Torch Racer

[Unlisted Member 117]

Torch Racer
FIRE
✪ (Level 1)
[Pyro/Effect/Tuner]
ATK/500 DEF/200

You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 FIRE monster with 200 DEF from your Deck, except "Torch Racer". You can only use this effect of "Torch Racer" once per turn. While this card is in the GY, FIRE monsters you control gain 100 ATK.

 

Concept:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_flame

So it is based on relay racers with a torch instead of a baton. Like relay racer, it switches its "responsibility" by giving the next guy the torch, but via Tributing itself for a more favorable monster or another of himself.

Design Notes:

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So I still have the craze for Rekindling being unlimited so this is more or less here to support Rekindling builds via putting himself in the grave and getting out another Rekindling target. I figure Rekindling based Decks still have consistency issues so I think this could only help. The 500 ATK is to support Volcanic with the OG Blaze Accelerator.

 

Edited October 22, 2019 by BGMキャノン

[Summer Darj 292]

Not a fan, personally. It's basically a Lonefire for 200 DEF FIREs, and the effect is Quick apparently just because it can, or perhaps for grabbing it with Needlefiber and using the effect during the opponent's turn once the effect stun wears off. Still, cannot but see it as plain deck thinner + Rekindling feeder. Heck it can even Summon a copy of itself to speed up the Rekindling set-up if you hold on an extra turn. Can't say it's bad because searchers are almost always welcomed, and there is precedence in Lonefire as well as Shiranui Solitaire. It's the Quick Effect property that makes it come off as overkill, especially when it has that small yet sweet ATK boost.

[Unlisted Member 117]

43 minutes ago, A Crap Guide to CC said:

Not a fan, personally. It's basically a Lonefire for 200 DEF FIREs, and the effect is Quick apparently just because it can, or perhaps for grabbing it with Needlefiber and using the effect during the opponent's turn once the effect stun wears off. Still, cannot but see it as plain deck thinner + Rekindling feeder. Heck it can even Summon a copy of itself to speed up the Rekindling set-up if you hold on an extra turn. Can't say it's bad because searchers are almost always welcomed, and there is precedence in Lonefire as well as Shiranui Solitaire. It's the Quick Effect property that makes it come off as overkill, especially when it has that small yet sweet ATK boost.

Sooo... Spell Speed 1 then?

[Summer Darj 292]

Unless there is a really good reason for it to be Quick beyond a "may as well", yeah. Also make it not be able to Summon a copy of itself for good measure, IMO.