Tristan finds a Dark Designator!

[Thegargoylevine]

Alright, this is really old, but I've revived it and changed it a little.

 

Dark Designator

 

What? A -2 crap spell? Well, it is a -1 or -2 at first glance, but it has potential.

 

First, you get to check your opponent's deck. This is excellent early game, in the first duel of the match. You will know what kind of deck your opponent has, and every card your opponent could draw. This information is invaluable, and you can adjust your strategy based on it.

 

To make sure you're opponent doesn't draw a card from the effect, you can purposely call out a moster that your opponent wouldn't have (it has to be a real, legal card. OCG-only cards cannot be named, because the TCG name wouldn't have been confirmed yet). For me, if I'm playing Advance, I'd call out the name of any Forbidden Monster (banned cards still are 'legal', but not playable). Other options include Tyler the Great Warrior (one in existance), Shapesnatch, ect.

 

Secondly, you can easily take advantage of forcing a card in your opponent's hand. This is useful during the second and third duels in a Match. Call out the name of a monster your opponent relies much on. Then, after sending it to the oponent's hand, activate D.D. Designator. Now the monster is removed from play, and might be gone for the rest of the duel! Alternitives to D.D. Designator include Exchange or Amazoness Chain Master, so you can choose any monster in the opponent's deck to steal. This card is really underrated!

[Skuldur]

woah i never thought of it that way,

 

a free peek a your opponents deck is priceless.

[Sander]

woah i never thought of it that way' date='

 

a free peek a your opponents deck is priceless.

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You don't get a free peek. Your opponent just adds it to hand.

 

Awful Strategy is Awful.

[Skuldur]

here is a card ruling for this card

 

If you activate "Dark Designator" and your opponent says he/she has no cards in their Deck of that name, you may check the Deck to verify it.

 

so you'll just declare Chaos Emperor Dragon and when he says he doesn't have it you can check his deck to verify it.

[bozotehpwns]

i used to run an insect deck with paracite paraside and used this to make sure it was in his hand HAHAHAHA

[Ultimate Ryan]

never though of it like that, yes this is underrated!

[Thegargoylevine]

i used to run an insect deck with paracite paraside and used this to make sure it was in his hand HAHAHAHA

 

And that is yet another use.

[Phantasy Dreamz]

i used to run an insect deck with paracite paraside and used this to make sure it was in his hand HAHAHAHA

 

And that is yet another use.

 

i dont think that would work....... paracide's effect states that it needs to be DRAW out..... now add is not a draw

[Mr. Judgment Dragon]

Not that fantastic. A free peak at your opponent's deck. Nah. Not worth the -1 to your hand.

[Guest PikaPerson01]

Not worth -1ing.

[Bringer Of The Apocalypse]

It's better than before.

[The Dark One]

This idea makes it a little less horrible, but still far from playable.

[CrabHelmet]

Not worth the -1, especially in a cookiecutter meta where the first card the opponent plays tells you every card in the opponent's deck anyhow. Plus, it's completely useless after the first turn, unless you do some sort of stupid D.D. Designator combo, but -2'ing yourself for that is not worth it.

[Fh-Fh]

Anime beat you.

 

Mai v. Marik

 

Mai uses Dark Designator + Amazoness Cahian Master to get Marik's Ra.

[Thegargoylevine]

Darn. Is that what they made the card for? Well, Ra's illegal, so it doesn't count.

[tonisanoob]

3 of thees to get jd or dad in hand them ccv -.-' thats all i can think of

[CrabHelmet]

Along the same lines as Tonis, Mind Crush instead of CCV.

[「tea.leaf」]

Along the same lines as Tonis' date=' Mind Crush instead of CCV.

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Still a -1. :/

 

I mean, is that really worth it, just to get rid of one card in your opponent's deck?

[JesusofChaos™]

As crab helmet said, after the first card of any deck is played you can usually tell what it is. This card sucks, badly

[Thegargoylevine]

Then it's settled. Tristan found a piece of crap.

[Sixty]

A 3-card combo...

 

Dark Designator + Drastic Drop-Off + Monster Reborn.

 

Still sucks though.

[Infernalhero]

Alright I have something,you know your Opponent's running an Exodia Deck,you activate dark Designator to declare a piece,then you can ruin the combo by activating Exchange,unless he has an Exchange,he's screwed,Now in my case that's perfect cause I know a guy who runs.So Formula:

Dark Designator,a forbidden Piece+Exchange the Forbidden piece+Only can run 1 of each that Deck is now useless=Easy Win.And it really helps because the guy I know runs a Exodia Draw Deck.

[Exiro]

Alright I have something' date='you know your Opponent's running an Exodia Deck,you activate dark Designator to declare a piece,then you can ruin the combo by activating Exchange,unless he has an Exchange,he's screwed,Now in my case that's perfect cause I know a guy who runs.So Formula:

Dark Designator,a forbidden Piece+Exchange the Forbidden piece+Only can run 1 of each that Deck is now useless=Easy Win.And it really helps because the guy I know runs a Exodia Draw Deck.

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If the opponent runs Exodia, you don't need to screw him over to pwn him, unless you are bad at this game, or he has some REAL sweet drawing power.

[samer_13]

Its always fun to use this card on a limited card that you know is in their deck and activate mind crush, card destruction, etc. But it is a piece S***!