Holy Birds - Archetype

[evil cucumber]

This is my first topic in this site. I would really appreciate any sugestion for my archetype. The deck consists on putting Spells on the top of the Deck so you can use the monsters' excavate effects.

 

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[spoiler=lore]Once per turn: You can discard 1 Spell Card; Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Holy Bird" monster from your Deck, except "Holy Bird Lightning". During your Main Phase: You can remove from play 1 Spell Card in your Graveyard; increase this card's Level by 1. This effect can be used only once while this card is face-up on the field.[/spoiler]

 

 

[spoiler=lore]When this card is Special Summoned, you can choose 1 Spell Card from your Deck and put it on top of the Deck. When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the graveyard, you can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Spell Card, send it to the Graveyard, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Holy Bird" monster from your graveyard, except "Holy Bird Hurricane". Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck.[/spoiler]

 

 

[spoiler=lore]You can target 1 Spell Card in your Graveyard; banish it, and if you do, Special Summon a "Holy Bird" monster from your Graveyard in face-up Defense Position. You can only use this effect of "Holy Bird Seism" once per turn.[/spoiler]

 

 

[spoiler=lore]Once per turn: You can target 2 Spell Cards in your Graveyard; banish them and add 1 "Holy" card from your Deck to your hand. When this card is Special Summoned: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Spell Card, send it to the Graveyard, and if you do, destroy 1 card on the field. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your deck. You can only use each effect of "Holy Bird Blaze" once per turn.[/spoiler]

 

 

[spoiler=lore]If you control a Winged Beast-Type monster: You can place 2 of your removed from play Spell Cards on the top of your Deck in any order; Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. Each player can only activate the effect of "Holy Bird Silver Wing" once per Duel.[/spoiler]

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[spoiler=Extra]

 

[spoiler=lore]2 Level 4 "Holy Bird" Monsters  When this card is Xyz Summoned: You can select up to 2 of your removed from play Spell Cards; return the target(s) to the top of your deck in any order. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; excavate the top card of your deck, and if it is a Spell card, send it to the Graveyard, and if you do, draw 1 card and this card gains 500 atk for the rest of this turn. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck[/spoiler].

 

[spoiler=lore]"Holy Bird Silver Wing" + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters  When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can select up to 2 of your removed from play Spell Cards; return the target(s) to the top of your deck in any order. Once per turn: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Spell Card, send it to the Graveyard, and if you do, negate the effect(s) of 1 face-up card your opponent controls until the End Phase. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck. If this face-up card would be destroyed, you can remove from play 2 Spell Cards from your Graveyard instead.[/spoiler]

 

 

[spoiler=lore]3 Level 4 Winged Beast-Type monsters  When this cars is Xyz Summoned: You can target up to 3 of your removed from play Spell Cards; return the target(s) to the top of your Deck in any order, then shuffle cards your opponent controls into the Deck, up to the number of cards returned. Once per turn: You detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; excavate the top 5 cards of your Deck, you can add 1 excavated Spell Card to your hand, also send the remaining cards to the Graveyard.[/spoiler]

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[spoiler=Spells&Traps]

 

[spoiler=lore]Once per turn, when a "Holy Bird" monster(s) is Special Summoned to your side of the field: You can target 1 Spell Card in your Graveyard or in your Banished Zone; put that target on the top of your Deck.[/spoiler]

 

 

[spoiler=lore]When a face-up "Holy Bird" monster you control is targeted by the effect of an opponent's Spell/Trap Card: Negate the effect of that card and destroy it. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: All face-up "Holy Bird" monsters you currently control cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects for the rest of this turn.[/spoiler]

 

 

[spoiler=lore]Send 1 Normal Spell Card from your Deck to the Graveyard. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: You can draw 1 card. You can only use each effect of "Holy Weapon - Soul" once per turn.[/spoiler]

 

 

[spoiler=lore]Equip only to a Winged Beast-Type monster. It gains 400 ATK. During your Main Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard you can remove from play 2 Spell Cards in your Graveyard to add this card to your hand.[/spoiler]

 

 

[spoiler=lore]Select 1 "Holy Bird" monster in your Graveyard; excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Spell Card, send it to the Graveyard, and if you do, Special Summon that target. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck. When this card leaves the field, destroy that target. When that target is destroyed, destroy this card.[/spoiler]

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[SnackShack11]

The only things I would change currently is Lightning's effect and Armors effect

- Lightnings' to only special summon from the hand otherwise his effect can lead to one giant loophole and easy OTK

- Armors' to something a little more limited by taking out one of the three effects i.e. Negating a spell or trap, birds cant be destroyed by battle, and birds can be destroyed by card effects

Overall, I think you may need to watch how loopy cards can become which is sometimes hard to notice if your the one creating them becuase you have a specific plan in mind how to use them but I like the card idea like Sylvans but more focused.

[Overfrost!]

A bit complicated, systematically. My suggestion is to make them more categorized, like the monster excavate spells or banishes them, the spell provide pluses when excavated (or maybe do something when banished). At the moment I see chaos while reading them (and also while making an image of the archetype plays, systematically). A truly systematic archetype are Satellarknight, Shaddoll, Sylvan (your archetype is based on these cute plants, yes?), and many more. I want to make a list of the cards that is good and bad, and the likes; but I'll just wait until you fix them somehow. Your first post is good though, I like the idea. And more, you might want to change their name to "Sacred Bird", or maybe "Sacred Avian". Plus, find better pictures. Visit this page.

 

The only things I would change currently is Lightning's effect and Armors effect

- Lightnings' to only special summon from the hand otherwise his effect can lead to one giant loophole and easy OTK

- Armors' to something a little more limited by taking out one of the three effects i.e. Negating a spell or trap, birds cant be destroyed by battle, and birds can be destroyed by card effects

Overall, I think you may need to watch how loopy cards can become which is sometimes hard to notice if your the one creating them becuase you have a specific plan in mind how to use them but I like the card idea like Sylvans but more focused.

I would list Lightning as an 'okay' card, a Summoner Monk, nothing else. Armor is not that powerful; in fact, Forbidden Lance is way better. Its on-excavate effect is not that good too anyway, indestructible for a turn (still prone to Compulsory or Dimensional Prison).

There are no loopy cards here (afaics), and cards that can make a loop are rare (example is 2 Night Assailant continuously returning each other for discard costs). If you meant repetition, there's many of them (Summoner Monk special summons Summoner Monk, and more).