Number 73: Abyss Splash the Roaring Waterfall Deity

[~British Soul~]

 

Warrior/Xyz/Effect

2 Level 5 WATER monsters
Once per turn, during either player’s turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; double this card’s ATK until the opponent’s End Phase, but any battle damage this card inflicts to your opponent this turn is halved.

2400/1400

 

Looking at its IRL version, this guy has fallen into the "bad Number" category. As expected its effect becomes OPT, though I kinda didn't expect it to have the battle damage is halved clause as well. Though I reckon the biggest kick in the teeth in addition to the expected nerf is the material requirements.

 

Discuss

[CNo.101 S.H. Death Knight]

Even though I can understand the concept of the effect but yeah, kinda killed it with the Summoning Condition. It would be better without WATER.  

[Azuh]

How can we have this as non generic when we have Volcasaurus...

[DeathSDelano]

looking at the lv5 water monsters, seems easiest cards that can get this out without any level changing effects, would either be the situational -2 Panther shark +  Eagle shark duo, a pair of Dragon Ice, Dragon Ice + one of the above sharks/cyber shark, instant fusion into Amphibious Bugroth + one of the above,  or Tribute Summon Des frog with a tadpole in the graveyard to get another des frog from the deck.

yeah... way to situational to actually even summon, and its not even that good compared to other possible rank 5s you can go into that are generic.

[TheTurtleOnceCalledGod]

Tbh, it did not need the attack halving, because look at Excalidur.

[Azuh]

Tbh, it did not need the attack halving, because look at Excalidur.

Its cause Excaliber detaches 2 Materials and only doubles original ATK, I know its a silly reason but I think that's the logic behind it

[玄魔の王]

Lemuria can do this rather easily, but it is ironic this WATER Number isn't splashable. OPT did need to happen though.

[Aerion Brightflame]

Non generic materials is the biggest blow here, pretty much killing it's playability. Halving damage is fair enough given the attack boost stays till your opponents next turn.

 

But since it's another case of the curse of the Rank 5's. Because we have Volca amongst other things, getting something balanced that's still worth running next to it is very hard.

[玄魔の王]

Eh, Lemuria Frogs would be how I made it.

[Jord200]

Worst part is if this got nerfed to needing two Level 5 WATER monsters, so will Crystal Zero......... Such potential wasted. Again. 

[~British Soul~]

Worst part is if this got nerfed to needing two Level 5 WATER monsters, so will Crystal Zero......... Such potential wasted. Again. 

I was thinking that as well when I saw this.

[Jord200]

I was thinking that as well when I saw this.

 

 

I mean Abyss Splash didn't even have 2 WATER monsters used to summon the first time it appeared. This was a really poor choice on their part. The only thing the Legendary Numbers seem Legendary for is getting nerfed to crap. Number 64 being the exception.

[Toffee.]

Even with the damage halving, this actually would have been pretty cool if it were generic.
Also, you could totally use it's effect on your turn to make it 4800, then 7600 on the Opponent's turn, and then Mystic Wok it for gits and shiggles.

[~British Soul~]

I mean Abyss Splash didn't even have 2 WATER monsters used to summon the first time it appeared. This was a really poor choice on their part. The only thing the Legendary Numbers seem Legendary for is getting nerfed to crap. Number 64 being the exception.

I bet Konami weren't even looking at its first appearance when discussing the IRL version.

[evilfusion]

I'm not really that bothered. It doubles current ATK, unlike Excalibur, and halving the damage just keeps it from doing an outrageous amount of damage. Think of why Limiter Removal is ridiculous.

 

2 Level 5 WATER is a bit disappointing, but oh well. I didn't expect Number 73 to be amazing.

[Toffee.]

2 Level 5 WATER is a bit disappointing, but oh well. I didn't expect Number 73 to be amazing.

Now if only WATER had a Cyber Dragon...

[玄魔の王]

Cyber Shark, Armz. Instant Fusion into Bugroth then drop it.

[evilfusion]

And don't forget, Black Ray Lancer didn't use 2 WATER Materials the first time it was Summoned, either.

[Mr. guy]

ss cyber dragon
Do frog stuff
Lemuria 3 frogs
Make Machu Mech and this
Win

[Toffee.]

Cyber Shark, Armz. Instant Fusion into Bugroth then drop it.

Cyber Shark isn't a Cyber Dragon, though O,o
By that, I meant something with that obligatory "If you control no monsters and the opponent controls stuff, you can Special summon this card from your hand"-effect.

[newhat]

Wind-Up Shark and Instant Fusion.

 

Probably not worth it anyways.

[Wildflame]

Dissapointing. I can live with the other stuff, but the materials killed it.

[-Berserker-]

I already run 3 Wind-Up Shark in my Fish deck, so I could just add this to my extra if I had space.

 

Drop Ronintoadin and a Frog with Tidal or Swap Frog. Special Summon Ronintoadin and use Inferno Reckless Summon.

[evilfusion]

The problem with cards like this is that whatever effort you use to bring out 2 Level 5 WATER monsters can go into ANY Rank 5, not just this one. And this one isn't really worth going into in the first place. The fact it's not generic and not that special means there's no reason to go into it as opposed to virtually any other Rank 5. And Rank 5 has some of the best options in the game.

 

When you compare the effort of Summoning this, to the effort of Summoning Constellar Pleiades (needs LIGHT), you can see that Pleiades is actually WORTH the requirement of 2 Level 5 LIGHT monsters, whereas this is NOT worth the requirement of Level 5 WATER monsters.

[玄魔の王]

ITT: pitching ideas for the stated goal of summoning this isn't worth it because better monsters can be made for the same cost.