[Written] Evokers/Evocation/Persona Archetype

[Fukato]

I am doing this on mobile and have been for a while. If I ever use the computer to do this, then there will be pictures up! But like the others, this one will be written.

 

[spoiler=Playstyle]

 

There are no Main Deck Monsters but there are Extra Deck monsters. The Spell/Trap Cards are the support for the Extra Deck Monsters. They summon, support, and recycle these. The Extra Deck monsters, when destroyed are returned to the Extra Deck, while the Spell/Trap Cards can be refueled with Evoker Spell/Trap Cards.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Spell/Trap Cards]

 

Evoker

Normal Spell Card

Effect: Add, from your Deck to your hand, 1 "Persona" card or 1 "Evocation" card. During your Main Phase, except the turn this card was sent to the Graveyard: You can banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 "Evocation" card in your Graveyard; add that target to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Evoker" once per turn.

 

Evoker Card

Normal Spell Card

Effect: Return 1 face-up "Persona" monster you control, then add 1 of your banished "Evocation" or "Persona" cards to your hand. During the Main Phase, except the turn this card was sent to the Graveyard: You can banish this card, then destroy 1 card you control; return 1 "Persona" monster from your Graveyard to your Extra Deck. You can only use each effect of "Evoker Card" once per turn.

 

Evoker Mask

Quick-Play Spell Card

Effect: Pay 1000 LP, then target 1 "Evocation" card or 1 "Persona" card in your Graveyard; add it to your hand. During the Main Phase, except the turn this card was sent to the Graveyard: You can banish this card and 1 card in your hand; draw 1 card. You can only use each effect of "Evoker Mask" once per turn.

 

Evocation - The Phantom Thief

Quick-Play Spell Card

Effect: Special Summon 1 "Persona - Arsene" from your Extra Deck. During your Main Phase, except the turn this card was sent to your Graveyard: You can banish this card from your Graveyard; add 1 of your banished "Evoker" cards to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Evocation - The Phantom Thief" once per turn.

 

Evocation - To The Underworld

Normal Spell Card

Effect: Discard 1 card; Special Summon 1 "Persona - Orpheus" from your Extra Deck. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can banish this card and 1 other "Evocation" or "Evoker" card in your Graveyard; Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Persona" monster from your Extra Deck. You can only use each effect of "Evocation - To The Underworld" once per turn.

 

Evocation - Birth of 1500

Normal Spell Card

Effect: Banish the top card of your Deck; Special Summon 1 "Persona - Izanagi" from your Extra Deck. During your End Phase, after this card was activated: You can discard 1 card; add 1 "Evoker" card from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Evocation - Birth of 1500" once per turn.

 

Evocation - Conjuring of Death

Normal Spell Card

Effect: Return 1 "Persona" monster you control to the Extra Deck; Special Summon 1 "Persona - Thanatos" from your Extra Deck. During either player's turn, if this card is in your Graveyard: You can banish this card, then target 1 card on the field; negate its effects until the end of the turn. You can only use each effect of "Evocation - Conjuring of Death" once per turn.

 

Persona - Power Charge

Normal Spell Card

Effect: Target 1 "Persona" monster you control; for the rest of this turn, if that target battles a monster and inflicts battle damage to your opponent, the damage inflicted is doubled. During your Main Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard, except the turn this card was sent there: You can banish this card and 1 "Persona" card in your Graveyard, then target 1 monster you control; double its current ATK until the End Phase. You can only use this effect of "Persona - Power Charge" once per turn.

 

Persona - Matarukaja

Quick-Play Spell Card

Effect: All "Persona" monsters you control gain 1000 ATK until the End Phase.

 

Persona - Samarecarm

Normal Trap Card

Effect: When a "Persona" monster you control is destroyed by battle or card effect: Special Summon 1 "Persona User" Xyz Monster from your Graveyard, and if you do, attach this card to it as an Xyz Material.

 

Persona - Enduring Soul

Normal Trap Card

Effect: If you would take damage that would reduce your LP to 0: Banish 1 "Persona" monster you control, that damage becomes 0. During the Main Phase, during either player's turn, except the turn this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can banish this card, then target 1 "Persona" monster you control; it cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects this turn.

 

Persona - Megidolaon

Normal Spell Card

Effect: Destroy face-up cards on the field up to the number of "Persona" monsters you control. If your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card, while this card is in your Graveyard: You can banish this card and 1 "Persona" monster in your Graveyard; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. You can only use this effect of "Persona - Megidolaon" once per turn.

 

Velvet Room

Field Spell Card

Effect: This card is treated as a "Persona" card while face-up on the field. During either player's turn: You can send 2 face-up monsters you control to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 "Persona" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck.

 

Persona Compendium

Continuous Spell Card

Effect: When a "Persona" monster is sent to the Graveyard, or returned to the Extra Deck: Place 1 Persona Counter on this card. You can remove 3 Persona Counters from this card; add 1 "Evocation" card from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand.

 

Soma

Normal Spell Card

Effect: Shuffle all of your banished "Evoker", "Evocation", and "Persona" cards into your Deck; shuffle all cards in your hand into your Deck. You cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn. You can only use 1 "Soma" per turn.

 

All Out Attack!!

Normal Spell Card

Effect: If you control 2 or more face-up "Persona User" Xyz Monsters: Return all face-up "Persona User" Xyz Monsters you control to the Extra Deck, then destroy as many cards in your opponent's hand or field, up to the number of monsters returned by this effect.

 

Baton Pass!!

Quick-Play Spell Card

Effect: If a monster you control destroys an opponent's monster by battle: Target 1 other monster you control; until the end of this turn, it gains 500 ATK and it can attack your opponent directly.

 

 

 

[spoiler=Extra Deck]

 

Persona - Messiah

LIGHT Fairy Level 10 Fusion

2800/2200

Effect: Must be Special Summoned by banishing 1 "Evocation" card from your hand and returning 3 face-up "Persona" monsters you control to the Extra Deck including 1 "Persona - Orpheus" and 1 "Persona - Thanatos", and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Once, while this card is face-up on the field: You can target cards on the field, up to the number of "Persona" monsters you control; destroy them. If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can Special Summon 1 "Persona - Orpheus" or 1 "Persona - Thanatos" from your Extra Deck, and if you do, return this card to the Extra Deck.

 

Persona - Arsene

DARK Fiend Level 4 Fusion

1700/700

Effect: Must be Special Summoned by the effect of a "Evocation" card or a "Persona" card effect, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Once per turn: You can target 1 other "Persona" monster you control; return that target to your Extra Deck, and if you do, add 1 "Evocation" Spell Card from your Deck to your hand, but you cannot activate cards and effect with the same name as that card for the rest of this turn. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: Return this card to the Extra Deck.

 

Persona - Orpheus

FIRE Warrior Level 4 Fusion

1500/900

Effect: Must be Special Summoned by the effect of a "Evocation" card or a "Persona" card effect, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. At the start of the Damage Step, if a Level 5 or lower "Persona" monster you control battles an opponent's monster: Halve the ATK of the opponent's monster until the end of the Damage Step. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: Return this card to the Extra Deck.

 

Persona - Thanatos

DARK Fiend Level 7 Fusion

2400/1600

Effect: Must be Special Summoned by a "Evocation" card effect or a "Persona" card effect, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. During either player's turn, if a card or effect is activated: You can negate the effects of that card, then target 1 card your opponent controls; negate its effects until your next End Phase. During your Main Phase: You can destroy all cards on the field whose effects are negated. You can only use each effect of "Persona - Thanatos" once per turn.

 

Persona - Izanagi

DARK Thunder Level 4 Fusion

2000/1000

Effect: Must be Special Summoned by the effect of a "Evocation" card or a "Persona" card effect, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Once per turn: You can Normal Summon 1 Thunder-Type monster from your hand in addition to your Normal Summon/Set, or Special Summon 1 "Persona" monster from your Extra Deck, except "Persona - Izanagi", but its effects are negated. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: Return this card to the Extra Deck.

 

Persona - Izanagi no Okami

DARK Thunder Level 10 Fusion

3000/2000

Effect: Must be Special Summoned by banishing 1 "Evocation" card from your hand and returning 2 face-up "Persona" monsters you control to the Extra Deck including 1 "Persona - Izanagi", and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. The first time this card would be destroyed by battle and card effects each turn, it is not destroyed. If this card destroys a monster by battle: Your opponent takes 2000 damage. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: Return it to the Extra Deck.

 

Persona - Orpheus Telos

FIRE Warrior Level 12 Fusion

4000/4000

Effect: Must be Special Summoned by banishing 1 "Evocation" card from your hand and returning 4 face-up "Persona" monsters you control to the Extra Deck including 1 "Persona - Orpheus", and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. When this card is Special Summoned: You can draw 3 cards, then discard 2 cards. Once per turn: You can reveal 1 "Persona" monster from your Extra Deck; this card gains that monster's effects and name until the end of the next turn. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: Return this card to the Extra Deck.

 

Persona - Satanael

DARK Fiend Level 11 Fusion

2500/2800

Effect: Must be Special Summoned by banishing 1 "Evocation" card from your hand and returning 3 face-up "Persona" monsters you control to the Extra Deck including 1 "Persona - Arsene", and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Once per turn, during either player's turn, when a card or effect is activated: You can negate the activation of that card, and if you do, banish it. When this card battles an opponent's monster: You can make this card's ATK become double its original ATK until the end of the Damage Step. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: Return this card to your Extra Deck.

 

Persona User - Akira

DARK Warrior Rank 4 Xyz

2400/1800

Effect: 2 Level 4 monsters

When this card is Xyz Summoned: You can target 1 card you control; return it to the hand. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; add 1 of your banished "Evocation" cards or 1 of your banished "Persona" cards to your hand.

 

Persona User - Minato

FIRE Warrior Rank 4 Xyz

2100/2000

Effect: 2 Level 4 "Persona" Monsters

When this card is Special Summoned, while you control another face-up "Persona" monster: You can target 1 face-up card on the field; return that target to the hand. During either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 face-up card on the field; negate its effects, then the controller of that card can Set 1 card with the same name as the card that was negated by this effect from their Deck. You can only use each effect of "Persona User - Minato" once per turn.

 

Persona User - Yu

DARK Warrior Rank 4 Xyz

2500/1300

Effect: 3 Level 4 monsters

While this face-up cards has Xyz Materials, cards that are banished from your opponent's possession cannot activate and resolve their effects. Once per chain, if a card is activated: You can detach 1 Xyz Material; negate that effect, and if you do, send 1 "Evocation" or 1 "Persona" card from your Deck to the Graveyard.

 

 

 

[Fukato]

Bump!

[Tinkerer]

Well, I assume these are meant to be used during the Link monster era since there isn't any kind of "Legacy" tag. On the whole, that's good because with the notable lack of hard-OPTs on any of the summoning, this gets to be quite as spammy and splashable as Zoodiacs. For example if you open with Evoker, Evocation Phantom Thief, OR Evocation 1500, you can end with a field of 3 Izanagi and an Arsene without even using a NS.

 

Even counting Links, these guys give way too much bang for their buck as they essentially act as X copies of Instant Fusion, giving you free stuff to be used any way you like, including expanding Link chains, for absolutely no downside whatsoever.

 

Now, mind you, I love the idea, but I really think they need to be reworked. The summoning spells need hard-OPTs to start with and also some other kind of cost. The monsters also need downsides. Izanagi (maybe negate the summoned monster's effects?), and Arsene (possibly make you unable to activate the card you searched?) in particular.

[Fukato]

Bump! Plus added some restrictions to some of the cards based on Tinkerer's suggestion.

[Fukato]

Bump!

[Fukato]

Bump! Plus 2 new Persona Users Xyz Monsters.

[Fukato]

Bump!

[Fukato]

Bump + more Personas!

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Bump!

[Fukato]

Bump + "All Out Attack!!" and "Baton Pass!!"

[Dova]

Evoker is simple, short, sweet and to the point. Shame this and the other Evokers aren't generally searchable, but I guess the Yosen(ju) route isn't terrible. And basic Grave searching. Good stuff.

 

Evoker Card? Really? Anywho, returning is missing "to the hand". My only gripe is the last effect specifically saying "Extra Deck". You see, if there ever was a "Persona" monster in the main deck, how would it work with this card? Just say "Deck" or even "hand", and it will work normally.

 

Evoker gets you some basic adding from your Grave, but the LP cost seems a little steep with the HOPT. Choose either or on the first effect, but the last effect seems a tad generic, but perhaps weak. I mean, you are going +0 and probably losing whatever card is in the hand. I would suggest just discarding a Persona/Evocation card to draw. 

 

Phantom Thief makes me think this is a pop culture archetype. I vaguely remember a franchise called Persona I think, but sadly do not know anything else, and so cannot comment on flavour :( Interesting tie to a specific monster, reminds me of the Legendary Dragons. And there I see the returning of banished cards, so, nevermind, leave the above card as it is, but...perhaps give it a search instead of a draw? It might need a tiny bit of buffing.

 

Underworld gets you another Fusion, but...this seems weird. Not only is its second effect stronger than its first effect, but the first effect is substantially weaker (relatively speaking) than Phantom Thief's Summoning effect, as it is only SS1 and requires a discard. Other than that, seems fine.

 

1500 basically doesn't have a cost, especially as these cards can do stuff with banished cards. And discard to search at EP, pretty neat. I'm fine with it stacking, as it only works at the EP and you don't have handtraps.

 

Conjuring is a little more interesting when it comes to laddering, giving a proper relative cost to bring out the higher level monsters. Weird how it has a SS2 Graveyard effect, and I don't think any Normal Spells have a quick Grave effect atm. Effect negation is a nice utility anyway, but best to have a look at that.

 

Power is meh. A generic card like that wouldn't be used, so perhaps Quick-Play? Searchability buffs it a tiny bit I guess, but considering that it doesn't actually buff ATK and still leaves you wide open to effects during the BP, some more power is in order (lol). Perhaps a UTL lingering effect?

 

Matarujaka is decent, I guess, but a bit simple by itself. You could probably get away with an extra 500 ATK, or perhaps buff DEF too. Or just a Graveyard effect. Your call, just don't go too far.

 

Samarecarm seems a little nichey for my tastes. Only when a monster is destroyed, and it only Summons an Xyz monster? Thats two conditions that must be met, not to mention the fact that its a Trap and so inherently slow and vulnerable. Perhaps get it to Summon a monster with a Rank/Level of 4 or lower from the Graveyard, and if it is an Xyz monster you can attach.

 

Enduring Soul is a neat little Foolish Burial target, and seems like a run 1 card of thing, as its only use in regards to its main effect is late game. I personally don't like the effect, but it it certainly is somewhat unique.

 

Megidolaon is basic destruction for its main effect, nothing to add there. It doesn't target, but then again it only destroys face-up cards. It has a weird counter trap except not really effect in the Graveyard, but again I think it's just fine. It can be negated by non-Counter Traps though, so that adds to it being fine.

 

Velvet gets you any other one of the ED cards in exchange for other monsters. I don't think it meshes well with the High-Level ED monsters, which require monsters from your side of the field, and you only have 15 cards in your ED to play around with. But it does prevent bricking I guess, and is searchable by terraforming.

 

Compendium is a simple searcher, and I think combined with the fact that this archetype relies on the ED that this card is fine without OPT, especially as it recycles.

 

Can you explain Soma to me please? The only utility I see is recycling the Person monsters that are banished, but it doesn't even deal with ones in the Graveyard (which could be used for fuel for the other S/T, yes), but the pay off is...you shuffle your hand into your Deck? What?

 

Gonna leave Messiah to the other bosses when I comment on them. Level 4s, then the bosses, then the Rank 4s.

 

Main problem with the Extra Deck cards is they return to the ED whenever they get sent to the Graveyard. How are they going to be used by the Spells that banish outside of the Xyzs? Not to mention you can at most run at most 2 of each Xyz. Back to Arsene, it gives you a search by making you lose field presence in an archetype about field presence. Not your best move, especially with its low stats. You could definitely get away with removing the limitation on the activation at least, and could probably through in a HOPT effect relating more to the archetype's theme.

 

Orpheus gives a battle boost and that is very helpful. 'Nuff said.

 

Thanatos...eh, negating "that card" when you can negate an effect always gets me. I would suggest just making it "negate that card or effect" and then have that extra negation. Except the card kills effect negated cards, so I guess that's a reason to keep it. Glad this one is less generic, as the negation effect is pretty strong, but it does require a Persona to get it out in the first place. 

 

Izanagi + 1500 combo is really helpful in my opinion to Thunder Decks for some reason. Dunno if that was intentional, but I guess now you have some main deck monsters to run around these cards. Just use R4 Thunder spam and you can easily get out the Rank 4s of this archetype. I really like this card, actually, especially as it gives you multiple options. I just don't know what your idea was behind the Thunder addition, even though it is Thunder.

 

Look, you're probably only going to run 1 or 2 bosses. Having 2 of each Xyzs is required, and then having 2 of each of the laddering up Fusions as well. Add 1 Thanatos, and you only have 2 spaces for the remaining cards, if you don't run 3 of anything at all. Working with the extra deck really limits splashability, and unless you work really hard at making them all fill seperate niches, you're only going to be running some of them. Even so, there's probably going to be different styles around different niches. The best one is Messiah, with Orpheus Talos losing because of its steep cost, but the rest are just meh for such powerful bosses.

 

I don't see the use of Akira's first effect. You want to leave your Persona's on the field to ladder up into the bosses, and all of your continuous Spells/Traps that stay face-up have no OPT. I don't know what to suggest, but its second effect, while being helpful, is too weak on its own, so you should add another effect.

 

Minato is pretty good and not generic. You do really hit the mark with certain cards. Second effect is perhaps a bit complicated, but the important thing is that it works.

 

Yu is too generic though. Come on, banishing with Soul Drain on banished cards? While not being too farfetched, there is nothing tying it to the archetype, no reason to not run it outside of the archetype. Also, you're not getting much out of it for using 3 Mats. Yes, other decks do this easily, but Person need their Fusions to ladder up, and this card provides no advantage. Why not go into Messiah?

 

Certainly an interesting mechanic you are messing around with, but you can't treat it like a normal archetype. Speed is an issue, but you have to adjust for using only Extra Deck monsters, and that means limiting your monsters so that you can run all of them, and don't make semi-useless cards. To be fair, you have done a pretty good job, with it being mostly a little weak rather than strong, so kudos.

 

[Fukato]

Bump! Changed Power Charge and Yu effect!