Cowardice, the Hypocritical Scarecrow

[Xeroxys]

 

Cowardice, the Hypocritical Scarecrow

[Monster|Synchro|Effect] Fiend/Earth

[********] 1000/0

1 DARK Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters

This card can attack your opponent directly. Monsters your opponent controls cannot attack directly. Your opponent cannot select this card as an attack target.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

I would say this card makes your LP wide open for attacks, should you lack another monster (like a lot of other cards that can't be attacked); but due to the second effect, they can't take advantage of that fact.

 

Essentially, this card is free to swipe for 1K damage each turn; whereas your opponent either needs to resort to burn damage, effect removal or figure out a way to keep monsters on your field that they can attack + damage you.

 

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While it is rather weak for a Level 8 stat-wise, the effect is basically powerful enough that the low stats balance it out. (Still weak to 101/Castel, but every other relevant card is vulnerable to them, so can't really use this for reasoning).

 

Yeah, you can use effects/Equips to pump it a bit; but I don't recall people using Equip Cards that often nowadays.

 

Deck-wise, probably a few that can use it effectively (although none are coming). 

[Xeroxys]

Thanks for the reply! Bearing all those considerations in mind, would you say 1000 is too high for its attack, or is it acceptable?

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

1000 should be fine, especially considering your opponent can still use Castel/101 or other effect removal to get rid of this card (or just Skill Drain it if they have to). 

Granted, 1k damage is still quite a bit; especially coupled with prior damage earlier, but not really high enough to raise any alarms.

 

(If you think it should be lower with all considerations in mind, go right ahead but it's more/less a safety measure. You should be okay as is)

 

Now if this were 2K or something, then yeah we'd have a problem.

[Trebuchet MS]

I'm pretty sure that even without that second effect, if it's the sole monster you control, your opponent still cannot attack you directly.

 

I understand this arose from a strange wording of The Legendary Fisherman, but its latest known printing actually clarifies this with a "...but does not prevent your opponent from attacking directly." This implies other, more standard versions of the unattackable clause without this phrase would mean the opponent can't attack at all if those monsters are the only monsters the player controls.

[Xeroxys]

I'm pretty sure that even without that second effect, if it's the sole monster you control, your opponent still cannot attack you directly.

 

I understand this arose from a strange wording of The Legendary Fisherman, but its latest known printing actually clarifies this with a "...but does not prevent your opponent from attacking directly." This implies other, more standard versions of the unattackable clause without this phrase would mean the opponent can't attack at all if those monsters are the only monsters the player controls.

 

You're right, but that second effect is actually there to prevent attacks from monsters who can attack directly because of their effects.