Gate Guardian of the Labyrinth [WRITTEN]

[Bringerofcake]

Gate Guardian of the Labyrinth

DARK

Warrior/Fusion/Effect

11/3750/3400

 

"Sanga of the Thunder" + "Kazejin" + "Suijin"

Must first be Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned by Tributing the above monsters or "Gate Guardian". Thrice per turn, if a monster battles this card, its ATK and DEF become 0 during the Damage Step only. If this card would be destroyed, you can banish 1 of the above listed monsters from your Graveyard instead. If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can target any number of the above listed monsters in your Graveyard; Special Summon them. You can only use this effect of "Gate Guardian of the Labyrinth" once per turn.

 

In keeping with the original spirit of Gate guardian being a huge beater, it kills anything it battles with, and can "block" attacks like its three-part form in the anime. Every attack "breaks" the guardian, and if it manages to be broken before this happens, it splits into pieces. For reference, Sanga, Kazejin, Suijin, and original GG are all targets for both the block and the banish. It's a simple card, relatively speaking, but it hits things real good.

[Dova]

Non-activating ATK loss and protection. Finally, a thematic, functional, and powerful boss. Should probably specify that you have to Tribute the above monsters you control in order to Summon it. It's a shame that this card doesn't need Gate Guardian or make it playable in any shape or form, but requiring it would seriously nerf it and make it a much more absurd boss if you buffed it to compensate, so...I guess making it optional is the best we're going to get. For the destruction effect, probably best to specify "any 1" of the above listed monsters, as right now you could even though I don't really know why you would want to banish all of them for one protection. Same idea for the SS effect in the GY (in this case "1 of each") as you could SS several copies of the same monster with that one effect. But yeah, banishing and the last effect are extremely accurate to the anime, and well made.

[Bringerofcake]

As I understood it, you have to specify Tributing monsters only if it involves your opponent's field. I'll make the change with the banish effect though.

 

As far as actually getting GG in there, it's really hard to do because of how awful it is. I could make the Special Summon ignore summon conditions, but I feel like that's too much.