Experimental Summon Mechanic 2: Brave Monsters and Brave Summon

[weedle is op cute]

Mechanic is not mine. 

Frame is half-red, half-white, example below.

 

Instead of Levels or Ranks, they have “Arcs” aligned to the left of the card (like Ranks are)

An explanation of how they work
While on the field, Brave Monsters are both treated as 2 separate monsters and 1 single monster. Due to this, an effect that would affect one of the Brave Monsters also affects the other one. Should 1 monster be removed from the field, the other one goes with it.
 

When it comes to attacking, the Brave Monsters may attack individually, one at a time, or may attack together at the same time. In the case of the latter, the ATK, DEF, and Arc of the two are combined until the end of the Damage Step.

Other traits that arise from the mechanic:

If an Equip Spell Card is equipped to one Brave Monster, it is also treated as being equipped to the other one.

Should a Brave Monster have an effect that prevents it from being targeted, destroyed, etc. that effect also applies to the other Brave Monster.

If both Brave Monsters you control have already declared an attack, and have done so attacking individually, and then are allowed to attack again in the same turn, they are allowed to attack together for their second attack(s).

Brave Summon

Alright. To Brave Summon, you take a Valor monster (the equivalent of Tuners) and put it face-down vertical, noting its Level. While in this state, the Valor is not treated as being on the field, and its Zone is sealed. Then you take two Brave Monsters from ED, whose total arcs equal that of the Valor, and Summon them to the field. You can only do this once per turn, during Main Phase. At the end of the turn, the Brave Monsters return to ED, and the Valor monster returns to its original state. 

Because Valors are meant to bring out several monsters at once within their own Level range, they often have high Levels and effects to SS themselves. But, as they are not meant to be attacking or defending, they have low ATK and DEF for their level.

 

[Jordan Ashwood]

I think I understand, but maybe not fully. Do you have any examples?

[weedle is op cute]

Actually, I do

 

A Level 8 Valor monster (Sonic Knight - Wave the Silent, card below) = an Arc 4 Brave Monster (Sonic Knight - Decibel the Striking) + an Arc 4 Brave Monster (Sonic Knight - Echo the Dashing)

 

It’s basically Reverse Synchro in a way. Instead of bringing monsters together, you split one monster apart 

Edited February 9 by weedle is op cute

[Jordan Ashwood]

So high-level maindeck monster splits into two lower-level extra-deck monsters... that's awesome x3 And I love the going-second implications of this card

[weedle is op cute]

Never thought about that