TheKaitoKid Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 I'm not sure this is allowed but this forum is dedicated to the TCG in general so I thought, why not. So, I was watching a video on YT about the Pokemon TCG and it was pointed out that there is no banlist in the game. Instead problem cards are just errata'd. Which led me to wonder: How potent would this rule be in the YGO TCG? Getting rid of the banlist and just issuing an errata on problem cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Fascist Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 none because konami knows what they're fucking doing when they make all these degen ass bosses. also, neo genesis sneasel and slowking say hi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffee. Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Worst case scenario, everyone runs Cookie Cutter.dek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Errata is usually to change how a card is worded, either to make it clearer how it works, or to fix mistakes. The cards tend to be as powerful as they are ON PURPOSE. Sometimes combinations were unintentional, but more recently, such cards were made extremely powerful on purpose, and it'd be exceedingly difficult to errata them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffee. Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Errata is usually to change how a card is worded, either to make it clearer how it works, or to fix mistakes. The cards tend to be as powerful as they are ON PURPOSE. Sometimes combinations were unintentional, but more recently, such cards were made extremely powerful on purpose, and it'd be exceedingly difficult to errata them all.Kinda' like Burner having 200 DEF and Lightning having 500 ATK.Deliberate stats for maximum abuse, and ensuring they are busted. neo genesis sneasel-Undaunted says hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Fascist Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Kinda' like Burner having 200 DEF and Lightning having 500 ATK. Deliberate stats for maximum abuse, and ensuring they are busted. Undaunted says hi except that one is worse because it has a weakness and lower resistance to psychic? But yeah, Konami make cards for money, not for the game's sake, this format is a perfect example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffee. Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 except that one is worse because it has a weakness and lower resistance to psychic?Actually no.It's worse because the kind of damage it can do isn't as gamebreaking as it once was.The lack of a weakness was just a bonus. But yeah, Konami make cards for money, not for the game's sake, this format is a perfect example.No every card is required to enforce a power creep, you know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Fascist Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Actually no. It's worse because the kind of damage it can do isn't as gamebreaking as it once was. outside of that if you was to compare the two cards side by side in a area of space with nothing else existing, the old sneasel is better, is what I meant. And Konami doesn't design all cards with that intention, but it's clear it's an almost forced meta at times(this is one such time.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 I saw Flame Dragon link to MtG articles once, relating to this issue. If the design of a card ended up overpowered, the changes needed for it would make it so at the end of the day you are better off just banning it and moving on. Probably making a less powerful replacement for the sake of the decks that needed it. One of the issues that come to mind, is that owners of the original effect will still be around, and now we have 2 sets of people. The ones with the new corrected one, and the old original lore. You say it's simple enough to just go check it onlline right? but to have a plethora of cards for which ACTUAL effects are not written in them, is not a good thing to have at all. How much distrust can you put into the lores in a game that promotes "do what the card says". You can say they can just email you the errata'd copy in exchange for the defective one? Yeah that worked really well with Ocean Dragon Lord Neo Daedalus. I've been trying to get a single copy of the nomi version for a while IRL and never have I even seen one. No one cared enough it seems. Also, what was said above: Most effects are like that on purpose. It's not like money doesn't play a role in balance, and it's not like the designers don't understand that "Self-Mummification" and "Brain Control" are on different levels of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Funny thing is that three cards Konami errata'd (Sangan and Witch of the Black Forest needed to be sent from field to graveyard rather than just be sent to the graveyard in any way, and Mind Master, which couldn't tribute itself) are all banned right now. That irony tastes delicious. Isn't Necrovalley the only living card that had a legitimate slight change of eff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildflame Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Isn't Necrovalley the only living card that had a legitimate slight change of eff? The aftermentioned Neo Daedalus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Althemia Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Liberty at Last got errata'd to be better and still isn't good. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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