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Travelerock archetype [Written]


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Written because I couldn't find good pictures of sentient rocks traveling through interdimensional rifts for some mysterious reason.
 

This archetype is designed as sort of a mirror image of typical competitive swarming archetypes. In stark contrast to most archetypes, the Travelerocks' Graveyard is actually a Graveyard - there is pretty much nothing it can do to bring back monsters that get sent there, and their main weakness is straight-up destruction. Instead, since the flavor is that these things are traveling through rifts, being banished or bounced is easy for them to recover from - it's just one more location in space-time to them, and competitively they thrive on it.

 

Their main gimmick card, Geologic Celestial Rift, is both a blessing and a curse. It makes many opposing decks a lot weaker, while also making them much better offensively - but that's the thing, they pretty much need to have it on the field in order for their offense to be remotely respectable (who ever heard of a LV8 Synchro beatstick having only 2000 ATK?)

 

Posting the Spells first, since IMO they're the most important part of the archetype.

 

[spoiler=Spells]Geologic Spatial Rift

Normal Spell

Banish 1 Rock-Type monster from your Deck, and treat it as if it were banished by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster. You can only activate "Geologic Spatial Rift" once per turn.

 

Geologic Temporal Rift

Normal Spell

Target 3 banished "Travelerock" monsters; shuffle them into the Deck, then draw 2 cards. You can only activate "Geologic Temporal Rift" once per turn.

 

Geologic Celestial Rift

Field Spell

While you control an Attack Position "Travelerock" monster: Switch the ATK and DEF of all face-up monsters on the field. Negate the effect of any other cards that would change the ATK/DEF of a monster(s) on the field, other than itself.

 

Geologic Spiritual Rift

Continuous Spell

Once per turn: You can shuffle 1 "Travelerock" monster from your hand into the Deck, then draw 1 card.

During your 2nd End Phase after this card's activation: You can send it to the Graveyard; select and activate 1 of the following effects:

● Add 1 "Geologic" Spell Card from your Graveyard to your hand.

● Target up to 3 "Geologic" Spell Cards in your Graveyard; shuffle them into the Deck.

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[spoiler=Main Deck monsters]Quaternary Travelerock
Level 2 / Rock / EARTH / Effect
200 ATK / 300 DEF
If this Set card is targeted by a card effect: Flip it to face-up Defense Position, then apply the effect.
If this card is removed from the field by a card effect that does not destroy it: Banish it.
If this card is banished by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: You can banish up to 2 "Travelerock" monsters from your Deck, except "Quaternary Travelerock". You cannot Special Summon during the turn you activate this effect. You can only use this effect of "Quaternary Travelerock" once per turn.
 
Neogene Travelerock
Level 2 / Rock / EARTH / Effect
400 ATK / 600 DEF
If this Set card is targeted by a card effect: Flip it to face-up Defense Position, then apply the effect.
If this card is removed from the field by a card effect that does not destroy it: Banish it.
If this card is banished by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: Target 1 card on the field; return it to the hand.
 
Paleogene Travelerock
Level 2 / Rock / EARTH / Tuner / Effect
600 ATK / 900 DEF
If this Set card is targeted by a card effect: Flip it to face-up Defense Position, then apply the effect.
If this card is removed from the field by a card effect that does not destroy it: Banish it.
If this card is banished by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: Special Summon it. If this card is used as a Synchro Material Monster, all the other Synchro Material Monsters must be Rock-Type.

 

Cretaceous Travelerock
Level 4 / Rock / EARTH / Effect
800 ATK / 1200 DEF
If this Set card is targeted by a card effect: Flip it to face-up Defense Position, then apply the effect.
If this card is removed from the field by a card effect that does not destroy it: Banish it.
If this card is Normal Summoned, or banished by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: You can banish 1 "Travelerock" monster from your hand, except "Cretaceous Travelerock".

 

Jurassic Travelerock
Level 4 / Rock / EARTH / Effect
1000 ATK / 1500 DEF
If this Set card is targeted by a card effect: Flip it to face-up Defense Position, then apply the effect.
If this card is removed from the field by a card effect that does not destroy it: Banish it.
If this card is Normal Summoned, or banished by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: You can add banished 1 "Travelerock" monster to your hand.

 

Triassic Travelerock
Level 4 / Rock / EARTH / Tuner / Effect
1200 ATK / 1800 DEF
If this Set card is targeted by a card effect: Flip it to face-up Defense Position, then apply the effect.
If this card is removed from the field by a card effect that does not destroy it: Banish it.
If this card is Normal Summoned, or banished by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: You can Special Summon 1 banished "Travelerock" monster, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of the turn, except from the Extra Deck.

 

Permian Travelerock

Level 6 / Rock / EARTH / Effect

1300 ATK / 1950 DEF

If a "Travelerock" monster is banished: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand), unless a "Travelerock" monster has already been Special Summoned during the current Chain.

If this card is banished by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: You can Special Summon 1 Rank 4 or lower "Travelerock" Xyz Monster from your Extra Deck.

 

Carboniferous Travelerock

Level 6 / Rock / EARTH / Effect

1400 ATK / 2100 DEF

If a "Travelerock" monster is banished: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand), unless a "Travelerock" monster has already been Special Summoned during the current Chain.

If this card is banished by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: You can add 1 "Geologic" Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.

 

Devonian Travelerock

Level 6 / Rock / EARTH / Effect

1500 ATK / 2250 DEF

If a "Travelerock" monster is banished: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand), unless a "Travelerock" monster has already been Special Summoned during the current Chain.

If this card is banished by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: You can add 1 Rock-Type monster from your Deck to your hand.

 

Silurian Travelerock

Level 6 / Rock / EARTH / Tuner / Effect

1600 ATK / 2400 DEF

Cannot be Special Summoned, except by its own effect.

If a "Travelerock" monster is banished: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand), unless a "Travelerock" monster has already been Special Summoned during the current Chain.

 

Ordovician Travelerock

Level 6 / Rock / EARTH / Effect

1700 ATK / 2550 DEF

If a "Travelerock" monster is banished: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand), unless a "Travelerock" monster has already been Special Summoned during the current Chain.

If this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: Select 1 card your opponent controls; send it to the Graveyard.

 

Cambrian Travelerock

Level 6 / Rock / EARTH / Effect

1800 ATK / 2700 DEF

If a "Travelerock" monster is banished: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand), unless a "Travelerock" monster has already been Special Summoned during the current Chain.

If this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Travelerock" monster: Draw 1 card.

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[spoiler=Extra Deck monsters]Cenozoic Travelerock

Rank 2 / Rock / EARTH / Xyz

1200 ATK / 1500 DEF

2 Level 2 Rock-Type monsters
If this card is removed from the field by a card effect that does not destroy it: Banish up to 2 "Travelerock" monsters from your Deck or Graveyard.
Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then select and activate 1 of these effects:
● Both players select 1 monster they control; banish the selected monsters.
● Special Summon 1 banished Rock-Type monster.

 

Mesozoic Travelerock

Rank 4 / Rock / EARTH / Xyz

1800 ATK / 2100 DEF

2 Level 4 Rock-Type monsters

If this card is removed from the field by a card effect that does not destroy it: Special Summon 1 banished Rock-Type monster.

Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; return the face-up monster on the field with the lowest ATK to its owner's hand.

 

Paleozoic Travelerock

Rank 6 / Rock / EARTH / Xyz

2400 ATK / 2700 DEF

2 Level 6 Rock-Type monsters

While this card has Xyz Material: This card cannot be removed from the field, except by being destroyed.

Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; Special Summon 1 banished Rock-Type monster.

 

Phanerozoic Travelerock

Level 8 / Rock / EARTH / Synchro

2000 ATK / 3000 DEF

1 EARTH Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Rock-Type monsters

Once per turn, during either player's turn: Negate the first card effect your opponent activates this turn, then destroy that card.[/spoiler]

 

So, thoughts? Rates? Fixes? Flames?

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