wightpower Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 So, I'm not in a position to draw anything while I'm on vacation, so it was tricky finding a suitable image for this one, but I was bored and felt like uploading it. Even though this card maker now has an Xyz function, I've grown fond of YuGiCo's ability to crop images to fit squarely into the card, so I used that. All image credit for this one goes to Gasara: http://www.deviantart.com/art/The-Asgard-Plains-254402849 . I might try to draw an image for it when I get back home, but I think this one suffices for now. Anyway, I seem to have a history on this site of taking inspiration from the first series because I'm an old fart with a fondness for outdated cards. While this one doesn't make "Red Medicine" relevant again, it is based off the classic healing spell, and it allowed me to come up with a cool idea for an Xyz monster.Red MedicWATER Spellcaster Rank 1 Xyz Monster 100 ATK/ 500 DEF "2 Level 1 monsters You can also Xyz Summon this card by using a Level 2 or higher monster you control as the Xyz Material. When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, attach the destroyed monster to this card as Xyz Material. Once per turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; increase your Life Points by 500." I read around and I couldn't find any rules that said you couldn't make an Xyz with only 1 Material cost, and I thought it would be fun to play around with. I assumed for balance's sake that you should refrain from making a 1-Material Xyz because it's way too easy to get out on the field, but hopefully Red Medic's effect and stats aren't good enough from the start to be inherently broken. Her effect let's you remove her material for a free "Red Medicine" Life Point boost, but unless you can beef up her stats, or find something with 0 ATK or DEF to kill, she's not going to be of a lot of help. Would definitely be underpowered if she required more than one material to summon, but I really like where I've got her now. I can't really playtest anything at the moment, but it came to mind that her effect can let you rack up a massive material pile under her from your opponent's monsters, so unless you're low on Life Points, it might be better to not get rid of any of her materials so your opponent's monsters never go to their Graveyard for them to use later. Another boon I didn't think about until now is all the effects that let you use her growing pile of materials to support your other cards. Hopefully these manipulations of her effect don't make her broken either, I'll let you decide. Any feedback is appreciated, especially the scathing insults. Hope you guys like the novelty and the idea. This was fun to come up with. EDIT: Forget everything I said about YuGiCo since apparently anything I post from them isn't visible. Still working on why, but hopefully you can all see the current image. Another Edit: Apparently if I want to try a new gimmick I have to post it in the Other Cards section instead of here, which makes sense. Since the edited effects have existing precedent, this should count as a realistic card, even though it loses what made it special in the first place. Again, feedback is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_engineer Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 the link says "nothing found" ok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffee. Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 the link says "nothing found" ok...Cuz' you forgot to spycheck Engi, and your fellow Red Medic got back-stabbed.That aside-I can't really tell how truly strong is it since it's ATK/DEF aren't even present, despite the effect being there, so you can't really comment on it when it's just an effect with no real indication as how that reflects its capability.Fix your image, TC. Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wightpower Posted September 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 That's not good. The card looks perfectly fine on my screen, but I just checked on a different browser where I'm not logged on and it didn't come up, so I'll figure this out. In the meantime, I'll edit in all the stats. Sorry about this. I don't know why it looks fine for me and not for anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wightpower Posted September 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Switched to the cardmaker. Is it visible now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baragan Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Underpowerd. Makes the ATK 500 or 1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therrion Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 I don't think it needs to blow up when it has no material, but an ATK boost is unwarranted. It should be weak as hell and is, thus it's balanced. However... "Xyz Summons can be conducted when there are two or more monsters of the same Level on your side of the field. Those monsters can be used as Xyz Materials to Summon an Xyz Monster whose Rank is the same as the Levels of the monsters used." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wightpower Posted September 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Therrion: Thanks for the feedback. However, I'm going to keep abusing the loophole unless there's a rule that explicitly states an Xyz monster cannot be summoned with less than 2 monsters. If such a restriction exists and there's no way around it, I'll definitely change the summoning requirements. On the other hand, I may follow your suggestion and take away her destruction effect. Baragan: I don't know. I feel like if I make her stats any higher, it'll automatically be too broken since she's easily the quickest Xyz monster in the game or on this site to summon. Leaving her with barely any ATK or DEF makes her a huge risk to keep on the field without any further effect protection, and it'll force players to be wise about putting her on the field. Even a small ATK boost like 500 feels like too much to give her from the start. You know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Therrion: Thanks for the feedback. However, I'm going to keep abusing the loophole unless there's a rule that explicitly states an Xyz monster cannot be summoned with less than 2 monsters. If such a restriction exists and there's no way around it, I'll definitely change the summoning requirements. On the other hand, I may follow your suggestion and take away her destruction effect. To put it simply, it's just not realistic. No normal Xyz Monster can be Summoned only with 1 material, unless they have an effect that allows them to be Summoned with only using 1 material (ie Constellar Ptolemy M7, Full Armored - Black Ray Lancer, Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger, Number C32: Shark Drake Veiss, Number C39: Utopia Ray). Unless you change the Red Medics effect to something like the monsters that I listed, the card cannot be regarded as Realistic. |: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wightpower Posted September 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Zanda: In that case, as this is a custom card, I'll defer to your judgement. The edited card will be up shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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