[Written] Spell Parasite

[Spenstar]

Not sure which board this should go into, so I'm putting it in both!

 

Name: Spell Parasite

Category: Continuous Spell

Effect: You can activate this card on your opponent's side of the field by sending one face-up Continuous Spell Card they control to the GY or by banishing one Spell Card from either player's GY. When this card is activated: each player draws 1 card. You can only control one "Spell Parasite".

 

 

Functionally, this card plays 2 roles. First, it's a backrow Kaiju. Second, it acts as a parasite by eating up one of your opponent's backrow slots. IDK how to add a stipulation that they get to decide which slot it goes in (so it doesn't singlehandedly ruin pendulums) but that is the intent. You get to refresh your hand (though I should probably limit the draw effect to the card's controller) and your opponent gets a free card for their troubles, but then it just sits there, limiting your opponent's control over the backrow unless they have an easy mechanism to get rid of it. The option of banishing a spell to use it is specifically so it can be used to eliminate Denko's effect, which I think is fitting for a card that's meant to restrict what your opponent can do with their backrow.

 

You can use Emergency Provisions to turn the parasite into free LP if it's used on you, but otherwise you would have to personally use backrow removal to get rid of it. It's cumbersome, but at least you can only have 1 of these bother you at a time. Ironically, some pendulum decks can (and frequently do) destroy their own cards, so they can handle this just fine.