Nathanael D. Striker Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Rules 1. All Leaderboard and Tournament Rules Apply 2. First to 3 votes or most by 11:59 pm Pacific Time on October 31th wins. 3. Votes must have a valid reason. 4. Winner gets 1 Rep from loser. 5. I have the right to add rules. Card Requirement Make a Trap monster that fits a commonly-played Deck. Card A Special Summon this card in Attack Position as an Effect Monster (Dragon-Type/LIGHT/Level 4/ATK 1600/DEF 1900). (This card is also still a Trap Card.) As long as this card is face-up in a Monster Card Zone: Negate all other Trap Card effects on the field. Card B During either player's Main Phase: Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Fiend-Type/DARK/Level 5/ATK 1900/DEF 1700). (This card is also still a Trap Card.) You can only activate this effect if you control a face-up LIGHT monster. Banish this card you control: Add 1 LIGHT monster from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand. You cannot declare an attack the turn you activate this effect. During your End Phase, send the top 3 cards on your Deck to the Graveyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Althemia Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 A Trap Monster that fits in a commonly played deck? I don't see how either these would fit in a deck that is commonly played...Either way, onto reviewing everything:Card A+ Good design. 1600/1900 wall means it's not weak enough to pushed over by anything too weak, while also being at the point where it itself won't be doing any pushing over.+ Good effect. Negating other traps would make it a considerable choice in some decks while also being a Level 4 LIGHT with decent defense.- Not particularly very flavourful.- Small OCG error. 2nd effect is stated to be a Trigger effect, when in fact it is a Continuous effect.Card B- Stupid design. Search any LIGHT? What are you, high? Whoever made this surely thinks that searching a Judgment Dragon for seemingly no cost is a perfectly correct thing to do, when it hits the field and blows everything else up. How about you search a Lumina and make a Michael for also no cost? This stuff just doesn't seem as if they're... well, very well thought out. Maybe if it said that you couldn't use the card you add until x or it had some form of restriction on what it adds...- Not particularly good flavor with the rest of the Lightsworn. Seeing as how the Nightsworn aren't really a series that are meant to exist since Judgment Dragon and Michael exist, I would say that's kind of a bummer.- Inconsistencies with the naming scheme. Ruins the pattern of Lightsworn's naming scheme being a name, then Lightsworn [Title]. I don't think the Underworld is really a title.+ At least it doesn't promote OTKs maybe..?Card A gmv all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sage Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 So Card A is a permanent Trap Stun minus lingering. REDRUM can use it, it can be used to Summon Djinn… Card B is generally crazy. Even with the conditions, this is a free search for anything in the archetype, far outclassing something like Minerva. You can grab any Lightsworn you'd like, and Judgment Dragon. Yeah, I'm voting for Card A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael D. Striker Posted October 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 2-0 Card A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Card A gets vote for balancing reasons. While it's essentially Trap Stun (like last voter mentioned) and 1600/1900 [which is relatively decent], it's more balanced than the other card. Card B, like the others mentioned, allow you to search any LIGHT monster (including Judgment Dragon) and/or set up for the Synchro/other things. Plus, it doesn't really fit in with rest of LS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael D. Striker Posted October 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 3-0 Card A Instinct moves onto the Semifinals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehmani Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Oh, come on. Balance is proportional, remember? Lightsworns haven't been a competitive deck for several formats and people will choose a nerfed Royal Decree over a card that isn't nearly as bad as Lumina? The trouble with making cards in 1v1s anonymous is that you lose the ability to post an essay or explanation to accompany the card. Come on. When you make a card, it should at least be usable. Card A is a weaker version of an existing staple while Card B takes a deck that is currently Tier 2 at best and gives it the means to jump up a notch in usability. [/rantover] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Яingmaster Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 You gave a circus full of nutjobs the ability to decide when to blow up the surroundings of their tent rather than randomly doing so. Your card can search JD, that ALONE is TERRIBLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehmani Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Elegant Egotist gives Harpies the ability to summon any card in the entire archetype. Is that not overpowered? I'm not saying that LS are equivalent in power to a deck like Harpies, but one thing they do have in common is that they're not currently competitive decks. If I had made a card with a searching effect for Dragon Rulers or Mermails, well, that would be too much. Those decks have already made it to the top, they don't need any more oomph. The intention of every created card should be to make a card that can at least be usable. The less competitive a deck, the powerful created support should be, as this allows the uncompetitive deck to catch up with better decks. LS haven't made the Top 8 of a YCS in quite a while. They're outmuscled by most other widely played decks on the market. When reviewing cards, there is an asinine emphasis on 'overpowering' when the emphasis should be on 'underpowering.' If a card is overpowered, it's at least usable. If a card is underpowered, it's absolutely worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Uh, are you trying to compare an archtype whose entire purpose is to lucksack to an archtype that isn't even that strong right? The thing about the Lightsworn is that they rely heavily on luck in order to get JD. Your card makes the archtype consistent. What you fail to understand is that only LS players WANT the archtype to be consistent. No one else does. By giving the Lightsworn easier access to a card that shouldn't even exist in the first place is terrible, and you should feel bad trying to justify that kind of logic. And I should add that this guy can also search Envoy of the Beginning. It can also search Krystia, Hyperion or Venus. Frankly, your card just aids degenerate decks by giving them even more chances to get their bosses or OTK material. A Lightsworrn deck alone can hold the Lightrays, Sephylon, Judgment Dragon, Honest and Envoy of the Beginning, alongside Chaos Sorc. And let us not forget that your card can also search any Bujin at will. They don't mind losing their Battle Phase since the deck just sits anyways. Actually, let's make a short list of targets shall we? Hyperion, Envoy of the Beginning, Honest, Judgment Dragon, Lightray monsters, any Lightsworn monster, any Bujin monster, any Agent monster, Archlord Krystia, Cyber Dragon monsters (makes Rank 5s with CyDra too) Now tell me diddums, how do you justify searching Envoy of the Beginning or any of those cards I listed. No really, I'm curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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