle Phases.[/spoiler][/spoiler] [spoiler=FREE Monster and Support Card: "Jephthah the Judge" and "Jephthah's Foolish Oath" ] [spoiler=Jephthah the Judge] [spoiler=Card Image][img]http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4109/190391.jpg[/img][/spoiler] [spoiler=Lore] Jephthah the Judge Level 5 EARTH/Warrior This card cannot attack unless you Tribute 1 monster on your side of the field. 2000/1500[/spoiler] [spoiler=Biblical Source (If You're Curious)]1 Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute. 2 Gilead’s wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up, they drove Jephthah away. “You are not going to get any inheritance in our family,” they said, “because you are the son of another woman.” 3 So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where a gang of scoundrels gathered around him and followed him. 4 Some time later, when the Ammonites were fighting against Israel, 5 the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. 6 “Come,” they said, “be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites.”[/spoiler][/spoiler] [spoiler=Jephthah's Foolish Oath] [spoiler=Card Image][img]http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4109/190391.jpg[/img][/spoiler] [spoiler=Lore]Select one monster on your side of the field. Offer it as a Tribute to double the ATK of 1 Level 5 or lower Warrior-type monster on your side of the field until your End Phase.[/spoiler] [spoiler=Biblical Source (If You're Curious)]30 [i][b]And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD: “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, 31 whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the LORD’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.” [/b][/i] 32 Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into his hands. 33 He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued Ammon. 34 [i][b]When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, “Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me down and I am devastated. I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot break.” 36 “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me just as you promised, now that the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites. 37 But grant me this one request,” she said. “Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry.” 38 “You may go,” he said. And he let her go for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never marry. 39 After the two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed.[/b][/i] And she was a virgin.[/spoiler][/spoiler][/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodnight Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 1st things that came into mind when I read these cards would be that it makes Herald of Perfection deck way too overpowered. my second thought was that the way you have Eternal Covenant worded right now, I'm pretty sure it can't special summon any ritual monsters because they need to be "Ritual Summoned", not "Special Summoned". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Alda Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Duly noted on the Ritual/Special Summon thing. As for the OP'd thing: When I make cards like these, I generally include the assumed weakness that the cards' effect/effects cease upon being destroyed. The best counter to the Ritual cards is "Mystical Space Typhoon", or any other card that destroys Spell/Trap Cards. Otherwise, what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Alda Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 But wait, there's more! Readers of this thread will get another card, absolutely FREE! [spoiler=BONUS CARD: King David's Dilemma] [spoiler=Card Image][img]http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/4109/190391.jpg[/img][/spoiler] [spoiler=Lore] SPELL/Normal Select 1 monster from your Deck and Special Summon it in face-up Attack Position. Then, select and activate 1 of the following effects: - Skip your next 3 Draw Phases. - Skip your next 3 Battle Phases. - Pay 700 Life Points every turn for the next 3 turns.[/spoiler][/spoiler] Act now, while supplies last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodnight Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Those costs are way too extreme lol even just one of those costs for 1 turn is way too much. Maybe just make it "pay 700lp to spec sum a warrior from your deck" Though you might have to put a level or attack limits on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Alda Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Perhaps I should clarify; the effects are YGH approximations of the following story. [spoiler=David Numbers the Fighting Men (2nd Samuel 24: 1-4, 10-13)]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. 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, 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: [u][i][b]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 on 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.”[/b][/i][/u][/spoiler] When I do Biblical cards (which isn't as often as you'd think), I try to get accuracy to the story/character, rather than balance. And besides, your effect isn't really a "dilemma"; I'd use it in a New York minute without any regrets! "King David's Dilemma" was intended to allow the player to get ANY Warrior-type Monster, but to also make him/her/it think about which side effect is least dangerous for the situation. I hope that answers your questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodnight Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 And The Lord said, Thou must skip thine next Draw Phase! but seriously, I can see what you're trying to do but if you aren't looking for balance, perhaps the "Other Cards" is the section to be posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Alda Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Wait a minute, Draw Phase...AHA! Thanks for the idea! By the way, what about those Jephthah cards up there?King David's Dilemma changed. Now you can get ANY monster from your deck, and the first effect was changed to skipping your next 3 Draw Phases (fits better with the "famine" idea). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodnight Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Jephthah definitely needs to be changed in some way. He's an even worse Panther Warrior. http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Panther_Warrior The spell card is also pretty unplayable, not even considering the fact of who it's supposed to be played in conjunction with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Alda Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 I thought it would be balanced to tribute 2 monsters to have a monster with 4000 ATK, at least temporarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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