The Yokaru Archetype [18/18]

[Self-Destruct Button]

Sooo... after being inactive for quite a while now (not like i was THAT active back then, i bet no one even remembers me~), i decided to make a new Archetype, mainly though to play with some friends. Thought i might aswell post it here. If you're not interested in the Archetype Idea and the Names then you can just skip this small text. Basically I wanted to create a semi-shift Archetype that is okay with stuff being banished, even banishing they own stuff or themselves to create advantage, so that it's not just another Graveyard-Archetype. They're LIGHT and DARK like tons of others but whatever, that came with the name: "Yokaru", consisting of the "Yo" in the beginning and the "ru" in the end from the japanese word "Yoru" meaning "night" and the "Karu" meaning "magic" and also the "Ka" maybe coming from "Hikari" which means "light". (I don't speak japanese so some of these might be wrong lol) Therefore the 2 Boss monsters also represent Light and Dark (Karui -> Light, Kuro -> Dark), so that's that. Idk what else to write here, so ima just start with the cards yo.

 

[spoiler='Level 3 Monsters']

Yokaru Fallen Shadow

[spoiler='Lore yo'] You can only use 1 "Yokaru Fallen Shadow" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

-You can banish this card from your hand; add 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck to your hand.

-You can tribute this card; Special Summon 1 Level 4 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck.[/spoiler]

 

Yokaru Protecting Maid

[spoiler='Lore yo']You can banish this card from your hand: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Yokaru" monster from your Graveyard. While this card is banished, if your opponent activates a card effect that targets 1 or more "Yokaru" monsters you control: You can return this card to the Graveyard, and if you do, negate that effect.[/spoiler]

 

Yokaru Archive Keeper

[spoiler='Lore yo']You can only activate 1 "Yokaru Archive Keeper" effect per turn, and only once that turn. When this card is Normal Summoned: Banish 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck, and if you do; you can destroy 1 Spell/Trap card on the field. When this card leaves the field: You can send 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck to the Graveyard.[/spoiler][/spoiler]

 

[spoiler='Level 4 Monsters']

Yokaru Black Witch

[spoiler='Lore yo']When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 of your banished "Yokaru" monsters; add that target to your hand. When this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Yokaru" monster: You can banish 1 "Yokaru" monster from your hand; add 1 "Yokaru" Spell Card from your Deck to your hand. You can only use 1 "Yokaru Black Witch" effect per turn, and only once that turn.[/spoiler]

 

Yokaru Flame Empress

[spoiler='Lore yo']Cannot be Special Summoned, except by its own effect. When a "Yokaru" monster(s) is banished from your hand or your side of the field: Special Summon this card from your hand; and if you do, this turn all "Yokaru" monsters your control gain 600 ATK.[/spoiler]

 

Yokaru Warming Blaze

[spoiler='Lore yo']When this card is Normal Summoned: You can return 1 of your banished "Yokaru" monsters to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Yokaru" monster from your Graveyard, except "Yokaru Warming Blaze", and if you do, it is treated as a Tuner monster while it is face-up on the field. When this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Yokaru" monster: This turn, you can Normal Summon 1 "Yokaru" monster in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. You can only activate 1 "Yokaru Warming Blaze" effect per turn, and only once that turn.[/spoiler] [/spoiler]

 

[spoiler='Spells']

Yokaru Black Judgment

[spoiler='Lore yo']Tribute 2 "Yokaru" monsters: Your opponent banishes 2 cards they controls, and if they do, Special Summon 1 of your banished "Yokaru" monsters in face-up Defense Position.[/spoiler]

 

Yokaru Kingdom

[spoiler='Lore yo']When a "Yokaru" monster you control would leave the field: You can banish it instead. Once per turn, when you Synchro Summon using a "Yokaru" monster as Synchro Material: Add 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck to your hand.[/spoiler]

 

Twilight Snowstorm (no "Yokaru" in name so it's not searchable via Black Witch.)

[spoiler='Lore yo']If you Normal Summon a "Yokaru" monster: Add 1 Level 4 or lower "Yokaru" monster from your Deck to your hand, and if you do, banish the top card of your deck. You can only use the effect of "Twilight Snowstorm" once per turn.[/spoiler]

 

Cards of Twilight (same as with Snowstorm here)

[spoiler='Lore yo']Discard 1 "Yokaru" monster, then banish 1 Level 4 or lower "Yokaru" monster from your Graveyard; Draw 2 cards.[/spoiler] [/spoiler]

 

[spoiler='Traps']

Forbidden Yokaru Art

[spoiler='Lore yo']Return 1 "Yokaru" monster you control to the hand, Special Summon 1 of your banished "Yokaru" monsters. It cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects this turn.[/spoiler]

 

Yokaru Golden Rule

[spoiler='Lore yo']When a monster effect is activated, if you control "Yokaru" monsters whose combined ATK equals 3300 or more: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that monster.[/spoiler]

 

Yokaru Guardian Legend

[spoiler='Lore yo'] When an opponent's Spell/Trap card is activated: You can banish 1 "Yokaru" monster you control; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. Then, if 3 or more "Yokaru" monsters are banished, you can select and activate 1 of the following effects: • During your next Standby Phase: Special Summon 1 Level 4 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck, and if you do, you cannot summon other monsters until the End Phase, except for "Yokaru" monsters. • Add 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck to your hand.

[/spoiler] [/spoiler]

 

[spoiler='Extra Deck']

[spoiler='Synchros']

Yokaru Dark Mistress

[spoiler='Lore yo']1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner "Yokaru" monsters
When this card is Special Summoned: You can banish 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to that monsters ATK. If you control a WATER monster: This cards level becomes 11. Once per turn: You can banish 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck; Special Summon 1 "Yokaru" monster from your hand in face-up Defense Position. When this card leaves the field: Special Summon up to 2 banished "Yokaru" monsters in face-up Defense Position.[/spoiler]

 

Yokaru Light Mistress

[spoiler='Lore yo']1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner "Yokaru" monsters
When this card is Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, and if you do, all monsters your opponent controls lose ATK equal to half that monsters ATK. If you control a WATER monster: This cards level becomes 11. Once per turn: You can banish 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck; Special Summon 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Graveyard in face-up Defense Position. When this card leaves the field: Special Summon up to 2 banished "Yokaru" monsters in face-up Defense Position.[/spoiler]

 

Yokaru Snow Mistress

[spoiler='Lore yo']1 Tuner 1 or more non-Tuner "Yokaru" monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can banish 1 "Yokaru" monster from your hand; draw 1 card. While face-up on the field, this card is also DARK- and LIGHT-Attribute. While you control a LIGHT or DARK monster: This card becomes Level 11. An Xyz Monster that was Summoned by using 2 monsters you control as Xyz Material, including this card, gains this effect. - Once per turn, during either players turn, you can banish 1 "Yokaru" card from your hand, then target 1 face-up card on the field: Destroy that target.[/spoiler] [/spoiler]

[spoiler='Xyz']

Yokaru Kuroyukihime

[spoiler='Lore yo']2 Level 11 DARK monsters
When this card is Xyz Summoned: Cards and effects cannot be activated. Cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects. Once per turn: You can target 1 banished "Yokaru" monster, shuffle that target into the Deck; Special Summon 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck in face-up Attack Position. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to banish 1 Level 4 or lower "Yokaru" monster from your Deck, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to half of the banished monsters ATK. When this card is banished: You can Special Summon this card in face-up Attack Position, and if you do, you can attach up to 2 banished "Yokaru" monsters to this card as Xyz Materials.[/spoiler]

 

Yokaru Karuiyukihime

[spoiler='Lore yo']2 Level 11 LIGHT monsters
When this card is Xyz Summoned: Cards and effects cannot be activated. Cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects. Once per turn: You can shuffle 1 card your opponent controls into the Deck; banish 1 "Yokaru" monster from your Deck. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to banish 1 Level 4 or lower "Yokaru" monster from your Deck, and if you do, all monsters your opponent controls lose ATK equal to the half of that monsters ATK. This card cannot attack during the turn you activate this effect. When this card is banished: You can Special Summon this card in face-up Attack Position, and if you do, you can attach up to 2 banished "Yokaru" monsters to this card as Xyz Materials.[/spoiler] [/spoiler] [/spoiler]

 

I hope you liked the Archetype, i really put some work in there so i hope it's not complete garbage.

Thanks for reading through all this if you did so. ^-^

Greetings, Self-Destruct Button~

[Self-Destruct Button]

sigh... bump. 

[SpectralJoker]

Cannot view the img links right now as currently viewing this on a work computer, so cannot comment on ATK / DEF or Artwork but I do like the ideas and syenergy you've created within this archtype. Banishing archtype are always a fine balance to make, cause banishing is, is personally, the strongest interactions within yugioh. Not a lot stops it.

 

Will CnC a bit more once I get home later, but first impressions. Rather good archtype.

[rydersilver]

where did you find all this amazing art

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

where did you find all this amazing art

Please read the section rules again.

While it's fine to ask about artwork, you MUST accompany it with a comment related to the card's playability/design. 

 

Note how the member above you said something related to the set as a whole.

[rydersilver]

Why? Do you know how much activity that stifles? YCM is dying because of annoying restrictions like that

[and1dodger]

Pretty interesting ^-^
Fallen shadow is essentially your lonesomefire blossom and +0 searcher as well which makes it quite powerful.
Protective maid nice for triggering Yakaru special summoning effects. The protection is nice too.
Black witch good +1 normal summon.
Warming Blaze seems to be a 1 card synchro or possible 1 card rank 4 summon. As a tuner it makes Flame Empress a bit underwhelming tuner in comparison.
Black Judgement quite powerful with it's banishing effect like a themed icarus attack.
Synchros text is kinda of overwhelming to read xD I like how its level changes to 11 for the xyz summon.
The deck synergy seems to work well nice archetype :D

[jemjosher]

Looking over I like the mechanic you have going on With the monsters. And you artwork is top notch. I still need to look over the other cards but I know whati like and I like what I see

After looking over you spell cards I would like to see Twilight snowstorm as a continuous spell. Possibly activate it by reviling one card in your hand. I say this because a good snowstorm should stick around

[Self-Destruct Button]

Thanks for the comments and opinions, I really appreciate them. As for the artworks, you just have to look through the sources given in this topic, all pics I use will propably be somewhere there. ('xept for Archive Keeper as for her I just slapped a render onto a background and that's that.)

@and1dodger: I know that Flame Empress is inferior to Warming Blaze, but i guessed that would just be kinda fair i mean if each of the tuners would be a 1-card-Synchro then the Deck would be a bit OP with the consistency and the offensives it has. It should only be possible with a brilliant, almost perfect hand to make a Kuro/Karui in the first turn, almost impossible even then, as they're both very powerful. Making Flame Empress a bit worse just made it balanced. :)

@jemjosher: True, a Snowstorm should really be around a bit longer, an error on my part. Any Idea how it'd be balanced then, i mean just revealing one card in your hand for an incredible boost to consistency every single turn seems not enough in my opinion, maybe i'll add a discard cost and make it a continuous.

[BlackNight23]

Hey, saw you commented on my post so I came to look at your archetype.

 

Normally, I'm not a big fan of anime (which the art looks like it's from), but I really happen to like the artwork.

Also, I noticed that you added a Field Spell card for this archetype, but it seems like this archetype could also work with Chaos Zone. If a monster card was added that gains an effect when it is Special Summoned, then Chaos Zone might actually be viable in a deck with these cards.

[Self-Destruct Button]

Thanks for your comment, BlackNight23, i appreciate it. ^-^

I think it would come down to personal preference if you use Chaos Zone or the Archetype-Spell, but i'd guess Chaos Zone would be not reliable enough, as it first needs some counters to get going.