[DRG] Sinister Trade - A little late for Helloween

[Big Lez]

Im a little late for a Helloween themed card but well. Who cares?

 

 

Tribute 1 monster with 2000 or more ATK; Choose 1 Spell Card from your Deck and place it on top of your Deck. During your next Draw Phase, if you draw that card, or a card with the same name: draw 1 more card.

[newhat]

Pretty good design. It's a -1 as a slow Spell searcher and a -2 if you force-draw the Spell immediately. It's also counterable if your opponent makes you search for something else in the meantime (by triggering a monster on your field that searches your Deck, for example).

 

Cards in the Deck can't be targeted.

[Darj]

As a Quick-Play it can be used to bait either S/T or monster removal (for the latter, Tribute the monster before it is removed by an effect) and end up as a +0 if everything goes as planned, but it still should be fine.

 

I think it would be better if you got the card draw when you draw a Spell Card with the same name as the one you placed on top of the deck. Why? because let's say your deck is shuffled afterwards, and coincidentally during your next Draw Phase you draw into a copy of the card you selected, if not the very same card, or you put it or any other copy on the top of the deck through other means (e.g. Spellbook of Organization, Sylvans). How can you prove that it is the same card that you originally selected?

Also, I'm not really sure of this but I think there would be an issue between this card and game mechanics to begin with, related to cards in the deck not being public knowledge: if I am not mistaken, as far as the game is concerned the card you draw may or may not be the same card you selected, even if you didn't modify the deck (shuffle, etc.) before drawing, which would conflict with this card's effect.

To avoid those issues, it is safer to get the effect when you draw any copy of the selected card.

 

Since cards in the deck cannot be targeted, plus considering the above, I suggest the following fix:

 

Tribute 1 monster with 2000 or more ATK; Choose 1 Spell Card from your Deck and place it on top of your Deck. During your next Draw Phase, if you draw that card, or a card with the same name: draw 1 more card.

 

You can "choose" (which is a different mechanic to targeting) cards in the deck, as seen in "Lavalval Chain".

 

 

Alternatively, I just thought about this but you could make the effect place the selected card face-up (e.g. Pharaoh's Treasure, Parasite Paracide), so both players will be able to keep track of it and get around the "the deck is an unknown zone" issue.

 

Tribute 1 monster with 2000 or more ATK; Choose 1 Spell Card from your Deck and place it face-up on top of your Deck. During your next Draw Phase, if you draw that card: draw 1 more card.

[Big Lez]

yeah i was searching for that "choose" :D

The "or with the same name" thing was actually meant like that. 

I mean, i'd guess it would just consider that card as "the same" wouldnt it? - anyways i changed it

 

I guess that couldve caused some trouble.

 

 

Thanks for the feedback and yeah. its supposed to be a little slow (not as slow as Gold Sarcophagus btw) and it'll grant you with a little bonus if you wait for it and not draw it instantly. 
And since nowadays everyone is spamming 100 monsters with a gazillion ATK just like that i guess it wouldnt be a problem to Tribute a monster, yet not any deck can use the effect at any time. 

 

Soo thanks again always happy to see someone reply. 

[evil cucumber]

so are we going to ignore the fact that this searchs RUM seventh one? I guess its the best choice for thi cards eff and makes a broken combo together

[newhat]

so are we going to ignore the fact that this searchs RUM seventh one? I guess its the best choice for thi cards eff and makes a broken combo together

That is indeed a good combo. Probably predictable though, and The Seventh One shouldn't do much if it's telegraphed a turn in advance.

[Big Lez]

so are we going to ignore the fact that this searchs RUM seventh one? I guess its the best choice for thi cards eff and makes a broken combo together

As your opponent knows that you're trying to do something with the card you draw, he'll try to counter it somehow and there are a lot of cards that can do so. 

Dark Bribe, would already be a perfect counter, Hand Destruction (a card that runs in a lot of decks) Card Destruction, etc. OR just any Mill Deck card you can think of. 

 

A predictable "slow" card that costs a 2000 ATK monster that could run that card seems fair to me. Even tho i didnt think of that combo wich is actually pretty nice