Summon Altering Hand Trap - Crossing Soul

[Hexanort]

 

Lore:

You can activate this card from your hand. If this card is activated from the field: Card and effect cannot be activated in response to this card's activation. When your opponent Synchro Summon or Xyz Summon a monster: Negate the Summon and if you do, Destroy it. Then look at your opponent's Extra Deck and if there is monster(s) with different name and same Level/Rank than the destroyed monster's Level/Rank: Select 1 of those monster(s) and Special Summon it to your opponent's field in face-up attack position. Otherwise, you gain 1000 Life Points.

 

A free (and possibly a plus) but gimmicky counter trap that can alter synchro/xyz summon, any feedback/fix or tips to improve welcomed (especially on the OCG, since i have little idea how to word the effect correctly)

[Nightmare Stomper]

Wow, talk about massively OP with nothing but pluses. Alright, I understand, you hate synchro and Xyz and pendulum monsters (or whatever your ideology is).

 

I'm gonna quickly balance that. First of all, you can't just activate a card from your hand. For free. When you could be running Xyz and Synchro monsters. No no no no no. Not fair. Not only that, it can't be chained or Negated, also, you get to put a free to-grave monster on their side, and if you don't? You get Life Points back. Nonononononononon

 

Sexy card tho. Love the art.

 

So my suggestion is still really OP, but less broken than the above. This returns the monster to the Extra Deck and gives your opponent Life back for that, then, you can Banish this (alla skill drain) for its Special second effect.

 

If you have no cards in your Extra Deck, you can activate this card from your hand (during either player's turns). When your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Extra Deck: Negate the Summon of that monster(s), and if you do, return it to the Extra Deck, then, your opponent gains Life Points equal to its original ATK or DEF (whichever is higher). When your opponent Special Summons an Extra Deck monster(s) while this card is in your Graveyard, you can Banish this card: Negate the Summon of that monster and return it to the Extra Deck, then, your opponent selects and Special Summons 1 Extra Deck monster with the same Level/Rank as the returned monster, but with a different name. Its effect(s) are Negated, also, if that monster is not on the Field during the End Phase, gain 1000 Life Points.

[Hexanort]

umm, this card is not all about plusses, it actually very gimmicky and does not cause major loss

a free negating synch and xyz is not a problem, since there is existing card with even wider range of free negation, "Black horn of Heaven"

to compensate this card that is restrictive to synch and xyz, added possible activation from hand, or negation protection, if activated from the field.

 

It doesnt actually cancel a summon for free, it only replace it with another monster with same level/rank, that usually, have similiar stat and it still retain their effect (on xyz its a bit different since the summoned monster will have no material)

 

lets see a possible case: Negating a synchro summon of a level 8 stardust spark dragon, on synchro deck, opponent most likely have multiple monster with same level, lets set for example: Scrap Dragon, Crimson Blader, Beelze, even though opponent lose spark dragon, one of those monster will be summoned to their filed, its not a major loss (though this depend on the duel condition)

 

the 1000 LP will be a rare case, when negating a monster with rarer level/rank that people usually only run 1, like level 2 synchro, rank 3 xyz