Generic Anti-Archetype Nuke - Illcaster

[ABC Gun]

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​Illcaster (Spellcaster/DARK/Level 6/Effect/ATK 2500/DEF 1100)
Cannot be Special Summoned while you already control a face-up monster(s) with the same word(s) in their names as any other face-up cards on the field. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: Destroy all face-up monsters on the field with the same word(s) in their names as any other face-up cards on the field. This effect cannot be activated if you control 2 or more face-up monsters with the same word(s) in their names. If you control 2 or more face-up monsters with the same word(s) in their names, destroy this card.


I was bored and I was tired of making competitive cards (yet I still post in Advanced Card Design), so now I have a nuke for all of you, and it a particular hatred of Archetypes. I understand the concept of Anti-Archetype cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! is very unappealing and disappointing to most but this card takes the concept to its next logical degree, by not focusing on a single Archtype but rather any Archetype, or just any monsters with the same word(s) in their names (like how most Dragon-Type monsters have the word "Dragon" in their names). But the catch is that while you control 2 or more face-up monsters with the same word(s) in their names, you cannot Special Summon it, even if you Normal Summon it it's effect won't activate, and it'll destroy itself, so you must be careful of what kind of Deck you place it in and how you use it otherwise you'll end up wasting a Normal Summon. Even though this card is Anti-Archetype, ironically it works well with the Mythic Beasts as this card does not care about Pendulum Monsters specifically in the Pendulum Zone, as well as cards that involve Spell Counters like Power of the Guardians, Spellbook Star Hall (and some other Spellbook Spells), and anything that supports Spelllcasters. I was trying to introduce the concept of Anti-Archetype cards into the game as I don't see it at all not just in Yu-Gi-Oh! but in other TCGs too, I don't know why this is as I think it could solve a lot of banlist problems by giving Konami a way around just neutering an entire Deck because 1 or 2 cards in it are busted AF.

[TheTrueSaiyan]

Great idea but just from how many "Frog the Jam" situations we have had over the years this would never work in reality. With how many puns the OCG like to use in their cards I'm kinda glad that direct translations aren't possible. Are you sure than Every card with "Blue" in its name here in English is the same in every language, German, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin with no extra cards lumped into any of them? We can't have a card that works differently in every language.

 

And some archetypes don't even have words in common like Zefra so this card does nothing against them.

 

Even then, most board people end on don't have monsters in the same archetype

What does "Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon", "Norito the Moral Leader" and "Zefra Metaltron" have in common for Pendulum Magicians?

Or "PSY-Framelord Omega", "Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn" and "Ultimate Conductor Tyranno" for 60 cards?

 

The one area this card would be useful would be the Knightmare Extra link, which is very easy in Gouki, but it attempts to destroy them and Cerberus protects them from that

[ABC Gun]

Great idea but just from how many "Frog the Jam" situations we have had over the years this would never work in reality. With how many puns the OCG like to use in their cards I'm kinda glad that direct translations aren't possible. Are you sure than Every card with "Blue" in its name here in English is the same in every language, German, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin with no extra cards lumped into any of them? We can't have a card that works differently in every language.

 

And some archetypes don't even have words in common like Zefra so this card does nothing against them.

 

Even then, most board people end on don't have monsters in the same archetype

What does "Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon", "Norito the Moral Leader" and "Zefra Metaltron" have in common for Pendulum Magicians?

Or "PSY-Framelord Omega", "Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn" and "Ultimate Conductor Tyranno" for 60 cards?

 

The one area this card would be useful would be the Knightmare Extra link, which is very easy in Gouki, but it attempts to destroy them and Cerberus protects them from that

 

When it says "same word(s) in its name", the part about word(s) means just that, entire words not just parts of words. Yes Archetypes like Zefra where the Archetype word is part of another word can get around this, but many can't and as I said if played in the right Deck it can also be used as a beatstick, plus the effect is NOT OPT, so you could hypothetically Special Summon it while your opponent is in the middle of Summoning 2 or more monsters in the same Archetype and disrupt them, then repeat as many times as you can.

[TheTrueSaiyan]

When it says "same word(s) in its name", the part about word(s) means just that, entire words not just parts of words. Yes Archetypes like Zefra where the Archetype word is part of another word can get around this, but many can't and as I said if played in the right Deck it can also be used as a beatstick, plus the effect is NOT OPT, so you could hypothetically Special Summon it while your opponent is in the middle of Summoning 2 or more monsters in the same Archetype and disrupt them, then repeat as many times as you can.

 

I understand "same word(s) in its name", I'm saying this won't work since every language translates card slightly differently so two cards with the same words in English may not be true in other languages

 

In English "Foucault's Cannon" and "X-Head Cannon" have "Cannon" in English but their German names "Foucaults Kanone" and "X-Kopfkanone" have no words in common. That's my problem with this card, do you intend to make it work differently in every language?

 

Also, what card effect do you have in mind to summon this card during your opponent turn? There isn't really any good ones that come to mind for me

[ABC Gun]

I understand "same word(s) in its name", I'm saying this won't work since every language translates card slightly differently so two cards with the same words in English may not be true in other languages

 

In English "Foucault's Cannon" and "X-Head Cannon" have "Cannon" in English but their German names "Foucaults Kanone" and "X-Kopfkanone" have no words in common. That's my problem with this card, do you intend to make it work differently in every language?

 

Also, what card effect do you have in mind to summon this card during your opponent turn? There isn't really any good ones that come to mind for me

 

Magical Dimension. As far as language is concerned, that might have to be something Konami has to figure in each region, or better yet just stop censoring the damn game (which will NEVER happen)

[TheTrueSaiyan]

Magical Dimension. As far as language is concerned, that might have to be something Konami has to figure in each region, or better yet just stop censoring the damn game (which will NEVER happen)

 

So just have Japanese as the "master language" (since Konami of Japan will never agree to use English) where every card that has the same words in Japanese are affected this card? 

 

There is some censorship but I would rather have the TCG to have the liberty to give names like "Santa Claws", "Ghostrick Socuteboss" and "That Grass Looks Greener" which have some relevance to western audiences rather than getting bland translations simply to keep the wording the same as the OCG

 

I'm just going to stop now. This kind of card will never work logistically.