(3/?) *Original* Archetype「Stigmaeon」

[ZaTaisho]

These were meant for the Pendulum Card Contest going on, but I figured I'd put them here anyways.
Tell me what you think!
 
What's the purpose of flipping cards face-down in the Graveyard?:

• According to http://yugioh.wikia..../Graveyard_Zone, cards in the Graveyard resides face-up at all times.
• Face-down cards are considered as cards with no card type or name ("Unknown Cards")
• Card effects cannot target an Unknown Card if specifically targets a card type or name (Monster, Spell, Trap, "Name")
• Card effects that activate in the Graveyard cannot be resolved if face-down (ex: Necro Gardna, Plaguespreader Zombie, Stardust Dragon, etc...)
• Card effects that activate when sent to the Graveyard can be activated and resolved, even if sent face-down. (ex: Sangan, Dandylion, Imairuka, etc...)

[spoiler=Stigmaeon - Spirit of Pendulum][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Stigmaeon - Princess of Allure][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Stigmaeon - Prince of Aggro][/spoiler]

[AFKassassin]

I'm assuming Pendulum Spirit's effect to special summon himself is during your turn? Because in my opinion, I don't see much use of the flipping facedown unless you can chain to your opponent's effect to stop one of their cards for a cheaper price. I get where you are going with this, but with the Princess of Allure the only way to flip the cards back faceup, and pendulum/spirit monsters not being meant to hit the grave, would this be good? Because I could see major shinanigans with Prince of Aggro + Magical Merchant.

 

Aside from that, this is a very interesting type with alot of thought put into it! I like how you took official rulings and created your own type of effect, exclusive to your cards out of it! I would love for these cards to come out in TCG just so I could see all of the rediculous combos people would pull off with it.

[ZaTaisho]

I'm assuming Pendulum Spirit's effect to special summon himself is during your turn? Because in my opinion, I don't see much use of the flipping facedown unless you can chain to your opponent's effect to stop one of their cards for a cheaper price. I get where you are going with this, but with the Princess of Allure the only way to flip the cards back faceup, and pendulum/spirit monsters not being meant to hit the grave, would this be good? Because I could see major shinanigans with Prince of Aggro + Magical Merchant.
 
Aside from that, this is a very interesting type with alot of thought put into it! I like how you took official rulings and created your own type of effect, exclusive to your cards out of it! I would love for these cards to come out in TCG just so I could see all of the rediculous combos people would pull off with it.

Yes, the Special Summon effect for Pendulum Spirit IS during your turn. What's good about this is that you can use the card as a Level 8 material for Xyz, Synchros, etc..., but the downfall to that is it will be sent to the Graveyard, BUT that doesn't mean I won't make support cards for that.

The idea I was to try to get Pendulum Spirit into the Extra Deck for Pendulum Summon (so he gets his effect) while having at least 1 "Stigmaeon" card in one of your Pendulum Zones. The Combo is to continuously try to Pendulum Summon, destroy him in some way, then repeat. It's a pretty powerful card I will give you that, but I didn't want to make it too powerful. I had to have some limitations to it by requiring a specific card type and a special requirement to activate said effect.

Princess of Allure is to keep your Graveyard healthy by keeping your cards face-up, allowing you to use other "Stigmaeon" card effects that require cards to flip face-down. This is a good combo with Pendulum Spirit, because it refunds the permanent cost of flipping a card face-down when Special Summoning Pendulum Spirit's Pendulum Effect.

Prince of Aggro is just a pretty powerful card...I think I made him a bit too powerful, BUT it can be changed when needed. I'm still not sure where I'm going to head for this Archetype, but this is the baseline.