"Geminis Strike Back" custom card set PART 1: Custom "Splicer" Archetype, Extra Deck Geminis, and custom Gemini support!

[DolphyBlueDrake]

Do you like Geminis?  Do you wish they were just a bit more viable?  If so, then these cards were made with you in mind!  Now unveiling the first thirteen cards of my custom card set:
 

Geminis Strike Back

 
[spoiler=Order and Chaos, the Twins of Eternity]

 

Order and Chaos, the Twins of Eternity
Level 8 | LIGHT | Fairy | Gemini | Effect
2800/2000
This card is treated as a Normal monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a Normal monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with the first 2 of these effects.
• This card's Attribute is also treated as DARK, and its original level is treated as 12.
• Once per turn, unless this card was Normal Summoned this turn, you can Normal Summon it to have it gain 1 of the following effects, which cannot be gained by other means, in order.
• This card's original atk and def are treated as 4000 and 3200, respectively.
• Gemini monsters in your hand and deck are treated as Normal monsters.
• You may Normal Summon 1 additional Gemini monster per turn.
• Your opponent cannot remove this card from your side of the field except by battle.
• This card cannot be targeted by your opponent's cards or effects.
• Once per turn, you can select 1 Gemini monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it. The Special Summoned Gemini monster is treated as an Effect monster and gains its effect(s).
• Effect monsters summoned by your opponent become non-Effect monsters and lose their effects. Your opponent can Normal Summon a monster treated as a non-Effect monster by this effect to have it become an Effect monster and gain its effect(s).

 

[spoiler=Gemini Blacksmith]

 

Gemini Blacksmith

Level 4 | FIRE | Beast-Warrior | Gemini | Effect

1800/1000

This card is treated as a Normal monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a Normal monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with this effect.
• Once per turn, you can pay 500 Life Points to search your deck for 1 Normal Trap card with "equip this card" in its card text or 1 Equip Spell card; add it to your hand.

 

[spoiler=Cyber Splicer]

 

Cyber Splicer

Level 8 | WATER | Psychic | Gemini | Effect

2500/2000

This card is treated as a Normal monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a Normal monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with these effects.
• Once per turn, you can discard one card from your hand and send a monster you control to the Graveyard. Depending on the card sent from the field to the Graveyard, apply 1 of the following effects:
    • Non-Gemini monster: Declare a level between 1 and 4. This card’s level becomes that level.
    • Gemini monster treated as a Normal monster: Declare a level between 5 and 8. This card’s level becomes that level.
    • Gemini monster treated as an Effect monster: Declare a level between 9 and 12. This card’s level becomes that level.
After applying 1 of the above effects, increase this card’s atk and def by 100 X the declared level. These changes to level, atk and def last until your next Standby Phase.
• Once per turn, you can pay 1000 Life Points to add 1 Gemini monster or 1 card with “Gemini monster” in its card text to your hand, except “Cyber Splicer”.

 

[spoiler=Splicer Armorer]

 

Splicer Armorer

Level 5 | EARTH | Warrior | Gemini | Effect

2350/1000

This card is treated as a Normal monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a Normal monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with this effect.
• Once per turn, you can discard 1 card from your hand to target either 1 Normal Trap card in your Graveyard with “equip this card” in its card text or 1 Equip Spell card in your Graveyard and place it in an available Spell/Trap Zone on your side of the field, and if you do, activate it immediately.

 

[spoiler=Splicer Omnismith]

 

Splicer Omnismith

Level 4 | LIGHT | Beast-Warrior | Gemini | Effect

1500/2000

This card is treated as a Normal monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a Normal monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with this effect.
• Once per turn, you can discard a card from your hand to target 1 Equip card on the field. Change its target to any face-up monster on the field. If the new target is an inappropriate target, it is treated as an appropriate target as long as this card remains face-up on the field. If this card leaves the field or is flipped face-down, destroy all Equip cards that targeted inappropriate targets with this card’s effect.

 

[spoiler=Splicer Saurus]

 

Splicer Saurus

Level 4 | WIND | Dinosaur | Gemini | Pendulum | Effect

1/1

1000/1950

Pendulum Effect

Once per turn, you can banish one Gemini monster you control until your next Standby Phase to make all Gemini monsters you control unaffected by your opponent’s cards and effects until your next Standby Phase.

Monster Effect

This card is treated as a Normal monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a Normal monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with this effect.
• Once per turn, when an opponent’s monster declares an attack, you can make this Defense Position card the attack target, then, if the attacking monster’s atk is lower than this card’s def, destroy the attacking monster after damage calculation. Also, each time a monster is destroyed by this effect, increase the def of this card by 50 X the level/rank of the destroyed monster.

 

[spoiler=Splicer Minotaur]

 

Splicer Minotaur

Level 4 | DARK | Beast | Gemini | Pendulum | Effect

9/9

1950/1000

Pendulum Effect

Once per turn, you can banish one Gemini monster you control until your next Standby Phase. If you do, all Gemini monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle until your next Standby Phase.

Monster Effect

This card is treated as a Normal monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a Normal monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with this effect.
• If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent, and, if that monster is destroyed by that battle, increase the atk of this card by 50 X the level/rank of the destroyed monster.

 

[spoiler=Gemini Omega Counter]

 

Gemini Omega Counter

TRAP | Counter

When a monster(s) is summoned, OR a Spell/Trap card, monster effect, or face-up Spell/Trap card effect(s) would be activated, banish one Gemini monster you control that is treated as an Effect monster until the End Phase to negate the summon/activation and destroy that card(s).

 

[spoiler=Hyper Cyber Splicer]

 

Hyper Cyber Splicer

Level 10 | WATER | Psychic | Gemini | Fusion | Effect

3000/2500

"Cyber Splicer" + 2 Gemini Monsters OR "Cyber Splicer" + 1 "Splicer" Gemini Monster
This card is treated as a non-Effect monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a non-Effect monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with these effects.
• You can activate Trap cards and Quick-Play Spell cards with "Gemini Monster" in the card text the turn they are set.
• If a card(s) equipped to a Gemini Monster(s) you control would leave the field, you can pay 500 Life Points to return that card(s) to the hand (this is a quick effect.)

 

[spoiler=Splicer DNA Manipulator]

 

Splicer DNA Manipulator

Level 9 | FIRE | Machine | Gemini | Fusion | Effect

2000/3250

1 "Splicer" Gemini Monster + 2 Gemini Monsters OR 2 "Splicer" Gemini Monsters
This card is treated as a non-Effect monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a non-Effect monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with this effect.
• Once per turn, you can discard two cards from your hand and change one Gemini monster you control that is treated as an Effect monster to face-down Defense Position to target one face-up monster your opponent controls and one "Splicer" Gemini monster you control. If you do, equip the first target to the second target.  "Splicer" Gemini monsters are treated as the type(s) of all monsters equipped to them by this effect in addition to their original type(s), their attribute(s) are treated as the attribute(s) of all monsters equipped to them by this effect in addition to their original attribute(s), and gain half the combined atk and def of all monsters equipped to them by this effect.

 

[spoiler=Focused Cyber Splicer]

 

Focused Cyber Splicer

Level 9 | WATER | Psychic | Gemini | Synchro | Effect

3100/2600

1 Gemini Tuner monster + "Cyber Splicer"
This card is treated as a non-Effect monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a non-Effect monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with these effects.
• Once per turn, before you draw during your Draw Phase, you can pay 1000 Life Points to increase the amount of cards you draw for your normal draw by 1 for that Draw Phase.
• If you Normal Summon a Gemini monster to have it gain its effect(s), gain 500 Life Points.

 

[spoiler=Cyber Splicer, the Ultimate Mastermind]

 

Cyber Splicer, the Ultimate Mastermind

Rank 12 | WATER | Psychic | Gemini | Xyz | Effect

4500/4000

3 Level 12 Gemini monsters
This card is treated as a non-Effect monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a non-Effect monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with these effects.
• If this card has "Cyber Splicer" as an Xyz material, Gemini monsters you control that are treated as Effect monsters cannot be removed from your side of the field unless they are destroyed by battle.
• If you summon a "Splicer" Gemini monster(s), it is treated as an Effect monster(s) and gains its effect(s).
• Once per turn, you can detach an Xyz material from this card. If you do, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until your next Standby Phase.
• Once per turn, you can pay 1000 Life Points to attach a Gemini monster from your Graveyard to this card as an Xyz material.
• Once per turn, you can detach 2 Xyz materials from this card to draw 2 cards.

 

[spoiler=Genius Cyber Splicer]

 

Genius Cyber Splicer

Rank 8 | WATER | Psychic | Gemini | Xyz | Effect

3300/2800

2 Level 8 Gemini Monsters
This card is treated as a non-Effect monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a non-Effect monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect monster with these effects.
• If this card has "Cyber Splicer" as an Xyz material, "Splicer" Gemini monsters you control that are treated as Effect monsters cannot be removed from the field by effects that do not target them.
• Once per turn, you can detach an Xyz material from this card to target a monster in either player's Graveyard and equip it to a "Splicer" Gemini monster you control. Monsters you control gain the effect(s) of monsters equipped to them by this effect.

 

And that's my first thirteen cards.  All but 2 require card art, but I've yet to find card art that would suit them.  But what I'm really looking for is feedback.  I need the outcomes of the effects, as well as the atk and def of cards to remain the same, but I'm open to adjusting the costs of effects to balance them.

 

Now, for how these cards function.

 

Order and Chaos, the Twins of Eternity is meant to be a card that punishes your opponent for letting it stick around for too long.  Each extra effect gained makes it more of a threat, with the effect that stops your opponent from removing it from your side of the field unless they destroy it in battle stopping your opponent from bouncing it, spinning it, banishing it, popping it, gaining control of it, moving it to their back row by any effect, or even tributing it.  But, Book of Eclipse is this card's greatest fear, for none of its many effects can stop it.  And once a Gemini monster is flipped face-down, its effects are gone.  The final effect is to make your opponent feel the pain that Gemini players have had to deal with for years, forcing them to play at a slower pace so they can't overwhelm you with huge plays.

 

As for the Splicers, there's more of them in the works, but for now, those are the ones I've finished designing.  Cyber Splicer is sort of like a main character card for the deck, with it being the source of a lot of the deck's power.  Almost all of the Extra Deck bosses either require Cyber Splicer or work better if they were summoned using Cyber Splicer.

 

Cyber Splicer searches virtually any card you'd find in a Gemini deck, and can also become whatever level you want, given that you have the right monster on the field for the level you want.  In fact, Cyber Splicer, the Ultimate Mastermind is virtually impossible to summon unless you use Cyber Splicer since even with these cards, there's no such thing as a level 12 Gemini, and that Xyz requires three of them!

 

The Splicers are intended to be a Gemini archetype that can do just about anything, making them very versatile.  But as they are now, this is only scratching the surface.  As is, the set mainly focuses on equipping for now.

 

Now, taking into account all I have said, which effects are still too powerful after taking their costs and requirements into account?  If the effort needed to pull off the effect isn't enough, what would you suggest to balance them without weakening the effects?  (I intend to add these to Duel Portal, but I need to know how to balance them, first.)

 

Also, what would you see as a good decklist involving at least one copy of each of these cards?  Once they're properly balanced, I plan on making a deck with them and trying it out.

[StoryTeller]

I love that cards!

I have felt the pain of geminis until i know duel portal.

The geminis of duel portal are really really strong.

Also, before i lose the bit of batery that i have, i need to say:

The one that can make draw 2 cards is too op, reduce them to draw 2 cards and discard 1 card, but detach only 1 card