Trap Eater - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger #5

[Dr. Cakey]

This card is virtually unplayable:
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[quote]Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by sending 1 face-up Trap Card your opponent controls to the Graveyard, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways.[/quote]

This card is not:
[img]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/matanui0011/LVCT/trapeater.jpg[/img]
[quote]Must be Normal Summoned or Set (from your hand) by Tributing 1 monster. You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by banishing 1 face-up Trap Card on the field.[/quote]

I don't think the new OCG has yet been put to use to dictate a card's Normal Summoning conditions, so...yay to me for doing it first?

[Sleepy]

Just wondering but, does it really need restrictions for it's Summon at all?
It'd be nice if Konami had made it a regular Normal Summon beatstick, that could be searched via Summoner Monk, and could have the plus of "Can be Special Summoned from your hand by sending 1 Continuous Trap Card on the field to the Graveyard."

[Suibon]

[center]"Trap Eater" and "unplayable" don't jive well. Yes, as it is, it is a niche counter, but I prefer it that way.[/center]

[Dr. Cakey]

[quote name='Sleepy' timestamp='1344385995' post='6000591']
Just wondering but, does it really need restrictions for it's Summon at all?
It'd be nice if Konami had made it a regular Normal Summon beatstick, that could be searched via Summoner Monk, and could have the plus of "Can be Special Summoned from your hand by sending 1 Continuous Trap Card on the field to the Graveyard."
[/quote]
A 1900 beatstick with a special summon ability [i]and[/i] a Level 4 Tuner? Mmmm...since Synchros are all but dead right now, maybe, actually.

[quote name='Suibon' timestamp='1344387290' post='6000621']
[center]"Trap Eater" and "unplayable" don't jive well. Yes, as it is, it is a niche counter, but I prefer it that way.[/center]
[/quote]
A niche counter to what? Macro Cosmos has the distinction of preventing Trap Eater from being summoned. There's Skill Drain, I suppose. Any time you're actually concerned about Traps, Royal Decree would normally be better. This game is filled with Spell/Trap destruction. MST, Dust Tornado, Breaker, just to start with. Frankly, the card I just made, while not unplayable, would likely never be used or even sided, except possibly in casual decks.