Guest Imperiused Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Card text Tribute 1 monster you control; Add 1 monster that can be Tribute Summoned from your deck to your hand. Monsters that share a name with the added card cannot be Special Summoned until a monster with that name is Tribute Summoned. Card text (old) Tribute 1 monster on the field. Search your Deck for a monster that may be Tribute Summoned. Add that monster to your hand. If the selected monster is Special Summoned this turn, destroy it. Previous cards in the series: Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of Mictlan Again, another early alpha-alpha card concept for my Teotl Archtype. I'll quote what I had to say before about the Archtype: The spirit of the archtype is to bring back Tribute Summoning as a competitive method of summoning powerful monsters by making it faster and easier. The "Teotl" archtype is to also have a secondary "Anti Special Summon" theme to it, hopefully increasing the archtype's competitive opportunity. Furthermore, as you may have guessed, the "Teotl" cards will be thematically represented by characters and beliefs of the Aztec religious tradition. "Teotl," an Aztec word, is commonly translated as "god" but more accurately may simply mean "mysterious" or "inexplicable". Regarding this card specifically: For adding a higher level monster from the deck, I went with tributing as an initial cost, along with a anti-special summoning measure for the turn in which it was sought out. This was primarily done to reinforce the archtype and play to its strengths. However, I'm not certain this is really enough to balance the card sufficiently. What would be the best way to prevent the card from ever being special summoned? Forcing the player to tribute summon it the turn they seek it out, maybe? Again, any comments on the name, card type, and art are welcome. I'm only okay with the name for now. I'd like to hear it if you think you have a better idea. I'm always interested to hear how you think this card might be used/abused in other deck types, as well as with how you think this card supports its own archtype. I imagine things could get quite dicey being able to search out any high level monster from your deck (which is why Witch of the Black Forest was banned, for being able to search out summoned skull amongst others for little cost). But then again, most decks special summon their most powerful monsters from the extra deck now, so maybe its time to reconsider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bringerofcake Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Addressing the first point, perhaps you could lock out Special Summoning the monster, or a monster that shares the searched monster's name, until it is Tribute Summoned first. I'm imagining a situation otherwise where a player uses this to get Earthbound Immortals Aslla piscu or Ccarayhua (funnily enough falling into the mesoamerican vibe) and just letting the Communion do the work for them. Also, this card is devastating in Hieratics. It kickstarts their plays as easily as "Summon Tefnuit/Gebeb/Nephtet, get a free monster from the deck and to hand, start going nuts." Decks that can utilize their boss monsters as fodder for other cards should also be taken into account here. Photons can get any of their Level 8 guys for Trade-In shenanigans and/or Galaxy Knights, which can be summoned with the one Photon Token you have left after using it as a cost. There are obviously greater I think the problem here is that a lot of boss monsters CAN just be tribute summoned, but they have better Special Summon mechanics to the point that they don't get Tribute Summoned. Therefore, you need to limit either the range of monsters summoned or the ability to summon those monsters, which brings me back to my first point. While it doesn't quite remove the fodder point I made earlier, the restriction I suggest is probably a good first step. Something like: "Tribute 1 monster you control; Add 1 monster that can be Tribute Summoned from your deck to your hand. Monsters that share a name with the added card cannot be Special Summoned until a monster with that name is Tribute Summoned." What this does is limit the ability to just laugh at the restriction of the card, and actually do what the mechanic suggests. You may also want to throw in an anti-Special Summon clause for the turn for situations like Hieratics, but that can be optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Imperiused Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Thanks for the suggestions, Bringerofcake. I made the edits you suggested, and also added the no special summoning clause for an added layer of abuse protection. Hopefully this starts the card off in the right direction. I also can't believe I forgot to desginate that the tributed monster had to be one you controlled. It's definitely an important distinction, especially for this archtype. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz-Haderach Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 True. Card devastating Hieratics = instant love! Some ocg: "Tribute 1 monster you control; Add 1 monster that can be Tribute Summoned from your Deck to your hand. Monsters with the same name of the added card cannot be Special Summoned until a monster with that name is Tribute Summoned". (i would make it continuous since i think this wants to be a permanent eff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Imperiused Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 (i would make it continuous since i think this wants to be a permanent eff) Continuous? You sure? I like the idea. What changes, if any, would you suggest in the lore? If its going to be continuous, maybe we need to add in some language restricting it to once per turn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
121092 Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 This just seems confusing to me. What type of monsters would you use this for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Imperiused Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 This just seems confusing to me. What type of monsters would you use this for? Well, the card is part of a new archtype that I'm developing that focuses around Tribute Summoning, rather than Special Summoning (like Xyz, Synchro, Ritual, Fusion) as a way of bringing out powerful monsters. More generally, it could help players search and add to their hand level 5 or higher monsters. The important restriction here is that it basically forces that person to Tribute Summon the monster to avoid people abusing this card to find things like Chaos Hunter, Gorz the Emissary of Darkness, Hieratics, Darkness Metal Dragon, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
121092 Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Oh, okay, I can see that. The game keeps going one way and you want it to be a reminder that there's more than one way of doing things it seems ^^ Good job, and nice installment! This'll be very useful in that case. 10/10! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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