Batteryman Duplex

[8bit Moonside]

I really like the Batteryman archetype, and I really feel like they could use some modern support, like a Link monster. So...

 

Batteryman Duplex

LIGHT / Thunder / Link / Effect

100 ATK / LINK-2 ↙ ↓

2 Level 4 or lower "Batteryman" monsters

This card gains ATK equal to the combined original ATK of the monsters used as Link Material for its Link Summon. Once per turn: You can pay 1000 LP; Special Summon up to 2 Level 6 or lower "Batteryman" monsters with different names from your hand or GY to zones this card points to, but their original ATK is halved, also destroy them during the End Phase. If you do, this card cannot attack this turn. If this card would be destroyed, you can send one "Batteryman" card from your hand to the GY instead.

Edited January 14, 2019 by 8bit Moonside
nerf

[Summer Darj]

Well, Thunder Dragons, a relatively relevant deck in the competitive scene, make use of Batteryman Solar, and I have seen 9-Volt a couple of times. Not to mention that Solar can set this up on its own once it Summons a Token, and then you can proceed to Summon this and use its effect to revive the Solar for an easy +1 monster, +2 if you have another Batteryman in GY already.
Anyway, not sure to where I'm going with that. I agree Batterymen need some love, but in this card's case... Thunder Dragons and anything that runs Solar gets access to it, too. Normally I would suggest to make this card more xenophobic to get around that, but this being played outside of the archetype isn't a big issue since Thunder Dragons aren't exactly dominating and this would just be a little push in the shape of 1, or more situational 2, monsters to work with. Then again, they can easily turn that extra monster into Thunder Dragon Colossus.