Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders

[Toffee.]

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During your Standby Phase, return this face-up card you control to your hand. You can only activate 1 of the following effects of "The Great Red Ox, King of the Beasts" per turn. If this card is in your hand or Graveyard: You can Tribute 1 EARTH monster you control and Banish 1 other EARTH monster from your Graveyard: Special Summon this card. If this card is Summoned in this way, it gains 1000 ATK. You can discard this card and 1 other EARTH monster to the Graveyard, then target 1 EARTH monster in your Graveyard with a Level equal to or lower then the Level of the other Discarded monster; Special Summon that target.

 

During your Standby Phase, return this face-up card you control to your hand. You can only activate 1 of the following effects of "The Great Red Ox, King of the Beasts" per turn. If this card is in your hand or Graveyard: You can Tribute 1 monster you control and Banish 1 other EARTH monster from your Graveyard: Special Summon this card. If this card is Summoned in this way, it gains 1000 ATK. You can discard this card and 1 other EARTH monster to the Graveyard, then target 1 monster in your Graveyard with a Level equal to or lower then the Level of the other Discarded monster; Special Summon that target.

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I'm probably doing this wrong, but whatever.

Ideally I'm trying to go for a more balanced version of Redox- Not that Redox really needs to be balanced or anything, but toning it down seems like a safer bet.... Or at least, in theory.

[Sleepy]

The "Tribute 1 + banish 1" cost would have been fine back in the day, making them a +0 in exchange for an easier Level 7.

Though nowadays it'd need a Tribute that could combo with it. It'd probably love to be able to Tribute Hyeratics... Makes me want to suggest the Tribute + banish to be any monsters but just include an EARTH among them (whichever of the two). Or it can also stay as is. There's nothing that'd really benefit from it but it'd open up new design possibilities for other cards.

 

I don't think the revival being just for EARTH is that appealing though, not after having Redox in the game whose revival effect was pretty fair IMO.

 

Overall, if Redox would only be able to come back as Limited, then it is understandable that a remake would be weaker, so it's interesting.

[Toffee.]

It'd probably love to be able to Tribute Hyeratics... Makes me want to suggest the Tribute + banish to be any monsters but just include an EARTH among them (whichever of the two).

Removed the EARTH requirement for what you need to Tribute, but you still need to Banish an EARTH from your Graveyard while your at it.

Not because Hieraitcs wouldn't exactly benefit from This because they aren't really a Rank 7.dek, but because I get what your saying in terms of letting it be more experimental.

 

I don't think the revival being just for EARTH is that appealing though, not after having Redox in the game whose revival effect was pretty fair IMO.

Removed the EARTH restriction on what it can revive.

I'm only really keeping the Level limitation because created cards are always implied to be in 3s- It's basically a Monster Reborn otherwise.

'Course, I could remove the level limitation as well, if you want.