[LEADERBOARD] Me vs TechGenusMaster START VOTING

[Northern Sage]

All YCM and Leaderboard rules apply.

-First to 3 votes or most votes by the deadline wins.

-All voters must elaborate on their votes.

All voters get reps for voting.

The deadline is October 31st.

Written cards are allowed.

Remove all signs of the card being made by you.

The condition is to make a Spell Card wiith a generic revival effect.

 

Card A:

 

 

Once per turn, when you control no monsters: You can target 1 monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it in face-up defense position. Its effects are negated, and its ATK and DEF become 0. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase during the turn you activate this effect.

 

 

Target 1 monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it, then your opponent gains 1000 Life Points. A monster Summoned by this effect becomes Zombie-type. You cannot Special Summon monsters, except DARK monsters. If a monster Summoned by this effect is targeted by a card effect: Destroy it. If this card is destroyed: You can send 1 Zombie-type monster from your deck to your Graveyard. You can only activate the effects of "Trick-Or-Treat" once per turn.

 

[goddamnit names are a pain]

I'll join. Just let me wrap up my other 1v1 first. Technically, it ended yesterday. How do you edit the title to say voting is over? 

[Northern Sage]

I'll join. Just let me wrap up my other 1v1 first. Technically, it ended yesterday. How do you edit the title to say voting is over? 

Accepted.

Card should be PM'd, by the way.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Card A: Once per turn SS effect w/limitations of effect negation, stats are zeroed and you have to skip Battle Phase each time you use it.

 

Card B: Gives opponent 1000 LP; SS monster becomes Zombie-Type and gets Spirit Reaper's "Destroy self when targeted" effect; only allowed to SS DARK monsters and once per turn (also relevant to Halloween being here in less than 2 weeks)

 

CnC:

You have to have a clear field to activate card A's effect and monsters can't attack/use effects; keep in mind that card's controller can still summon a monster (depending on what gets brought out, could be used for possible Synchro/Xyz); though said Extra Deck monster cannot attack during turn (but any effects can work)

 

Card B is like Upstart in a way (you SS a monster, they gain LP); and could be useful for Zombies for the milling effect if card is destroyed (albeit only one time use). As mentioned earlier, summoned monster gets destroyed if a card effect targets it [although it can revive another monster to go into Extra Deck stuff, then proceed to attack]

 

 

Overall, I vote card A due to slightly better balance (though card B's OCG is better). 

Best of luck to the both of you

[Mehmani]

Card A is just a really, really poor card. It's not completely useless...in an inferior metagame, it would probably garner some use, somewhere, but I'm hard-pressed to think of a place where it would be wanted over the alternatives on offer. It's just dull. Miracle Summon? It's about as miraculous as stubbing your toe.

 

Card B is certainly more interesting, I'll give it that. It is limited to DARK attribute monsters but that's less of a problem than losing your Battle Phase as the previous card did. The Zombie-Type conversion is a rather fun concept, although a little impractical. It has the unfortunate side effect of limiting the effectiveness of the card to decks where that conversion is not problematic or even a benefit. The Foolish Burial clause in the card is a nice touch, but the multitude of minor negative effects in the lore are too much hassle, simply put. 

 

With both cards, the question must be asked: What is their prerogative? Is there any substance behind either of them? They seem to be nothing but dull echoes of Monster Reborn and Mezuki respectively. These cards seem to me to be symptomatic of the balance neurosis that afflicts so many card-makers. Remember, if a card is to be considered good, it must be usable. Card A gets my vote because it's just a tad more viable that B, but only just. I must admit I was tempted not to vote at all.

[Maeriberii Haan]

Well, Card A is definitely usable in my opinion, but doesn't really reward you with much. The Battle Phase limitation really hurts the card. Card B is a quite good card for Zombie Decks, but it seems to be abusable, since you can bounce it to your hand to be able to SS a non-DARK monster, and it's a stellar MST bait when face-down. i'd vote for card A, since it's quite balanced compared to the potentially abusable Card B.

[Nathanael D. Striker]

Alright, that's 3-0 Card A. You guys may now reveal.

[goddamnit names are a pain]

I was card A. Good game, Seija.

I just checked this this morning, but just noticed the results. Thanks for all of the feedback on my card!

I will probably consider removing the Battle Phase Limitation. I need to work on my OCG some, I can tell.

 

They seem to be nothing but dull echoes of Monster Reborn and Mezuki respectively. These cards seem to me to be symptomatic of the balance neurosis that afflicts so many card-makers. Remember, if a card is to be considered good, it must be usable. Card A gets my vote because it's just a tad more viable that B, but only just. I must admit I was tempted not to vote at all.

Monster Reborn got banned, so I tried to balance with that in mind. I admit, the Battle Phase thing might be too much. Still, thanks for the feedback!