Side Lock

[Bahamut - Envoy of the End]

MBC-033 [b]Side Lock[/b] Common Rare
[color="#800080"][b]TRAP[/b][/color]
Normal Trap
Image: A hand reaches for a small stack of cards on the table, only for a barrier to repel them.
Effect: Activate only during a match; pay 1000 Life Points; neither player can exchange cards between their Deck and their Side Deck for the remainder of the match.

Awful new OCG no doubt. So, thoughts?

[OmegaWave]

How would this even work?

[Boss Z]

Effect is too wierd to actually work within the context of YuGiOh!

[Dwarven King]

Wait...you can exchange cards between your Deck and Side Deck DURING a duel? O:

[Bahamut - Envoy of the End]

[quote name='OmegaWave' timestamp='1310351956' post='5344469']
How would this even work?
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[quote name='∞ Skiel ∞' timestamp='1310352056' post='5344475']
Effect is too wierd to actually work within the context of YuGiOh!
[/quote]

Wow is it really that weird?

It's simple; most tournament matches are best 2 out of 3, and between each duel you can change cards in your deck with the 15 in your side deck. Am I correct or has there been some change in this?

Play this card and for the rest of the match, no side deck changes allowed. Period. Simple, surely.

[quote]Wait...you can exchange cards between your Deck and Side Deck DURING a duel? O: [/quote]

Erm... no...

This card prevents them being changed between the three duels that make up a match.

Wait a minute, my card is actually getting comments? Awesome.

[Time Psyduck]

Too situational to be really useful.
It relies on your deck opening with the advantage, and you drawing this late enough to be confident about that and yet soon enough to have time to play it - and since you can't side it out when you're done, it becomes a dead draw.

Interesting concept though. It would probably be illegal, but interesting concept.

Ocg isn't too bad:
[s]Activate only[/s] [b]D[/b]uring a match[b]:[/b] [b]P[/b]ay 1000 Life Points; [b]N[/b]either player can exchange cards between their Deck [b]or Extra Deck[/b] and their Side Deck for the remainder of the match.

[Bahamut - Envoy of the End]

[quote name='Time Psyduck' timestamp='1310365598' post='5344925']
Too situational to be really useful.
It relies on your deck opening with the advantage, and you drawing this late enough to be confident about that and yet soon enough to have time to play it - and since you can't side it out when you're done, it becomes a dead draw.

Interesting concept though. It would probably be illegal, but interesting concept.

Ocg isn't too bad:
[s]Activate only[/s] [b]D[/b]uring a match[b]:[/b] [b]P[/b]ay 1000 Life Points; [b]N[/b]either player can exchange cards between their Deck [b]or Extra Deck[/b] and their Side Deck for the remainder of the match.
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Thanks for the full review sir. It does have all those weaknesses to it looking at it.

Probably would only be useful in decks that you expect to boss most games anyway (Six Sams, Lightsworn, soon Dark World).

Thanks for the OCG, forgot about Extra Deck. Not getting to grips with it.

That's all I aim for, interesting and new rather than meta staples. The idea just waltzed into my head at random so I thought why not?

[.Nu-13]

Cards like this are terrible, TERRIBLE card design

[Giga Hand]

[quote name='Klavier Gavin' timestamp='1310384208' post='5345071']
Cards like this are terrible, TERRIBLE card design
[/quote]
While I agree, I would suggest giving reasoning when giving an opinion.

This is a card that aids victory, while damaging the enjoyability of the game. The worst possible combination of characteristics, as it will be commonly seen, and annoy players.

In terms of playability, this has uses, but as far as how it would affect the game is concerned, I dislike it stongly. Victory Dragon is banned for the same reason.

[Bahamut - Envoy of the End]

[quote name='Klavier Gavin' timestamp='1310384208' post='5345071']
Cards like this are terrible, TERRIBLE card design
[/quote]

Thank you for that quality, in depth, well thought out feedback.

[quote name='Giga Hand' timestamp='1310385804' post='5345098']
While I agree, I would suggest giving reasoning when giving an opinion.

This is a card that aids victory, [b]while damaging the enjoyability of the game[/b]. The worst possible combination of characteristics, as it will be commonly seen, and annoy players.

In terms of playability, this has uses, but as far as how it would affect the game is concerned, I dislike it stongly. Victory Dragon is banned for the same reason.
[/quote]

Thats better.

The bold is the last thing I want to do when making cards, believe me. I think its important for both guys to have fun before anything else, didn't realise this card would have that detrimental an effect. Just threw this out as an idea because I've never seen a card affect the side deck before. If it would be that awful for players to face, I'd withdraw it for sure.

Anyone else?

[.Nu-13]

[quote name='Bahamut ZERO' timestamp='1310390988' post='5345202']
Thank you for that quality, in depth, well thought out feedback.
[/quote]
I thought that you have at least a bit of common sense. Victory Dragon and all other Match Winners interfre with something outside the current duel. Victory Dragon is banned, others are illegal.

[Bahamut - Envoy of the End]

[quote name='Klavier Gavin' timestamp='1310391135' post='5345205']
I thought that you have at least a bit of common sense. Victory Dragon and all other Match Winners interfre with something outside the current duel. Victory Dragon is banned, others are illegal.
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Good grief, who stole your candy bar?

Victory Dragon, Queen Eternia, etc, are rightly banned because they win you 2 duels in 1 shot, which isn't cool.

Although this can certainly aid you in terms of setting up for duels 2/3, it doesn't win them out right. There's nothing to say your opponent just got a badish hand this time and will get a better one next time with his current cards. Call me tournament ignorant here, but side decks are for fine tinkering; they can't possibly transform a deck to that sort of degree surely?

[.Nu-13]

With right Side Deck, you can go from Fish Synchro to Monarchs, from Gladiator Beasts to Gravekeeper's. So yeah.