Ritual Curse Prison

[Moor]

Ritual Curse Prison

Field Spell

Activate at the start of your Main Phase 1. 

(1) To Special Summon a monster from the Extra Deck, both players must discard 1 Spell Card and Tribute monsters from their hand and/or field whose total Levels equal the Level/Rank/Link Rating of the monster that would be Special Summoned.

(2) At the end of the turn this card was activated, if you did not Special Summon a monster(s) from the Extra Deck, send this card to the GY.

[Dova]

I saw Ritual, came here to check it out, fell in love with the idea.

 

The Spell part should't be a problem; most Decks today run a lot of Spells, and very rarely will you get a Deck without them. Even if you do, I've found quite often monster only decks are competent enough while in the Main Deck, so that'll be fine. I do wonder about Fusion Monsters; does that mean you're effectively paying the cost twice? Or do you mean doing this instead of doing the normal things that would Summon?

[Moor]

Yeah, you'd have to do it "twice". The idea is that on top of doing the standard procedure for whatever mechanic you're Summoning, you have to pay an extra cost.

[Moor]

Added the following clause:

 

"You must Special Summon a monster from the Extra Deck during the turn you activate this card."

 

To prevent unintended abuse in Decks that don't use their Extra Deck like True Draco and Barrier Stun.

[Dova]

Added the following clause:

 

"You must Special Summon a monster from the Extra Deck during the turn you activate this card."

 

To prevent unintended abuse in Decks that don't use their Extra Deck like True Draco and Barrier Stun.

 

That sounds fine in practice (good idea for a nerf), but what if I Pendulum Summon my entire hand, and my opponent activates Torrential Tribute? And what if I attempt to Synchro Summon a monster but my opponent negates the Summon with Solemn Warning? This one's actually less of a problem, as, well, that's what you get for being Warning'd.

 

How about:

 

At the end of the turn this card was activated, if you did not Special Summon a monster(s) from the Extra Deck, send this card to the GY.

[Moor]

Ah, that is much better! Thanks for the suggestion.