[Written] Quinlong, Truth of the Yang Zing

[Blake]

Quinlong, Truth of the Yang Zing
LIGHT
Level 12
Wyrm/Synchro/Effect
1 "Yang Zing" Tuner + 2 or more non-Tuner monsters
Cannot be Special Summoned, except by Synchro Summon. When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can send all face-up cards in either player's Extra Deck to the Graveyard. Once per turn, you can target 1 cards you control and up to 2 cards your opponent controls: Destroy the first target, and if you do, shuffles the second target(s) to their owner's deck. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 "Yang Zing" card in your Graveyard, except this card; Add it to your hand.
3500/3600

First effect is Bi'an's attempt to bring his friends back to him, if he has to, as I theorize he had a very heavy part in the purifications of Taotie and Jiaotu. The pure versions being EARTH makes me sure of it.

Despite being made of Qiuniu, Fuxi, and Bi'an (the tuner), LIGHT due to Gaiapelio and Nekroz of Sophia being LIGHT, along with Ptolemaios (thought this was durr). Wonder if El-Shaddoll not!Trish will be LIGHT...

Supposed to be the "father" of the Yang Zing (also known as the Nine Sons of the Dragon). Chose Quinlong because of how iconic a dragon it is.

[Toffee.]

I take it that it can't recover itself because you don't want the deck to devolve into some sort of Trishula-mindset crapfest, right?

 

Other then that, I like how it can empty the Extra Deck n' junk, which is appropraite, given the flavor behind it.

[Major's Shadow]

An anti-pendulum Twin Scrap Dragon-like monster for Yang Zing? Melikey.

Level 12 feels appropriate, and I like how the effect reflects the storyline. I haven't managed to build a single working Yang Zing deck so I don't know how easy it would be to summon, but it feels balanced (for the current spam-happy meta) enough. True, spinning is always powerful, but hey, at least he's not protected and requires at least 3 monsters, unlike a few certain other monsters I could name... *coughFireFistCardinalMadolcheQueencough*

He is protected, because the yang zings protect him already (traps, spells, battle, etc.), but it's still pretty fair. I'm kind of glad it's archetype-specific, but I agree, I'm not certain how easily it could be made.