Link 4 can attack outside of the Battle Phase and can attack your own monsters.

[Eshai]

Vindicator of Future Purged
FIRE - NW, N, S, SE - Warrior/Link/Effect - 3000 ATK/LINK-4
2+ monster, including at least 1 Non-Token Monster
This card can attack and can only attack monsters this card points to. Each time a monster is Normal or Special Summoned to a Monster Zone this card points to: This card attacks that monster. If this card leaves the field, except during the Battle Phase: You can Special Summon 1 FIRE monster with a different name from your GY. You can only use this effect of “Vindicator of Future Purged” once per turn. You can only control 1 "Vindicator of Future Purged".

Can attack monsters outside of the Battle Phase? Check.
Can attack monsters during your opponent's turn? Check.
Can attack monsters you control? Check.
UFO Turtle Shenanigans? Check.
3000 ATK body so you can remember that it could end terribly if you aren't careful? Check.
Insurance for if something actually kills it but if they do it during the Battle Phase where it shouldn't happen they get rewarded? Check.

Might Level-lock it to Level 4 or lower so you can't abuse the effect, but I might also not because Special Summoning Link Monsters might be fun. This is a preview to an archetype I'm making called Future Purged, an archetype of Fiends and Cyberse monsters similar to Burning Abyss with a side of Warriors that can attack your own monsters. There will also be a Link 2 that when it destroys a monster that isn't on your opponent's side of the field, it moves to that card's now unoccupied zone (yes it can also attack your own monsters). So look for that when I make it. The wording itself comes from Last Turn, which hasn't been updated for a long time but it does what I want it to so whatever.

 

Hope to hear some feedback because this is still a weird idea and I'm still figuring out how to build an archetype around the idea.

[Eshai]

Bump because A. The OCG might be wrong and B. I want some advice for an archetype.

[Eshai]

Bump... again

[Dova]

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE DPR FORMAT IS LIKE SO IVE BEEN AVOIDING YOUR CARDS IM SORRY PLEASE FORGIVE ME

 

It's a really unique concept, I'll grant you that. My only issue with it, however, is despite its high Link Level, you can't really make any plays around it. Firstly, if you don't have a great field, you're going to have to Summon new monsters to its Link points, meaning they die, so you can't get a larger field. If you do have a good field, it's either this or that Link 4 that nukes the main monster zones, and while this card might be better to go into...there's nothing really for it to do, as your opponent could easily play monsters around it. However, if they have a swarm Deck, they dead. As a single, it's not a great card, and without that many FIRE meta decks (sorry Metalfoes), it's not really going to be a major play. Like, if it was Link 3, I might even run it in World Chalice to grab back Aurum, but because it's Link 4, I can only treat it as 1 material. Would suggest making attacking optional, but...

 

Yeah, this is intended for an archetype. Given my thoughts on it as a single, but keen to see the archetype. It's an unusual mechanic (reminds me of my face-down attack position archetype that didn't really work cri) and I do like it.

[Eshai]

The DPR will just be a bit slower and have less direct negation. Other than that there won't be many filler cards.

 

Yeah it's not as good as I thought it was. I'm thinking of taking off the "can only attack monsters this card points to" and then restricting the attack on command to only 1 monster as an optional effect (or mandatory as just killing the first monster if that ends up being balanced.) Still working on the archetype so I'll change it later.

 

I still like the card effect itself, but I'm guessing this isn't the right card for it.