Autonomous Engine - Techtorch

[Darj]

2 Level 4 monsters
If a player would draw a card(s), they do so from the bottom of their Deck. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then activate this effect; during the End Phase of this turn, excavate the top 3 cards of your Deck, add 1 of them to your hand, also place the other cards on the top and/or bottom of the Deck in any order.
 

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2 Level 4 monsters
If a player would draw a card(s), they do so from the bottom of their Deck. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then activate this effect; during the End Phase of this turn, look at 3 cards from the bottom of your Deck, add 1 of them to your hand, also, after that, place the other cards on the top of the Deck in any order.

 

 

 

My initial concept with this card was to disrupt decks that focus on stacking the top of their Decks, while indirectly supporting decks that stacked the bottom of their decks; hence the first effect of drawing cards from the bottom of the deck instead. After that, I wanted it to be splashable, and ended up with giving it an End Phase Duality-ish effect that should be useful for advancing your game, and can also manipulate your top cards in the Deck so you can potentially draw them once this card is gone from the field, as long as your deck isn't shuffled before that happens.
 
 
Thoughts?

[flowerviolence]

Definitely an odd card. I can't think of too many situations where drawing from the bottom of your deck would be more helpful, (Couldn't Sylvans benefit from this?) but that detach effect is definitely useful, especially if you add the cards you want to the top then get rid of it yourself. It's stats are okay and you could get away with throwing it in defense position and hopefully use its detach effect twice.

 

It definitely does disrupt plays where people essentially craft their top deck, but this card is easy to get over with a monster or effect. I really like it though.

[Darj]

Thanks for the comment.

Yeah, I'm not expert on Sylvans, but I imagine this card could assist them by allowing you to not draw the card(s) you arranged on the topdeck.

I don't want to venture with giving this card higher stats since it is already clashing with Rank4s such as Emeral and Bujintei Tsukuyomi in the setup/card advantage department. Basically, the approach here is to trade speed (End-Phase search vs. Emeral/Tsukuyomi's immediate card draw) for a slightly higher ATK.

Also, I was thinking in reversing the Duality effect: look at the top 3 cards, place them on the bottom; that way it can further support or synergize with effects that arrange or send cards to the bottom of the deck. Or rather, allow to place the cards in both the top and bottom, for more flexibility.

[Astolfo]

This card would currently only work in real life (because no drawing from/revealing from bottom mechanic in any online simulator as far as I know, at the moment).

The concept seems interesting though, and it might be fun in stuff like Sylvans although I'm not sure if they can get it out well enough.

[Darj]

That's right. I intended to make this for DP actually, until it was pointed out to me that the simulator didn't support bottom deck options. So I brought it to Advanced Section instead.

I'm about to change the card, though: it will excavate the top 3 cards, pick 1, then allow you to rearrange the other cards in top and/or bottom of deck. But still, as far as I know, drawing from the bottom from the deck isn't an option in most YGO simulators.

[goodfusion]

Could be an interesting card to use with stuff like Phoenix Wing Wind Blast to get rid of a card 'for good', or maybe Plaguespreader Zombie to avoid dead draws.

Spell Recycler seems fun with this, allowing you to effectively stack your deck with a Spell from your Graveyard.

 

I think the "then activate this effect" part is unnecessary, I'm pretty sure you could just put "One per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; during the..." etc etc.

 

Overall, an interesting card that covers parts of the game (bottom of the Deck) that I would to have more stuff about.

[Darj]

Well, I just followed Majester Paladin's PSCT, and it should clear up that the effect is being activated at the moment the Xyz material is detached, rather than activating at the End Phase as cards such as XX-Saber Darksoul do, also that it will resolve even if the Xyz is no longer on the field at the End Phase. It may sound unnecessary but it doesn't harm to have it.

[goodfusion]

Well, I just followed Majester Paladin's PSCT, and it should clear up that the effect is being activated at the moment the Xyz material is detached, rather than activating at the End Phase as cards such as XX-Saber Darksoul do, also that it will resolve even if the Xyz is no longer on the field at the End Phase. It may sound unnecessary but it doesn't harm to have it.

 

Oh ok, my bad.

[Zftn Onen]

I like the idea of changing up the way you and your opponent draw from the deck would hurt a few deck strategies . This card is useful for seeing 3 cards from your deck that you can get 1 and arrange the others however you want to either place bad ones on top or put cards you need to draw on bottom to increase your chance of winning while this card is active. It is balanced because it's xyz and have to discard material to activate effect which is only twice