Trying to combine Lightsworn and Darkworld

[DropDeadDream]

Ever noticed how well Lightsworn and Darkworld complement each other? Ironic, right? I wanna try to make support for a Hybrid Lightsworn/Darkworld Deck. Here's my decent attempt. Once again, I'm not a pro player, so constructive criticism is welcome. Rate, hate, meditate.

Image Credit for "Lightsworn Hybrid of Darkworld" goes to XiaoBotong on DeviantART dot com
I honestly have no clue who made the art for "Lightsworn to the Darkworld"... credit to whoever made it! 'XD

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2 or more Level 5 LIGHT or DARK monsters
This card is also treated as DARK. You may detach 1 Xyz material monster from this card: Discard any amount of cards from your hand. You may detach an additional Xyz material monster from this card: Return any number of cards from your Graveyard to your Deck that is less than the amount of cards you discarded from your hand due to this card's effect. This cards gains 100 ATK points for every card discarded or returned to the Deck due to this card's effect. This card cannot be selected as an attack target by any monster that is not LIGHT or DARK. For every turn this card is on your side of the field, you lose 2000 Life Points.

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* If you control a "Lightsworn" or "Darkworld" monster: Discard up to 2 cards from your hand.
* If you control a "Lightsworn" or "Darkworld" monster: Declare a number from 1 to 3: Send that many cards from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard.
* Target 1 "Darkworld" monster and 1 "Lightsworn" monster in your Graveyard and pay 500 Life Points: Return those targets to your Deck.
You can select and activate one of these effects once per turn.

So... any good?

[newhat]

The first card's discard is written oddly. It needs to be an effect, not a cost, to trigger Dark World monsters' effects.

[DropDeadDream]

[quote name='newhat' timestamp='1342502856' post='5980686']
The first card's discard is written oddly. It needs to be an effect, not a cost, to trigger Dark World monsters' effects.
[/quote] Curse my OCG, but I can't tell what you're talking about. What makes it sound like it's a cost? Not saying you're wrong, just want to know.

Actually, I now see what you're talking about. I'll attempt to fix it now.

[DropDeadDream]

Bump.

[Synchronized]

[font=georgia,serif][size=3][background=rgb(251, 253, 254)][quote]* [/background][/size][size=3][background=rgb(251, 253, 254)]If you control a "Lightsworn" or "Darkworld" monster; discard up to 2 cards from your hand.[/background][/size][/font]

[font=georgia,serif][size=3][background=rgb(251, 253, 254)]* If you control a "Lightsworn" or "Darkworld" monster: Declare a number from 1 to 3; send that many cards from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard.[/background][/size][/font]
[font=georgia,serif][size=3]* Target 1 "Darkworld" monster and 1 "Lightsworn" monster in your Graveyard and pay 500 Life Points; return those targets to your Deck.[/size][/font]
[font=georgia,serif][size=3]You can select and activate one of these effects once per turn.[/quote][/size][/font]

[font=georgia,serif][size=3]Updated and simplified OCG.[/size][/font]

[font=georgia, serif][size=3]The problem is the lack of consistency between Dark World and Lightsworn builds. There's no way you'd be able to run both effectively, even with the "support" this card offers. Dark Worlds don't like to just throw away cards with nothing in return, but you're -'ing yourself here for that sole purpose. I'd rather use something like Dark World Dealings and Dragged Down Into the Grave to make the effects go off while plussing at the same time.[/size][/font]

[DropDeadDream]

[quote name='Neo Galaxy' timestamp='1342542537' post='5981042']
[font=georgia,serif][size=3][background=rgb(251, 253, 254)][/size][/font]

[font=georgia,serif][size=3]Updated and simplified OCG.[/size][/font]

[font=georgia, serif][size=3]The problem is the lack of consistency between Dark World and Lightsworn builds. There's no way you'd be able to run both effectively, even with the "support" this card offers. Dark Worlds don't like to just throw away cards with nothing in return, but you're -'ing yourself here for that sole purpose. I'd rather use something like Dark World Dealings and Dragged Down Into the Grave to make the effects go off while plussing at the same time.[/size][/font]
[/quote]

Thanks for the OCG help. Also, would discarding a Darkworld from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard not activate its effect? Because going from the top of the Deck to the Graveyard is still considered discarding, is it not?

[Synchronized]

No, it's not; the term used is "milling", although the game doesn't specifically call it that. Sending from the Deck is not discarding; discarding only works from the hand, and it has to be by an effect in order for any of the Dark World effects to trigger.

[DropDeadDream]

[quote name='Neo Galaxy' timestamp='1342543179' post='5981057']
No, it's not; the term used is "milling", although the game doesn't specifically call it that. Sending from the Deck is not discarding; discarding only works from the hand, and it has to be by an effect in order for any of the Dark World effects to trigger.
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Ahh, well there goes my dream of building a good Lightsworn/Darkworld hybrid deck. Alas, such is the problems of a casual player XD Anyhting you can think of that I could do to maybe...erm... twist said rules to make it worthwhile to build such a Deck?