Malefections

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Alright, this was probably one of the biggest archetypes I've ever made until I changed it and now it's not. At first Malefections (Malevolent Infections; a pun on viruses as malware that infect) were just a small idea that started as an archetype that synchro-summoned using equipped monsters, but that was too close to Dragunities. So with Pendulum monsters, I toyed with the idea of Dark Synchro Summons and eventually the idea evolved into this cycle of Extra-Deck and Grave I got going with this archetype.
 
So a quick run down, Malefections are an archetype that focuses on Synchro and Xyz pendulum monsters, but doesn't focus on swarming early-game with Pendulum Shokun. Instead, you send Pendulum Monsters to the Extra Deck. Then, to Synchro Summon, you need to use a Tuner and a Pendulum Monster in your Extra deck with the same level of the tuner. Send both to the grave and you got your Pendulum monster. Then, to Xyz, you need to use the same tuners to Special Summon Pendulum Monsters from the grave with the same level, then immediately overlay with them. The trick here is that the Pendulum Monsters CANNOT be used as Xyz Material when they are Pendulum Summoned, and when they would go to the grave as a Material they are sent to the Extra Deck instead. This is the basic engine-mechanic of the Malefections. So let's dive into the cards.
 
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Malefection_Trojan
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Pendulum Effect:
You can select 1 "Malefection" Pendulum Monster from your deck and place it in your Extra Deck face-up. You can only use this effect of "Malefection_Trojan" once per turn.

Monster Effect:
If this card is Normal Summoned, you can add 1 "Malefection" Pendulum Monster from your Deck to your hand. If this card is Pendulum Summoned, you cannot use it as a Material for an Xyz Summon. If this card would be sent to the Graveyard as an Xyz Material: place it face-up on your Extra Deck instead.

Malefection_Macro
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Pendulum Effect:
Once per turn, you can tribute 1 monster from your hand or side of the field: add 1 face-up "Malefection" Pendulum monster from your Extra Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Malefection_Macro" once per turn.

Monster Effect:
If this card is Normal Summoned, you can add 1 "Malfection" Spell from your deck to your hand. If this card is Pendulum Summoned, you cannot use it as a Material for an Xyz Summon. If this card would be sent to the Graveyard as an Xyz Material: place it face-up on your Extra Deck instead.

Malefection_Trackware
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Pendulum Effect:
Once per turn, you can tribute 1 monster from your hand or side of the field: add 1 "Malefection" Tuner monster from your Graveyard to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Malefection_Trackware" once per turn.

Monster Effect:
If this card is Normal Summoned, add 1 "Malefection" Trap Card from your deck to your hand. If this card is Pendulum Summoned, you cannot use it as a Material for an Xyz Summon. If this card would be sent to the Graveyard as an Xyz Material: place it face-up on your Extra Deck instead.

Malefection_Spybot
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Pendulum Effect:
During your Main Phase, you can send 1 "Malefection" Pendulum Monster from your deck to your Graveyard. You can only use this effect of "Malefection_Spybot" once per turn.

Monster Effect:
If this card is Normal Summoned, you can add 1 "Malefection" Tuner monster from your deck to your hand. If this card is Pendulum Summoned, you cannot use it as a Material for an Xyz Summon. If this card would be sent to the Graveyard as an Xyz Material: place it face-up on your Extra Deck instead.
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Malefection_Hytrosa
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Monster Effect:
If this card is Pendulum Summoned, you cannot use it as a Material for a Synchro Summon or Xyz Summon. When using this card as a Synchro Material, the other Synchro Material must be 1 face-up Level 4 "Malefection" monster in your Extra Deck. When this card is Normal Summoned, you can target 1 Level 4 "Malefection" monster in your Graveyard: Special Summon that target. Immediately after this effect resolves, Xyz Summon 1 Xyz Monster using these 2 monsters only. Once per turn, you can target 1 face-up Spell or Trap Card your opponent controls: destroy it.

Malefection_Quadri
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Monster Effect:
If this card is Pendulum Summoned, you cannot use it as a Material for a Synchro Summon or Xyz Summon. When using this card as a Synchro Material, the other Synchro Material must be 1 face-up Level 4 "Malefection" monster in your Extra Deck. When this card is Normal Summoned, you can target 1 Level 4 "Malefection" monster in your Graveyard: Special Summon that target. Immediately after this effect resolves, Xyz Summon 1 Xyz Monster using these 2 monsters only. When a Trap Card is activated, you can Normal Summon 1 "Malefection" Tuner Monster in addition to your Normal Summon/Set (You can only gain this effect once per turn.)

Malefection_Rhabdo
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Monster Effect:
If this card is Pendulum Summoned, you cannot use it as a Material for a Synchro Summon or Xyz Summon. When using this card as a Synchro Material, the other Synchro Material must be 1 face-up Level 5 "Malefection" monster in your Extra Deck. When this card is Normal Summoned, you can target 2 Level 5 "Malefection" monsters in your Graveyard: Special Summon those targets. Immediately after this effect resolves, Xyz Summon 1 Xyz Monster using these 3 monsters only. When a Spell Card is activated, you can Normal Summon 1 "Malefection" Pendulum Monster in addition to your Normal Summon/Set (You can only gain this effect once per turn.)

Malefection_Toro
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Monster Effect:
If this card is Pendulum Summoned, you cannot use it as a Material for a Synchro Summon or Xyz Summon. When using this card as a Synchro Material, the other Synchro Material must be 1 face-up Level 5 "Malefection" monster in your Extra Deck. When this card is Normal Summoned, you can target 2 Level 5 "Malefection" monster in your Graveyard: Special Summon those targets. Immediately after this effect resolves, Xyz Summon 1 "Malefection" Xyz Monster using these 3 monsters only. Once per turn, you can target 1 set Spell or Trap Card your opponent controls: destroy it.
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[spoiler=Maindeck Spells and Traps]

Malefection_Cloud
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Effect:
You can only use the (1) effect of "Malefection_Cloud" once per turn.
(1) You can destroy 1 face-up "Malefection" Pendulum Monster you control, then activate the appropriate effect depending on the monster destroyed:
● Synchro Monster: Add 1 "Malefection" Pendulum Monster from your deck or Graveyard to your hand whose Level is half of the Level of the monster destroyed.
● Xyz Monster: add 1 "Malefection" Tuner monster from your deck or Graveyard to your hand whose level is equal to the Rank of the monster destroyed.
● Pendulum Monster: target 1 Spell or Trap Card your opponent controls: destroy it.
(2) If this face-up card is destroyed by your opponent's card effect, add 1 "Malefection" monster from your deck to your hand.

Malefection_Download
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Effect:
Add 1 "Malefection Tuner" to your hand, then either send 1 "Malefection" Pendulum Monster of the same Level to your Graveyard, or place it face-up on your Extra Deck. You can only use the effect of "Malefection_Download" once per turn.

Malefection_Adaptation
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Effect:
When a card's effect is activated and resolved, you can activate the appropriate effect depending on the card activated:
● Trap Card: Place 1 "Trap Adapt" counter on this card. "Malefection" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by the effects of Trap Cards.
● Spell Card: Place 1 "Spell Adapt" counter on this card. "Malefection" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by the effects of Spell Cards.
● Monster Card: Place 1 "Monster Adapt" counter on the card. "Malefection" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by the effects of Monster Cards.
There can only be 1 "Adapt" counter on this card at a time. If a "Malefection" Pendulum Monster in your Pendulum Zone would be destroyed by a card effect, you can remove 1 "Adapt" counter from this card instead. You can only control 1 face-up "Malefection_Adapation" at a time.

Malefection_Upload
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Effect:
You can target 1 "Malefection" Tuner monster in your Graveyard: Return that to your deck, then add "Malefection" Pendulum Monster with the same Level from your deck to your hand. You can only use the effect of "Malefection_Upload" once per turn.
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Malefection_Client_BCG
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Pendulum Effect:
Once, when a card's effect is activated and resolved, you can activate the appropriate effect depending on the card activated:
● Trap Card: Place 1 "Trap Adapt" counter on this card. "Malefection" monsters cannot be destroyed by the effects of Trap Cards.
● Spell Card: Place 1 "Spell Adapt" counter on this card. "Malefection" monsters cannot be destroyed by the effects of Spell Cards.
● Monster Card: Place 1 "Monster Adapt" counter on the card. "Malefection" monsters cannot be destroyed by the effects of Monster Cards.
If this card would be destroyed by a card effect, you can remove 1 "Adapt" counter from this card instead.

Monster Effect:
1 "Malefection" Tuner + 1 non-Tuner monster
This card cannot be Pendulum Summoned unless both cards in your Pendulum Zones are "Malefection_Client" cards. At the start of the Battle Phase, you can have this card gain 200 ATK for every "Malefection" Pendulum Monster face-up in your Extra Deck until the end of this turn. Other monsters you control cannot declare attacks the turn you activate this effect. If this card in the Monster Zone is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can destroy one card in your Pendulum Zones, and if you do, place this card in that Pendulum Zone.

Malefection_Client_Overcode
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Pendulum Effect:
Once, when a card's effect is activated and resolved, you can activate the appropriate effect depending on the card activated:
● Trap Card: Place 1 "Trap Adapt" counter on this card. "Malefection" monsters cannot be destroyed by the effects of Trap Cards.
● Spell Card: Place 1 "Spell Adapt" counter on this card. "Malefection" monsters cannot be destroyed by the effects of Spell Cards.
● Monster Card: Place 1 "Monster Adapt" counter on the card. "Malefection" monsters cannot be destroyed by the effects of Monster Cards.
If this card would be destroyed by a card effect, you can remove 1 "Adapt" counter from this card instead.

Monster Effect:
1 "Malefection" Tuner + 1 non-Tuner monster
This card cannot be Pendulum Summoned unless both cards in your Pendulum Zones are "Malefection_Client" cards. Once per turn, during either player's turn: you can send 1 face-up "Malefection" monster from your Extra Deck to the Graveyard: Negate the effects of all face-up Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls, and this card gains DEF equal to the number of cards negated x100. These effects last until your opponent's next Standby Phase. If this card in the Monster Zone is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can destroy one card in your Pendulum Zones, and if you do, place this card in that Pendulum Zone.

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Malefection_Client_MAL9000
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Pendulum Effect:
Once, when a card's effect is activated and resolved, you can activate the appropriate effect depending on the card activated:
● Trap Card: Place 1 "Trap Adapt" counter on this card. "Malefection" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by the effects of Trap Cards.
● Spell Card: Place 1 "Spell Adapt" counter on this card. "Malefection" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by the effects of Spell Cards.
● Monster Card: Place 1 "Monster Adapt" counter on the card. "Malefection" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by the effects of Monster Cards.
If this card would be destroyed by a card effect, you can remove 1 "Adapt" counter from this card instead.
You can only Pendulum Summon "Malefection" monsters (this effect cannot be negated).

Monster Effect:
2 Level 4 "Malefection" Monsters
If you can Pendulum Summon level 4 monsters, you can Pendulum Summon this face-up card from your Extra Deck. This card cannot be Pendulum Summoned unless both cards in your Pendulum Zones are "Malefection_Client" cards. Once per turn, when a "Malefection" monster you control declares an attack; you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card: All monsters your opponent controls lose 200 ATK and DEF for every "Malefection" monster in your Graveyard until the end of this turn. When this card is Pendulum Summoned, you can attach 1 "Malefection" Pendulum Monsters from your Graveyard or face-up in your Extra Deck to this card as Xyz Material. If this card in the Monster Zone is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can destroy one card in your Pendulum Zones, and if you do, place this card in that Pendulum Zone.

Malefection_Client_Z3D
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Pendulum Effect:
Once, when a card's effect is activated and resolved, you can activate the appropriate effect depending on the card activated:
● Trap Card: Place 1 "Trap Adapt" counter on this card. "Malefection" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by the effects of Trap Cards.
● Spell Card: Place 1 "Spell Adapt" counter on this card. "Malefection" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by the effects of Spell Cards.
● Monster Card: Place 1 "Monster Adapt" counter on the card. "Malefection" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by the effects of Monster Cards.
If this card would be destroyed by a card effect, you can remove 1 "Adapt" counter from this card instead.
You can only Pendulum Summon "Malefection" monsters (this effect cannot be negated).

Monster Effect:
3 Level 5 "Malefection" Monsters
If you can Pendulum Summon level 5 monsters, you can Pendulum Summon this face-up card from your Extra Deck. This card cannot be Pendulum Summoned unless both cards in your Pendulum Zones are "Malefection_Client" cards. Once per turn, during either player's turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; target 1 "Malefection" Pendulum Monster in your Graveyard and place it face-up on your Extra Deck: Negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent controls, and this card gains ATK equal to the number of cards negated x100. These effects last until your opponent's next Standby Phase. When this card is Pendulum Summoned, you can attach 2 "Malefection" Pendulum Monsters from your Graveyard or face-up in your Extra Deck to this card as Xyz Material. If this card in the Monster Zone is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can destroy one card in your Pendulum Zones, and if you do, place this card in that Pendulum Zone.
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Overall, I'm very proud with this archetype. If you want to view the bigger version of my archetype that's not quite up to date, head on over to here: http://imgur.com/a/0BBIb#K0r80en All artwork was found on Benedickbana's Deviantart page here: http://benedickbana.deviantart.com/ (I have a thing for card art matching each other in style and consistency. You'll see more of this in my later stuff). I spent quite a bit of time on the OCG, but I'm sure I still missed stuff. Other than that, enjoy the Malefection! Again, I apologize for the card images. All cards were made using the TCG Editor: http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/329223-releaseyu-gi-oh-card-generator-application/ (it doesn't render cards in small sizes, let's put it that way). I would've shrunk them down, but the larger size... makes some of the effects a little easier to see.

Changes I made:
- Cut the archetype down to 16 cards. I don't think it can get any smaller from there without completely ruining the archetype's design. Now there are 4 pendulums, 4 tuners, and 4 extra-deck monsters. Levels of the pendulums and tuners changed to just be levels 4 and 5 to increase consistency and reduce difficulty of setting up.
- Changed the effects of the Pendulums to fit the shrinkage.
- Changed the effects to include generic support in the toolbox for Xyz and Synchro Summons; but to compensate you now need to Normal Summon in order to use the Tuners as extra-deck material. This prevents swarming.
- BCG's effect was fixed, since there was a small clause I missed that made him way too good. Also removed the downsides of synchro-summoning him since now you can't swarm the field like before. Stats were changed.
- Overcode's effect and stats were changed to better fit his place as a level 10 boss, as well as fit the overall theme of a virus-based deck. Stats were changed as well.
- MAL 9000's summoning conditions, effect, and stats were all changed to better fit the archetype, as well as fit as BCG's opposite and compliment.
- Z3D's effect was changed to better suit the theme of the archetype and his roll as Overcode's opposite and compliment. Stats were changed as well.
- The level 1 monsters, appropriate extra-deck monsters, and level 6/12 stuff were all removed as the Level 12 synchro was a little nuts and it doesn't make sense for there to be a level 12 synchro that is that easy to summon.
- ROOT_13 was cut. He was fun to make, but I don't like working with super OP level 12 boss monsters.

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This time, however, I made some big changes that are listed on the opening post. The biggest change I made is that the archetype is now 16 cards big to better suit deck-building as well as focus the archetype's style better.

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I would really appreciate some feedback on these kthnx

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Bunp once again

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One more Bunp for these cards here