[Leaderboard] UltimateIRS vs Kinka-Byo

[Nathanael D. Striker]

Rules:
All Leaderboard rules apply.
First to 3 votes or most by 7pm PST on 12/22 wins.
If there are no votes after the deadline, next vote wins.
All voters must elaborate on their votes.
The contestants and I have the right to refuse votes, but must explain why we don't accept it.
Written cards are allowed. (Must be in written format, cards with blank pictures are not acceptable)

Create a monster that can destroy another monster before damage calculation (e.g. Catastor-like effect). For difficulty sake, no FIRE or DARK monsters.

Rewards:
The winner gets a rep from the loser.
All voters get a rep for voting.

Card A

Amorphage Dimin
Level 4/ EARTH
Dragon/ Pendulum/ Effect

PE: During each of your Standby Phases, Tribute 1 monster or destroy this card. While you control an "Amorphage" monster, destroy all monsters that battle at the start of the Damage Step, except "Amorphage" monsters.
ME: If this card was Pendulum Summoned or flipped face-up, neither player can Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck, except "Amorphage" monsters.
0 ATK/ 2150 DEF

Card B

Shovel Buster

EARTH, Rank 3

Machine/Xyz/Effect

2 Level 3 monsters

At the start of the Damage Step, if this card battles an opponent's monster: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; destroy that monster. If this card has a Normal Monster as Xyz Material, you do not detach Xyz Material to activate this effect.

ATK 900/DEF 1200

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Card A is pretty much the middle finger to any/all ED-oriented Decks (which is pretty much everything nowadays).

Then again, the whole Archetype is anti-meta, so this fits right in. (Cavum and Olga have the same monster effect, so...)

 

Blows up an opponent's monster if you have an Amorphage, which you probably will, and essentially turns all of them into walking Catastors.

Or more like Ancient Forest, except it happens earlier and has some Archetypal restrictions.

 

At present, they only have three monsters, but I am certain they will receive more in a few days (or definitely later down the line).

 

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Card B is a cute retrain of Shovel Crusher and is certainly reflected in its effect (at least as far as the free pop goes).

Of course, Crusher is a vanilla that no one would play except in casual fights, so there's that.

 

Considering the Level 3 pool and all, getting a pop is nice and all, but the other R3s pretty much leave this in the dust in terms of usage.

 

Though, if we do get a Deck that can spam vanillas 3s, then this card will definitely be worth considering, but right now, that hasn't happened.

 

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So yeah, I have to give it to A in this case for usability, despite it supporting a Deck that essentially says "screw you (whatever)".

On a sidenote, I'm somewhat iffy on their concept at present, but I've yet to test what they currently have so far to see how they are.

 

B is nice, and the free pops are appealing, but either the other Rank 3s fill this card's niche otherwise or lack of viable Decks to actually play it that can abuse the no Xyz detach.

[Nathanael D. Striker]

1-0 A then.

[Nathanael D. Striker]

Alright then, Kinka-Byo wins 1-0. Upset #4 is done.