Vessel 1 - reusable Xyz material

[L0SS]

A pretty simple card, but I wanted to try a create a reusable material that isn't broken. Effect edited so that it is now a material for a material. The fact it is added to your hand means that it is easily reusable, but is always going to cost you another material to reuse.

 

 

You can detach 1 Xyz Material from a face-up Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon this card from your hand. If you do: Attach this card to an Xyz Monster you control as an Xyz Material. If this 1 card as an Xyz Material is sent to the Graveyard to activate an Xyz Monster's effect: Add it to your hand instead. Each effect of "Vessel 1" can only be activated once per turn.

[newhat]

A Semi-Nomi with 1500 ATK and 1900 DEF. If you have 2 Xyz Monsters, you can sacrifice 1 to give a cantrip Material to the other one. This can't be used with Inferno Reckless Summon or Giant Rat...Killing an Xyz Monster doesn't "detach" its Materials, does it? I don't think this card would be useful in any Deck when Overlay Regen exists.

[L0SS]

A Semi-Nomi with 1500 ATK and 1900 DEF. If you have 2 Xyz Monsters, you can sacrifice 1 to give a cantrip Material to the other one. This can't be used with Inferno Reckless Summon or Giant Rat...Killing an Xyz Monster doesn't "detach" its Materials, does it? I don't think this card would be useful in any Deck when Overlay Regen exists.

Destroying an Xyz does not count as detaching its materials. Overlay Regen is obviously highly useful, and an easy play. But with three of these, you have more reusability. Sacrificing an Xyz sounds like a big cost, but it is actually pretty cheap at low ranks. It can be used by Giant Rat, although my wording may be off. I wanted it as a deck ss under any condition, but a hand ss only in the conditions listed. Same with Reckless. Anyway to re-word it?

 

Edit: would re-wording it along the lines of 'This card can be Special Summoned from your hand by sending 1 Xyz monster you control to the Graveyard, and not by other means' make more sense? That isn't accurate OCG, but that is what I meant to go for.

[newhat]

How about "You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by sending 1 Xyz Monster you control to the Graveyard. Cannot be Special Summoned from the hand by other ways."?

 

Also. There's a balance between cost and benefit. Just because it's easy to make Stoner Magician doesn't mean it's worth sacrificing to bring out an extra Material.

[Bleaknight]

Actually this is kind of bad. So in order to get 1 new Xyz Material for an Xyz Monster you control, you have to destroy another one? That's plain bad. The reusable Xyz Material idea is nice though, you should just make it easier to summon. I actually think this would be a much better yet balanced mechanic for it:

 

"You can detach 1 Xyz Material from a face-up Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon this card from your hand. If you do: Attach this card to an Xyz Monster you control as an Xyz Material. If this 1 card as an Xyz Material is sent to the Graveyard to activate an Xyz Monster's effect: Add it to your hand instead. Each effect of "Vessel 1" can only be activated once per turn."

 

This way, it becomes far more useful while still not abusable and balanced. It's far easier to Summon, it will only return to the hand if you activate an effect that only detaches 1 Xyz Material, so you cannot reuse Laggia, for example, and you can't loop it. Also this serves as OCG correction.

[L0SS]

Actually this is kind of bad. So in order to get 1 new Xyz Material for an Xyz Monster you control, you have to destroy another one? That's plain bad. The reusable Xyz Material idea is nice though, you should just make it easier to summon. I actually think this would be a much better yet balanced mechanic for it:

 

"You can detach 1 Xyz Material from a face-up Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon this card from your hand. If you do: Attach this card to an Xyz Monster you control as an Xyz Material. If this 1 card as an Xyz Material is sent to the Graveyard to activate an Xyz Monster's effect: Add it to your hand instead. Each effect of "Vessel 1" can only be activated once per turn."

 

This way, it becomes far more useful while still not abusable and balanced. It's far easier to Summon, it will only return to the hand if you activate an effect that only detaches 1 Xyz Material, so you cannot reuse Laggia, for example, and you can't loop it. Also this serves as OCG correction.

I see your point. I just thought that a material for a reusable material might be too much. But it does make more sense. I'll amend it to what you suggested, I think it's the best compromise. Thanks for flagging Laggia up, couldn't remember if it was one material or two.