Resurrector of Rites, generic ritual suppport

[I Hate Snatch Steal]

 

If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters, you can Normal Summon/Set this card without Tributing. When a monster you control with a different name is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, while this card is in your Graveyard: You can pay 1500 life points; Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. You can special summon 1 level 8 or lower non-"Gishki" ritual monster from your hand (this special summon is treated as a ritual summon). You can only activate 1 "Resurrector of Rites" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

 

Why 'non-"Gishki"'? I'd rather not see them and only them get use out of this card.

 

I will admit that its an odd idea that I just happened to have. I could be way off here on balance too, what do you think?

 

Changelog:

Added level restriction to ritual summoning effect

[Yemachu]

If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters, you can Normal Summon/Set this card without Tributing. When a monster you control with a different name is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, while this card is in your Graveyard: You can pay 1500 life points; Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. You can special summon 1 non-"Gishki" ritual monster from your hand (this special summon is treated as a ritual summon). You can only activate 1 "Resurrector of Rites" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

Ritual Support for non-Gishki cards, interesting. 1 non-Gishki Ritual Monster I can think of, which can really benefit from this card; is "Herald of Glorious Light" (and its younger brother/sister "Herald of Perfection"). Normally Ritual Summoning that monster would either put a heavy burden on your hand (it requires 12 or more levels of tributes), or you need to run a Deck with a decent amount of Normal Monsters (for usage with "Advanced Ritual Art"); which is not favorable. If you manage to summon "Resurrector of Rites" during your turn, without using 1 of its effects or have summoned it prior to your turn, you can just Ritual Summon "Herald of Glorious Light" using this card's effect at no cost. Also since this monster is a Fairy-Type, it can be used as a cost for the Heralds' negation effect(s). Other Ritual decks might also run this card, but might just as well run the "Djinn of Ritual" cards.
 
Taking those facts in consideration, you might want to water its effect down a bit; or at least the effect that lets you Ritual Summon. 
 
Eventhough its effect allows it to Special Summon itself from the Graveyard (resurrect), I would say its name does not completely match its flavor. The way I interpret it, "Resurrector of Rites" would ressurect a rite: Special Summon a Ritual Monster from the Graveyard. Also I do not really see need for its (current) resurrection effect. But since this is related to its 'flavor', it not as big of an issue (if it is an issue at all).
 
Now for my suggestion on fixing the card's effect; Instead of simply letting you just Special Summon a Ritual Monster from your hand, you can make this card a Generic Ritual Spell Card. If you do, you can also have this card be a part of the tribute. I guess the effect would be worded as follows: "You can use Ritual Summon any Ritual Monster. You must also Tribute monsters from your hand or field, including this card, whose total Levels are equal to or more to the Level of the monster Ritual Summon ".
 
Or if you would like you can give its effect a complete overhaul:

• When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 Ritual Monster from your Graveyard. When a Ritual Monster you contol is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card (from your Graveyard). You can only activate 1 effect of "Resurrector of Rites" per turn, and only once that turn.". Do note that if you go with this effect (or a part of it), that you cannot use it with "Herald of Glorious Light;  
• When you Ritual Summon, the monster you are Ritual Summoning can be a monster in your Graveyard. This is some sort of resurrection.

What you do with my ideas is of course up to you, but I do hope my vision/suggestions are of some use to you.

[I Hate Snatch Steal]

Ritual Support for non-Gishki cards, interesting. 1 non-Gishki Ritual Monster I can think of, which can really benefit from this card; is "Herald of Glorious Light" (and its younger brother/sister "Herald of Perfection"). Normally Ritual Summoning that monster would either put a heavy burden on your hand (it requires 12 or more levels of tributes), or you need to run a Deck with a decent amount of Normal Monsters (for usage with "Advanced Ritual Art"); which is not favorable. If you manage to summon "Resurrector of Rites" during your turn, without using 1 of its effects or have summoned it prior to your turn, you can just Ritual Summon "Herald of Glorious Light" using this card's effect at no cost. Also since this monster is a Fairy-Type, it can be used as a cost for the Heralds' negation effect(s). Other Ritual decks might also run this card, but might just as well run the "Djinn of Ritual" cards.
 
Taking those facts in consideration, you might want to water its effect down a bit; or at least the effect that lets you Ritual Summon. 
 
Eventhough its effect allows it to Special Summon itself from the Graveyard (resurrect), I would say its name does not completely match its flavor. The way I interpret it, "Resurrector of Rites" would ressurect a rite: Special Summon a Ritual Monster from the Graveyard. Also I do not really see need for its (current) resurrection effect. But since this is related to its 'flavor', it not as big of an issue (if it is an issue at all).
 
Now for my suggestion on fixing the card's effect; Instead of simply letting you just Special Summon a Ritual Monster from your hand, you can make this card a Generic Ritual Spell Card. If you do, you can also have this card be a part of the tribute. I guess the effect would be worded as follows: "You can use Ritual Summon any Ritual Monster. You must also Tribute monsters from your hand or field, including this card, whose total Levels are equal to or more to the Level of the monster Ritual Summon ".
 
Or if you would like you can give its effect a complete overhaul:

• When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 Ritual Monster from your Graveyard. When a Ritual Monster you contol is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card (from your Graveyard). You can only activate 1 effect of "Resurrector of Rites" per turn, and only once that turn.". Do note that if you go with this effect (or a part of it), that you cannot use it with "Herald of Glorious Light;  
• When you Ritual Summon, the monster you are Ritual Summoning can be a monster in your Graveyard. This is some sort of resurrection.

What you do with my ideas is of course up to you, but I do hope my vision/suggestions are of some use to you.

*reads link* That card wasn't on dueling network's list of rituals. Had I known a generic ritual that good existed, I might not have made this. I'll change it accordingly. Your also right about the flavor, but I'm not sure what else to call it.

 

Thanks for a great review. If you keep giving reviews like this, you'll be well on your way to being a well respected member of the forums, since this review sounded like it came from a vetran. Keep it up!