[Written] Orcust Flute Fiend

[Dova]

Orcust Flute Fiend
DARK | Level 2 | Machine/Effect - 1300/300
You can banish this card from your GY; Special Summon 1 "Orcust" Link Monster from your Extra Deck with a Link rating less than or equal to the number of your banished Machine monsters with different names, but banish it when it leaves the field, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except DARK monsters. You can only use this effect of “Orcust Flute Fiend” once per turn.

Just a sudden whim, considering I haven't played properly in ages. Debated making this a Tuner, for Needlefiber plays with Brass, but it's unlikely you'd get 2 monsters out without using one of the Orcustra's effects, which would make Needlefiber unsummonable. Also considered negating the effects of the monster that would be Summoned, but I think this way it allows you to do late-game plays when your opponent has removal to hurt your ladder into Longirsu or whatever. It's not like it's easy to Extra Link with these boys anyway, and besides, thanks to Konami's stupid rules, you can't resummon a monster Summoned this way, so all you gotta do is shuffle it back into your Deck when it gets banished.

 

 

Thoughts?

[Darj]

IDK how to feel towards the possibility of straight summoning Longirus or Orchestrion with no restrictions on it. Even with their effects negated and became unable to attack, they become quick shortcuts into bigger Links. Maybe make it count banished Orcust monsters with different names, in addition to negating the effect? That way it would require some set-up.

[Dova]

I'll leave the effect negation out for now, as that's partially what I wanted in the card being able to be used late-game against an opponent's responsive board. But it is definitely a bit strong, so I'll wait until someone else hopefully weighs in. The different banish count is definitely a workable additional nerf though, so that goes in. 

Thanks!