Archetype Submission - Lycarnage/Vengeful Gaze

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Lycarnage/Vengeful Gaze

Description:
A group of Beast and Beast-Warrior monsters representing corrupted wolves mutated by the spilled blood of a holy warrior and a monstrous experiment (referencing Cú Chullain and Lycanthrope), and the forest that has become as twisted as them. Lycarnage focus heavily on tributing and activating effects for being tributed, as well as some swarming and beatdown elements.
Imgur Link:
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Cards

Spoiler: Monster Cards • show

"Lycarnage Hunter
Level 8
EARTH
Beast-Warrior/Ritual/Effect
You can Ritual Summon this card with "Synthesis Rites of Vengeful Gaze". You can Tribute 1 "Lycarnage" monster from your hand or field: Target 1 monster your opponent controls and change it to face-down Defense Position. You can only use this effect of "Lycarnage Hunter" once per turn.If this card was Ritual Summoned using "Lycanthrope" as material, it gains the following effects: ● This card's original ATK becomes 4500 ●This card cannot be removed from the field by your opponent's card effects. ● This card deals Piercing Battle Damage.
ATK: 2500
DEF: 1900"
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"Awoken Lycarnage
Level 6
EARTH
Beast-Warrior/Ritual/Effect
You can Ritual Summon this card with "Synthesis Rites of Vengeful Gaze". You can Tribute 1 "Lycarnage" monster from your hand or field, then target 1 monster your opponent controls: Reduce that target's ATK/DEF by the ATK/DEF of the Tributed "Lycarnage" monster. You can only use this effect of "Awoken Lycarnage" once per turn. If this card was Ritual Summoned using "Cú Chulainn the Awakened" as material, it gains the following effects: ● This card's original ATK becomes 2500. ●This card cannot be targeted by your opponent's card effects. ● If this card battles an opponent's monster, any battle damage this card inflicts to your opponent is doubled.
ATK: 600
DEF: 1100"
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"Lycarnage Packfather
Level 8
EARTH
Beast-Warrior/Effect
This card is treated as a Normal Monster while in the hand or GY. You can Tribute 1 "Lycarnage" monster from your hand or field: Banish 1 monster your opponent controls, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to half the ATK the banished monster had on the field. If this card is Tributed: You can Special Summon this card, and make its original ATK 3500, but it is banished when it leaves the field. You can only use each effect of "Lycarnage Packfather" once per turn.
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2800"
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"Lycarnage Demother
Level 8
EARTH
Beast-Warrior/Effect
This card is treated as a Normal Monster while in the hand or GY. If this card is in your GY: You can Tribute 1 Special Summoned "Lycarnage" monster you control, and if you do, Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Lycarnage" monster from your hand or GY in Defense Position. You can only use each effect of "Lycarnage Denmother" once per turn.
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2800"
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"Lycarnage Rager
Level 4
EARTH
Beast/Effect
This card is treated as a Normal Monster while in the hand or GY. Once per turn: You can Tribute 2 "Lycarnage" monsters from your hand and/or field; add 1 "Lycarnage" monster from your Deck to your hand, and if you do, this card's original ATK becomes equal to the combined ATK of the Tributed monsters, but it cannot attack directly, also destroy this card during the End Phase.
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1000"
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"Lycarnage Shaman
Level 4
EARTH
Beast/Effect
This card is treated as a Normal Monster while in the hand or GY. Once per turn: You can Tribute 2 "Lycarnage" monsters from your hand and/or field; Shuffle up to 2 "Lycarnage" or "Vengeful Gaze" cards from your GY into the deck (except cards Tributed for this effect), then draw 1 card. If this card would be destroyed by battle or card effect: You can Tribute 1 "Lycarnage" card from your hand or field to shuffle this card into the deck instead, then if the Tributed card was a level 8 "Lycarnage" monster, draw 1 card.
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1500"
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"Lycarnage Scalemancer
Level 2
EARTH
Beast/Pendulum/Effect
L-Scale: 9
R-Scale: 9
Pendulum Effect: You cannot Pendulum Summon monsters, except "Lycarnage" monsters. This effect cannot be negated. Once per turn: You can send 1 "Lycarnage" monster from your Deck to the GY; add 1 "Cú Chulainn the Awakened", "Lycanthrope", or "Lycarnage" Ritual monster from your Deck to your hand.

Monster Effect: This card is treated as a Normal Monster while in the hand or GY. If you have 5 or more "Lycarnage" Normal Monsters in your GY(Quick Effect): You can banish 1 "Lycarnage" or "Vengeful Gaze" card from your GY, then target 1 face-up card in a Pendulum zone your opponent controls; this monster gains ATK/DEF equal to half that card's, and gains that card's Pendulum Effect, until the End Phase. If this card is in your hand or GY: You can send 1 face-up "Lycarnage" Pendulum monster from your Extra Deck to the GY, except "Lycarnage Scalemancer", and if you do, Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Lycarnage Scalemancer" once per turn.
ATK: 500
DEF: 500"
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"Lycarnage Scalesealer
Level 2
EARTH
Beast/Pendulum/Effect
L-Scale: 0
R-Scale: 0
Pendulum Effect: You cannot Pendulum Summon monsters, except "Lycarnage" monsters. This effect cannot be negated. Once per turn: You can send 1 "Lycarnage" monster from your Deck to the GY; add 1 "Synthesis Spell", "Emblem of the Awakening", or "Vengeful Gaze" Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand.

Monster Effect: This card is treated as a Normal Monster while in the hand or GY. If you have 5 or more "Lycarnage" Normal Monsters in your GY; your opponent cannot activate the effects of cards in the Pendulum Zones, nor Pendulum Summon. If this card is in your hand or GY: You can send 1 face-up "Lycarnage" Pendulum monster from your Extra Deck to the GY, except "Lycarnage Scalesealer", and if you do, Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of "Lycarnage Scalesealer" once per turn.
ATK: 500
DEF: 500"
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"Lycarnage Harbinger
Level 1
EARTH
Beast/Effect
This card is treated as a Normal Monster while in the hand or GY. If this card is Tributed: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Lycarnage" monster from your Deck in Defense Position. You can only use this effect of "Lycarnage Harbinger" once per turn. You can Tribute 1 "Lycarnage" monster you control, except "Lycarnage Harbinger", to Special Summon this card from your hand.
ATK: 500
DEF: 500"
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"Lycarnage Seeker
Level 1
EARTH
Beast/Effect
This card is treated as a Normal Monster while in the hand or GY. If this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "Lycarnage" or "Vengeful Gaze" card from your Deck to your hand. You can Tribute 1 "Lycarnage" monster or "Vengeful Gaze" Spell/Trap you control to Special Summon this card from your hand or GY, but it is banished when it leaves the field.
ATK: 500
DEF: 500"

Spoiler: Extra Deck Monster Cards • show

"Idralax, Firstborn Lycarnage
Link-4
⬆️↙️⬇️↘️
Beast/Link/Effect
2+ "Lycarnage" monsters
You can Tribute 1 "Lycarnage" monster this card points to: Apply 1 of the following effects. You can only use each effect of "Idralax, Firstborn Lycarnage" once per turn.
● Banish 1 Face-Down Spell/Trap your opponent controls. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to this effect's activation.
● Target 1 monster your opponent controls: Take control of that opponent's monster, and it gains 500 ATK/DEF and is treated as a "Lycarnage" monster, but banish it during the End Phase.
● This card gains 100 ATK x the Tributed monster's Level.
ATK: 3500
Link Rating: 4"
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"Lycarnage Warmaster
Link-2
⬆️⬇️
Beast-Warrior/Link/Effect
2 "Lycarnage" monsters
Once per turn: You can Tribute 1 "Lycarnage" monster you control, then target 1 monster this card points to; based on the target, apply this effect.
● "Lycarnage" monster: It gains 500 ATK, but is sent to the GY during the End Phase.
● non-"Lycarnage" monster: It must attack each Battle Phase, if able.
ATK: 1900
Link Rating: 2"

Spoiler: Spell Cards • show

"Forest of Vengeful Gaze
Spell/Field
All face-up monsters are also treated as Normal Monsters. Once per turn: You can pay 1000 LP; the first time you would Tribute a monster(s) to activate the effect of a "Lycarnage" card, you can Tribute 1 Normal Monster your opponent controls instead. If a "Lycarnage" monster you control destroys an opponent's monster by battle: You can Tribute that monster; Special Summon 1 "Lycarnage" monster with a lower Level from your Deck or GY in Defense Position."
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"Birthing of the Vengeful Gazed
Spell/Continuous
"Lycarnage Birthling Tokens" you control cannot be targeted by your opponent for attacks or card effects. If you control both "Lycarnage Packfather" and "Lycarnage Denmother" Face-Up on your field (Quick Effect): Special Summon 1 "Lycarnage Birthling Token" (Beast/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 0/DEF 0). During the End Phase (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 "Lycarnage Birthling Token" you control; Special Summon 3 Level 4 or lower "Lycarnage" monsters from your hand or GY, but they cannot attack until your next End Phase. You can only use 1 effect of "Birthing of the Vengeful Gazed" per turn, and only once that turn."
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"Communion of the Vengeful Gazed
Spell/Continuous
If a "Lycarnage" monster you control would be removed from the field by an opponent's card (by battle or card effect): You can shuffle that monster into the Deck, and if you do, you can Tribute 1 "Lycarnage" monster from your hand. During your next Standby Phase after using this effect: Draw cards equal to half the Tributed monster's Level (min. 1). You can only use each effect of "Communion of the Vengeful Gazed" once per turn."
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"Synthesis Rites of Vengeful Gaze
Spell/Ritual
This card can be used to Ritual Summon any "Lycarnage" Ritual Monster. You must also Tribute monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster you Ritual Summon. If you Tribute a "Lycanthrope" or "Cú Chulainn the Awakened" you control, you can also Tribute "Lycarnage" monsters from your Deck for the Ritual Summon."
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"Laws of Vengeful Gaze
Spell/Normal
Discard 1 "Lycarnage" or "Vengeful Gaze" card from your hand; Set 1 "Synthesis Spell", "Emblem of the Awakening", or "Vengeful Gaze" Spell/Trap Card from your Deck. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 Normal Monster in your GY; place that card on the bottom of your Deck, and if you do, draw 1 card, then if you drew a "Lycarnage" monster, you can reveal it and draw 1 card. You can only use 1 "Laws of Vengeful Gaze" effect per turn, and only once that turn."

Spoiler: Trap Cards • show

"Trap Hole of Vengeful Gaze
Trap/Continuous
If a non-"Lycarnage" monster(s) is Summoned in this card's column or its adjacent columns: You can target 1 of them; change it to face-down Defense Position, also if it is still face-down during the Standby Phase, destroy that card. You can only use this effect of "Trap Hole of Vengeful Gaze" once per turn. Monsters changed to face-down Defense Position by this card's effect cannot change their battle positions."

Additional Remarks

Advantages:

+ Kaiju/Monarch Resistant due to their on-Tribute effects activating regardless of what tributes them now

+ Powerful comeback ability

+ Able to utilize several support cards centered around Normal Monsters thanks to their inbuilt effects and the effect of the Field Spell

+ Capable of putting some respectable damage on the board once they get started

+The pendulum representatives allow them to engage in some minor lockdown capabilities, as well as their Trap allowing you to bait the opponent's first summon of each turn and mess up Linking Order

+Fairly consistent searching ability

Disadvantages:

- Not IMMUNE to removal, they're still able to be taken out by more common creature removal and even die to targeting destruction effects

- They start slowly, as they require set-up and several cards on the board before they can begin really cycling their effects

-Due to only being treated as Normal when in hand or Graveyard (or on the board thanks to the Field), they're still incompatible with some Normal Monster support such as Heart of the Underdog

-In spite of their respectable damage output, their options for dealing with opponent monsters that do manage to outstrip their attack power is limited

-This is not an explicit Pendulum Archetype, and only has 2 Pendulums in a total of 18 cards. Therefore the Pendulum Lockdown side is fairly inconsistent and difficult to pull off

-Highly reliant on the Normal Summon to start their first several plays