Luxuriant - Life Point Manipulation

[Degritone]

First card set in a while. A long while.

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Cards]

[spoiler=Luxuriant Commander]

[spoiler=Effect]Once per turn: You can pay 1000 Life Points; Special Summon 1 "Lexuriant" monster from your hand or Graveyard. During your End Phase of the turn you activated this effect, even if this card is removed from the field or its effects are negated: Gain 200 Life Points for every monster Special Summoned from your Extra Deck this turn. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: Add 1 other "Luxuriant" card from your Graveyard to your hand, then take 500 damage.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Combatant]

[spoiler=Effect]If you pay Life Points: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand.) If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can pay 500 Life Points; Special Summon this card, but its ATK and DEF become 1000. If you Special Summon a monster from the Extra Deck using this card: It gains the following effects.
-If this card attacks or is attacked: This card gains 1000 ATK and DEF during damage calculation only.
-After damage calculation, if this card destroyed a card by battle: You can Special Summon 1 "Luxuriant" card from your Graveyard.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Mercenary]

[spoiler=Effect]This card can attack up to twice per Battle Phase. You can pay 1000 Life Points; destroy 1 monster on the field. During the End Phase of the turn this effect was activated, even if this card was removed from the field or its effects are negated: Gain 200 Life Points for every "Luxuriant" card used in the Special Summoning of cards from the Extra Deck, also, if you activated the effect multiple times in a turn, you also gain an extra 100 Life Points for each card in either player's Graveyard.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Defender]

[spoiler=Effect]If this card is Summoned: Change it to Defense Position. This card cannot be changed to Attack Position. If this card is used in the Summon of a monster from the Extra Deck: You can pay 1000 Life Points; Special Summon as many "Luxuriant" monsters from your Graveyard as possible whose combined ATK is less than the Summoned monster's ATK. During the End Phase of the turn this effect is activated, even if this card was removed from the field or its effects are negated: Gain Life Points equal to half the Summoned monster's ATK.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Extractor]

[spoiler=Effect]You can pay 1000 Life Points; send 1 "Luxuriant" monster from your Deck to your Graveyard, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Luxuriant" monster from your hand. During the End Phase of the turn this effect is activated, even if this card is removed from the field or its effects are negated: Gain 250 Life Points for every card sent to either player's Graveyard this turn.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Necron]

[spoiler=Effect]If a card(s) is sent to your Graveyard while this card is in the Graveyard: You can pay 1000 Life Points and target 1 monster you control; return that target to your hand, and if you do, Special Summon this card, then this card gains ATK and DEF equal to the returned monster's ATK on the field. If this card is targeted by the effect of a card in the Graveyard: Negate the activation of that card's effect, also banish it. During the End Phase of the turn this card is Summoned, even if this card is removed from the field or its effects are negated: Gain 1000 Life Points.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Steradian]

[spoiler=Effect]2 level 4 monsters
When this card is Summoned, if it does not have a "Luxuriant" card as an Xyz Material: Detach all Xyz Materials from this card, then this card cannot have other Xyz Materials attached to it. This card can attack a number of times per turn, up to the number of Xyz Materials attached to it. You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; gain Life Points equal to the detached Material's ATK. If this card is used as the Tuner monster in the Synchro Summon of a Synchro monster, its level is treated as 0.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Subtend]

[spoiler=Effect]2 level 4 "Luxuriant" monsters
You can also Xyz Summon this card using a"Luxuriant Steradian" you control as the Xyz Material. (Xyz Materials attached to that monster also become Xyz Materials on this card.) This card cannot be removed from the field the turn it is Summoned. You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; this card gains 400 ATK. During the End Phase of the turn you activated this effect, even if this card is removed from the field or its effects are negated: Send all cards on the field to the Graveyard, then gain 700 Life Points for every card sent to the Graveyard by this effect.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Isomorph]

[spoiler=Effect]1 Tuner monster + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
If this card is Summoned using "Luxuriant Steradian" as its Tuner monster: You can excavate an amount of cards from the top of your Deck equal to the number of Xyz Materials attached to it +1; Special Summon all "Luxuriant" monsters from the excavated cards, then add the rest to your hand and gain 1000 Life Points for each card added to your hand by this effect. You can pay 1000 Life Points OR discard 1 card, also target 3 level 4 monsters from your Graveyard; your opponent chooses 1 of those monsters to Special Summon to their side of the field, then Special Summon the other 2 to your side of the field.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Homomorph]

[spoiler=Effect]"Luxuriant Steradian" + 1 level 4 non-Tuner monster
When this card is Summoned: Target 1 monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that monster as a Tuner monster, but its effects are negated. If it is an Xyz Monster, its level is treated as 0 when using it as a Synchro Material monster. If this card would be affected by your opponent's card effect OR it would be destroyed by battle: You can pay 1000 life points; negate the activation of the effect that would affect this card and banish that card OR this card is not destroyed by battle. During the End Phase of the turn you activate this effect, even if this card is removed from the field or its effects are negated: Gain 1000 Life Points for every card on the field.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Laplace]

[spoiler=Effect]"Luxurian Steradian" + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
You can also Summon this card as a Rank 4 Xyz monster by using 2 Synchro monsters you control as Xyz Materials. If Summoned this way, you can detach 2 Xyz materials from this card for the cost of its effects. When a card or effect is activated that would remove a card(s) from the field: You can pay half your Life Points; negate that card's or effect's activation and banish it. When this card attacks: You can pay 1000 life points; this card is unaffected by other card effects until the End Phase. During the End Phase of the turn you activate this effect, even if this card leaves the field or its effects are negated: Gain 1500 Life Points for every face-up monster on the field that was Summoned from the Extra Deck.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Stieltjes]

[spoiler=Effect]2 level 8 "Luxuriant" monsters
When this card is Xyz Summoned: Destroy every other card on the field, then inflict 200 damage to each player for every card destroyed by this effect. This card cannot be targeted by card effects. When this card would be destroyed: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from it, instead. You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; this card gains 1000 ATK, also destroy 1 card your opponent controls then add 1 Spell or Trap Card in your opponent's Graveyard to your hand. If you activate this effect, you cannot activate Spell cards for the rest of the turn.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Recharge]

[spoiler=Effect]Pay 2000 Life Points; Special Summon 1 level 4 "Luxuriant" monster from your Graveyard. During the End Phase of the turn this card was activated: Gain 500 Life Points for every card Special Summoned this turn.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Charge]

[spoiler=Effect]When a "Luxuriant" monster is Summoned: Pay 1000 Life Points; if that card would be used in the Summon of a card from the Extra Deck this turn, it is not removed from the field. If the monster Summoned was an Xyz monster: Attach this card to it as an Xyz Material. During the End Phase of the turn this card was activated: Gain 1000 Life Points for each card Summoned from the Extra Deck using that monster this turn.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Abundance]

[spoiler=Effect]Activate only while you have 10 or more "Luxuriant" cards on the field or in the Graveyard. Every time you Summon a monster from the Extra Deck using a "Luxuriant" monster you control: Gain 100 Life Points for every "Lixuriant" card in your Graveyard, then, if you gained 1000 or more Life Points by this effect, draw 1 card.

 

 

[spoiler=Luxuriant Field]

[spoiler=Effect]Every time a card is Summoned: Place 1 Luxuriant Counter on this card. You can pay Life Points; Special Summon 1 "Luxuriant" monster from your Graveyard whose ATK is exactly 100 less than the amount of Life Points you payed. You can only activate this effect of "Luxuriant Field" once per turn. Apply these continuous effects based upon how many Luxuriant Counters this card has.
-1 or more: "Luxuriant" monsters you control gain 100 ATK for every Luxuriant Counter on this card.
-3 or more: To activate a Spell Card, other than a "Luxuriant" card, both players must pay 1000 Life Points.
-5 or more: Neither player can activate effects that would destroy cards on the field.
-10 or more: Gain 500 Life Points during each End Phase for every effect activated that turn.

 

 

 

 

No searcher of their own, but they can spam themselves pretty quickly if you go Summon Extractor, send Necron, Summon Commander, Extractor, send Defender, Summon anything, Necron effect bounce Extractor, Commander for Defender, Synchro Isomorph, Defender effect to resummon Defender and Necron, Steradian with Commander and whatever else you Summoned, Steradian effect twice, Commander adds a card, Isomorph, resummon, Isomorph, resummon Defender, Homomorph into resummoning Steradian X3, 2 Isomorphs for Laplace, last Isomporh effect, get 2 monsters, go for a rank 4.

 

8000 (starting)-1000 (Extractor)-1000 (Extractor)-1000 (Necron)-1000 (Commander)-1000 (Defender)+1700 (Steradian)+1100 (Steradian)-500 (commander)-1000 (Defender)-1000 (Defender)+1800 (Commander)+3000 (Necron)+3200  (Extractor)+5300 (Defender)=16600 Life Points, assuming you Summoned Mercenary as that extra card. You can pop up to 2 monsters, as well, with Mercenary before he leaves, and if you do it once, 16600+2600 (Mercenary)+250 (Extractor)=19450, and doing it twice means, 19700+1000 (mercenary)+250 (Extractor)=19950.

 

Originally, the total was going to be 32400-51400, and being an old Life Point Psychic player, that sounded about right to me, as I could get +45000 off of one turn, but it was pretty situational to actually get 45000 and was more like a consistent 15000. So, I reduced the numbers significantly since you only have to open with Extractor + Commander + monster to do the above combo, and the combo was me semi-trying to get as many Life Points as possible, rather than trying to get the most effective field, although that would still be a pretty scary field, so and I probably missed some stuff for the most optimal LP gaining. I didn't include a second Steradian shenanigans thing because I did actually end it on an "end the turn" move, rather than going for even more LP, so more could have been gained.

 

If you DO go for the double pop, you get down to 1000 LP, and if not/can't, 3000. If they stop you from gaining LP by stopping your Steradian play by Solemn or something, you're stuck with going for 2 Xyz or another Isomorph and ending your turn there, leaving you at a "depressingly small" 13350 LP if you go double Isomorph > Laplace/Stieltjes. And that's IF you got to double pop monsters. If not, you're looking at 8450. If they Veiler Steradian, you do get a little bit more, but it's 8:06 AM and I didn't sleep at all last night, so I'm too sleepy to continue doing these simple calculations.

 

Of course, all that's if I kept track of everything in my head correctly.

[Degritone]

Bump 1.

[evil cucumber]

I think one of the main issues i see in some recent card designers is the huge amount of effects put into few cards. You dont need to overstrenght your cards for them to become meta.

Combatant is just one stupid card that can be abused pretty easily. The lack of a Once per turn clause and the minor damage you take(if compared to Tricklown's damage, one of the main Splashable level 4s we have) really dont make it look like a realistic card.

Commander is on the samr boat. How about a combo where u summon another Commander with its eff, which also summons another thing. Then you use everything to make something big (a bunch of Level 4s sure can make devastating plays). Then you get the Life Points gain and also some adds from the grave. This is beyond opness.

I would like to review some othrr cards, but for now id like to just say this, be careful with the amount of plusses one single card can generate. These ones are extremely good at spamming, they could easily surpass any existing Rank 4 engine with less efort. So cut effects, add restrictions, dont forget to make some of them 'Once per turn' effects(Combatant's float eff for example), rewrite stats, think about possible unfair combos. These tips may help to improve anyone's card design skills. Remember, the game must be fun for both sides.