Traptrix Drosera

[Maeriberii Haan]

Traptrix Drosera
*4 Plant/Effect Earth 1000/1800
This card is unaffected by the effect of "Trap Hole" Trap Cards. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, add 1 ''Traptrix'' monster from your deck to your hand. You must have a Normal Trap Card in your graveyard to activate this effect. Card effects cannot be activated in response to a Normal Trap Card's activation.

/me shrugs.

Just something I had in mind.

[Darj]

The second effect looks fine because it makes the card more efficient at searching Traptrix monsters than Nepenthes and can pick TTHN, but that first effect seems iffy: it arguably outclasses Dionaea's second effect, and recycling that BTH up to 3 times doesn't feel fair. It is also a different take on Myrmeleo's searching effect, which hurts the card's originality.

 

Then, the flavor on the ATK/DEF stats is slightly off: The ATK+DEF of all Traptrix monsters so far is 2800.

 

I suggest to go for something different for the first effect, or turn the "search a Traptrix" into the first effect and come up with something else for the second effect. For the stats, you could go for 1750 ATK/1050 DEF so Drosera will remain as somewhat of a beater; otherwise you would have to go for 1500/1300 to avoid XX50 stats and giving it the same stats as an existing Traptrix monster.

[Maeriberii Haan]

Alright, overhauled the card, but probably messed up on things.

You probably should check if there's anything wrong with it or not now.

[Darj]

It looks better now. It is basically some sort of Nepenthes + Atrax hybrid that is actually playable. I don't think the restriction of having a Normal trap in the grave is even necessary: it prevents you from using this effect on turns 1~2, but in theory it will be live anytime after that anyways.

 

However, turning your Normal Traps into Spell Speed 4s is questionable, but with 1000/1800 stats Drosera shouldn't last long on the field. Still, I'm not sure if the effect is fair, so just to be safe I would go for Atrax's effect of turning your Normal Traps, if not only "Trap Hole" Traps, immune to negation.