The Great Observer (of Rituals)

[-DOOM]

Ritual Monsters are probably the coolest, yet least supported monster card type.

 

This card avoids the bad situation you get into when your ritual summoned monster, that not uncommonly is a -1 or -2 when summoned, gets immediately destroyed.

 

 

 

 

LORE:

If your opponent negated the Summon of a Ritual Monster or destroyed a Ritual Monster in the same turn it was Summoned, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can tribute this card: Choose 1 Ritual Monster that is removed from play or in your Graveyard, tribute monsters from your Deck whose total Levels are equal to that Ritual Monster's and send 1 Ritual Spell Card listed in the card text of that monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, then Ritual Summon that monster.

 

 

 

 

Should I add a cannot attack clause or specify the materials, since you can setup your graveyard quite well with this card?

 

Image can be found here: http://s1138.photobucket.com/user/hpdoom/library/Album%2013?page=1

[Aix]

It's a nice boost to Ritual Monsters, though I find it somewhat situational, especially with the limiting of Solemn Warning, however, if it were not situational, I suppose it'd be abused the heck out of by Gishki Hieratics. My suggestion would be to make it send to Graveyard instead of Tribute and either give it some easier Summoning conditions or give it another possible Summoning condition in addition to what you currently have.

 

OCG Fix: If your opponent negated a Ritual Spell Card OR destroyed a Ritual Monster the turn it was Summoned: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can Tribute this card to target 1 Ritual Monster that is removed from play or in your Graveyard; Tribute monsters from your Deck whose total Levels are equal to that Ritual Monster's and send 1 Ritual Spell Card listed in the card text of that monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, then Ritual Summon that monster.

 

Perhaps also make it trigger when a Ritual Monster is removed from the field when it is Summoned, taking into consideration Spellbook of Fate, so it'd be worded as: If your opponent negated a Ritual Spell Card OR removes a Ritual Monster from the field the turn it was Summoned: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can Tribute this card to target 1 Ritual Monster that is removed from play or in your Graveyard; Tribute monsters from your Deck whose total Levels are equal to that Ritual Monster's and send 1 Ritual Spell Card listed in the card text of that monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, then Ritual Summon that monster.

 

EDIT: Capitalized the OR in the OCG fixes.

[Blake]

Just dropping in to say that you cannot negate the Ritual Summon of a Ritual Monster, because Ritual Monsters are summoned by the effects of cards, not themselves. Technically it could negate the self-summon of some Ritual Monster that could do that, but nothing of that sort currently exists and doesn't work with the mechanic.

[PrimeAceJohn]

The template is... beautiful...

 

 

 

But as for the card: I like it. I would've liked it better if it was level 6 so it would be easier to summon, but I guess I know why you made it level 8. 

 

If it was a real deck, I would much more prefer to run probably just run 1 or possibly 2 of these. This could be a dead draw at some points because not all rituals will be negated but still very nice.

 

I noticed that the OCG is a little off - but we all make those minor mistakes. I don't think you can "tribute" monsters from your deck. I think you should take that out and say : "Send monsters from your deck to the Graveyard whose level equals the level of the targeted Ritual Monster (this is treated as tributing monsters for the Ritual Summon of the targeted card)" 

 

I like how it can re-summon a ritual with ease.

 

Overall, great card and great template :D

[Kingdom Xathers]

At first, I was going to say that this card would be absolutely nuts in Gishkis, but then I began to wonder if that would even work, considering that Evigishkis have "any "Gishki" Ritual Spell Card" in their card text. It might just be a similar ruling to "Future Fusion"....

Anyways (and I'll go by the OCG edit that Aix supplied), this is a nice enough Hand Trap that drops a hefty Beater to punish your opponent's Bottomless/Solemn, which can then be Tributed later on to call upon another Ritual monster (whether it's the one that was destroyed or a different one). In this case, it's an "Advanced Ritual Art" with a 2500 ATK/DEF body which, if you're so inclined, you could also revive from the Graveyard later... which makes it pretty abusable. My personal suggestion?: make its Tribute effect a once-per-turn effect.

[-DOOM]

Thank you guys for bearing with me. I've missed quite much since I turned away from this site shortly after XYZ were introduced, so I'm very rusty :D

 

 

It's a nice boost to Ritual Monsters, though I find it somewhat situational, especially with the limiting of Solemn Warning, however, if it were not situational, I suppose it'd be abused the heck out of by Gishki Hieratics. My suggestion would be to make it send to Graveyard instead of Tribute and either give it some easier Summoning conditions or give it another possible Summoning condition in addition to what you currently have.

 

Perhaps also make it trigger when a Ritual Monster is removed from the field when it is Summoned, taking into consideration Spellbook of Fate, so it'd be worded as: If your opponent negated a Ritual Spell Card OR removes a Ritual Monster from the field the turn it was Summoned: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can Tribute this card to target 1 Ritual Monster that is removed from play or in your Graveyard; Tribute monsters from your Deck whose total Levels are equal to that Ritual Monster's and send 1 Ritual Spell Card listed in the card text of that monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, then Ritual Summon that monster.

 

 

From what i've read, Hieratic Gishkis win by a Gustkrake loop, something I don't like. That's why I will limit this card to only LIGHT and DARK ritual monsters. To give (Chaos Rituals?) some more consistency however, the monsters will still be tributed.

 

 

Anyways (and I'll go by the OCG edit that Aix supplied), this is a nice enough Hand Trap that drops a hefty Beater to punish your opponent's Bottomless/Solemn, which can then be Tributed later on to call upon another Ritual monster (whether it's the one that was destroyed or a different one). In this case, it's an "Advanced Ritual Art" with a 2500 ATK/DEF body which, if you're so inclined, you could also revive from the Graveyard later... which makes it pretty abusable. My personal suggestion?: make its Tribute effect a once-per-turn effect.

 

Thank you, this will def. be included.