[Written] The Strawman Walks at Midnight - Frightcrow Archetype

[Malacoda-Eviltail]

Made just in time for good ol' Halloween and the spookiest month of the year - the Frightcrow (or Akukakashi - "Evil Scarecrow") are EARTH Fiends who work to bring their boss Synchros via ways of Special Summoning from the Grave, even rising out to scare any Spell/Trap Cards from activating and keep your opponent from Special Summoning. As such, cards as Friend Griefing and Tour Bus to Forbidden Realms are welcome support for this theme. A note on the names though - while easily Samhain is the ancient Gaelic festival that would become Halloween for us, the names of the Main Deck monsters actually come from the alternative names used through out part of the United Kingdom (ex. Tatie Bogle - Scotland and Murmet - Devon). As such, any thoughts, critcisms and such are welcomed.

 

Frightcrow Hodmedod (Evil Scarecrow Hodmedod)
Attribute: EARTH
Level: ** (2)
Type: Fiend/Effect
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1000
Text: When this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 “Frightcrow” card from your Deck to the Graveyard. If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can add 1 “Frightcrow” monster from your Deck to your hand, except “Frightcrow Hodmedod”.

Frightcrow Murmet (Evil Scarecrow Murmet)
Attribute: EARTH
Level: ** (2)
Type: Fiend/Tuner/Effect
ATK: 800
DEF: 700
Text: When you Normal or Special Summon a non-Tuner “Frightcrow” monster: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can only use this effect of "Frightcrow Murmet" once per turn.

Frightcrow Tatibogle (Evil Scarecrow Tattie Bogle)
Attribute: EARTH
Level: * (1)
Type: Fiend/Tuner/Effect
ATK: 200
DEF: 400
Text: If this card is in the Graveyard when you Normal or Special Summon a non-Tuner "Frightcrow" monster: You can Special Summon this card in face-up Defense Position. You can only Special Summon "Frightcrow Tatibogle" this way once per turn.

Frightcrow Mommet (Evil Scarecrow Mommet)
Attribute: EARTH
Level: * (1)
Type: Fiend/Effect
ATK: 600
DEF: 100
Text: During either player’s turn, if a Spell/Trap Card effect would be activated while this card is in your Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card, and if you do, negate that activation.During the End Phase of the turn you activate this effect, shuffle this card into your Deck. You can only use this effect of “Frightcrow Mommet” once per turn.

Frightcrow Mawkin (Evil Scarecrow Mawkin)
Attribute: EARTH
Level: *** (3)
Type: Fiend/Effect
ATK: 1500
DEF: 900
Text: During either player's turn, if a monster(s) would be Special Summoned while this card is in your Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card in face-up Defense Position, and if you do, negate that Special Summon. During the End Phase of the turn you activate this effect, shuffle this card into your Deck. You can only use this effect of "Frightcrow Mawkin" once per turn.  

Frightcrow Samhain (Evil Scarecrow Samhain)
Attribute: EARTH
Level: *** (3)
Type: Fiend/Synchro/Effect
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1400
Text: 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can send 1 "Frightcrow" monster from your hand or Deck to the Graveyard. Once per turn, it cannot be targeted by an opponent's card effect. If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect and sent to the Graveyard: You can return this card to your Extra Deck; Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower "Frightcrow" monster from your Deck.

Frightcrow Des Samhain (Evil Scarecrow Death-Samhain)
Attribute: DARK
Level: **** (4)
Type: Fiend/Synchro/Effect
ATK: 2300
DEF: 1300
Text: 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
This card gains 100 ATK for each "Frightcrow" monster in your Graveyard. When this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 card on each side of the field; destroy those targets, but it cannot attack for the rest of this turn. You can only use this effect of "Frightcrow Des Samhain" once per turn. Monsters in your opponent's Graveyard cannot activate their effects.

Frightcrow Festival (Evil Scarecrow Festival)
Attribute: SPELL
Type: Field Spell
Text: When this card is activated: Send 1 "Frightcrow" monster from your Deck to the Graveyard. Once per turn, when a "Frightcrow" monster(s) is Special Summoned to your side of the field: You can target 1 "Frightcrow" card in your Graveyard; shuffle that target into your Deck. If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: Draw 1 card.

Frightcrow Scythe (Evil Scarecrow Scythe)
Attribute: SPELL
Type: Equip Spell
Text: Equip only to a “Frightcrow” monster. It gains 1000 ATK. If this card is in the Graveyard, except the turn it was sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 “Frightcrow” monster you control; destroy that target, and if you do, add this card to your hand.

Frightcrow Harvest (Evil Scarecrow Harvest)
Attribute: TRAP
Type: Normal Trap
Text: Target 1 face-up “Frightcrow” monster you control; send the top 5 cards of your Deck to the Graveyard (or your entire Deck, if less than 5), and if you do, the target gains 200 ATK for each “Frightcrow” card sent to the Graveyard by this effect. You can only activate 1 “Frightcrow Harvest” per turn.

Frightcrow Nightmare (Evil Scarecrow Nightmare)
Attribute: TRAP
Type: Normal Trap
Text: If a face-up “Frightcrow” monster you control would be destroyed, you can destroy this card instead. If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters while this card is in your Graveyard: Special Summon this card in Defense Position as a Normal Monster (Fiend-Type/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 500). (This card is NOT treated as a Trap Card.) You can only use this effect of "Frightcrow Nightmare" once per turn.

[NobodySovereign]

Even without your avatar, I'd swear just from the engine of these little guys you're a Burning Abyss player. I find it a bit confusing how "Samhain" works out its effect, but that's just me. "Des Samhain" seems really powerful... Grave lockdown, Grave ATK boosting, AND it blows up a monster when you Summon it (since Synchro is a Special Summon). "Festival" seems overpowered, too: it's always a +1 since you're pulling a "Frightcrow" card to hand no matter what, but all of the Frightcrow Special Summon another one from the Graveyard... "Scythe" is also super powerful, especially when equipped to a properly fed "Des Samhain". Overall, not too bad compared to some other stuff (COUGHCOUGHqliCOUGHCOUGH). I like the naming convention; I learned a little something just from reading the cards.

[Malacoda-Eviltail]

Even without your avatar, I'd swear just from the engine of these little guys you're a Burning Abyss player. I find it a bit confusing how "Samhain" works out its effect, but that's just me. "Des Samhain" seems really powerful... Grave lockdown, Grave ATK boosting, AND it blows up a monster when you Summon it (since Synchro is a Special Summon). "Festival" seems overpowered, too: it's always a +1 since you're pulling a "Frightcrow" card to hand no matter what, but all of the Frightcrow Special Summon another one from the Graveyard... "Scythe" is also super powerful, especially when equipped to a properly fed "Des Samhain". Overall, not too bad compared to some other stuff (COUGHCOUGHqliCOUGHCOUGH). I like the naming convention; I learned a little something just from reading the cards.

Hmm....Thank you for that...Anything I can do to maybe adjust Festival and maybe Scythe? And to note, the last effect for Samhain is meant to be close to that PSY-Framelord Zeta.

[NobodySovereign]

For "Scythe", I think it may be as simple as removing the option to attack twice with it. Using "Des Samhain" as an example again, if you get that guy out second or third turn, you're looking at possibly attacking twice with a 3700+ ATK (assuming, of course, that you don't just straight up wipe out their only monster with his on-summon effect)... Speaking of, I haven't had a look at the PSY-Frames (I usually just stick to archetypes I enjoy the look and lore for), but broken is broken, and "Des Samhain" enters the field with at least 2700 ATK and your opponent can't Necro Gardna if you happen to wipe out their field, or come back from the loss at all if their playing a deck that relies on their Graveyard (like Burning Abyss)... I don't know. I'm not a fan of the whole "No Graveyard" style of effects.

 

As far as "Festival" goes, I'd say perhaps instead of adding them straight to your hand, you could perhaps make it add them from Graveyard to Deck and Shuffle? That way you don't deck yourself out so quickly? I'm not sure... I'm not one of the people who knows how to fix cards, these are just my opinions.

[Malacoda-Eviltail]

For "Scythe", I think it may be as simple as removing the option to attack twice with it. Using "Des Samhain" as an example again, if you get that guy out second or third turn, you're looking at possibly attacking twice with a 3700+ ATK (assuming, of course, that you don't just straight up wipe out their only monster with his on-summon effect)... Speaking of, I haven't had a look at the PSY-Frames (I usually just stick to archetypes I enjoy the look and lore for), but broken is broken, and "Des Samhain" enters the field with at least 2700 ATK and your opponent can't Necro Gardna if you happen to wipe out their field, or come back from the loss at all if their playing a deck that relies on their Graveyard (like Burning Abyss)... I don't know. I'm not a fan of the whole "No Graveyard" style of effects.

 

As far as "Festival" goes, I'd say perhaps instead of adding them straight to your hand, you could perhaps make it add them from Graveyard to Deck and Shuffle? That way you don't deck yourself out so quickly? I'm not sure... I'm not one of the people who knows how to fix cards, these are just my opinions.

To note, Des Samhain does NOT stop effects that target the Graveyard such as Call of the Haunted and so on but did fix up Scythe and Festival.

[Malacoda-Eviltail]

BUMP - Added in a drawback to Mawkin and Mommet to be safe.