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My Winged Beast Archetype. More to come.


groniack

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Seems like a ripoff of Blackwings, in every shape and form. They swam like them, and even have nearly identical naming schemes. Not to mention the fact that they're also Winged Beasts.

The idea of them gaining effects when tributed by another card's effect is quite original, but I do hope you realize that pretty much none of the cards will work. Especially the synchros. Nearly every "tributer" effect you have tributes the monsters as costs, not effects, and thus your whole archetype doesn't work. See: Dark Worlds.

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"When this card is tributed by a card's effect; You can banish 1 Level 4 or lower "Longplume" monster from your Graveyard. Special Summon that monster during your next Standby Phase with its effects negated. It is destroyed during the End Phase"

For this part, I don't see the need to negate the Longplume monster's effect since it only lasts 1 turn on the field anyway

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[quote name='Kato_Zenamara' timestamp='1320515986' post='5619310']
Seems like a ripoff of Blackwings, in every shape and form. They swam like them, and even have nearly identical naming schemes. Not to mention the fact that they're also Winged Beasts.

The idea of them gaining effects when tributed by another card's effect is quite original, but I do hope you realize that pretty much none of the cards will work. Especially the synchros. Nearly every "tributer" effect you have tributes the monsters as costs, not effects, and thus your whole archetype doesn't work. See: Dark Worlds.
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But "Mist Valley's " effects require a cost don't they? They return cards on the field to your hand as a cost but thunderbird can be special Summoned this way. I don't understand it. I know that Darkorlds don't activate their effects when they are discarded as a cost but i don't know why. :(
By the way you are right.They are somewhat a copy of blackwings. :)

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[quote name='groniack' timestamp='1320517220' post='5619367']
But "Mist Valley's " effects require a cost don't they? They return cards on the field to your hand as a cost but thunderbird can be special Summoned this way. I don't understand it. I know that Darkorlds don't activate their effects when they are discarded as a cost but i don't know why. :(
By the way you are right.They are somewhat a copy of blackwings. :)
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Because Mist Valley just says "when this card is returned to the hand." It doesn't matter how.
With these cards, as well as Dark Worlds, it states "When this card is [tributed/discarded] by a [b]card effect[/b]..." Costs and Effects are not the same thing. For example, Lightning Vortex says "Discard 1 card. Destroy all face-up monsters on your opponent's side of the field." In this case, discarding is a cost, as it must be done in order to activate something.

In card grammar, the way to distinguish cost from effect goes like this: "[Do whatever] to [do whatever]" Anything that precedes "to" is a cost, while anything that comes after is the effect brought on by that cost. Costs are paid at activation, while effects happen at resolution. Something is considered an effect if it says "[Do whatever] and [do whatever]". "And" implies that the actions happen at the same time, and if no cost is stated or implied, the card has no cost. For example, Shooting Star Dragon's last effect: "When your opponent's monster declares an attack, you can remove this card from play and negate that attack." See how it says "and negate"? That means the removal and negation happen at the same time, so it is not a cost. On the other hand, here is Exiled Force: "Tribute this card to destroy 1 monster on the field." It says "to", so it is a cost.

Costs and Effects become more prominent when up against Skill Drain as well. As costs are not effects, costs can still be paid while Skill Drain is on the field. For example, you can still activate Card Trooper's effect, and pay the mill 3 cost, but its effect of gaining ATK will be negated. This can be exploited by cards such as Exiled Force, who tribute themselves as costs to activate the effect, and since they are no longer on the field when the effect activates, their effects happen. Stardust Dragon works this way as well, since tributing itself is a cost, but Shooting Star Dragon won't, since its removal is part of the effect.

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