[WRITTEN] Dark Lucius

[KingdomXathers 13]

Dark Lucius
EARTH/Lv 4/Fiend/Effect/1000 ATK/1000 DEF
This card is also always treated as a Warrior monster. Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by Tributing 1 monster on either side of the field that is equipped with a card, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. When an attack is declared involving this card: It gains 500 ATK. Negate the effects of monsters destroyed by battle with this card. If this card’s ATK is 2500 or more, banish any monster destroyed by battle with this card. If this card in its owner’s possession leaves the field because of your opponent’s card or effect: You can Special Summon 1 "Dark Lucius" monster from your hand or Deck, as if it were Special Summoned by the effect of the “Dark Lucius” monster listed in its first line of text, if any.

Edited May 4, 2019 by KingdomXathers

[Summer Darj 292]

So this is intended to be the Dark Lucius counterpart of Silent Magician, Silent Swordsman, etc. However, it sucks that the Dark Lucius line is not as potent.
I'm puzzled by the effect that treats it as a Warrior, Although I can more or less get the flavor behind that, I assume it depicts Grepher's transition, it still comes off as pushing it. It should be fine if it's just Fiend. i very much like its summoning condition, and IMO its best trait It gives you a way to remove a monster from he board in a Kaiju-like manner, and this difficult to prevent. Plus by running generic Equips it gives you the option to either play them normally, or using them offensively, so to speak.
The rest of the effects are less impressive, though. As I read it, I was half-hoping for a Ha Des-like effect instead, in that it negates the effects of any of the opponent's monsters that are destroyed by battle. IMO that would be a cool way to compensate the lackluster Dark Lucius line. Plus it would put it closer to the level of the non-LV Silents, whose OPT Spell-negating effects are actually decent.