D3-SPDS

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SPDS-JP007 OCG Name: D-Cubic / TCG/Dub Name: D3
Level 1 DARK Machine-Type Effect Monster
ATK 0
DEF 0
You can only use the (2) and (3) effects of “D3” once per turn each.
(1) If this card is Normal Summoned: You can activate this effect; this card becomes treated as a “Destiny HERO” monster while it is face-up.
(2) You can discard up to 2 cards; Special Summon the same number of “D3” from your hand, Deck, and/or Graveyard, but you cannot Normal or Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except “Destiny HERO” monsters.
(3) If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can send 1 “Destiny HERO” monster from your Deck to the Graveyard.

 

https://ygorganization.com/spds-d3/

 

buffed

[Thomas★Zero]

Interesting how this allows you to make Rank 1 at the cost of hand, thought with the hand cost it doesn't help with summoning other D-HERO monsters like Dogma and Plasma from your hand but when its destroyed it sending a D-HERO from the deck to grave is nice for placing stuff like Malicious and Dasher their.

[The Warden]

You'd have to wait a turn, since you can't really make a R1 when you're locked into D-HEROs for the turn. However, that NS effect is rather intriguing, as that makes it eligible to be a fusion mat for Dystopiaguy or the other guy.

[Azuh]

Pretty cool because i assume you can ue discard D3 in your hand as a cost then Summon them straight from the Grave, similar to Machina Fortress

[Thomas★Zero]

You'd have to wait a turn, since you can't really make a R1 when you're locked into D-HEROs for the turn. However, that NS effect is rather intriguing, as that makes it eligible to be a fusion mat for Dystopiaguy or the other guy.

Yeah I missed that part :S still Azuh makes a good point a about discarding them to resummons them. Could also do that with a Malicious as well so you get 4 monsters out :P

[heraldry_lord]

The only semi-practical play this has is Machine Duplication into a Rank 1. 

 

Plasma and Dogma are not worth it IMO.

[玄魔の王]

The best thing about this guy is he confirms Celestial is in.

 

Not changing into a D-Hero on Special Summon is... disappointing, but it's a cool trick at least. He isn't reliant on having his clones in hand anymore, so that's cool.

[heraldry_lord]

The best thing about this guy is he confirms Celestial is in.

 

At this point, I don't expect Celestial to make a difference in anything; if they seriously buff him into something significant, instead of just tossing him out for the sake of offloading more of the GX backlog, I'd be pleasantly surprised.

[玄魔の王]

At this point, I don't expect Celestial to make a difference in anything; if they seriously buff him into something significant, instead of just tossing him out for the sake of offloading more of the GX backlog, I'd be pleasantly surprised.

It's good because it means GX will finally start getting some respect card release-wise.

[heraldry_lord]

It's good because it means GX will finally start getting some respect card release-wise.

 

Except, unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, Konami has been offloading GX anime cards for some time now, albeit gradually; the "Dragons of Legend" sets in particular had given that a significant boost.

[玄魔の王]

Except, unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, Konami has been offloading GX anime cards for some time now, albeit gradually; the "Dragons of Legend" sets in particular had given that a significant boost.

Kinda sorta. Except in those cases there was a certain level of cherry picking and they stuck mostly to generic themes or support for current in-vogue stuff.

 

This is Konami finishing a GX archetype without a main series tie-in.

[Toffee.]

funking hell..... They actually printed This card, and gave it an impressive buff.

[White Void]

f***ing hell..... They actually printed This card, and gave it an impressive buff.

And yet it's still pretty much completely useless to whatever it is that D-Heroes want to accomplish as a deck now. 

 

It's...kind of amazing that D-Heroes are getting the top-bililng in Destiny Soldiers when Abyss Actors and Darklords both are already looking like significantly better archetypes.

[heraldry_lord]

f***ing hell..... They actually printed This card, and gave it an impressive buff.

 

"Impressive" is not the word I'd use for that.

 

 

And yet it's still pretty much completely useless to whatever it is that D-Heroes want to accomplish as a deck now. 

 

It's...kind of amazing that D-Heroes are getting the top-bililng in Destiny Soldiers when Abyss Actors and Darklords both are already looking like significantly better archetypes.

 

Maybe they're afraid of having Diamond Dude Turbo 2.0 on their hands; that's the best thing I can think of to explain the lackluster effects (even with buffs).

[~~~~]

Pretty cool because i assume you can ue discard D3 in your hand as a cost then Summon them straight from the Grave, similar to Machina Fortress

It can, but not because it's like Machina Fortress

[Toffee.]

When I said This card has an impressive buff, I'm referring to the fact it can Summon other copies from hand/Deck/and Graveyard

Not many cards can do that, mind you.

 

Plus, with it being a DARK with 0 ATK/DEF, means you can easily fuel it with Dark Eruption/Recurring Nightmare/etc.

 

I mean obveiously all you'd ever use it with is Plasma, who is searchable in his own right.

 

It's niche as hell, sure, but it's something.

[heraldry_lord]

When I said This card has an impressive buff, I'm referring to the fact it can Summon other copies from hand/Deck/and Graveyard

Not many cards can do that, mind you.

 

Plus, with it being a DARK with 0 ATK/DEF, means you can easily fuel it with Dark Eruption/Recurring Nightmare/etc.

 

I mean obveiously all you'd ever use it with is Plasma, who is searchable in his own right.

 

It's niche as hell, sure, but it's something.

 

That's a pretty subpar niche IMO. 

 

Plasma is a very interesting card, but he alone does not a viable strategy make, especially with how resource-intensive he'd be with this thing.

 

Frankly the advantage issue is a problem with D-HEROs as a whole. 

[Just Crouton]

That feel when Monster Mash can now make a 3400 that burns 4000, dump Dasher for a topdeck, and put your Graveyard halfway into dropping Sephylon, all on turn 1 :O

[heraldry_lord]

That feel when Monster Mash can now make a 3400 that burns 4000, dump Dasher for a topdeck, and put your Graveyard halfway into dropping Sephylon, all on turn 1 :O

 

That feel when Monster Mash could blow you out before D3 was even a thing IRL.

 

Also, Dogma doesn't halve your opponent's LP the same turn he's Summoned.

[Toffee.]

That's a pretty subpar niche IMO. 

 

Plasma is a very interesting card, but he alone does not a viable strategy make, especially with how resource-intensive he'd be with this thing.

 

Frankly the advantage issue is a problem with D-HEROs as a whole.

Thing is, though, they are trying very hard to make This card very anime-like. Or at least, stick close to it's anime effect, which is:

Once, while this card is face-up on the field, you can send up to 2 "D3" from your hand to the Graveyard to have this card gain an appropriate effect:

● 1: This card is treated as 2 Tributes for a Summon of a "Destiny Hero" monster.

● 2: This card is treated as 3 Tributes for a Summon of a "Destiny Hero" monster.

Now the current version has the benefit of becoming a D-HERO itself, so things like Dogma/etc could be Summoned off it- You wouldn't realistically play Dogma, but still.

Plus, they tossed in a mill effect, because we all know Malicious is a card.

 

So while D3 isn't anything spectacular, it at least contributes to Summoning Plasma/etc, who are honestly the better D-HERO monsters.

[heraldry_lord]

So while D3 isn't anything spectacular, it at least contributes to Summoning Plasma/etc, who are honestly the better D-HERO monsters.

 

Plasma is one of the "better" D-HEROs, but he's not one of the "practical" ones, as far as Summoning him goes.

 

That one-sided Skill Drain and equip effect are cute indeed, but he's still somewhat fragile, and the kind of investment needed for him doesn't equate to that in this day and age IMO.

 

I'm not saying I expected D3 to be OMG-amazing (granted, I wasn't expecting him at all, at least not in this set), but I do want to see D-HERO support that does more for the theme. Something that ties this **** together in a meaningful way that can at least be a viable engine, if not a proper deck.

[Toffee.]

Plasma is one of the "better" D-HEROs, but he's not one of the "practical" ones, as far as Summoning him goes.

 

That one-sided Skill Drain and equip effect (which targets, which is unfortunately increasingly a weakness)are cute indeed, but he's still fragile, and the kind of investment needed for him doesn't equate to that in this day and age IMO.

 

I'm not saying I expected D3 to be OMG-amazing (granted, I wasn't expecting him at all, at least not in this set), but I do want to see D-HERO that does more for the theme.

funking hell... I have to be as black and white as possible.

 

Obviously you wouldn't rely on Plasma. D3 is, again, trying to stick to it's anime counterpart, which was only really used to Summon Plasma in the first place. So it's nice that it tries to stick to that, without purely being a one-trick-pony, because they are letting it do a little more, in addition to what it's intended to do.

[heraldry_lord]

f***ing hell... I have to be as black and white as possible.

 

Obviously you wouldn't rely on Plasma. D3 is, again, trying to stick to it's anime counterpart, which was only really used to Summon Plasma in the first place. So it's nice that it tries to stick to that, without purely being a one-trick-pony, because they are letting it do a little more, in addition to what it's intended to do.

 

Don't send up your blood pressure.

 

I understand that it's Plasma fodder at its core, and they didn't "have to" make it more than that, but I'm just saying that they could have done more with it while still keeping to its original function; instead of dumping a D-HERO when destroyed, it should have dumped a D-HERO (or even just a HERO, for Shadow Mist, and of course, hard OPT) when sent from the field to the Graveyard (for extra synergy with Plasma).  Instead of becoming a D-HERO just on Normal Summon, it could have also done that on Special Summon, for extra synergy with D - Fusion. I'd even go so far as to say that they could have just had it always treat itself as a D-HERO to make it searchable with Shadow Mist or Stratos (OCG) and usable with Destiny Draw, Mask Change and so on.

 

If you consider what I typed above to be too good, then I'll just agree to disagree there, but from a set theme standpoint, it just makes more sense to me.