Is this possible?

[The Nyx Avatar]

An Xyz Pendulum Monster has already been established, I've made a Synchro Pendulum Monster, but is it possible to Pendulum Summon Ritual Monsters? Cards like Fullfillment of the Contract, Aquamirror Illusion, and Ritual Forgone have shown it's possible. But is it possible to Pendulum Summon a Ritual Monster? Or at least make a Ritual Pendulum Monster.

 

 

Pendulum Effect:Negate the effects of all Level/Rank 4 monsters.

 

Monster Effect:You can Ritual Summon this card with the Ritual Spell Card "Revelation of the Witch". Neither player can activate card effects during the Damage Step. This Ritual Summoned monster is unaffected by your opponent's Spell/Trap Effects.

 

[Azuriena]

Serenitatem's Pendulum Effect neuters Decks like Tellarknight and requires nothing except placing it in the Pendulum Zone, which you can then use as a Scale. The fact that it's also searchable by Manju, Wavering Eyes, etc. make it unlike other powerful floodgates.

 

Ritual Pendulum Monsters are inherently bad design, because if you choose to place them in the Pendulum Zone, then it will never get Summoned by conventional means. If Revelation of the Witch could Ritual Summon from your Extra Deck, this could be remedied.

 

As it is now, there's no synergy between this card being both a Ritual and Pendulum Monster.

 

Revelation of the Witch's effect that activates in the Graveyard also seems useless, or at least pointless. I could see it being used to continuously burn your opponent with your Ritual Monsters that you keep bringing back with Pendulum Summon, but the fact that it banishes itself makes that impossible.

 

This card would probably do better as just a normal Ritual Monster, with it being a Pendulum Monster adding little to its utility and/or flavour. Also because of that Pendulum Effect.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

As Azuriena already noted, there's really no point in being a Ritual Monster and a Pendulum at the same time.

You could just set this card as a scale, and then you just screwed up 'tellars and other Level 4 Decks, which is quite a bit now that you look at it.

 

Ritual Pendulums are allowed in here, but there should be an incentive to actually Ritual Summon it first.

(But since Rituals are still classed as a Special Summon, you still need to properly R-Summon BEFORE you can Pendulum it at a later time)

 

(I know there was an attempt by Shard in doing this, though theirs had the monster be Ritual Summoned first, THEN go into the P-Zone afterwards via some effect, like the suggestion above mentions.)

 

Then, we have this card being immune to backrow if you Ritual Summon it, and certainly common S/Ts like Fiendish, Raigeki, Mirror Force and so on.

You can still use Castel to get rid of this, however, but as a P-Scale, this messes with it + other common R4s.

 

Or your opponent can try popping this with another monster effect, but then you have the Ritual Spell burn to contend with if it happens.

 

As-is, it'll be a bit difficult to P-Summon later on, given that it is a Level 8, and all current Scale 9+ Pendulums are Archetype-restricted or exist only in the anime/manga.

You could use Pendulum Shift to modify one of your Scales for that, but that's about it.

[The Nyx Avatar]

As Azuriena already noted, there's really no point in being a Ritual Monster and a Pendulum at the same time.

You could just set this card as a scale, and then you just screwed up 'tellars and other Level 4 Decks, which is quite a bit now that you look at it.

 

Ritual Pendulums are allowed in here, but there should be an incentive to actually Ritual Summon it first.

(But since Rituals are still classed as a Special Summon, you still need to properly R-Summon BEFORE you can Pendulum it at a later time)

 

(I know there was an attempt by Shard in doing this, though theirs had the monster be Ritual Summoned first, THEN go into the P-Zone afterwards via some effect, like the suggestion above mentions.)

 

Then, we have this card being immune to backrow if you Ritual Summon it, and certainly common S/Ts like Fiendish, Raigeki, Mirror Force and so on.

You can still use Castel to get rid of this, however, but as a P-Scale, this messes with it + other common R4s.

 

Or your opponent can try popping this with another monster effect, but then you have the Ritual Spell burn to contend with if it happens.

 

As-is, it'll be a bit difficult to P-Summon later on, given that it is a Level 8, and all current Scale 9+ Pendulums are Archetype-restricted or exist only in the anime/manga.

You could use Pendulum Shift to modify one of your Scales for that, but that's about it.

Thank you. That's all I really needed to know. I know this card doesn't have much purpose being a Pendulum Monster. I'll tie in Pendulum Summoning more into the next card I make.

[The Nyx Avatar]

One last thing. For the future, If I should make a Ritual Pendulum Monster, how would you suggest I tie in Pendulum Summoning into the Ritual Monster properly?

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

I mentioned Shard making a Ritual Pendulum a couple months ago in this section.

 

Basically, they had an effect on the card preventing it from being set as a Scale directly from the hand, however they had an Odd-Eyes Rebellion esque clause to place it into the P-Zone (from what I recall).

 

If you opt to do a Ritual Pendulum in the future, that's probably what you should do in regards to that.