[IGAS] The Senka Theme

[Jolly Glot 49]

Have you been thirsty for Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Note: Each of the characters is named after a character from the classic Chinese Novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”.  The name itself seems to be reference to Senka (i.e. The fires/ravages of war) and Chuka, the Japanese spelling of a poetic name for China meaning “The Central Flower”. The Flower at War, as it were. But for simplicity’s sake, let’s leave it as Senka for the moment.

IGAS-JP008 Senka no Chuu – Sonbou (Senka Intermediary – Sun Mou)
Level 4 WATER Beast-Warrior Effect Monster
ATK 1800
DEF 1500
You can only use the 2nd and 3rd effects of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) Your opponent cannot target this card for an attack while you control another “Senka” monster.
(2) You can send 1 card you control or in your hand to the GY; add 1 “Senka” monster from your Deck to your hand, except “Senka Intermediary – Sun Mou”.
(3) If your other “Senka” monster’s effect is activated: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; return that monster to the hand.

Note: This card’s name references Sun Quan and his courtesy name Zhongmou

IGAS-JP009 Senka no Bi – Shuukou (Senka Adonis – Zhou Gong)
Level 4 WATER Beast-Warrior Effect Monster
ATK 1600
DEF 1600
You can only use each effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) You can target 1 Continuous Spell/Trap you control; send that card to the GY, and if you do, add 1 “Senka” Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand.
(2) If your other “Senka” monster’s effect is activated: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; negate its effects for the rest of the turn.

Note:  This card’s name references Zhou Yu and his courtesy name Gongjin.

IGAS-JP010 Senka no Myou – Rokei (Senka Tactician – Lu Jing)
Level 4 WATER Beast-Warrior Effect Monster
ATK 700
DEF 2000
You can only use each effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) You can target 1 Continuous Spell/Trap you control; send that card to the GY, and if you do, add 1 “Senka” Spell/Trap with a different name from your GY to your hand.
(2) If your other “Senka” monster’s effect is activated: You can target 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls; destroy that card.

Note: This card’s name references Lu Su and his courtesy name Zijing

IGAS-JP011 Senka no Toku – Ryuuken (Senka Noble – Liu Xuan)
Level 4 WIND Beast-Warrior Effect Monster
ATK 1400
DEF 1200
You can only use the 2nd and 3rd effects of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) Your opponent cannot target this card for an attack while you control another “Senka” monster.
(2) If you control fewer monsters than your opponent: You cand send 1 card you control or in your hand to the GY; Special Summon 1 “Senka” monster from your Deck, except “Senka Noble – Liu Xuan”.
(3) If an attack is declared for a battle involving another “Senka” monster you control: You can draw one card.

Note: This card’s name references Prince Liu Bei and his courtesy name Xuande.

IGAS-JP012 Senka no Gi – Kan’un (Senka Justice – Guan Yun)
Level 7 WIND Beast-Warrior Effect Monster
ATK 2500
DEF 1800
You can only use the 3rd effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) If only your opponent controls monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand).
(2) Other “Senka” monsters you control cannot be targeted by your opponent’s effects.
(3) If your opponent controls more monsters than you: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy that target.

Note: This card’s name references Guan Yu and his courtesy name Yunchang.

IGAS-JP013 Senka no Yuu – Choutoku (Senka Champion – Zhang De)
Level 7 WIND Beast-Warrior Effect Monster
ATK 2700
DEF 900
You can only use the 1st and 3rd effects of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) If you control 2 or more “Senka” monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand.
(2) This card gains 300 ATK for each monster your opponent controls during its controller’s turn only.
(3) If your opponent controls more monsters than you: You can activate this effect; during this turn, this card can attack monsters your opponent controls twice during each Battle Phase.

Note: This card’s name references Zhang Fei and his courtesy name Yide.

IGAS-JP055 Senka Shiryaku – Sankoreigei (Senka Legend – Oath Sworn By The Three)
Continuous Spell Card
During your second Standby Phase after activation, send this card to the GY. You can only use each of the (1)st and (2)nd effects of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) During your Main Phase, if you Normal or Special Summon a “Senka” monster(s): You can target 1 of them; add 1 “Senka” monster from your Deck to your hand with a different name than that target.
(2) If this card is sent from the Spell & Trap Zone to the GY: Special Summon 1 “Senka” monster from your hand.

Note: This card’s name references Oath at the Peach Garden, one of the first events in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

IGAS-JP056 Senka Shiryaku – Sonryu Toumei (Senka Legend – The Sun-Liu Alliance)
Continuous Spell Card
You can only use each of the (1)st and (2)nd effects of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) If you control 2 or more “Senka” monsters with different Attributes: You can declare 1 Attribute; the effects of all monsters your opponent controls of the declared Attribute cannot be activated until the end of this turn.
(2) If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), OR if you activate a “Senka” monster’s effect: All “Senka” monsters you control gain 300 ATK for each “Senka” monster you control, until the end of this turn.

Note: This card’s name seems to reference the alliance between Sun Quan and Liu Bei against their common foe, Cao Cao.

IGAS-JP070 Senka Shiryoku – Chou Han No Yuu (Senka Legend – Champion’s Bravery at Changban Bridge)
Continuous Trap Card
You can use only one effect among the (2)nd and (3)rd effects with this card’s name per turn, and only once that turn.
(1) If your “Senka” monster battles, your opponent cannot activate Spell or Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step.
(2) At the start of your opponent’s Battle Phase, if this card is face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone: You can send this card to the GY; for the rest of this turn, your opponent cannot target “Senka” monsters for attacks.
(3) When your opponent’s monster declares an attack: You can banish this card from your GY; Special Summon 1 “Senka” monster from your Deck.

Note: This card’s name references a pivotal moment at Changban Bridge, in which Zhang Fei boasts and demands his foes step forward to fight him.

Source:

https://ygorganization.com/romanceofthreekingdoms/

Edited October 2, 2019 by Jolly Glot

[Zaziuma 41]

Huh, Beast-Warrior that are WATER and WIND of all things together, I dig that combination, not something you see often, and with Beast-Warrior getting it, that's fun too, even though these guys look like humans, not animals, but I guess it's not the first time they have done that either. Their playstyle seems similar to Fur Hire a little bit, being Main Deck focused and using effects that will trigger each other, though they do have quite a different feel to them, and they seem a little strange to play, but have some powerful effects in there too, so it's hard to say. I like that they can make Rank 4s and 7s too, throwback to Harpies.

[Tinkerer 42]

Ehh, these feel just... Uninspired, tbh.

I mean, they're alright. They've got good effects and whatnot, but their main gimmick (letting your opponent have more monsters than you), a) was done by Dinowrestlers already, and b) will likely shoot them in the foot unless the opponent builds a weak board.

These feel like they'll be almost entirely reliant on Mystic Mine/Swords of Concealing Light/etc, as well as Tenki/Tensu for getting their plays started.

[Summer Darj 292]

I would say their unique gimmick is activating effects when other Senka monsters activate theirs. Well, to be fair that's the gimmick of the WATER ones, while the WIND ones have the "controlling less monsters than the opponent". If only they had some Quick or on-Summon effects to use the effects of the WATERs disruptively. And indeed, these are asking for Tenki and Tensu support, and one could try techs that float when sent from the hand or field to the GY, True Draco Spell/Traps coming to mind.

[norI worK 69]

they better give me lu bu and he better be the most god damn broken card

[KingdomXathers 13]

What sorta throws me off is that the three WATER Attributes here are members of the Wu Kingdom, which was (at least in the Dynasty Warriors games) represented by the color red, which is odd considering the WIND Attributes are members of the Shu Kingdom which were represented with the color green.  So, I’m guessing that for this Archetype, the monsters that would represent members of the Wei Kingdom might be given the FIRE Attribute (tired as it is when pair with the Beast-Warrior Typing, but I digress), unless they’re given a different Attribute/color scheme to throw us for a loop.