First Avenger Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I'm a huge fan of Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men, so I decided to make a YGO card set just for this series. They're meant to be stand-alone, ie. they can't mix with normal YGO cards. Hence, some staple cards (eg. Dark Hole, Monster Reborn) have their effects shamelessly copied over. This set plays around with counters, similar to the Spell Counters in YGO. Plus, there are cards similar to the Zombie-Type cards in YGO (merely the mechanics). Now, the Attributes. I know, some of them seem a bit off, but I wanted each character to be of a different attribute, and while some seemed suitable, the rest were designated that attribute due to "no choice". I'll also list their notable features in their monster cards. Wind - Shadowcat: Untouchable, yet able to go through the defenses and strike directly. Water - Emma Frost: Able to control the opponent. Fire - Cyclops: As team leader, he has to support his teammates and yet be strong and offensive at the same time. Earth - Colossus: High on defense and attack, he's the team's biggest sword and shield. Dark - Wolverine: Killing everything in sight, with "healing" factor in his effects. Light - Beast (honestly didn't have no choice for him): As a scientist, he's able to weave around the opponent's traps and spells. Sure, some effects may sound a tad too OP, or the ATK or DEF between characters may seem off to you, but this is purely for fun, with as much balance as possible. Of course, certain cards will be limited/semi-limited, similar to the real game. [spoiler Monsters] [spoiler Cyclops] [spoiler Effect] When this card destroys a monster by battle: Place 1 X-Men Counter on it (max. 1). This card gains 100 ATK for each X-Men Counter on it. You can remove 1 X-Men Counter from this card to target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field; destroy that target. [/spoiler] [spoiler Effect] When this card destroys a monster by battle: Place 1 X-Man Counter on it. This card gains 100 ATK for each X-Men Counter on it. All Mutant-Type monsters gain 200 ATK and DEF. During your Standby Phase: Inflict 300 damage to your opponent for each X-Men Counter on this card. [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [spoiler Emma Frost] [spoiler Effect] Once per turn, you can place 1 X-Men Counter on 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. If you control at least 2 other Mutant-Type monsters: monsters your opponent control with a X-Men Counter(s) on them cannot declare an attack. [/spoiler] [spoiler Effect] During your Standby Phase, you can place 1 X-Men Counter on 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. Once per turn, you can target 1 monster your opponent controls with a X-Men Counter(s); until the End Phase, take control of that target. [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [spoiler Wolverine] [spoiler Effect] When this card attacks a monster with a X-Men counter, it gains 400 ATK during the Damage Step only. Once per turn, this card cannot be destroyed by battle. [/spoiler] [spoiler Effect] During your Battle Phase, if this card destroys a monster with a X-Men Counter(s) on it, this card can attack once again. During the End Phase, if this face-up card on the field was destroyed by your opponent's card (either by battle or by card effect) and sent to the Graveyard this turn, you can remove from play 1 Mutant-Type monster from your Graveyard to Special Summon this card from the Graveyard. [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [spoiler Shadowcat] [spoiler Effect] When this card is Normal Summoned: Place 4 X-Men Counters on it. All your opponent's monsters whose Level is equal or less than the number of X-Men Counters on this card cannot target this face-up card for an attack. This card can attack your opponent directly, but when it uses this effect, any Battle Damage it inflicts to your opponent is halved. [/spoiler] [spoiler Effect] Monsters with a X-Men Counter(s) your opponent controls cannot target this face-up card for an attack. If each face-up monster your opponent controls has a X-Men counter(s), this card can attack your opponent directly, but when it uses this effect, any Battle Damage it inflicts to your opponent is halved. [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [spoiler Colossus] [spoiler Effect] This card can only be Special Summoned by removing 2 X-Men Counters from your side of the field. When another face-up Mutant-Type monster you control is targeted for an attack: You can make this card the attack target instead. [/spoiler] [spoiler Effect] Cannot be Special Summoned. You can Normal Summon this card with 1 Tribute if you control a "Shadowcat" monster. This card gains 100 ATK and DEF for every Mutant-Type monster in any Graveyard. When another face-up Mutant-Type monster you control is targeted for an attack: You can make this card the attack target instead. [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [spoiler Beast] [spoiler Effect] When this card is Normal Summoned: Place 1 X-Men Counters on it(max. 1). While this card has a X-Men counter, it is unaffected by the effects of Trap Cards. [/spoiler] [spoiler Effect] When this card is Normal Summoned: Place 2 X-Men counter on it (max. 2). During either player's turn, when a Spell, Trap, Spell/Trap effect, or Effect Monster's effect is activated that would destroy a monster(s) on the field: You can send 2 X-Men counter from your field to the Graveyard; negate the activation and destroy it. [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [spoiler Lockheed] [spoiler Effect] Once per turn, you can either: Target 1 "Shadowcat, Pryde of the X-Men" you control; equip this card to that target, OR: Unequip this card and Special Summon it in face-up Attack Position. While equipped by this effect, the equipped monster can attack your opponent directly. (A monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the equipped monster would be destroyed, destroy this card instead.) [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [spoiler Armor] [spoiler Effect] When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 Mutant-Type monster with 2000 or less DEF from your Deck. [/spoiler] [spoiler Effect] This card gains 200 ATK for every Mutant-Type monster in any Graveyard. You take no Battle Damage from battles involving this card. [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [/spoiler] [spoiler Spells] [/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xi-1 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 An interesting interpretation. When I made a card for Kitty (Cuteness Counterattack Set) I made her a Water-Type because she seems to be able to flow through things and disrupt electric circuits. I also note you can do a play on words and change "Pride of the X-Men" to "Pryde of the X-Men." Isn't Lockheed an alien dragon or something? Also, I think it would make more sense to make Kitty able to attack directly without Lockheed attached, since she can already go intangible on her own. I hope you make a way for Kitty and Piotr to be on the field at the same time, given their involvement. I've said before on another thread that Cyke's power isn't really related to Fire, but kinetic in nature. We don't have such choices in YGO, so maybe Light is better-fitting. I think you can raise the boost a bit (500 is more normal), and increase the maximum limit on his Counters (3 or 5, maybe?). Wasn't Emma known as "White Queen" when she was with the Hellfire Club, and not "Ice Queen?" I think her diamond form takes her closer to an Earth-Type, while her Psychic abilities could make her a Light-Type. Her personality, however, is more Dark-Type. Maybe there's a way to have her be treated as all 3. I believe Armour's power's strength varies based on the number of dead ancestors she has, or something like that, so an effect that relates to the Graveyard works well for her. But don't you think it should be a stat boost instead of a Special Summon? A good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Avenger Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 1) I put Shadowcat as Wind attribute instead of water because I preferred Emma Frost to be water when it came down to "each character gets 1 attribute". I went to read the play style of different attributes in YGO, and felt that water was good for Emma Frost for her field-controlling ability (to reflect her being able to manipulate others). 2)Which kinds of link me to why Cyclops is fire. I considered Light at first, but I wanted him to be of an attribute somewhat a opposite of Emma's attribute,which is Water. I do know that his power is kinetic, and not some "fire beams". I looked at the perspective that his optic blasts are rather destructive, hence i made his effects "destructive" and painful to the opponent, which Fire attribute seemed to fit the description. 3)As for Shadowcat's name, I'm very well aware of the phrase "Pryde of the X-Men", but I prefer to use the actual spelling. I wasn't planning to make a "i see what you did there with her name" kind of card title, hence I choose to ignore it. I didn't want my level 4 Shadowcat to have direct attacking ability as she already has somewhat a "lockdown" ability, hence I gave it to lockheed. I didn't want my level 4 character to be OP. My level 7 Shadowcat, however, has the direct attack ability. 4) White Queen. Yes, I'm very familiar with Emma Frost being known as White Queen in the comics, back when she was in the Hellfire Club. I intentionally called her "Ice Queen" to portray her coldness at times. Plus, I do not use the character's physical features or personality, but more of how her powers work, to decide majority of my attribute-assigning (refer to point 1) 5) I am still considering a proper card (of higher level) for Armor,but I currently made that as a staple for the deck, to make the deck more complete. I've enough high level chracters as of now. Phew! Hope I answered all the questions! XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Avenger Posted January 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Updated! I decided to change "Shadowcat, Pride of the X-Men" to "Shadowcat, Pryde of the X-Men", because a lot of people have been asking/telling me the same thing. I did amend some effects too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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