Xymntholocreties - Bearer of News

[HQCardmaker]

Level 11

Beast-Warrior/Spirit

DARK

Ultimate Rare

Cannot be Special Summoned. Cannot be Normal Summoned while a "Swords of Revealing Light" is face-up on the Field. Return this card to your hand on the beginning of the End Phase of the turn this card is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up. One of the Original Attributes of this Monster is also LIGHT. The other Monster Types of this Monster is Fairy-Type and the Monster Type(s) of the face-up Monster on your side of the field in the column left of the column this card is in while one is there. Pay any amount of LP from 300 to 4000. Choose whether to make 2/3 of that this Monster's Original Attack, or 2/3 of that this Monster's Original Defense; the remainder goes into the other option. This Monster cannot declare an attack. While this is face-up in Attack Position, it cannot be destroyed by battle, and Battle Damage is halved. While this is face-up in Defense Position, your opponent can only win the Duel by reducing this card's Original Defense to 0 through means other than destroying/banishing/attaching it or by having your LP reduced to 0 by the effect of "Xymntholocreties - Bearer of News". Trap Cards that negate attacks or can negate attacks can be activated with the treatment of having the following Trap Card Effect instead: (Quick Effect) Destroy a face-up "Xymntholocreties - Bearer of News".
Imperviously does not go to the GY nor get banished for the duration this is the only Monster face-up on the Field. Upon declaring the transition to your End Phase, you can change your LP to 100 and if you do, add and activate these Monster Effects to all other Effect Monsters face-up on the Field except for this and the effects below; if your LP change to an amount other than 100, remove said additions.
Add 1 News Token (max. 3) to every face-up card on the field you control that you own. You can remove as many News Tokens as you like at any time during your turn except during the effect(s) of "Swords of Revealing Light" and an effect(s) that prevent attacks. Every time you remove a News Counter: (Quick Effect) Pay 100 LP and if you do, you may activate the effect below this one but once for the remainder of the Duel during this upcoming Battle Phase:
* Add a Spell card that you own from your deck to your hand at random (Shuffle your Deck's Spell cards that you own face-down and draw from that pile) and if it has an effect that cannot affect LP on its own, swap it with a Monster card you can Normal Summon without Tributes from your Deck. Then shuffle your Deck.
Face-up Monster cards besides this one gain 50 Defense for every News Counter on any card you control that you own.

 

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[HQCardmaker]

This card is a mess! I should have made it a level 9 at most. And the effect... is super long. What even is this? Is this even balanced? Glad this is in casual.

[Horu]

The problem with high level spirit monsters is that they aren't worth the effort to summon them. Most monsters above Lv6 aren't worth the effort. You realize that I could essentially have Ultimate Offering out and just Dark Dust Spirit constistantly every turn. This means a complete field nuke and a direct attack and it retreats to my hand at the end of the turn to run this cycle again.

[Loleo]

On 5/8/2021 at 11:37 AM, HQCardmaker said:

Level 11

Beast-Warrior/Spirit

DARK

Ultimate Rare

Cannot be Special Summoned. Cannot be Normal Summoned while a "Swords of Revealing Light" is face-up on the Field. Return this card to your hand on the beginning of the End Phase of the turn this card is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up. One of the Original Attributes of this Monster is also LIGHT. The other Monster Types of this Monster is Fairy-Type and the Monster Type(s) of the face-up Monster on your side of the field in the column left of the column this card is in while one is there. Pay any amount of LP from 300 to 4000. Choose whether to make 2/3 of that this Monster's Original Attack, or 2/3 of that this Monster's Original Defense; the remainder goes into the other option. This Monster cannot declare an attack. While this is face-up in Attack Position, it cannot be destroyed by battle, and Battle Damage is halved. While this is face-up in Defense Position, your opponent can only win the Duel by reducing this card's Original Defense to 0 through means other than destroying/banishing/attaching it or by having your LP reduced to 0 by the effect of "Xymntholocreties - Bearer of News". Trap Cards that negate attacks or can negate attacks can be activated with the treatment of having the following Trap Card Effect instead: (Quick Effect) Destroy a face-up "Xymntholocreties - Bearer of News".
Imperviously does not go to the GY nor get banished for the duration this is the only Monster face-up on the Field. Upon declaring the transition to your End Phase, you can change your LP to 100 and if you do, add and activate these Monster Effects to all other Effect Monsters face-up on the Field except for this and the effects below; if your LP change to an amount other than 100, remove said additions.
Add 1 News Token (max. 3) to every face-up card on the field you control that you own. You can remove as many News Tokens as you like at any time during your turn except during the effect(s) of "Swords of Revealing Light" and an effect(s) that prevent attacks. Every time you remove a News Counter: (Quick Effect) Pay 100 LP and if you do, you may activate the effect below this one but once for the remainder of the Duel during this upcoming Battle Phase:
* Add a Spell card that you own from your deck to your hand at random (Shuffle your Deck's Spell cards that you own face-down and draw from that pile) and if it has an effect that cannot affect LP on its own, swap it with a Monster card you can Normal Summon without Tributes from your Deck. Then shuffle your Deck.
Face-up Monster cards besides this one gain 50 Defense for every News Counter on any card you control that you own.

 

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Level 11

Beast-Warrior/(Spirit)

DARK

Ultimate Rare

(Cannot be Special Summoned.) (Cannot be Normal Summoned while a "Swords of Revealing Light" is face-up on the Field.) (Return this card to your hand on the beginning of the End Phase of the turn this card is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up.) ([This monster is always treated as a life fairy in addition to its other types and attributes.])  (and the Monster Type(s) of the face-up Monster on your side of the field in the column left of the column this card is in while one is there.) Pay any amount of LP from 300 to [3900][intervals of 300 {if you choose to keep the 2/3 concept}]. Choose whether to make 2/3 of that this Monster's Original Attack, or 2/3 of that this Monster's Original Defense; the remainder goes into the other option{just make it the amount paid}. This Monster cannot declare an attack. While this is face-up in Attack Position, it cannot be destroyed by battle, and Battle Damage is halved. [While this is face-up in Defense Position, game/match winning effects cannot be activated, the game continues if your LP reaches 0, and you lose if this card's (Original) Defense is 0 .][if an opponent's monster declares an attack you can tribute this card negate the attack (and end the battle phase)].
[At the start of] your End Phase, you can change your LP to 100 and if you do, add and activate these Monster Effects to all other Effect Monsters face-up on the Field except for this [card:] (if your LP change to an amount other than 100, remove said additions.)
Add 1 News Token ((max. [6])) to every face-up card on the field you control that you own. You can remove as many News Tokens as you like at any time during your turn (except during the effect(s) of "Swords of Revealing Light" and an effect(s) that prevent attacks.) Every time you remove a News Counter: (Quick Effect) Pay 100 LP and if you do, you may activate the effect below this one but once for the remainder of the Duel during this upcoming Battle Phase:

Face-up Monster cards besides this one gain [100] DEF ([and 50 ATK]) for every News Counter on [all] card you control (that you own.)

 

 

I don't think this monster has any reason to be a spirit monster, the extra type and attribute shenanigans don't add much to the card, it doesn't need to be limited by attack stopping effects, it doesn't need the summoning restrictions, and the LP payment can get you real funky numbers.

The core to this card comes in the investment (which spirit really harms) to a powerful ability of protection and unstoppable spread of "news". Some of the effects were OP with the new standards of the card so I had to remove them. I hope you look at the items in () mostly what I talked about and think what is necessary to a fun, unique, wonderful concept.

 

When this card is summoned: Pay any amount of LP from 200 to 4000 in intervals of 100; this card's original attack an defense are equal to the amount paid. This Monster cannot declare an attack.(Quick Effect) Pay 100 LP; Face-up Monsters that you control gain 100 DEF and 50 ATK for every News Counter on you control. While this is face-up in Attack Position, it cannot be destroyed by battle, and Battle Damage is halved. While this is face-up in Defense Position, game/match winning effects cannot be activated, the game continues if your LP reaches 0, and you lose if this card's Defense is 0 . Once per a duel, At the start of your End Phase, you can change your LP to 100; add and activate this Effect to all other Effect Monsters face-up on the Field except for this card:
Once per a turn: Add 1 News Token to every face-up card on the field you control that you own.

[HQCardmaker]

Itsu somehow made a Level 11 (maybe Spirit) Monster with a viable effect. I think. This guy is a miracle worker!

[Loleo]

Thanks HQC, but you're the one with the great ideas. In short time you'll have the polish to match.