[Written] Byzantius/Byzantium: Burn with the fishes! (17/17)

[Dova]

[spoiler=Main Deck Monsters: (7)]Byzantius Argos
FIRE - ✪✪✪✪ - Winged Beast/Effect - 1700/100
If this card is in your hand: You can banish 1 face-up Fish or Sea Serpent monster you control, and if you do, Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 “Byzantius” monster from your Deck to your hand, except “Byzantius Argos”. You can only use this effect of “Byzantius Argos” once per turn.

Byzantius Helas
FIRE - ✪ - Sea Serpent/Effect - 400/500
Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this card, then target 1 of your other banished Level 5 or lower Fish monsters; Special Summon it, then you take 200 damage. You can only Special Summon “Byzantius Helas(s)” once per turn. Once per turn: You can banish 1 Sea Serpent monster from your Deck, and if you do, Special Summon 1 Level 5 or lower Fish monster from your Deck, but it cannot activate its effects this turn.

Byzantius Baros
FIRE - ✪✪ - Fish/Effect - 800/200
Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this card, then target 1 of your other banished Level 5 or lower Sea Serpent monsters; Special Summon it, then you take 200 damage. You can only Special Summon “Byzantius Baros(s)” once per turn. Once per turn: You can banish 1 “Byzantium” monster from your Deck for each other face-up FIRE monster you control you control with different names.

Byzantius Rubis
FIRE - ✪✪ - Sea Serpent/Effect - 300/1500
Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this card, then target 1 of your other banished Level 5 or lower Fish monsters; Special Summon it, then you take 200 damage. You can only Special Summon “Byzantius Rubis(s)” once per turn. If all monsters you control are "Byzantium" monsters (min. 1): You can banish 1 card from your hand; Special Summon this card from your hand or GY.

Byzantius Kormos
FIRE - ✪✪✪ - Fish/Effect - 1300/600
Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this card, then target 1 of your other banished Level 5 or lower Sea Serpent monsters; Special Summon it, then you take 200 damage. You can only Special Summon “Byzantius Kormos(s)” once per turn. Once per turn: You can inflict damage to your opponent equal to the number of your banished FIRE monsters x200.

Byzantius Lampros
FIRE - ✪✪✪✪ - Fish/Effect - 1500/1600
Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this card, then target 1 of your other banished Level 5 or lower Sea Serpent monsters; Special Summon it, then you take 200 damage. You can only Special Summon “Byzantius Lampros(s)” once per turn. Once per turn: You can banish the top card of your Deck; add 1 “Byzantium” Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand.

Byzantius Psari
FIRE - ✪✪✪✪✪ - Sea Serpent/Effect - 1900/2100
Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this card, then target 1 of your other banished Level 5 or lower FIRE Fish monsters; Special Summon it, then you take 200 damage. You can only Special Summon “Byzantius Angelis(s)” once per turn. Once per turn: You can banish 1 card from your hand; Special Summon 1 “Byzantius” monster from your Deck.

[spoiler=Extra Deck Monsters: (5)]Byzantius Helicos
FIRE - ✪✪✪✪✪✪ - Sea Serpent/Fusion/Effect - 2400/1500
1 “Byzantius” monster + 1 Sea Serpent monster
Must first be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing the above cards you control. (You do not use "Polymerization".) You can only Special Summon “Byzantius Helicos(s)” once per turn. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this face-up card, then target 1 of your other banished Fusion monsters; Special Summon it, then take 200 damage. Once per turn: You can shuffle 1 of your banished monsters in your Deck; Special Summon 1 “Byzantius” monster from your hand or GY.

Byzantius Leostus
FIRE - ✪✪✪✪✪✪✪ - Fish/Fusion/Effect - 1800/2800
1 “Byzantius” monster + 1 Fish monster
Must first be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing the above cards you control. (You do not use "Polymerization".) You can only Special Summon “Byzantius Leostus(s)” once per turn. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this face-up card, then target 1 of your other banished Fusion monsters; Special Summon it, then take 200 damage. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 2 of your banished monsters; shuffle them into the Deck, and if you do, Set 1 “Byzantium” Spell/Trap Card from your GY to your side of the field.

Byzantius Mechanus
FIRE - ✪✪✪✪✪✪✪✪ - Aqua/Fusion/Effect - 3000/1400
2 “Byzantius” monsters with different Types
Must first be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing the above cards you control. (You do not use "Polymerization".) You can only Special Summon “Byzantius Mech(s)” once per turn. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this face-up card, then target 1 of your other banished Fusion monsters; Special Summon it, then take 200 damage. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can shuffle 1 of your banished monsters into your Deck, then target 1 monster you control; until the end of this turn, it is unaffected by your opponent’s cards or effects and other monsters you control cannot be targeted for attacks.

Byzantius Libros
FIRE - ✪✪✪✪✪✪✪✪✪ - Fish/Fusion/Effect - 3100/2700
1 Level 6 or higher Fusion Monster + 1 “Byzantius” monster
Must first be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing the above cards you control. (You do not use "Polymerization".) You can only Special Summon “Byzantius Libros(s)” once per turn. Cannot be Tributed or used as a Material for a Summon. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can banish this face-up card, then target 1 of your other banished Fusion monsters; Special Summon it, then take 200 damage. Once per turn, if you opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card or monster effect (Quick Effect): You can shuffle 1 of your banished FIRE monsters into your Deck; negate that Card or effect, and if you do, banish it.

Byzantius Tireme
FIRE - Link 2 - Aqua/Fusion/Effect - 1800
SE-SW
2 FIRE monsters
During each End Phase: The turn player takes 100 damage for each face-up FIRE monster they control. Once during your turn, if you control a Fish monster: You can target 1 “Byzantius” monster in your GY ; Special Summon it in face-up Defense Position to your zone a Link Monster points to. Once per turn, if you control a Sea Serpent monster (Quick Effect): You can banish 1 monster from your GY, then target 1 other face-up card on the field; banish it until the end of this turn.

[spoiler=Spells/Traps: (5)]Byzantium, the Searing City
Field Spell
All Fish and Sea Serpent monsters you control gain 500 ATK and lose 400 DEF. Once per turn: You can Special Summon 1 “Byzantius” Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning Conditions, by banishing the materials listed on it from your hand or GY.

Crash of the Byzantium
Quick-Play Spell
If you control no monsters: Special Summon 1 “Byzantius” monster from your Deck in face-up Defense Position.

Mysteries of the Byzantium
Normal Trap
Banish 1 card from your hand and up to 2 “Byzantium” monsters with different Types from your GY; draw cards equal to the number of cards banished to activate this effect.

Byzantium Flames
Normal Trap
Target 1 of your banished FIRE monsters, then you can target 1 monster your opponent controls; add the first target to your hand, then apply the appropriate effect to the second target (if any), depending on the Type of the added monster.
● Fish: Banish it.
● Sea Serpent: Negate its effects, also it cannot attack.
● Aqua: Until the end of this turn, take control of it, but it cannot be used as a Material for a Summon.

Byzantium School
Normal Trap
For the rest of thus turn, Fish and Sea Serpent monsters you control cannot be targeted by your opponent’s card effects, and FIRE monsters you control cannot be destroyed by card effects. If you control 3 or more "Byzantium" monsters, you can activate this card from your hand.

This is an idea I've had for ages, but I've never been happy with how they've turned out. Eventually I realized the best way to see how they actually are is to ask for you guys' opinions on it. Thematically, I wanted to deal with FIRE + Sea Serpent/Fish/Aqua, and then I thought of Greek Fire, and now you have Byzantius/Byzantium. A bunch of Fishies in Greek armor forming stronger warriors together in more mechanical forms. Man mechanic came from the idea of Fishes fighting both in and out of water (the banished zone) as Greek Fire did, so this Ritual-Beast-esque mechanic.

Basic strats is to open any 2 Byzantius', unless both of them are Kormos, Baros and/or Psari. Get 2 out, and eventually set up a strong selection of banish monsters for you to tag in and out. The problem is that I don't know if I've managed to balance the obviously rather strong mechanic of resetting OPT mechanics and dodging targeting effects in and out with all of the monsters. Still, that's what I'm hoping you guys can help with!

 
CnC would be appreciated :D

[Dova]

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