The Nyx Avatar Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 First time putting together a card in the new card maker. For this one, I thought of making a card for the Reptile Type, as they don't get too much generic support. Last big one I remember is King of Feral Imps. So I thought about making them a generic support Link monster. Made its requirement Reptile so stuff like Alien, Worm, and even Venom can access it. Made its original ATK 0 so that even Reptilianne can access it as an option for Vaskii. Link 2WATERReptile/Link/EffectBottomATK:02 Reptile monstersWhen this card is Link Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Reptile monster from your Graveyard, but its ATK and DEF become 0. If you do, you cannot Special Summon other monsters for the rest of this turn, except Reptile monsters. You can only activate this effect of "Apex Lizard" once per turn. If this card battles an opponent's monster, it gains 500 ATK for each Reptile monster in your Graveyard during the Damage Step only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Absolutely awful design. It just makes any reptile a Link-2, at worst, with the ability to be a beater to remove big threats if you must. It's sheer reward. Linkuriboh is already an insanely good card, and it doesn't even give you a plus, and this has similar viablity in laddering into Needlefiber. You can argue Brandish/Sky Striker/Sentouki, but those cards are really strong and archetypal, not for an entire type. There's no excuse for a card that just gives you value for playing a single reptile. It doesn't even negate the effects of what it summons, prevent attacks... anything. There's no way to improve it without overhauling it or slapping too many restrictions on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nyx Avatar Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Absolutely awful design. It just makes any reptile a Link-2, at worst, with the ability to be a beater to remove big threats if you must. It's sheer reward. Linkuriboh is already an insanely good card, and it doesn't even give you a plus, and this has similar viablity in laddering into Needlefiber. You can argue Brandish/Sky Striker/Sentouki, but those cards are really strong and archetypal, not for an entire type. There's no excuse for a card that just gives you value for playing a single reptile. It doesn't even negate the effects of what it summons, prevent attacks... anything. There's no way to improve it without overhauling it or slapping too many restrictions on it.Edit its effect by adding "but its ATK and DEF become 0 and its effects are negated.". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 That was me pointing out that you didn't even bother to put a basic restriction on it. Needlefiber at least pretends to do something restricting itself. It's still a shameless +1 with the ability to fairly easily +1 by battle, and that's ignoring the implications of reviving something other than the card used for it, which can go a long way. The card is blatantly busted in design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nyx Avatar Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 That was me pointing out that you didn't even bother to put a basic restriction on it. Needlefiber at least pretends to do something restricting itself. It's still a shameless +1 with the ability to fairly easily +1 by battle, and that's ignoring the implications of reviving something other than the card used for it, which can go a long way. The card is blatantly busted in design.I just added the ATK boost so it wouldn't be as bare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇佐見 蓮子@C94 Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Kagetokage + Masked Chameleon NS ChameleonSS KagetoSS ApexApex revive ChameleonSS NeedlefiberNeedlefiber SS O-LionSS Summon SorcSummon TokenSorc target Kageto summon any random level 4 ReptileSummon Feral Imps with Reptile + KagetoFeral Imps add JigabyteSS JigabyteSS Firewall with Sorc + TokenFirewall target KagetokageFeral Imps + Jigabyte to make Troymare GoblinExtra NS (any monster in hand) and Summon KagetokageMake another Feral Imps add another JigabyteSS Jigabyte Feral Imps, Jigabyte, Firewall, Troymare Goblin and still 3 cards in hand, combo off however you like from here. Any Alien in GY + Alien Ammonite + Mecha Hornet BitActivate Hornet BitNS AmmoniteSS Any Alien from GYSS Apex LizardSS AmmoniteSS NeedlefiberSS O-LionSS Summon SorcO-Lion Summon TokenSummmon Sorc target your Alien, summon another one from deck with same levelSS Troymare Goblin (Alien + Token)SS FirewallFirewall target AmmoniteNS Ammonite SS any AlienSS Feral Imps add any non-nomi AlienSS Troymare Mermaid with GoblinCL1 Mermaid CL2 FirewallMermaid SS Iblee, Firewall SS your non-nomi AlienAmmonite, Firewall, Mermaid, Iblee, Feral Imps, Random Alien and 2 cards in hand to extend Card's stupid and enables way too many free advantage. Really shouldn't be generic link-2s for a whole type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darj Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 I just added the ATK boost so it wouldn't be as bare. That doesn't really cut it. I agree with Black on this one: straight +1 just for getting a Reptile on board is not good design, and it's hard to balance such effect without ending with something too heavily restricted. The best alternative I can think of is making it a Link2, so at least it breaks even with its effect in a vacuum, but then it can simply be used to ladder into a Link3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nyx Avatar Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 That doesn't really cut it. I agree with Black on this one: straight +1 just for getting a Reptile on board is not good design, and it's hard to balance such effect without ending with something too heavily restricted. The best alternative I can think of is making it a Link2, so at least it breaks even with its effect in a vacuum, but then it can simply be used to ladder into a Link3.I could do that. Plus it'd make more sense with the ATK increase. Changed it once more. This time to Link 2 and replaced the effect negation with "If you do, you cannot Special Summon other monsters for the rest of this turn, except Reptile monsters". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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