Archetype Submission - Lich Lord

[LordWalrus]

I decided to go back to my roots lately; when I first started making custom cards all the way back in 2018, I usually ALWAYS made broken zombie cards. Now, I'm aiming to make something LESS broken and possibly fun to play. I give you Lich Lord; A Zombie archetype with a control theme:

Monsters:

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You can only control 1 "Lich-Lord Irq". Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if this card is in your hand or GY: You can banish 1 Zombie monster from your GY, except "Lich-Lord Irq"; Special Summon this card in face-up Defense Position, but shuffle this card into your Deck during your next Standby Phase. If there is a "Lich-Lord's Phylactery" in your GY, this card gains the following effect. *Your opponent cannot activate the effects of monsters in their GY.



You can only control 1 "Lich-Lord Hraxx'n". Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if this card is in your hand or GY: You can banish 1 Zombie monster from your GY, except "Lich-Lord Hraxx'n"; Special Summon this card in face-up Defense Position, but shuffle this card into your Deck during your next Standby Phase. If there is a "Lich-Lord's Phylactery" in your GY, this card gains the following effect. *Once per turn, you can return 1 Zombie monster you control to your hand, and if you do; return 1 card your opponent controls to their hand. Your opponent can banish 1 Zombie monster in their GY to negate this effect.



You can only control 1 "Lich-Lord Zhera". Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if this card is in your hand or GY: You can banish 1 Zombie monster from your GY, except "Lich-Lord Zhera"; Special Summon this card in face-up Defense Position, but shuffle this card into your Deck during your next Standby Phase. If there is a "Lich Lord's Phylactery" in your GY, this card gains the following effect. *If a monster your opponent controls battles a "Lich-Lord" monster you control, or a monster you control whose original Type is Zombie (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 other Zombie monster you control; end the Battle Phase, also your opponent draws 1 card. Your opponent can Tribute 1 Zombie monster they control to negate this effect.



You can only control 1 "Lich-Lord Fulgrum". Once per turn, you can banish 2 Zombie monsters from either GY; Special Summon this card (from your hand or GY), but banish it during the End Phase. If there is a "Lich-Lord's Phylactery" in your GY, this card gains the following effect. *All monsters your opponent controls must attack if able. If a "Lich-Lord" monster you control battles, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step.



You can only control 1 "Lich-Lord Baz'ri". Once per turn, during your Main Phase or your opponent's Battle Phase, you can Tribute 2 Zombie monsters on either field, including at least 1 from your field (Quick Effect); Special Summon this card from your hand or GY, but place it on the bottom of your Deck during the End Phase. If there is a "Lich-Lord's Phylactery" in your GY, this card gains the following effect. *While this card is on the field, change all "Lich-Lord" monsters to face-up Attack Position, also switch their ATK and DEF.

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Once per turn, during your Standby Phase, if this card is in your GY: Pay 500 LP or place this card on top of your Deck. If you Tribute or Special Summon a "Lich-Lord" while this card is in your hand: Send this card to your GY. If this card leaves the GY because of an opponent's card effect; You can Special Summon 2 "Phylactery Tokens" in face-up Defense Position. (Zombie/DARK/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0). You can only use this effect of "Lich-Lord's Phylactery" once per turn.



Activate 1 of the following effects (but you cannot activate that same effect of "Lich-Lord's Dominion" again this turn.):
*Send 1 "Lich-Lord" monster from your Deck to the GY.
*Add 1 "Lich-Lord's Phylactery" from your Deck to your hand.
*Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Zombie monster from either GY to your field, but negate its effects.



You can only control 1 "Lich-Lord's Burial Grounds". "Lich-Lord" monsters on the field gain 100 ATK/DEF for each Zombie monster on the field and in the GYs. Other monsters you control cannot declare an attack, except "Lich-Lord" monsters. Once per turn, if you control no "Lich-Lord" monsters; you can Special Summon 1 "Lich-Lord" monster from your GY, and if you do, negate its effects until your opponent's next End Phase.



You can only control 1 "Lich-Lord's Effluvial Cloud". Each time a "Lich-Lord" monster is Special Summoned; place 1 Effluvial Counter on this card. Each monster your opponent controls lose 100 ATK for each Effluvial Counter on this card. If this card leaves the field while it had 5 or more Effluvial Counters on it; you can Special Summon 2 "Lich-Lord" monsters from your GY with different names, but place them on the bottom of your Deck when they leave the field. You can only use this effect of "Lich-Lord's Effluvial Cloud" once per turn.

Traps:

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Special Summon 1 "Lich-Lord" monster from your hand or GY, but destroy it during your next Standby Phase. If you control no monsters, you can activate this card from your hand. You can only activate 1 "Lich-Lord's Awakening" per turn.



You can only control 1 "Lich-Lord's Black Book". Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you would Tribute Summon a "Lich-Lord" monster; you can also shuffle Zombie monsters from either GY into the Deck as Tributes for that Tribute Summon. Once per turn, during your Standby Phase: Pay 1000 LP or place this card on the bottom of your Deck.



If your opponent activates a monster effect while you control a "Lich-Lord" monster: Target 1 "Lich-Lord" monster you control; negate that effect, then for the rest of this turn, that "Lich-Lord" monster gains the effects of the monster whose effect was negated. You can only activate 1 "Lich-Lord's Soul Prison" per turn.



Fusion Summon 1 Zombie Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by using Zombie monsters you control as Fusion Materials. If you would Fusion Summon a "Lich-Lord" Fusion Monster this way, you can also banish Zombie Monsters from either GY as Fusion Materials. If you control no monsters, you can activate this card from your hand. You can only activate 1 "Lich-Lord's Cursed Fusion" per turn.

Extra Deck:

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1 "Lich-Lord" monster + 3 Zombie monsters
Must be Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned by banishing the above materials you control (in which case you do not use "Polymerization"). If this card was Special Summoned this way, return it to your Extra Deck during your End Phase, and if you do; both players can Special Summon 1 Zombie monster from their hand or GY. If there is a "Lich-Lord's Phylactery" in your GY, this card gains the following effect.  *You can activate the effects of "Lich-Lord" monsters on your field and in your GY as Quick Effects.



5 Zombie Monsters, including at least 1 "Lich-Lord" monster
Must be Fusion Summoned. Your opponent cannot activate the effects of Zombie monsters they control. If there is a "Lich Lord's Phylactery" in your GY, this card gains the following effect. *Once per turn, you can target 2 Zombie monsters on the field or in either GY, except "Lich-Lord Xe'enafae"; this card gains those monster's effects until the End Phase.

And the token:



Made in loving memory of Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Complete, one of my favourite classical games of all time. (the token, not the art. I can't do art. But the art IS from the game I just mentioned so eh.)

Obviously a lot of these effects will need some reality checks but hey, that's fine. Anyway, thank you all for your time and I hope this archetype doesn't make you hate zombies even more than you most likely already do.

EDIT 1: I changed the name from "Lich Lord" to "Lich-Lord" as to avoid any conflict with the single existing card named "Lich Lord" in the base game.

EDIT 2: Added a clause to "Lich-Lord Xe'enafae" that prevents you from gaining the effects of "Lich-Lord Xe'enafae" with its own effect. NO LOOPS.

EDIT 3: Changed Irq and Naz'greth's effects so that they are actually scriptable, and edited Fulgrum's effect so it defines where you SS him from.

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