[Written] Masked HERO Core

[Monarch King]

EARTH

Warrior/Fusion/Effect

Level 8

ATK 2800, DEF 2300

 

Must be Special Summoned with "Mask Change" and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. When this card is Special Summoned: Banish 1 card your opponent controls face-down. When this card leaves the field: You can Special Summon 1 "Masked HERO" monster from your Extra Deck, except "Masked HERO Core", ignoring its Summoning conditions.

 

 

I gave him those good effects because it's an EARTH and no one runs (or will run) Clayman, Wildheart, Knospe, Poison Rose and/or Bladedge. Just for the idea. It is hard to summon it but as wise people say, the hard effort is rewarded.

[Abdelrahman]

Ok, non-targeting face-down babishment on Summon, off to a good start since it gets rid of bosses without having to worry about targering protection. And you could always run Form Change to get out this card without wasting precious Main Deck space on bad EARTH HEROs, but I can't help but feel that the second effect is too good. At least limit it to "If this card is destroyed by a card effect" because as of now, this card's effect will always activate, meaning that it'll be worse than "Beatrice, Lady of The Eternal" because her effect activates when she's "destroyed by your opponent's card (by battle or card effect) and sent to the Graveyard". But then again, I can see why you didn't restrict it much given that there are currently no good EARTH HEROs, but still, I think this card might get Limited or Semi-Limited because of that second effect.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

I also need to point out that Mask Change II is still a thing, despite the lack of really viable EARTH Decks at the moment (or least ones that can support this card's presence). Though, unless they decide to run something like Dark Law just for the sake of getting him out from this card, I don't see it too much. First effect is fine, but second effect where it floats into ANY Masked HERO might be an issue. If this is in a HERO deck, I suppose it can drag out Divine Wind for TCG users until Konami lets Stratos go or makes an acceptable Main Deck substitute for him, but for the most part, it's either going to be Dark Law or Acid (I suppose Blast, but unsure on that).

 

Otherwise, Quasar already mentioned Form Change as another way to get this out. I personally don't run it though, and unsure if other HERO decks currently do.