[Leaderboard] Dova vs. AsdfDuelist (Cards are up)

[Dova]

Remember when I used to win these?
 
Rules:
-All Leaderboard rules apply.
First to 3 votes or most votes by the deadline wins.
All voters must elaborate on their votes.
Both contestants have the right to refuse votes, but must explain why they don't accept it.
-Written cards are allowed. (Must be in written format, cards with blank pictures are not acceptable)
-Cards must be PM'd to me.
-Remove any evidence of the card being made by you to ensure anonymity.
-In case a downtime happens, the deadlines may be extended.

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

Deadlines:
-A 2 day deadline for a contestant to submit.
-A week after the cards are submitted until the end of the 1v1. If there are no votes at this time, next vote will win.

Requirement:
Make a "Draconia" support card. It can be a Spell, Trap, or Monster.


Card A:
 

Battleground of the Draconia

[ Spell / Field ]

If a Normal Monster you control attacks, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step. During your End Phase, if you control a monster(s), and you have not Special Summoned an Effect monster(s) this turn: You can add 1 "Draconia" monster from your Deck to your hand, and, if you control a "Draconia" card in each of your Pendulum Zones, you can add 1 "Draconia" monster from your Graveyard to your hand.

 

Card B:

Force of the Draconia
[ Spell / Normal ]
Tribute 1 Normal Monster, then reveal 1 Normal Monster and 1 "Draconia" Pendulum Monster with the same Level from your Deck, your opponent randomly picks 1 of them for you to Special Summon, and you add the other card to your hand. You can only activate 1 "Force of the Draconia" per turn.

[Bellringer Angel]

I need to actually win imo.

 

(This is an Entry btw.)

[Black D'Sceptyr]

I'm up to play.

 

And don't worry, you'll trounce me easy.

[Dova]

Sorry Sceptre, perhaps next time! Asdf, you're in.

[Dova]

Cards are up. Voting begins now!

[Azuriena]

Card B is solid. It grants consistency via tutoring and enables your Pendulum Summons to generate advantage. The only non-Draconia Pendulum Monsters of worth that it can search are the Dracos AFAIK, along with Angel Trumpeter (which it can also Special Summon half of the time), but it may get (even) stronger over time. I'm not the biggest fan of randomness as a balancing factor, but it's fine.

 

Card A though, for one, supports Draconia not just in consistency and advantage, but also their presence on the field. So I think choosing the Field Spell card type for this was appropriate. And isn't territory a prominent theme in Draconia lore? It grants a (potential) constant supply of advantage through its End Phase effect, with restrictions I find sufficient in the case where it is only a +1 from the Deck every or every other turn. Getting the additional card from the Graveyard obviously has that additional restriction listed on the card, but also requires you to setup your Graveyard beforehand. As Pendulum Monsters, this is mildly challenging. AFAIK, there is Painful Decision, Twin Twisters, and having your Summons negated. There is also the Xyz Summon that you can access on-demand unlike the others, but only Pearl can be made while still using Battleground's End Phase effect in the same turn. This actually gives Pearl more potential for play though, so that's also good.

 

Card C because any verdict I make will probably be biased.~

[Dova]

0-0-1 C.

[Black D'Sceptyr]

Let's begin. 

 

Battlefield of the Draconia - nice way to start with a Field Spell. One that protects their attacks from the Mirror Force barrage is also well and good as it means Sky Dragoon's Pendulum Effect can go off well and proper. And +2 at each End Phase makes up for this card's relative lack of protection (since it be supporting a deck of Normal Pendulum Monsters and all.) And making it so that Xyz Summoning isn't a -1 endeavor is something not even Igknights have properly grounded out yet, for all their mass-summoning capability. So Battlefield is good, and probably usable in copies-like the rest of the Draconia. A fine addition to the Draconia race in their eternal wars against the Cavalry.

 

Force of the Draconia - Ah, our variant of Draco Face-Off is here! Let's see. Tributing a Normal monster should be easy enough (again, deck full of Normal Pends) then it allows your opponent to randomly pick between a Draconia and a Normal Monster of equal Level-which means this card can even bridge well into Igknights, Metalphosis, and Dracos. (As was the intent, it seems.) Since the other goes to the hand, its heavily advantageous. And since it's once per turn, its well balanced. But the name of the game here is Draconia support, and tagging in generic Normal Support from the Deck is a way many other and (slightly, don't get me wrong, I'd love to see either of these cards become live) better cards can accomplish. So even though this card can open pipelines to Omega, Ultimaya T'zolkin and so much more, it's only good on the turn its activated.

 

Battlefield of the Draconia has it-by a hair-or scale, in this case.

[Bellringer Angel]

So...

 

Card A - 1

Card B - 0

Card C - 1

 

Any objection?

[Darjkle]

Good work Dova? If you know who made which card wouldn't that void your vote?

[Trebuchet MS]

Given that both cards in the opening post are formatted quite similarly to minimize design quirks, I presume D'Sceptyr is guessing who made what.

 

Just because a thread title reads Player X vs Player Y doesn't necessarily mean Player X made Card A, and Y made B.

[Dova]

No objections to 1-0-1.

[Bellringer Angel]

bump for vote

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Card A gives Vanilla decks the ability to screw over battle traps and some backrow, which is useful. The search effect is good, assuming that you didn't SS First of the Dragons or something (but I think they can manage not summoning that for a while, or just summon a Vanilla ED [i.e. Pearl and some other stuff]). Not sure on how often the Graveyard retrieval one will work out; most of the time, you'll probably have Draconias up as Scales, but suppose one can use them as Xyz Materials / detach. But yeah, card is fine; you don't have to limit self to Vanilla monsters in terms of summoning, but just that you won't get to search much. Field Spell thing is fine and fits into their lore (well, they are battling other countries over stuff and it reflects that). 

 

Card B is pretty much a Draco Face-Off for Draconias (bar needing a Tribute), which I'm probably not fond of in terms of creativity but it's nowhere as abusive as that. You will have access to anything 3 through 5, but aside from the Draconias themselves, most of the time, you'll get 4s for Xyz purposes (and probably some Synchro plays for Vanillas, but last time I checked, there aren't too many Vanilla Synchros and especially no 8s). It also requires a Tribute, but you can recur any Pendulum monsters you Tributed via Scales (if up), so there's that to consider, I suppose. 

 

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I'm voting A on this one, although a bit iffy about how often the Graveyard search thing will occur, except for Xyz Summoning and likely First of the Dragons material. 

[Dova]

2-0-1, unless there are objections.

[Bellringer Angel]

No objections.

[Dova]

It's been a week. 2-0-1 to Card A?

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

I'm just going to call it already, but yeah that's the final score. One of you, report the score in the Leaderboard thread so Striker can keep tabs on your progress.