Would making all of the banned cards unplayable until turn 10 or later balance them?
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:31 pm
Pot of greed is banned because it lets you draw 2 cards for free with little to no drawback. However, in other card games like Magic The Gathering, there are cards that let you draw 2, 3, or even 4 cards for free with little no drawback, and those cards are considered fair.
These cards are considered fair because they all require a certain amount of "mana" to activate. Mana is usually generated through the use of "land" cards, which can only be played once per turn. Divination, for example, requires 3 mana to activate. You must play a land card for 1 mana, wait until your next turn, play another land card for 1 more mana, wait until your next turn again, and then play another land card for 1 more mana, giving you a total of 3 mana to activate it and draw 2 cards.
Pot of Greed can be played right away. You don't need to wait until you've generated enough mana to play it. If you changed Pot of Greed so that you did require mana to play it, then it would make it a fair card, but that would require Konami to redesign the entire game in order to incorporate any kind of mana system, so the best thing to do would be to just make it so that you can have Pot of Greed in your main deck or side deck, but you cannot play it during the duel until a certain amount of turns have already passed.
This would accomplish 3 things.
First, it would simulate a mana system for all of the currently banned cards without forcing Konami to implement an actual mana system.
Second, it would make Pyro Clock of Destiny a viable card in the meta, since you could play it to let you move the turn count forward by 1, thus allowing you to have access to your powerful cards much quicker. Although, do keep in mind that Pyro Clock of Destiny is, by itself, a minus 1 in terms of card advantage.
Third, it would create more depth for the game and make things more interesting (Example: A Pendulum Player could max out on 3 copies, each, of Performapal Skullcrobat Joker, Performapal Monkeyboard, Astrograph Sorcerer, Majespecter Unicorn Kirin, Double Iris Magician, and Performage Plushfire, but if they choose to do so, then they risk having a hand full of brick/dead cards in their opening hand during the early stages of the game, while at the same time, if they manage to survive the first 9 turns of the game, then they will be able to dominate with all of those powerful cards during the late stages of the game).
Likewise, in Magic The Gathering, while you could play a bunch of cards that say things like "draw 4 cards for free," "discard your hand and draw 7 cards for free," "special summon 4 dragons from your deck onto the battlefield for free," "discard your opponent's entire hand for free," "look at your opponent's deck and summon 1 of their monsters onto your side of the battlefield for free," or "take control of all monsters your opponent controls for free," it isn't recommended that you do so, because all of these kinds of cards will usually require large amounts of mana to play, and you will have a bunch of brick/dead cards during the early stages of the game.
I think this would be great for the game and make things a lot more interesting. Also, keep in mind that this only applies to cards that are banned, not cards that are limited, semi-limited, or unlimited.
These cards are considered fair because they all require a certain amount of "mana" to activate. Mana is usually generated through the use of "land" cards, which can only be played once per turn. Divination, for example, requires 3 mana to activate. You must play a land card for 1 mana, wait until your next turn, play another land card for 1 more mana, wait until your next turn again, and then play another land card for 1 more mana, giving you a total of 3 mana to activate it and draw 2 cards.
Pot of Greed can be played right away. You don't need to wait until you've generated enough mana to play it. If you changed Pot of Greed so that you did require mana to play it, then it would make it a fair card, but that would require Konami to redesign the entire game in order to incorporate any kind of mana system, so the best thing to do would be to just make it so that you can have Pot of Greed in your main deck or side deck, but you cannot play it during the duel until a certain amount of turns have already passed.
This would accomplish 3 things.
First, it would simulate a mana system for all of the currently banned cards without forcing Konami to implement an actual mana system.
Second, it would make Pyro Clock of Destiny a viable card in the meta, since you could play it to let you move the turn count forward by 1, thus allowing you to have access to your powerful cards much quicker. Although, do keep in mind that Pyro Clock of Destiny is, by itself, a minus 1 in terms of card advantage.
Third, it would create more depth for the game and make things more interesting (Example: A Pendulum Player could max out on 3 copies, each, of Performapal Skullcrobat Joker, Performapal Monkeyboard, Astrograph Sorcerer, Majespecter Unicorn Kirin, Double Iris Magician, and Performage Plushfire, but if they choose to do so, then they risk having a hand full of brick/dead cards in their opening hand during the early stages of the game, while at the same time, if they manage to survive the first 9 turns of the game, then they will be able to dominate with all of those powerful cards during the late stages of the game).
Likewise, in Magic The Gathering, while you could play a bunch of cards that say things like "draw 4 cards for free," "discard your hand and draw 7 cards for free," "special summon 4 dragons from your deck onto the battlefield for free," "discard your opponent's entire hand for free," "look at your opponent's deck and summon 1 of their monsters onto your side of the battlefield for free," or "take control of all monsters your opponent controls for free," it isn't recommended that you do so, because all of these kinds of cards will usually require large amounts of mana to play, and you will have a bunch of brick/dead cards during the early stages of the game.
I think this would be great for the game and make things a lot more interesting. Also, keep in mind that this only applies to cards that are banned, not cards that are limited, semi-limited, or unlimited.