[Leaderboard] Excalibur vs. XOXO

[Excalibur the Divine]

Rules:

-All Leaderboard rules apply.
First to 3 votes or most votes by the deadline wins.
All voters must elaborate on their votes.

Both contestants have the right to refuse votes, but must explain why they don't accept it.

-Written cards are allowed. (Must be in written format, cards with blank pictures are not acceptable)

-Cards must be PM'd to me.
-Remove any evidence of the card being made by you to ensure anonymity.
-In case a downtime happens, the deadlines may be extended.

 

Rewards:

-The winner gets a rep from the loser.
-All voters get a rep for voting.

 

Deadlines:

-Cards must be finished 48 hours after this post.

-Voting deadline 3 days after cards are posted.

Requirement:

-Make a Battle Trap

 

Card A:

 

Contiuous Trap

 

Activate this card when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Negate all monster effects that activate on your opponent's side of the field. All Battle Damage taken is halved. During your next End Phase after this card is activated: Destroy this card. 

 

Card B: 

SUDDEN SACRIFICE!
Normal Trap
When your opponent declares an attack; Negate that attack, if you do, send 1 monster from your Deck to the Graveyard. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Battle Phase this card was activated.

[Dova]

Aight, I'm in! Why not have a support for a Vanilla Fusion monster?

[UltimateIRS]

Aight, I'm in! Why not have a support for a Vanilla Fusion monster?

 

You're ineligible, maximum is three 1v1s at a time.

[Dova]

You're ineligible, maximum is three 1v1s at a time.

 

Yeah, miscounted. Thanks for that.

[Arimetal]

In that case, how about we make a battle trap? The only one people are really running as of now is storming.

[Excalibur the Divine]

Accepted

[Excalibur the Divine]

You have about 14 hours left to submit your card

[Arimetal]

You have about 14 hours left to submit your card

Thanks for the heads up

[Excalibur the Divine]

Cards are up! Vote now

[Dova]

Would definitely run Card B over A. I mean, Card A does negate effects, but only activated ones. Jinzo says hello. It's a shame he's difficult to play these days. As for Card B, would I like to negate an attack, activate Foolish Burial, and lockdown my opponent until the end of the Battle Phase? Yes please.

 

Vote for Card B.

[Trebuchet MS]

Card A appears to be a Continuous Trap based on how it's worded. When you run a battle trap, one of the few things you want it to do is to protect you or your monsters, preferably by getting the attacker off the field. Card A doesn't really do that, and while it does stop effects from activating, reducing the damage you take isn't as favourable as a defense mechanism. That, and the fact that it affects both players and can be neutralized by basic S/T removal after its activation gives players another reason not to run it.

 

Card B negates the attack - normally also something not as favorable - but it makes up for it with a couple of cool things. Selective mill is particularly powerful in this game due to everyone and their mother having some form of Graveyard interaction particularly where monsters are concerned, and it also blocks the opponent from doing anything else other than attacking. Although, it lasts till the end of the Battle Phase, severely limiting the situations where the full bite of this shutout can be felt.

 

Vote goes to Card B.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Card A basically reduces the amount of battle damage you take, but unlike stuff like Mirror Force and the like, the opponent's monster(s) still exist and depending on the circumstances, the halved damage won't do you any good. It negates effects that trigger on the field, but Armades doesn't care.

 

B is basically Foolish Burial that can negate attacks and the opponent's chances of playing this turn. This only lasts one turn, yes, but compared to card A, you at least get to block one attack at minimum and opponent can't do much else. Because of the Graveyard interactions, a few Decks can plus off of the mill effect.

 

(As far as the effects are concerned, A is basically a one-turn thing as well since it blows itself up when your turn is over.)

 

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Vote to B.

[Excalibur the Divine]

3-0 Card B, XOXO wins