Xenoan Tesseractium [WRITTEN]

[Tinkerer]

Hello, fine peoples!

 

So this is actually a card from an archetype I'm still building. The idea of the archetype is that the monsters have trigger effects while banished. They flip themselves and other banished cards face-down as cost (with the stronger effects needing many more cards to flip face-down). All that said, the cards are meant to be splashable and this card is no exception. That said, I'm wondering if the generic aspects of this card are too strong, which is why I'm posting it. :P

 

Expect to probably see the rest of the archetype (or at least some of it) posted by Tuesday. Anyways, onto the card!

 

Xenoan Tesseractium

Field Spell

If a face-up banished card(s) is flipped face-down, you can banish the top card from your Deck. You can only use this effect of "Xenoan Tesseractium" thrice per turn. This card gains the following effects based on the number of your face-down banished cards:

0: Your opponent cannot target cards you control with monster effects. Banish the top 5 cards from your Deck during the End Phase.

3+: Monsters you control gain 300 ATK/DEF.

7+: If a monster you control battles, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step.

11+: The effects of your banished monsters and monsters you control cannot be negated.

 

 

The big question for me is the 0 effect. Blanket targeting protection is really strong, but I think it balances out because you cannot use either of the most generic draw spells in the game, and the self banish is mandatory and hits during both players' End Phases. All that said, I'd like a second opinion on this.

 

As always, CnC much appreciated!

 

Cheers!

[Kazuchika Okada]

Really interesting. The 0+: effect immensely overshadows the 3+: effect though. I'd either swap them out or have the 0: effect be in the 3+: spot and have no 0+: effect.

[Tinkerer]

Really interesting. The 0+: effect immensely overshadows the 3+: effect though. I'd either swap them out or have the 0: effect be in the 3+: spot and have no 0+: effect.

 

Thanks for the look!  I just wanted to point out that the 0 effect only works if you have no face-down banished cards period (it's not a 0+), so you have to choose whether to have the targeting protection -OR- the other three effects.

[Kazuchika Okada]

Thanks for the look!  I just wanted to point out that the 0 effect only works if you have no face-down banished cards period (it's not a 0+), so you have to choose whether to have the targeting protection -OR- the other three effects.

 

Oh, that does change how the card works entirely. Though it kinda becomes a really strong generic field spell that could be used in any situation, since you could just activate it and any monster in any deck you would build could have monster effect targeting protection for pretty much free, since the banishing cost is not going to be that harsh in the long run for such an effect. But considering it only warrants monster effect protection... idk, I'm actually unsure now lol

 

still like the card tho