[Written] Pendulum Arc Knight

[Thomas★Zero]

Pendulum Arc Knight

Rank 4 LIGHT

Scale 8

Pendulum: Increase the ATK of all face-up Monsters you control equal to the number of face-up Pendulum Monsters in your Extra Deck times 100. When this card leaves the field from your Pendulum Zone, inflict damage to your opponent to the number of face-up Pendulum Monsters in your Extra Deck times 100.

Warrior/Xyz/Pendulum/Effect

2 Level 4 Pendulum Monsters

If you can Pendulum Summon Level 4 Monsters, you can Pendulum Summon this face-up Card from your Extra Deck. You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; target 1 Pendulum Monster you control: increase the targeted monsters ATK by 300 and it can make an additional attack during the Battle-Phase this turn. You can only activate this effect of "Pendulum Arc Knight" once per turn. When this card leaves the field from your Monster Card Zone, you can target 1 Pendulum Card in your Pendulum Zone; destroy the targeted card, then, place this card in one of your unoccupied Pendulum Zones.

ATK/2500 DEF/2100

 

Basically Pendulum Arc Knight is a Pendulum Exclusive Rank 4 Pendulum Xyz Monster whose Pendulum effect supports your other Pendulum Monsters and will strike back when destroyed. With its Monster effect it can be Pendulum Summoned if you can Pendulum Summon Level 4 Monsters and provide additional ATK and attacks to Pendulum Monsters you control including itself but its effect cannot used on the same monster twice.

[The Highlander]

The fact that this monster is a pseudo-generic rank 4 with a double attack effect, which outclasses gagaga samurai seems unbalanced ... on top of it having the advanatage of recurring (which in and on itself is not a problem if his stats would be 2400 or less ...), however beyond that this card is capable of targeting other cards as well, being able to affect itself and another monster, allowing 2 attacks with 3k and 2 attacks from any other pendulum monster with a 500 ATK boost ... that sounds like far too much ... what about it having a hard once per turn clause on that effect, allowing a second attack and the effect reducing ATK instead of increasing it (by 300 or something like that).

The Pendulum effect and the effect, which puts it in a pendulum zone, sound alright.

[Darj]

Yeah, the card was looking good as a Rank4 Pendulum Xyz with soft burn effects and decent scale of 8, but to me it was ruined with its monster effects that scream of "I OTK you now". As Highlander pointed out, it feels unfair how this card is able to put so much damage on board without any major drawbacks.

I agree with Highlander the effect should be OPT and reduce ATK instead of increasing it.