Hunting Hound of Extinction

[o_smily from YCM 11]

Hunting Hound of Extinction
DARK
Level 8
Beast / Effect
2500 / 0
Cannot be Special Summoned, except by its own effect. If your opponent controls 3 or more monsters: You can Tribute 1 monster; Special Summon this card from your hand or GY. If this card is Summoned: You can target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; Special Summon it to your opponent's side of the field. If this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle: You can banish all cards with the same name as that monster from your opponent's hand, Deck, field, and/or GY. You can only activate each effect of "Hunting Hound of Extinction" once per turn.

Edited January 23, 2019 by o_smily from YCM

[Summer Darj 292]

So it has hard OPT clause on both its effect and its Summon AND it cannot be Special Summoned except by its own effect. Pretty sure you don't need the "can only be Special Summoned OPT" clause at that point.
Anyway, I like this one. I appreciate the DARK/Beast typing, Summoning itself from the GY is a big plus, and depending on what deck it faces, it can shut it down almost entirely. A big bonus I see is that you get to take a peek at the opponent's hand and Deck if all possible copies are not already in public knowledge zones, and knowledge is  half the battle deceptively good because you get to see its tech choices, sided cards, etc.

Edited January 23, 2019 by Darj

[o_smily from YCM 11]

Hey. Thank you for the response. I do guess that, if each of this card's effects are HOPT, then being able to Summon this card again shouldn't be too overpowered.

[Summer Darj 292]

26 minutes ago, o_smily from YCM said:

Hey. Thank you for the response. I do guess that, if each of this card's effects are HOPT, then being able to Summon this card again shouldn't be too overpowered.

You cannot do that with the 2 restrictions anyway. Can't be Special Summoned by other means, and the effect that Summons it is hard OPT already. The only way to get 2 on board would be to Summon 1 with its effect, and another with a Normal/Tribute Summon.