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Card #40 - Tetra Magnet 2



Ad (Level One) Tetra Magnet 2 (Spell)
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Effect: Add 2 Elements from your Graveyard to your hand.
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Creator: Eric
Naardaas

Broken much?!

There is absolutely no negative quality to this card. For 1 Mana, you have either 2 components of a cool Fusion, 2 Defenders, or 2 attackers (though you do need the extra Mana for Fusions).

With how powerful Elements are, this card is a 4.5/5. The flavour lore... kinda sounds like a FMA outtake.

BTW, I like your new banner.
Aarikku

*Sigh* I can't do anything without being accused of ripping something off that I've never seen before, can I?

I wanted to explain the reason why a Magnet revived Elements instead of just searching them from the deck or something. And mentioning the word 'Alchemy' (which is the only common link I know of between this card's flavour text and Full Metal Alchemist) isn't so far fetched when you consider that Alchemists believed strongly in the four Elements. Also, early prototypes of the Element theme were far more involved in Alchemy than the cards I've made for Lackey thus far.

So seriously. STOP FRICKIN COMPARING MY SHMOD STUFF TO STUFF THAT IT'S NOT BASED ON.*

Anywho, this card is not broken. It's very, very good. However, the Elements go to your hand. This does NOT give you instant attackers or defenders. Bringing two Elements straight to the field would be broken, as well as making Tetra Magnet (original) completely obsolete.

What Tetra Magnet 2 does is allow for easier Fusions. For 1 Mana, you're allowed to use another Fusion Technique. Which means that you're using 2 Mana and 2 Spells for something that Re-Fusion does in 2 Mana and 1 Spell.

'Course, Tetra Magnet 2 has many other uses. Refill your hand before a Mulligan or Hell Mulligan, get some Mana into your zone for Tetra Dragon... attacking and defending should not be your main priority in an Element deck. It's all about fusing, and it has to be done quickly. There's no time to sit around summoning 1700/1500's every turn.

In closing, a true staple for the Element deck. Likely in 4's. 4.9/5; it's that good.
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*Yes, it happens a lot.

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By the way, do you remember the Duel Monsters GX episode with nearly this same theme?


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BTW, what's with the Mythbusters reference and the reference to Ryo Marufuji in GX?


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Aarikku's [Twisted Fusion] is an obvious parallel to Yu-Gi-Oh!'s "Super Polymerization", whose effect is near identical.


Stop it. It's annoying.
Naardaas

Hey, I end up using a lot of stuff in my personal projects that turns out to be used in places like Stargate, Full Metal Alchemist, etcetera, that I didn't know were there. It happens. That doesn't mean you should just snap at whoever thinks that's the case, because it will happen. It's inevitable.
Aarikku

That doesn't mean they were copied, and it's annoying and insulting when you insinuate such.
Naardaas

I'm not insinuating tha you copied them; in those cases I believed you were referencing those topics. It's not uncommon for people to reference outside material; look at all the references in Yu-Gi-Oh!.

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