Distorters

[L. Rutsah]

Archetype's link: https://www.duelingbook.com/deck?id=8503142

(example of deck: https://www.duelingbook.com/deck?id=8503243)

Creatures of an alternate underwater dimension, "Distorters" are a Fish WATER archetype. Most of their effects are negated if a Chain Link 2 resolves, though in exchange none of the maindeck monsters have HOPT restrictions. The monsters can all attack directly, or give up that ability and gain 2000 ATK/DEF. The deck plays as a combination of control and aggro, forcing the opponent to make sub-optimal moves to avoid high stats out of low level monsters and relatively strong Spells/Traps, while giving you options to make the really important ones uninterruptable.

(having trouble sharing a sample image of them from url, the button really doesn't like imgur for some reason)

 

[DifferentDimensionVanessa]

Very interesting archetype. Distorting Distortion seems too generalized or strong. Counter Traps have restraints on what they can negate or at least an LP cost. Even Solemn Judgment is not an omni-negate. I'd say add some condition to it that it can only activated if there is a Distorter monster on the field / within either GY, because currently it's too much for it to blow away any Chain Link 2 response the opponent could have to you.

[L. Rutsah]

16 hours ago, DifferentDimensionVanessa said:

Very interesting archetype. Distorting Distortion seems too generalized or strong. Counter Traps have restraints on what they can negate or at least an LP cost. Even Solemn Judgment is not an omni-negate. I'd say add some condition to it that it can only activated if there is a Distorter monster on the field / within either GY, because currently it's too much for it to blow away any Chain Link 2 response the opponent could have to you.

I think it's fine because it specifically works on CL2s and nothing else. You have much less control over what you can hit than with a solemn.

[Loleo]

On 2/10/2022 at 8:46 AM, L. Rutsah said:

I think it's fine because it specifically works on CL2s and nothing else. You have much less control over what you can hit than with a solemn.

I thought it was made to make itself mistiming as it said "this effect" not "that effect" "this" normally means it refers to itself. Also is that negation tied to the first or second effect?

[L. Rutsah]

On 2/15/2022 at 5:01 AM, Loleo said:

I thought it was made to make itself mistiming as it said "this effect" not "that effect" "this" normally means it refers to itself. Also is that negation tied to the first or second effect?

It negates whatever was CL2, it doesn't negate itself. Distorters negate themselves if something resolved as CL2 in their effects' chain.