Vamperians: Stack and Exquip explained

[zepheris]

Alright, First, stacking explanation:

 

Stacking cards works like stacks usually do.

You can place cards on top of a stack, which is called stacking.

Every card in yugioh is considered a stack, of size 1. (Except XYZ. I'll get to XYZ in a moment.)

If a card is placed on top of a stack of size 1, then the new stack becomes size 2, and so on.

If the stack would be removed through cards like raigeki or castel, used for tributes, used in link, synchro, or ritual, or otherwise. You can only remove the top cards of each stack. The ones below stay on the field. Reborn tengu. If reborn tengu would get it's effect, then the stack stays on the field. Only the top card of a stack is on the field. All cards below become cards on the field when the top card is removed.

A few terms related to stacks: Above, below, Directly above, Directly below, stack size.

 

Simpler explanation:

Imagine you play card A, then stack card B on top of A, finally stacking Card C on top of them both.

Card A and card B are both below card C, but only card B is directly below card C.

Similarly, card B and card C are both above card A but only B is directly above card A.

This stack has a size 3

Raigeki is played

C is destroyed

B is now the top card on the stack

The stack size is now 2

 

Only the top card in the stack can attack, activate effects, etc.

Any counters, equip spells, etc that were attached to the top card on a stack automatically attach themselves to the new top card, whether a new card is stacked or the top card of a stack is removed.

 

When you stack a card on top of another card, you place it on top of the second card.

Exquip cards are placed below the bottom card of a stack, sideways (Like a defense position monster), and are treated as equip spell cards. They have effects similar to equip spells, but they go behind the card.

Xyz monsters cannot stack, stacked monsters cannot XYZ. The top card on a stack can be tributed, used to link, used as synchro material, or ritual material, but not XYZ. Stacks hate XYZ.

 

That's it for stacks. Now the archetype.

 

Monsters:

All Zombie/DARK

Vamperian hustler

Level 4

Atk 1600

Def 1200

When this card is normal summoned, you can pay 500 life points, stack one vamperian card from your graveyard on top of this card. If any card above this card is removed, from the field, place one blood counter on the top card on the stack. Once per turn, while this card is the bottom card of a stack, you can remove 2 blood counters from this stack, add one vamperian equip spell from your deck to your hand.

 

Vamperian painter

Level 4 Tuner

Atk 1300

Def 1300

You can stack this card, from your hand, on top of a stack you control, then pay 500 lifepoints and place 2 blood counters on this card. Once per turn, you can remove two blood counters from anywhere on the field, stack one vamperian card from your graveyard on top of a vamperian card you control.

 

Vamperian desecreter

Level 6

Atk 2000

Def 800

You can only tribute summon this card by tributing the top monster in a stack of size 2 or more. If you do, stack this card on top of that stack. Once per turn, you can pay 500 life points, remove one vamperian equip spell card from the field, add one vamperian card from your deck to your hand. You can tribute this card, stack two vamperian cards from your graveyard on top of any vamperian card you control. This card cannot be stacked from the graveyard.

 

Vamperian count

Level 4

Atk 1800

Def 600

You can stack this card, from your hand, on top of a stack you control. Every time a card is stacked above this card, you can pay 500 lifepoints; add one vamperian equip spell from your graveyard to your hand. Once per turn, you can remove one equip spell card attached to this card, stack one vamperian card from your graveyard on top of this card.

 

Vamperian stacksmith

Level 5

Atk 2400

Def 1600

When this card is tribute summoned, you can remove the top card from one stack you control and stack it on another stack you control. You can activate each of the following effects once per turn:

1) Pay 500 lifepoints; You can remove one blood counter from the field, remove the top card from one stack you control and stack it on another stack you control.

2) Pay 500 lifepoints; You can tribute one equip spell card you control, remove the top card from one stack you control and stack it on another stack you control.

 

Vamperian chump

Level 3

Atk 500

Def 500

If this card is on top of a stack, you can tribute this card, Pay 500 life points; stack one vamperian card from your graveyard on top of a card you control. You can only activate this effect once per turn.

 

King of the vamperians

Level 1

Atk ?

Def 0

This card cannot be normal summoned or set. this card can only be special summoned (From your hand) by tributing a stack of size 2 or more. This card's original attack is equal to the number of vamperian equip spell cards exquipped to this card X 1000. During the turn this card is summoned, you can declare a number of attacks equal to the size of the stack that was tributed for this card's summon. This card cannot be stacked from the graveyard.

 

Equip spells:

 

Vamperian blood bank.

If this card is equipped to a vamperian card, you can exquip it to that card instead. If you pay lifepoints to activate the effects of a card you control, place one blood counter on the stack this card is equipped to. If this card is removed from the field, gain life points equal to the number of blood counters on that card X 1000

 

Bloody vamperian axe

You can exquip this card, from your hand to a vamperian monster you control. It gains 1000 attack points. You do not have to pay life points to activate the effects of the monster this stack is equipped to.

 

Beautiful Vamperian Necklace

You can exquip this card, from your hand to a vamperian monster you control. When this card leaves the field, draw a card.

 

Sturdy Vamperian Armor

The monster this card is equipped to cannot be destroyed by card effects. If the monster this card is equipped to would be destroyed by battle, you can tribute this card instead. If this card is equipped to a vamperian card, you can exquip this card instead.

 

Magical Vamperian locket

Increase the stack size of the stack this card is equipped to by one. If the top card of the stack is removed, you can tribute this card, stack one vamperian card from your graveyard on top of a stack you control.

 

Book of the vamperians

While this card is exquipped to a card with a stack size of 2 or more, neither player can stack cards, except vamperian cards. Your opponent cannot exquip cards. XYZ monsters cannot be summoned.

[Tinkerer]

I really like this concept. It foregos swarming for the sake of Main Deck laddering. If Kaijus didn't exist with the ability to get rid of an entire stack via a single card, it may have been a bit more viable of a concept in relation to the real game.

 

There are a couple things I have questions on:

- I don't really get the benefit of the concept of exquiping. Do the exquips count toward stack height, or are they literally just equips that don't take up spell/trap space?

- Are monsters that are stacked under another monster treated as being on the field, off the field, or in a similar kind of "limbo" as Xyz materials?

- I assume that destruction by battle just removes the top card as well, correct?

 

Huh... I forgot my other question(s)..

 

Anywho, I REALLY like the idea and would like to make a few cards myself building on the concept if that's ok. I'd link back to this thread or quote you for explanation of the mechanics.

[zepheris]

I really like this concept. It foregos swarming for the sake of Main Deck laddering. If Kaijus didn't exist with the ability to get rid of an entire stack via a single card, it may have been a bit more viable of a concept in relation to the real game.

 

There are a couple things I have questions on:

- I don't really get the benefit of the concept of exquiping. Do the exquips count toward stack height, or are they literally just equips that don't take up spell/trap space?

- Are monsters that are stacked under another monster treated as being on the field, off the field, or in a similar kind of "limbo" as Xyz materials?

- I assume that destruction by battle just removes the top card as well, correct?

 

Huh... I forgot my other question(s)..

 

Anywho, I REALLY like the idea and would like to make a few cards myself building on the concept if that's ok. I'd link back to this thread or quote you for explanation of the mechanics.Exqui

Exquips are equips that take up no space. Unrelated to stack height. It is also not on the field.

The top card of the stack is on the field, the others are treated similar to XYZ material

Actually, I meant that when the stack would be removed, only the top card is. Only the top card is considered in the game, I know I said card effect originally, but, I meant for all types of removal like synchro, link, tribute, or battle. Sorry for being confusing. Think reborn tengu. If tengu's effect activates, then the lower portion of the stack stays on the field. There might be problems with rulings and such, but...

 

Also, although I have only stacked monsters in this deck, spells can stack too, putting it out there.