Virus Spreader

[roblox745]

[Trebuchet MS]

Yeah, I understand it's intended to be used with the Virus cards. But don't you think its on-Tribute effect is a little redundant? By the time you're using the Virus of interest, you know you're going to destroy a lot of your opponent's monsters. The ATK/DEF reduction is nearly pointless.

 

Then again, said effect is almost pointless when this card is Tributed for nearly anything else, unless you're trying to outmatch an opponent's beatstick with a single-Tribute Summon.

[roblox745]

What should i change on it(if anything)

[Trebuchet MS]

If a card is meant to be part of a combo, I believe it should lend some aid to that combo, on the off chance it's drawn without its other pieces ready. I would give it an effect to help search the Virus Trap cards. Something like "You can discard this card to the Graveyard; add 1 "Virus" Normal Trap Card from your Deck to your hand. You can only activate this effect of "Virus Spreader" once per turn." The hard OPT clause on this card prevents you from retrieving multiple Viruses in one go, since it's retrievable using Recurring Nightmare.

 

The on-Tribute effect needs to be reworked as well. Since the Virus cards (which this card is designed to work with) are already doing a number on the opponent's hand and field, there shouldn't be a need to interfere with the opponent's monsters any further. I'm not certain what kind of effect can safely take its place, so I'll leave that up to you.

[roblox745]

But if you target spells/traps,then it cripples
Otherwise you destroy 1800 or lower atk monsters they control
Would be something with DW
Are you implying that it is not strong