Grammar help for a complicated effect

[lugia61617]

Hello, all~

I'm in the middle of my "Digihuman" Archetype, and am making two monsters I call "Manipulators" - monsters which increase and decrease (manipulate) the levels and ranks of monsters on the field. The only thing is, i'm not sure how to phrase their effect...

My basic attempt would be:
"Once during either player's Standby Phase, you can decrease the level of any Monsters by any amount (with 1 being the lowest possible level). Then, increase the level(s) of any Monsters on the field until the total level increase is equal to the amount you decreased your Monster's levels by with this card's effect. Level changes by this card's effect are effective until the End Phase."

It sounds confusing...do you think there's an easier way? I want it to be the ultimate level manipulation Monster, and its Rank-based counterpart for manipulating Xyz Monsters (thus letting you utilize and control cards such as "Gravity Bind" or "Level Limit - Area B").

any help would be appreciated. On another note, how many cards have "manipulation" effects like this?

[Lyfe.]

Although I won't be bothered, just post these up and usually members will correct it automatically. I might try later; however, the OCG is incorrect, but not entirely.

[lugia61617]

fine, if I must. I was just hoping I could get an answer here, so there's less editing to do later.

[Lyfe.]

I'm just saying that's [I]usually[/I] what members do. Like I said, I might try to correct them later.

[lugia61617]

Well, thanks anyway. I'll see how it goes once I post the set.

[Max Darkness]

[quote name='lugia61617' timestamp='1306947021' post='5246565']
Hello, all~

I'm in the middle of my "Digihuman" Archetype, and am making two monsters I call "Manipulators" - monsters which increase and decrease (manipulate) the levels and ranks of monsters on the field. The only thing is, i'm not sure how to phrase their effect...

My basic attempt would be:
"Once during either player's Standby Phase, you can decrease the level of any Monsters by any amount (with 1 being the lowest possible level). Then, increase the level(s) of any Monsters on the field until the total level increase is equal to the amount you decreased your Monster's levels by with this card's effect. Level changes by this card's effect are effective until the End Phase."

It sounds confusing...do you think there's an easier way? I want it to be the ultimate level manipulation Monster, and its Rank-based counterpart for manipulating Xyz Monsters (thus letting you utilize and control cards such as "Gravity Bind" or "Level Limit - Area B").

any help would be appreciated. On another note, how many cards have "manipulation" effects like this?
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[i]Once per turn, during either player's Standby Phase, select 2 face-up monsters on the field. Decrease the Level of 1 selected monster. (Min. 1) Then, increase the Level of the other selected monster by an equal amount. This effect remains activate until the End Phase.[/i]

^ That would be a short, easy, but slightly short-cut way to word the effect.


As for Level manipulation cards, you have "Level Eater", "Egotistical Ape", "Power Giant", "Level Retuner", "Level Tuning", "Mischief of the Yokai", "Star Blast", "Cost Down" and a few others.