Cold Fusion

[BatMed]

 

 Effect:

Target 1 monster that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck; destroy it, then Special Summon all the Material Monsters used for that monster’s Summon (if any) from the Graveyard to that target’s owner field in face-up Attack position. They cannot declare an attack, and their effects are negated.

[Azuriena]

The name (and artwork) of the card suggests that it Fusion Summons, but it doesn't, and in fact doesn't interact specifically with Fusion Monsters at all. It's very conditional Spell Speed 2 removal of the arguably weakest type that's also potentially ineffective (adding to its being conditional) on a Trap Card. There are extra applications to the card when targeting your own monster, but the card is still underwhelming overall.

 

Target 1 face-up^[1] monster on the field^[2] that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck; destroy it, then,^[3]Special Summon all the Material Monsters used for that monster’s Summon (if any) from the Graveyard if all the Materials that were used for its Summon are in the Graveyard(s), Special Summon all of them^[4] to that target’s owner field^[5] in face-up Attack Position to the same field the destroyed monster was on^[6], but^[7] they cannot declare an^[8] attack, and also^[9]their effects are negated they have their effects negated^[10].

 

1: When you refer to monsters that were Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, you specify that they are face-up because all monsters that were Special Summoned from the Extra Deck must be face-up.

2: When you write a card effect that targets a monster on the field, even if that monster is Special Summoned, you still specify that it is on the field. This is different from activation conditions that refer to Special Summoned monsters.

3: While the TCG isn't 100% consistent on its use of commas, generally, at least in cases like this, a comma precedes an "if" unless it's at the start of a sentence.

4: See De-Fusion.

5: I changed the position of the text that describes the place to which you Special Summon the monsters because I gave that text more complex wording (see below) and in doing so "in Attack Position" became awkward when at the end of the sentence.

6: This is a functional change. I felt it makes the card function more consistently, in a way that reflects what the card is meant to do the majority of the time. The wording is based on Time Machine's. 

7: Generally, for restrictive effects that are dependent on the previous part of the effect, you separate with the PSCT conjunction "but".

8: Not necessary. As the Special Summoned monsters cannot already be declaring attacks, there is no effective change in functionality by removing "declare an" in this case.

9: "And" as a conjunction means that if you aren't capable of doing both, you do neither. "Also" is the more conventional PSCT conjunction to use in this case. Effects of this kind generally go in the formula of "but A, B, C, also D."

10: It's a recent change, but this is how card effects of this kind are now worded. Card effects that apply once and negate monster effects now say "it has its effects negated" (those that negate Spell/Trap effects also say this) while continuously applied ones may say something along the lines of "Negate the effects of all face-up monsters while they are on the field."

[kevintriedge]

It's like a De-Fusion that can be used for any type of Extra Deck monster. (or a Pendulum monster summoned from the Extra Deck...)

 

The last effect is somewhat a double-edged sword. If you use it on an opponent's monster (preferably in the End Phase so they can't just re-summon the Extra Deck monster?), the Materials are now sitting duck. But if you use it on your own, the Materials cannot attack for more damage like De-Fusion does. That being said, I feel like rather than for removal, this card's main use would be to recycle your own Synchros for repeated Summons, like how some people put De-Synchro in their Deck when T.G. Hyper Librarian was at its golden age.

 

Still, I agree with Azuriena that being a Trap Card lowers its usefulness. Maybe change it to Quick-Play Spell.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cold_Fusion

 

He basically retooled this card to be less dependent on Fusion Summons and explicitly mention what Ice Counters do (somewhat close to source but not really). 

 

----

While it's nice that this card can hit Synchro/Xyz monsters as well (even though we got stuff like Eidolons and Metalfoes; actually scratch the latter because Pendulum thing), it otherwise functions the same as it does in the manga. Opponent can still use the monsters for other ED plays, and really this just amounts to blowing up an SS'd monster. 

 

Flavor-wise, you sort of need to keep it a Trap Card b/c source material, but otherwise, it doesn't really do much. On your end, you can just cycle out ED monsters for other things, but that's about its only use nowadays. Pre-5Ds, it might've done something. 

[BatMed]

so I messed up, but at least it's a nice approach to its manga counterpart, to say the least XD