Kinda weird (Snaptrapper)

[NeoRWBY65]

 

 

 

Cannot be normal summoned or set. Cannot be special summoned except by its own effect. If your opponent controls a monster, you can special summon this card (from your hand). Once per turn, you can tribute 1 face up monster with 4000 or more ATK to increase this card's ATK by 500. This card can attack equal to the number of monsters tributed by this effect. If you have not tributed any monsters for this card's effect, it cannot attack.

[StealthyTyranitar]

This probably actually belongs in realistic cards, it's well balanced, aside from the fact that you can special summon a minster with 4000 ATK on the first turn.. Add a counterbalance, it'll be great

[NeoRWBY65]

This probably actually belongs in realistic cards, it's well balanced, aside from the fact that you can special summon a minster with 4000 ATK on the first turn.. Add a counterbalance, it'll be great

...It can't attack until you tribute another monster with 4000 or more ATK. Give me an idea of another hinderance it could use.

[StealthyTyranitar]

Sorry, hadn't seen that. You should request that this is moved to realistic cards.

[NeoRWBY65]

Sorry, hadn't seen that. You should request that this is moved to realistic cards.

No problem, when you posted before that was what I figured you had overlooked.

[StealthyTyranitar]

Yeah, you can change the name to Move to Realsitic please, or something along those lines.

[NeoRWBY65]

Yeah, you can change the name to Move to Realsitic please, or something along those lines.

I have contacted the admin, so it should be moved.

Let's get back to talking about the card, shall we?

I, the creator do not see this having any competitive play, except in a skill drain variant.

[StealthyTyranitar]

Well, neither does armed ninja, but it's a card. Besides, you could use it for XYZ summons, Synchro Summons, or even just tribute summons, even if you don't use it for anything else.

[Sander]

This is hardly balanced. Sure, it cannot attack if you don't Tribute something with 4k or more ATK, but it's still a 4k wall that your opponent has to go trough hoops to remove from the field. Not to mention that Skill Drain is still a thing. The best thing to do is actually change the base ATK of it to something more reasonable, something that isn't a free Cyber Dragon esque card with 4k ATK that also has other uses as well, namely Tribute / Synchro (drop this and a Level 1 Tuner and bam, Star Eater) / Xyz fodder (it's Level 10, it's going to allow easier Gustav Max plays).

 

Anyways, I'd change the base ATK. I'd say something in the lines of 0, and change the ATK gain to something like 4000. At least then, it's a card that needs to be ran in a dedicated deck for it's main purpose to be used out the most, but even with the change, the card will still be used for other, non-original purposes, and the problem with that is the ease of getting this card onto the field.

 

If you don't want to have this card be used for other, non-original purposes, then you need to remove the Summoning effect completely, and replace it with something new. What should you replace it with, I can't tell you right about now. I was going to suggest for this card to have a Photon Thrasher / Cyber Dragon esque effect, but even then, it would provide too many uses for Xyz / Synchro / Tribute fodder.