Swift Pendulum Squirrel [Written]

[Sleepy]

Swift Pendulum Squirrel 

WIND Level 1 [beast/Pendulum/Effect] Scale: <9>  200/300

Pendulum Effect:

You can only Pendulum Summon Normal Monsters or Synchro Monsters.

Monster Effect:

If this card is face-up in your Extra Deck: You can target 1 Normal or Synchro Monster in your Extra Monster Zone; change the target to a Main Monster Zone, and if you do, Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of "Swift Pendulum Squirrel" once per turn.

 

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It does not need a deck focused on Pendulums to be used. Also, the vanilla support is both a little bonus and an anti-loop measure that allows for Main Deck cards to be used with it.

 

It is made with the intention of facilitating Stardust + Formula for Shooting Star, or Ultimaya plays, or multiplying Synchros like the little Goyo cards under Link's rules.

 

Synchros and Pendulums are the short end of the stick for the new rules as of right now so just thought of giving them a push. Pendulums can also get more card advantage  hopefully.

 

The high Scale is meant to be negatable by other effects. If one is willing to go through the trouble to P-Summon Level 8 monsters, they should be able to IMO.

 

Thoughs/Comments/Suggestions appreciated and encouraged~

[Darj]

A really nice card. I like that the Pendulum Summon restriction is negatable to take advantage from the high scale. I wonder why it doesn't allow Fusion Monsters, though. Why no love for Fusion Pendulums? xD

 

IMO you can get away with making the Monster Effect also usable while it's in the grave, to enable plays from milling it.

[Sleepy]

A really nice card. I like that the Pendulum Summon restriction is negatable to take advantage from the high scale. I wonder why it doesn't allow Fusion Monsters, though. Why no love for Fusion Pendulums? xD

 

IMO you can get away with making the Monster Effect also usable while it's in the grave, to enable plays from milling it.

 

I wanted it to just support 1 Extra Deck mechanic other than Pendulums, and Synchros are in most need. The more I add mechanics, the more generic this is as a broad work-around for Link era restrictions, and I don't want to throw Link era's rules on the trash can with a single card xD

There'll be a time when Fusions or Xyzs get their push.

 

As for the "from the Graveyard GY" suggestion... Too many cards work from the Graveyard, and this is meant to just be a helper for Pendulum Summoning more than one monster with just the EMZ. Besides, the card needs to be dead somewhere, and Graveyard means you'd have to banish it or return it to the Deck to have it stop. Not on the level of Level Eater, but kind of reminiscent of it or Treeborn Frog from how much it'd be pestering the field.

 

I actually thought I'd be told the card is cheap as is so it is strange to get this reply lol.

Thanks for the post.

[Darj]

I actually thought I'd be told the card is cheap as is so it is strange to get this reply lol.

Thanks for the post.

 

Well... now that you mention it, and thinking a bit more about it... yeah, this could enable some plays in stuff like Star Grails who already spam like no tomorrow. But, the catch, and what IMO hold this card on check, is that you need to get it in the Extra Deck first, and that at the very least will take your Normal Summon on this card or otherwise can be awkward to setup. The ability of using its effect from the GY would assist with this setup, but still require cards like Foolish Burial, topdeck milling, etc. But you are right in that giving it such perk would allow it to recur much more; an alternative is the "but banish it when it leaves the field" drawback seen on a few self-revival cards, but then it would kill its ability to recur.

 

By the way, I'm not quite sure it actually assists with Pendulum Summoning more than 1 monster, because despite this card moving the Normal/Synchro Monster to a MM Zone, since it itself comes from the Extra Deck, it would be forced to occupy the now-freed EM Zone... again locking it before attempting to Pendulum Summon xD

You could try using the Squirrel for a Link/Xyz/Fusion/etc. Summon but those would occupy the EM Zone as well.

[Sleepy]

Well... now that you mention it, and thinking a bit more about it... yeah, this could enable some plays in stuff like Star Grails who already spam like no tomorrow. But, the catch, and what IMO hold this card on check, is that you need to get it in the Extra Deck first, and that at the very least will take your Normal Summon on this card or otherwise can be awkward to setup. The ability of using its effect from the GY would assist with this setup, but still require cards like Foolish Burial, topdeck milling, etc. But you are right in that giving it such perk would allow it to recur much more; an alternative is the "but banish it when it leaves the field" drawback seen on a few self-revival cards, but then it would kill its ability to recur.

 

By the way, I'm not quite sure it actually assists with Pendulum Summoning more than 1 monster, because despite this card moving the Normal/Synchro Monster to a MM Zone, since it itself comes from the Extra Deck, it would be forced to occupy the now-freed EM Zone... again locking it before attempting to Pendulum Summon xD

You could try using the Squirrel for a Link/Xyz/Fusion/etc. Summon but those would occupy the EM Zone as well.

 

 

I've got an idea.... what if I give it Graveyard leniency but at half the speed?

I'm thinking along the lines of:

 

You can target 1 Normal or Synchro monster on your Extra Monster Zone; move it to a Main Monster Zone, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your Extra Deck OR send this card from your Graveyard to your Extra Deck face-up. [hard OPT clause here]

 

It makes it recurrent but not obnoxiously recurrent IMO.... but what do you think?

I wish they made shortcuts for OPT and hard OPT clauses.... It's the one thing I think cards need the most now that (quick effect) clause is taken care of.

[Darj]

That's an improvement the card can take, so yeah, go for it.

 

By the way, IIRC effects that specifically activate while in the Extra Deck have no precedence, although effects that activate in the ED exist, like Plushfire's and Ariadne's float effects. I don't think that would make this card an Experimental card, though; just wanted to point that out.