Guardian Soul Dragon

[Dragon7OP]

[center]Guardain Soul Dragon LIGHT

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Dragon / Synchro / Effect
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Reduce all effect damage dealt to you by 800. During your
turn, you can lower this card's ATK and DEF to increase your
life points by the same amount. Once per turn,
you can increase this card's ATK and DEF by 800
ATK/2200 DEF/2200[/center]

[玄魔の王]

OCG Fix Time!

Guardain Soul Dragon
LIGHT
Level: 8
Dragon / Synchro / Effect
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Decrease any effect damage you take by 800 (if the damage is less than 800, it is negated).
During your turn, you have this card lose ATK and DEF (in multiples of 100) to gain the same
amount of Life Points. During your Standby Phase, you can have this card gain 800 ATK and DEF.
ATK/2200 DEF/2200

All in all... mediocre. Black-Winged Dragon does a better job, and that's saying something. 6/10.

[Dragon7OP]

Mediocre? Really? I can see how it's connected to Black-Winged dragon, but not so much. Black-Winged dragon utilizes counters to weaken itself and weakens opponents monsters, as well as dealing damage. This card shields you from damage, and weakens itself on it's own to heal you. It's sort of like the yin-yang reverse of Black-Winged dragon. Also, it's ATK and DEF rise each turn, which would make it almost unbeatable after just a few turns. Imagine after 3 turns, you hav a 4600 ATK/DEF monster. Also, it doesn't pay in multiples of 100, it's whatever you want. (5,10,50,48,etc.)

[Heavens Guardian]

Instead of making it a tuner and 1 none make it a dragon and a tuner or the other way.

[Dragon7OP]

why does it need altered synchro requirements?

[Vector Nightmare]

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292863850' post='4867718']
Mediocre? Really?

[b]Yes, really.[/b]

I can see how it's connected to Black-Winged dragon, but not so much. Black-Winged dragon utilizes counters to weaken itself and weakens opponents monsters, as well as dealing damage.

[b]Which makes it quite weak, but also very strong if compared to your monster.[/b]

This card shields you from damage,

[b]From so little damage that doesn't even matter.[/b]

and weakens itself on it's own to heal you.

[b]For so little life that doesn't even matter, and besides trading attack power for LP is a terrible thing.[/b]

It's sort of like the yin-yang reverse of Black-Winged dragon.

[b]It's sort of a bad version of Blackfeather Dragon, except worse.[/b]

Also, it's ATK and DEF rise each turn, which would make it almost unbeatable after just a few turns. Imagine after 3 turns, you hav a 4600 ATK/DEF monster. Also, it doesn't pay in multiples of 100, it's whatever you want. (5,10,50,48,etc.)

[b]Play a few competitive games, and then come tell us how easy it is to keep a monster out for one turn, much less two. Summoning a monster with the prospect of maintaining it on the field for 3 or more turns is a bad joke in the current meta. Also, LP exchanges should be done in multiples of 100. There are few cards that break this rule, and your monster is not cool enough to be one of them.[/b]
[/quote]

Sorry, but that's just how it is. Your monster is not bad in concept, but it is too, too weak.

[yugi1]

[img]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7067/261971n.jpg[/img]

[Dragon7OP]

[quote name='~ Epic Hero - Saber ~' timestamp='1292872939' post='4868095']
Sorry, but that's just how it is. Your monster is not bad in concept, but it is too, too weak.
[/quote]

O.K. that's it. My card [i]is[/i] good. I don't care what you say, or what anyone else says. I put a lot into this card. It's MY card. It is designed to mirror my style, by deck, and my dueling. This is supposed to be MY card, and no one else would use it the way i would. So quit bashing it.

[Toffee.]

Yugi1, go away.

TC, just give your monster this effect: "When this card is Synchro Summoned, increase your Lifepoints by 3000"
Since its effect pretty much translates to that >__>

[Dragon7OP]

[quote name='Armadilloz' timestamp='1292874277' post='4868142']
Yugi1, go away.

TC, just give your monster this effect: "When this card is Synchro Summoned, increase your Lifepoints by 3000"
Since its effect pretty much translates to that >__>
[/quote]

Hmm...I'm not so sure. This effect is reuseable, and can be used when needed.. That effect can only be used once.

[玄魔の王]

[quote name='~ Epic Hero - Saber ~' timestamp='1292872939' post='4868095']
Sorry, but that's just how it is. Your monster is not bad in concept, but it is too, too weak.
[/quote]

Exactly.

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292873944' post='4868131']
O.K. that's it. My card [i]is[/i] good. I don't care what you say, or what anyone else says. I put a lot into this card. It's MY card. It is designed to mirror my style, by deck, and my dueling. This is supposed to be MY card, and no one else would use it the way i would. So quit bashing it.
[/quote]

Dude, posting a card here means you're asking for people to critique it. Part of that process is discovering if the card is useful in your average Deck. If you posted it with an Archetype that took advantage of it, or even posted up top that it was for specific use, it'd be fine. barring either of those, you're saying "This card would be useful for anybody who wanted to run it". And sadly, it is not.

[Buttercup]

bwd still exists

[Dragon7OP]

[quote name='Genma no Ou' timestamp='1292876203' post='4868230']
Exactly.



Dude, posting a card here means you're asking for people to critique it. Part of that process is discovering if the card is useful in your average Deck. If you posted it with an Archetype that took advantage of it, or even posted up top that it was for specific use, it'd be fine. barring either of those, you're saying "This card would be useful for anybody who wanted to run it". And sadly, it is not.
[/quote]

Well i'll say it here. It's for specific use. And I still have no problem with people that critique it. But your comments came across as less of a critique, and more of a criticism. If you were critiquing it, you would offer ways to make it better, instead of saying it's not good.

Edit: And if you think about it, all Synchros are for specific use. You choose which one to use based on the cards you can use and the decks you and your opponent use. No synchro is an omni-use card.

[Buttercup]

make it lv 7 with 2600-2700 atk

[Dragon7OP]

[quote name='Ser Warjacksworth' timestamp='1292881196' post='4868535']
make it lv 7 with 2600-2700 atk
[/quote]
Wait wait wait...[i]raise[/i] it's ATK and DEF, but [i]Lower[/i] it's level? It already starts the game with 3000 ATK/DEF due to it's effect, and you want to do what now? If it's ATK and DEF were that, it could start as a 3400 ATK/3500 DEF level 7 monster. So...could you explain?

[Vector Nightmare]

ITT #1: Attack points make monsters good.
ITT #2: Defense points matter.
ITT #3: Synchro monsters are for specific use only (I seriously lol'd irl at this one).
ITT #4: Level directly correlates to attack and defense scores (BEWD era is over, kids).
ITT #5: Criticism =/= critique, as if it's not up to the individual to decide what he will take and what he will reject.
ITT #6: I post a card and expect everyone to accept it and not point out its flaws, just because 'I' posted it.

tl;dr: epic fail. Sorry, kiddo, but your 2 stars do you injustice. You should still be a 1-star member, you haven't grown out of 'that' phase yet.

Make your monster be able to increase either its own or any other monster's ATK and DEF, but make the increase last only one turn. Make the monster be able to reduce its own or any other monster's ATK and DEF to 0 to increase your LP by that amount. Then give it some good protection / revival / advantage effect. Then it might be good enough. Oh, and

make it level 7

[Dragon7OP]

[quote name='~ Epic Hero - Saber ~' timestamp='1292894238' post='4869224']
ITT #1: Attack points make monsters good.
ITT #2: Defense points matter.
ITT #3: Synchro monsters are for specific use only (I seriously lol'd irl at this one).
ITT #4: Level directly correlates to attack and defense scores (BEWD era is over, kids).
ITT #5: Criticism =/= critique, as if it's not up to the individual to decide what he will take and what he will reject.
ITT #6: I post a card and expect everyone to accept it and not point out its flaws, just because 'I' posted it.

tl;dr: epic fail. Sorry, kiddo, but your 2 stars do you injustice. You should still be a 1-star member, you haven't grown out of 'that' phase yet.

Make your monster be able to increase either its own or any other monster's ATK and DEF, but make the increase last only one turn. Make the monster be able to reduce its own or any other monster's ATK and DEF to 0 to increase your LP by that amount. Then give it some good protection / revival / advantage effect. Then it might be good enough. Oh, and

make it level 7
[/quote]

What is this "that" phase you speak of? If you refer to the fact that I put heart into my cards, then you are right. I don't just take a picture and slap some words on. Each and every card I make has a special and unique story behind it. I put thought and feeling into this. I may be a 2-star member, but that will [I]never[/I] mean that I, or anyone else are a bad maker. Even the real-life card makers started out as little more than what we are now - a group of people with ideas they like. They all had to start somewhere, and I do to. You cannot put me down simply because I am new. I am better than you will ever be because i do not judge on a person's statistics, but on the way they act, on their own and with others. And right now, I do not have many good judgements on you.

O.K. Now that that's out, let me explain something. This card has a special meaning to me. I decided I would make my own signature card, and I did. I designed this card to be mine, and so it is. The reason it is in written cards is that i am [I]hand-drawing[/I] the card picture. So far, I have only seen a few cards on this whole site with that much devotion in them. I would normally not make this much of a deal out of this, but this is a unique situation.

By the way, what does ITT mean? I don't know, but it feels rather insulting.

By the By the way, I know all the things you mentioned. ATK/DEF are not the only use, level is deeper, and for the record, my sentiment on Synchros stands. The game is deeper than most people get, and that's just the surface.

[Vector Nightmare]

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292898631' post='4869464']What is this "that" phase you speak of?[/quote]

The phase where you think you are better than everyone else, and just because you spent a lot of time designing a card even though you have zero knowledge of the game makes it good. Namely:

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292898631' post='4869464']If you refer to the fact that I put heart into my cards, then you are right. I don't just take a picture and slap some words on. Each and every card I make has a special and unique story behind it.[/quote]

This phase.

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292898631' post='4869464']I put thought and feeling into this. I may be a 2-star member, but that will [I]never[/I] mean that I, or anyone else are a bad maker.[/quote]

You are not bad, you are simply a noob. That's alright, everyone grows out of this sooner or later. When you do, you'll come to understand what I'm saying you know, and actually admire me for not [i]really[/i] putting you down (because trust me... I've been practically cuddling you this far, since I feel nice today for some reason).

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292898631' post='4869464']Even the real-life card makers started out as little more than what we are now - a group of people with ideas they like.[/quote]

They most likely were a group of people with a very clear idea: to make money. And being creative with the purpose of making money leads to being terrible. Which is why most cards in the game today are terribly designed. But that doesn't automatically mean that, if you don't make money out of it, what you make is good. Putting your heart, as you so poetically put it, into something is fine for you, but for others to appreciate what you make, it needs much more. And that is experience, knowledge, and an actual willingness to make something good, rather than simply something you think is good because you made it. And you lack all three.

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292898631' post='4869464']They all had to start somewhere, and I do to. You cannot put me down simply because I am new. I am better than you will ever be because i do not judge on a person's statistics, but on the way they act, on their own and with others.[/quote]

I did not judge on your statistics. In fact, I said your statistics were better what I expected them to be, based on your attitude. That's usually the way people act during the first star phase, because after a few posts, there's always someone to set them straight. You just might have stumbled onto a lucky period. Or you are just too stubborn to accept what people tell you. Regardless, you will learn, in time.

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292898631' post='4869464']And right now, I do not have many good judgements on you.[/quote]

I do not care about your judgments. Maybe after you've been around for a long while more, seen some things, lived through some things (because I gather that you're not very old, or are living a very sheltered life, as the way you've been acting until now is the style of a stubborn kid used to always getting what he wants. It's been a while, but as far as I recall, anywhere starting from junior high and up, that kind of attitude would turn you into the laughingstock of your peers for weeks), learned how to spell judgment... no, I would not care about you even then.

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292898631' post='4869464']O.K. Now that that's out, let me explain something. This card has a special meaning to me. I decided I would make my own signature card, and I did. I designed this card to be mine, and so it is. The reason it is in written cards is that i am [I]hand-drawing[/I] the card picture. So far, I have only seen a few cards on this whole site with that much devotion in them. I would normally not make this much of a deal out of this, but this is a unique situation.[/quote]

You've been in this site for like... less than a month, and you claim to have any degree of experience with what's the standard in here? You surprise me unpleasantly with almost every other word of yours, kid. You may thing you designed some bigshot card, but all everyone else with half a hint of experience sees, is no original ideas, just some half-baked attempt at a barely tolerable effect without having put the slightest effort into learning how you should word your effects, or what kind of effects are actually balanced and expected etc, literally, just a few words randomly stringed together with no real substance. I see thousands of cards every day that are basically just like that, or even better. Just because you think something is good, doesn't make it so.

And enough of that "I made it for myself" nonsense. If you made it for yourself, keep it for yourself. We all are guilty of keeping some of our earlier designs somewhere in our archives, even if we are too ashamed to admit it. If you post it here, prepare to have it torn down.

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292898631' post='4869464']By the way, what does ITT mean? I don't know, but it feels rather insulting.[/quote]

It's tool time. Which it is.

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292898631' post='4869464']By the By the way, I know all the things you mentioned. ATK/DEF are not the only use, level is deeper, and for the record, my sentiment on Synchros stands. The game is deeper than most people get, and that's just the surface.[/quote]

Like I said, you know nothing about the game. The fact that you think it's deep actually proves that you have little to no experience with it. It's actually a pretty straightforward game with a lot more flaws than newer players can seem to detect, and certainly has no real level of depth. And your card is one of the worst cards in a long list of bad cards. Get over it, hang out in YCM more, and in time, you'll learn. And if you bothered to read this post, when the time comes, you'll thank me for it.

Over and out.

[Dragon7OP]

[quote name='~ Epic Hero - Saber ~' timestamp='1292900208' post='4869548']
Over and out.
[/quote]
Go on, leave. Go ahead.
This is not a "noob" idea or phase. I have been playing this game for around 10 years, so I think I have a pretty good idea what it's like. And that decade is how I came to realize that it is more complex than people realize. Sure the rules are straightforward and simple. They have to be, for children to play this. But that's not what I talk about. I'm referring to the styles and methods involved. I see it not as a simple card game, but a combination of strategy, comprehension and intellect. If I am a noob for this, then fine. And I do too want to make good cards. I want someone to look at my cards, and say "huh. Not bad."

You might know what you're talking about, and you might know the game, but you do not know me.

Also, I would dearly love to hear the plain truth from you. Please, don't sugarcoat it. You do no one a favor by this.

P.S. Is there anyone on this entire site that has something good to say about this card? Or at least something that matters?

[玄魔の王]

[quote name='Dragon7OP' timestamp='1292876715' post='4868256']
And if you think about it, all Synchros are for specific use. You choose which one to use based on the cards you can use and the decks you and your opponent use. No synchro is an omni-use card.
[/quote]

Stardust Dragon, Black Rose Dragon, Brionac, (formerly) Dark Strike Fighter, (OCG only for now) Trishula. Any of these names ring any bells? Oh, that's right; [i]they're universal Synchros[/i].

[quote name='~ Epic Hero - Saber ~' timestamp='1292894238' post='4869224']
ITT #1: Attack points make monsters good.
ITT #2: Defense points matter.
ITT #3: Synchro monsters are for specific use only (I seriously lol'd irl at this one).
ITT #4: Level directly correlates to attack and defense scores (BEWD era is over, kids).
ITT #5: Criticism =/= critique, as if it's not up to the individual to decide what he will take and what he will reject.
ITT #6: I post a card and expect everyone to accept it and not point out its flaws, just because 'I' posted it.

tl;dr: epic fail. Sorry, kiddo, but your 2 stars do you injustice. You should still be a 1-star member, you haven't grown out of 'that' phase yet.[/quote]

Pretty much this.

[quote]Make your monster be able to increase either its own or any other monster's ATK and DEF, but make the increase last only one turn. Make the monster be able to reduce its own or any other monster's ATK and DEF to 0 to increase your LP by that amount. Then give it some good protection / revival / advantage effect. Then it might be good enough. Oh, and

make it level 7
[/quote]

With this is mind:

[quote]
Guardian Soul Dragon (What is up with that name anyway?)
LIGHT
Level: 7
[Dragon.Synchro/Effect]
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Monsters
Any effect damage you take is halved. Once per turn, if your opponent controls a monster, you can have this card gain 800 ATK until the End Phase. Once per turn, you can make the ATK of 1 monster you control 0 until the End Phase to gain Life Points equal to its ATK.
ATK/ 2200
DEF/ 2200
[/quote]

Take it or leave it.

[byak]

[quote name='Armadilloz' timestamp='1292874277' post='4868142']
Yugi1, go away.

TC, just give your monster this effect: "When this card is Synchro Summoned, increase your Lifepoints by 3000"
Since its effect pretty much translates to that >__>
[/quote]

[img]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7067/261971n.jpg[/img]

[Dragon7OP]

O.K. I can see that my card needs serious work. I apologize for my comments earlier. I just really like this card.
I think i will raise it's ATK/DEF and have it nex all effect damage, and maybe something else. As for the name...

Each of the signer dragons matches one of the signers. Yusei; Stardust sacrifices itself to save others. Jack; Red Dragon is all about power that consumes your enemy, even if it costs you. Crow; Black-winged takes the hardships it goes through, and uses that to fight back. Akiza; Black Rose has an incredibly destructive power that can be unleashed at once. Luna; i'm not so sure, but there was that whole "Spirit world, saving Ancient Fairy" thing. It was wierd. Point is, each one has a story. And my dragon "covers" for you. pretty much it protects you, hence the "Guardian". The "soul" was pecause of the picture i'm making.

[ＴＨＥ ＧＯＤ ＯＦ ＯＢＥＬＩＳＫ]

[img]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7067/261971n.jpg[/img]

[Dragon7OP]

[quote name='InconsistentDecks' timestamp='1292960838' post='4871377']
[img]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7067/261971n.jpg[/img]
[/quote]

Why do you keep posting that card? Seriouslly, it's really annoying.

[Buttercup]

[img]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7067/261971n.jpg[/img]