Tunnelin' Desperado - Dastardly Devils Digging Deeper Ditches!

[Draconus297]

[spoiler=Prompt]

Tunnelin' Desperado

 

Levels 4, 5, and 6 Warriors. (silent crowd) Gimmick archetype. (Crowd gets excited) Graveyard stacking. (Crowd confusedly cheers)

 

This archetype takes advantage of the fact that effects activating in the Graveyard puts that card on top of the Graveyard, by utilizing effects that take a card's placement into account when doing things with cards in your Graveyard.

 

Each of your monsters has an inconsequential effect (tiny LP gain, a Card Trader effect, etc.) that you can activate on a HOPT basis in your Graveyard, and your S/T carry banish effects to get them out of the way. This is to fuel on-field effects that deal with the top 6 cards of your Graveyard- burn, ATK boosts, revivals, popping cards, even draw effects! For example: "If the third card from the top of your Graveyard is a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster, draw a number of cards equal to its Level -3."

 

The issue mostly comes up with their slow monster presence, composed of monster SS effects that rely on a degree of luck or setup, and their support Spell/Traps are all only really any good if you go second or your opponent tries to interrupt your plays.

 

If you can Summon their boss, though, you basically just win, even against meta Decks- strong protection, a powerful removal effect that's always online if the top card of your Graveyard is an archetypal card, and even a bit of control mixed in! Just, um . . . don't let it get Kaiju'd.

 

 

 

The gimmick was actually really interesting to work with, considering how Graveyard effects that exist only for stacking purposes are hard to do. Hell, I don't even think I did all that good a job at trying to make the field effects the focus, because you've got a Card Trader and a Reload for hand fixing purposes, the healing is sorta relevant thanks to KoA's end of match procedures, an Upstart during your opponent's Draw Phase can net you extra necessary resources, and an actual, solid stun effect for a single card can make a game.

 

The Level 4s and the Level 6 have names after the first letter of the direction they dig tunnels in, and the Level 5 monsters' names start with the first letter of the name of the US state that is furthest in that direction (northeast is Maine, southeast is Florida).

 

If I'm going to make more support, it's probably going to be more backrow- I'll leave an H name and an A name to the other AGM members if they so desire to make support.

 

[spoiler= Monsters]

Tunnelin' Desperado - Witten of the Westerly Tunnel

EARTH - Level 4 - Warrior/Effect - 1500/1500

If only your opponent controls a monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can send 1 "Tunnelin' Desperado" card from your Deck to the Graveyard. Once per turn, if the fourth card from the top of your Graveyard is a "Tunnelin' Desperado" card: You can inflict 200 damage to your opponent for each "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster you control, and if you do; this card gains ATK equal to half the amount of damage inflicted, until the End Phase (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn). If this card is in your Graveyard, you can shuffle 1 card from your hand into your Deck: Draw 1 card (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn).

 

Tunnelin' Desperado - Nat of the Northbound Tunnel

EARTH - Level 4 - Warrior/Effect - 1000/2000

If a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster inflicts damage to your opponent: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do; you can add 1 "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Tunnelin' Desperado - Nat of the Northbound Tunnel", then increase this card's ATK by half the amount of damage inflicted. If you would take damage that is less than or equal to this card's ATK, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the damage you took. Once per turn, if the second card from the top of your Graveyard is a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster, you can target 1 face-up card your opponent controls: Destroy it. If this card is in your Graveyard: You can gain 500 LP (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn).

 

Tunnelin' Desperado - Elias of the Easterly Tunnel

EARTH - Level 4 - Warrior/Effect - 1800/1100

If you control 2 or more face-up "Tunnelin' Desperado" monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. If a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster you control battles, or is targeted by a monster effect, reduce the opposing monster's ATK by 400, and increase this card's ATK by that lost ATK until the End Phase. Once per turn, if the sixth card from the top of your Graveyard is a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster: You can increase the ATK of all monsters you control by its Level x100. During your turn, if this card is in your Graveyard and there are fewer cards in your hand than your opponent's, you can activate this effect: Draw 1 card during your opponent's next Draw Phase (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn).

 

Tunnelin' Desperado - Salvo of the Southbound Tunnel

EARTH - Level 4 - Warrior/Effect - 1700/1200

If you control a face-up "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster, except "Tunnelin' Desperado - Salvo of the Southbound Tunnel", you can Special Summon this card from your hand. If a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster you control battles, you can discard this card from your hand: Your battling monster gains 1700 ATK, and the opposing monster's ATK is halved, until the end of the Damage Step (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per battle). Once per turn, if the fifth card from the top of your Graveyard is a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster: You can Special Summon up to 2 "Tunnelin' Desperado" monsters from your Graveyard (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn). If this card is in your Graveyard, you can look at and arrange the top 5 cards of your Deck in any order (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn).

 

Tunnelin' Desperado - Markus of the Northeasterly Tunnel

EARTH - Level 5 - Warrior/Effect - 2000/2000

You can discard 2 cards: Special Summon this card from your hand, also, if 1 or more of the discarded cards was a "Tunnelin' Desperado" card, you can add 1 Level 4 "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster from your Deck to your hand. This card can make up to 2 attacks per Battle Phase. Once per turn, if the top card of your Graveyard is a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster: You can destroy a number of cards your opponent controls up to its Level -3 (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn). If this card is in your Graveyard: You can reveal 1 card in your opponent's hand at random, and that card remains revealed, and cannot be Summoned or activated, until your opponent's next End Phase (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn).

 

Tunnelin' Desperado - Fabrizio of the Southeasterly Tunnel

EARTH - Level 5 - Warrior/Effect - 2200/1700

If a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster is Normal Summoned, you can Special Summon this card from your hand in Defense Position. If a monster your opponent controls is destroyed by battle with a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster, you can banish the destroyed monster. Once per turn, if the third card from the top of your Graveyard is a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster, you can draw cards equal to its Level -3 (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn). If this card is in your Graveyard, you can shuffle your hand into your Deck: Draw cards equal to the number of cards you shuffled (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn).

 

Tunnelin' Desperado - Darrius of the Deep Tunnels

EARTH - Level 6 - Warrior/Effect - 2400/2100

If this card is Tribute Summoned by Tributing a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster, it is unaffected by, and cannot be targeted by, your opponent's card effects. Once per turn, if this card was Normal Summoned, or Special Summoned by the effect of a "Tunnelin' Desperado" card, you can select 1 card in your opponent's hand without looking at it: Place the selected card on top of your opponent's Deck. Once per turn, during either player's turn, if the top card of your Graveyard is a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster, you can target 1 card your opponent controls: Banish that target. If this card is in your Graveyard, you can target 1 face-up monster on the field: When a monster targeted for this effect leaves the field, gain LP equal to half its ATK (you can only activate this effect of this card's name once per turn).

 

 

 

[spoiler= S/T]

Deep Digging

Normal Spell

Add 1 "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster from your Deck to your hand. You can banish this card from your Graveyard, except during the turn it was sent there: Banish 1 card from your opponent's Graveyard for each Normal Spell Card in your Banished Zone.

 

Dig Swap of the Tunnelin' Desperadoes

Normal Spell

Tribute 1 face-up "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster you control: Special Summon 1 Level 4 "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster from your Deck, except a monster with the same name as the Tributed monster. During either player's Main Phase, you can banish this card from your Graveyard: The next time your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card this turn, that card is negated and Set (that Set card cannot be activated this turn).

 

Tunnelin' Desperado Tool Sabotage

Normal Trap

If your opponent activates an effect that would add a card(s) to or remove a card(s) from a player's hand, while you control a "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster: Negate that effect, then you can activate that effect. If your opponent Special Summons a monster: You can banish this card from your Graveyard; Special Summon 1 "Tunnelin' Desperado" monster from your Graveyard, and if you do, you can return that monster your opponent Summoned to its owner's hand. You can only activate each effect of this card's name once per turn.