[Leaderboard] BatMed vs .Belle

[BatMed]

Rules:

• All Leaderboard rules apply.
• First to 3 votes or most votes by deadline wins.
• All voters must elaborate on their votes or else the vote will be rejected.
• Both contestants have the right to refuse votes, but must explain why they don't accept it.
• Cards must be PM'd to me.
• Both participants must approve both cards via notes, to help prevent functional and grammatical errors .
• If arts are provided, I will remake both cards in the same template to help ensure anonymity.
• In case a downtime or an emergency happens, the deadlines may be extended.

Deadlines:

• The deadline for cards is 2 days after challenge has been accepted.
• The deadline for votes is 3 days after cards have been posted.
• In case of a challenger failing to meet the above deadline without explanation, the challenger slot will open up again, at which point it becomes first-come-first-serve between the previous challenger's and new submissions.

Rewards:

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

Requirements:

• Make a Synchro Zombie Counterpart monster.

Cards:

[spoiler=CARD A]

Blue-Eyes Zombie Dragon

LIGHT | Zombie / Synchro / Effect

Level 8 | 3000 / 0

 

1 Zombie Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Zombie monsters

Your opponent cannot Special Summon monsters from the GY. When a Zombie monster effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can send 1 Zombie monster from your hand or field to the GY; negate the activation, and if you do, banish it. Quick Effect: You can Tribute this Synchro Summoned card; Special Summon 1 Zombie monster from your GY, except "Blue-Eyes Zombie Dragon". You can only use 1 "Blue-Eyes Zombie Dragon" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

 

 

[spoiler=CARD B]

Gaia the Undying Knight

DARK | Zombie / Synchro / Effect

Level 6 | 2300 / 0

 

1 DARK Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters

If this card battles an opponent's monster, it gains 300 ATK during damage calculation only. If this card is destroyed and sent to the GY: You can target 1 Zombie monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only Special Summon 1 "Gaia the Undying Knight" per turn.

 

 

[.Belle]

I will be your opponent.

[BatMed]

accepted

[BatMed]

cards are up!

[Eshai]

Blue-Eyes Zombie Dragon I would rather it not be a Blue-Eyes, but whatever it doesn't matter.

LIGHT | Level 8 | Zombie / Synchro / Effect | 3000 / 0

1 Zombie Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Zombie monsters

 

Your opponent cannot Special Summon monsters from the GY. Fair for a Level 8  Zombie Synchro with these conditions, since this is being compared to PSY-Framelord Omega. Would've rather had the Zombie World effect though just for the sake of Zombie World effect.

 

When a Zombie monster effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can send 1 Zombie monster from your hand or field to the GY; negate the activation, and if you do, banish it. 

See, this is why the Zombie World effect would've just been better. This way you could rather have it turn all monsters in your opponent's hand, field, or GY, depending on which you wanted (probably GY for this one) and it would've been a solid card. This is fine for what it is, just sad that you have to run Zombie World and probably Terraforming to get a use out of it. This also negates Ghost Ogre, just cause.

 

You can Tribute this Synchro Summoned card (Quick Effect): Special Summon 1 Zombie monster from your GY, except "Blue-Eyes Zombie Dragon". See this is where you put the Zombie World synergy. Since it's going to the GY before the effect activation, it's first effect isn't applied, so making it either player's GY would give you a reason to run Zombie World, since not only does it give you Field effect negation, but also the ability to Summon from your opponent's GY.

 

You can only use 1 "Blue-Eyes Zombie Dragon" effect per turn, and only once that turn. Fair

 

Pretty good, but could be improved.

Gaia the Undying Knight  Ooh. Cool name. 

DARK | Level 6 | Zombie / Synchro / Effect | 2300 / 0

1 DARK Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters So I can't use Ash Blossom, Spectralsword, or Sea Monster of Theseus, but I can use Genex Ally Birdman, Gofu, or Falco. Idk

 

If this card battles an opponent's monster, it gains 300 ATK during damage calculation only. I mean, you could just make it so it has 2600 ATK like the already existing Synchro monster 

 

If this card is destroyed and sent to the GY: You can target 1 Zombie monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only Special Summon 1 "Gaia the Undying Knight" per turn. Oh if this is your card Batmed then it better be a Headless Horseman reference. I would rather it say "You can only Special Summon this card" OPT, since then having a Deck of multiples would be a lot of fun, but whatever.

 

This is a fine effect. I guess this is more of a Generic Synchro than Blue Eyes, which is fine, but for that the card  it is it's not doing much that's interesting other than a "once per turn, this card cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects." The 300 ATK buff just seems redundant, and I can't see why it's even there.

 

Blue Eyes wins imo. Zombie variants are supposed to be Zombie related, but not only that it seems more competent in design. It definitely has something going for it, with several synergies that can be exploited by other Zombies. Gaia just seems too bland, like it's missing an effect, one that would probably activate when it's Special Summoned. While Blue Eyes isn't perfect, it's much more interesting than Gaia.

[BatMed]

1-0 Card A (if Belle accepts the vote)

[BatMed]

5 days has passed so card A won 1-0

Congrats me!