Smashing Deity - Rakshasa the Meteorain

[Kingdom Xathers]

< Sees the art

< Decides to give Smashing Ground a body

 

 

2 Level 4 monsters
While this card has at least 1 Xyz Material attached to it: This card cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; destroy the 1 face-up monster your opponent controls that has the highest DEF (if it's a tie, you get to choose), and if you do, both players send the top card of their Deck to the Graveyard. This card cannot attack during the turn this effect was used.

 

 

 

Anyhoo, critique and comment, please.

[Zazubat]

Wow, somebody makes a generic 2-mat Xyz Monster with a destroy effect that isn't totaly broken? That's something new, and is certainly welcome in my book. Anyway, the card is pretty well designed, as I always liked Smashing Ground, since unlike Hammer Shot, it's counterpart, it didn't need a Defense Positionn monster, and it was only the opponent's monsters that could be hurt. I actually am pretty surprised that it doesn't see more use, as it can take out anything, and it can pretty much be used by any Deck, but I digress, this way is well designed on it's own as it can't attack afterwards, and it forces you to discard, as well as your opponent. Not sure that's really needed honestly, and it can help you for the most part, in case your opponent puts something on top of their Deck with Chain or something, but if you want to keep it, by all means do so. I do find it weird that it's a Rock-Type as it looks more like it would fit a Warrior-Type, but that's just me, there's a  lot of odd typings in YGO, especially with Xyz Monsters such as Papill, which should really be Insect-Type. Good card regardless.

[~Shin~]

IMO something that destoys should not be immune to destruction (design wise). Gameplay wise, if a way to make running over this difficult is found, a player only ways of getting to your life points would be spinning this or taking control of it, something that not all decks can do. So I think a cost should be add.
But that is only me over thinking, I mean a deck that only tanks would not go far in tody's meta.

I do not think milling 1 card would keep any deck off this effect or that it would always be bad for your opponent, and in that way it is fine. Though would it not make responding to this card impossible !? Or do the "If you do." part gives cards a chance to chain !?

Would not a low DEF fits it more, so a Smashing Ground would hit somthing else (if it has no material of course). I mean we would not want someone to smash the smashing deity. :p

Also, I find it difficult to comment on many of your cards as they are well done from the start and 1 or 2 comments would point out anything that slipped your mind, after that one might only list its ups and downs, counters or mention a variation to make it more playable (rarely found). I admire your skill. But to be fair to others I only saw the first page, I hope that more of you would amaze me.