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The funny thing about having Maxx C block other hand traps is that it makes the Maxx C challenge viable.

Its hilarious power level aside, the most frustrating thing about Maxx "C" has always been that it's impossible to play around because they can simply chain it to a special summon effect and always AT LEAST go card neutral. I've always thought it would make a lot more sense if it worked like Droll & Lock Bird. If your opponent special summons a monster: you can discard this card, etc, etc. The card would still be extremely strong (and likely need more nerfs on top of this), but you would actually have a chance to go minus using it. It's always a pet peeve for me in any video game when there is a card/move that is literally IMPOSSIBLE to use poorly. Just click Yes and win.

Not gonna lie. I like the extra deck only errata more than the go second peak power. It puts in theme with the other C hand traps with them being focused on extra deck disruption. It even opens up more dead carding starts against them. Kosmo and UA can play under that for example.

The number 9 actually make it function like Dimension shifter in a sense that you only need it to deter your opponent from comboing and not a "win more" card and i like that kind of effect

The errata where, while you control no cards you may activate Maxx C sounds very good. It's annoying facing Maxx C and they have board.

Now we only need to combine the two best suggestions from the video: "While you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Maxx "C"" once per turn."

The best errata for Maxx C would be “this card is now forbidden from tournament play forever”

Next turn, you can only summon as many cards you drew by this effect.

The issue I often see is that people try to errata cards too hard. If you nerf it to a point where its no longer worth actually playing youve basically just removed a card from the format, and if thats the case you could have just banned it to begin with.

I like #9, not only it's in line with the line of thought that "Maxx C can stop combo deck" that many people have, but it also doesn't let combo deck drop the same Maxx C on your head when you trying to play around like 3 4 disruptions.

I've personally taken a liking to a "skip your next battle phase", or "your opponent takes no damage until their next draw phase" sort of errata. That way the effect is mostly unchanged, but it guarantees that your opponent will get another turn if they do decide to just stop.

I personally love the 4th, it turns off all other handtraps in return and would basically negate your own board when used turn 2 if you go first. Other suggestion: It summons itself and needs to stay on field in order to draw cards. Many decks have removal options, so this could be deald with way easier and usually with your main engine instead of "just draw the ash/crossout/whatever"

What about a delayed draw? Like drawing the cards at the end phase all at once instead of drawing them during the special summon. Still gives the card advantage you’re looking for but only accessible during the following turn.

The "you cannot activate other card effects this turn" literally does the same thing as the last one except it dosnt turn it into a sidedeck card, as well as removing the risk for "taking the challenge" and the inherit synergy of drawing into handtraps

Max "C" allows you to draw cards in the end phase dependant on how many cards your opponent has on their field.

The best errata for Maxx "C" is: This card cannot be used in a legal Konami Tournament

The special summon from the extra deck one I'd love to see. If it was errata'd for that I'd think it could become a lot more fair to play.

I like the “cannot activate other effects” option best, because it still accomplishes most of what options 9 does, as you wouldn’t be able to utilize an established board if you decide to use MaxC. On top of that, it also prevents abusing hand traps.

My suggestion is that an errata'd Maxx "C" can be reworked to only work during the current Main Phase. This makes Maxx "C" still strong when you lose the coin flip (since there is only 1 Main Phase on turn 0) and allows the player going 2nd to decide how many special summons they want to commit before the Battle Phase.

Maxx c should be banned lel

My favourite errata would be that you have to control no cards and that you draw the cards during the end phase. That way you have to use it going 2nd and it doesn't help you get handtraps, it helps to get get board breakers or to have enough gas to play through a board. I think Maxx c like this actually encourages back and forth

The best way to fix Max C is to change two things,first add "If you control no face up cards" as a activation condition this way if you get board wiped you can still use it as recovery while having backrow facedowns or whatever it also means having a field in play prevents you from activating it So Runick decks for example won't get as much out of max C since they need their field. Second "Cards you draw by this effect must be revealed to your opponent" this way you know what the opponent is drawing off max C and can make decisions about what to do based on that information.Information about what is in your opponents hand is extremely valuable. For example seeing opponents draw their nibiru means you know with certainty to play around that. On the other hand you would also be able to see them drawing bricks that do nothing for them or maybe they are drawing useful cards but they drew 2 copies of a hard once per turn and your end board is going to be prepared to negate it anyway. you won't have a big unkown factor to deal with and if you still get rolled you'll know for sure when the opponent just had the good stuff in their hand to begin with.

#8 is straight up crazy, and I love it. It seems with Time Rending Morganite and the newly revealed Rose Papillon, along with the whole Floo archetype, that Konami is getting more comfortable with extra summons, so I can kinda see a world where they do something like that. Konami has been known to factor their crack usage into card design, so watch out for it becoming real lol

Best errata: "this card cannot be used in a duel"

Every time a player special summons both players must draw 3 cards and discard 2 cards

I like number 9, but I would also add a "your opponent takes no damage until the end of the next turn" clause too, since any deck can play it. A very aggressive deck would make that turn skip an auto win, even with a clause like D-Shifter. The plan would be to neutralize the advantage of going first, and would switch "who went first" almost. Giving your opponent a few extra cards to set up some form of disruption would be a lot easier if you know you won't die next turn.

One I saw that I liked went like this: If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; during the End Phase this turn, draw cards equal to the number of extra deck monsters your opponent controls + 1. You can only activate this effect of "Maxx C" once per turn.

The suggestion I've been giving for a while now is actually a mix of 2 of these. 1. During the turn it resolves, you cannot use any other cards. 2. You have to return cards from your hand to your deck equal to the number you drew during the end phase. This way it's still a very powerful card, but it doesn't become an automatic win button.

I’d like how they do it in duel links where you have a restriction based on the amount of cards you have in your deck. Ofc this would be really hard to manage in the TCG but in master duel it could work if the user only has like 5 insect monsters in their deck. Making insects way better by basically hurting everything else. Same could apply to DPE where if you have 10 hero monsters in your deck you can use it.

Between Ash, Crossout, Called and Droll and Lock, it doesnt need an errata and is fine at 2-3. Combo players have had their fun and its fine to punish decks that over extend their resources.

Tangently related, but it is odd that Konami doesn’t do Ring of Destruction levels of errata anymore. Ring of Destruction used to be able to be used on either player’s turn, can target your own monsters, and I think used to burn both players at the same time. And then they changed it to you can only activate it on your opponent’s turn, only target your opponent’s monsters, but you can’t target one whose attack is higher than their LP, and you would take the damage before your opponent so you would likely lose first. It went from so broken that I could see it being played and enable FTKs in 2023 to never being played in any decks except very niche burn decks. I guess Konami has no need to go that far with erratas anymore, but it’s still interesting.

How about if instead of drawing right when a monster is Special Summoned, it's changed so that you wait until the End Phase, count the number of Special Summoned monsters your opponent controls that were Special Summoned this turn after you resolved the effect of Maxx "C", and draw that many cards? Then its advantage correlates to the size of the board your opponent produced rather than the effort it took to get there.

Better Errata than all of these: Give it an additional effect that activates in the deck that lets you add it to your hand for free as a quick effect (non-opt)

Maxx "C" is a powerful card in the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG that has been the subject of much debate in the community about whether it should be banned or not. Here are some reasons for both sides: Reasons for banning Maxx "C": Disruptive gameplay: Maxx "C" allows the player to draw a card each time their opponent Special Summons a monster, which can lead to an excessive amount of card advantage and disruptive gameplay. Power creep: As the game has progressed, Maxx "C" has become more and more powerful, especially with the introduction of powerful Special Summoning mechanics like Pendulum Summoning and Link Summoning. Limits design space: Maxx "C" can limit the design space for future cards, as it can be difficult to create new Special Summoning mechanics or archetypes without considering the potential impact of Maxx "C" on the game. Reasons for unbanning Maxx "C": Balanced gameplay: Maxx "C" is a powerful card, but it also requires the player to make a strategic decision on when to activate it, as well as how to use the additional cards they draw. This can lead to balanced gameplay and interesting decisions. Provides counterplay: Maxx "C" can provide an important counterplay to powerful Special Summoning decks, allowing players to disrupt their opponent's strategy and potentially turn the game around. Promotes diversity: By allowing a powerful but balanced card like Maxx "C" to be played, it can encourage diversity in deck building and gameplay strategies. Ultimately, whether Maxx "C" should be banned or unbanned is a matter of personal opinion and can vary depending on the current state of the game and the player's individual preferences.

When your opponent special summons a monster: you can special summon this card from your hand. Each time your opponent special summons a monster(s), place 1 "C" counter on this card. During the End Phase: You can tribute this card and if you do, for each "C" counter that was on this card, excavate that many cards and if you do, add 2 excavated cards to your hand, also banish the rest face-down. You can only use each effect of "Maxx "C"" once per turn. This is my errata. I aimed to do a few things. 1) Make the trigger more in line with most of the other "C" cards (a triggered summon effect) 2) Remove the lingering effect 3) Remove the immediate availability of the advantage you're getting 4) Limit the advantage to a +1 but summoning increasing the selection. 5) There's a lot of information that's given up. What's being played, what the adds are, what's being banished. Based on those, you can plan certain interactions and, if you're knowledgeable with against that deck, what they now can and can't do. 6) Create more ways to interact with it. Negate the summon, the end phase effect. It sends for effect so it can't dodge "on the field" negation. Or just remove it from the field

I believe there needs to be a combination of two errata to make it fair, so like control no cards + another restriction. Also, I think the one that returns cards during the EP is a fair alternative.

"banish this card from your hand or gy. if you or your opponent normal or special summons a monster, draw a card then flip a coin if heads draw another if tails draw 2." that's my dream Maxx C errata. I call it Maxx C Maxxing.

Maybe make it specifically if you're down in advantage? Something like "If the total number of cards in your hand and field is less than the total number of cards in your opponent's hand and field:(Maxx "C" effect here"

Floodgates turn one have become such a massive problem that Mass C is the only card that can give second turn decks a fair chance. It also forces negate decks to minimalist their special summons. And there’s always a 50% you don’t get it turn 1 even with 3 copies making having it in your deck worthless at that point. It’s not even a tuner.

If Maxx "C" were to get an errata, they should put in the text that you are allowed to slot more than 3 of that card in your deck. It would be the first effect of this type allowing you to run more than 3 copies of a single card.

The Gamma-like restriction is the perfect one, the one that actually would make that blasted card the "keep combos in check" thing its defenders claim it is.

Here's a couple other suggestions: 1. Maxx "C" only draws cards for every third special summon after its activation. This keeps the spirit of potentially going crazy plus but also allows your opponent to make a decent enough board without plussing you too significantly. 2. You now draw the cards during _your_ next End Phase. This means you don't get the cards until after you've lost the chance to use your combo pieces. It could still be helpful for a few decks with hand trap starters like Tear and Labrynth, but largely it relegates Maxx "C" to drawing hand traps to help you deal with your opponent's follow-up to your turn.

I kinda like the gamma restrictions one. The roach can keep stupid turn 1 combo deck in check. While gives turn 2 deck more power. AND it's actually presents a different consideration for player, do you want to go first and risked getting the roach, or opt for saver option and go 2nd but risked getting full comboed when you don't draw the roach. With how strong 1st turn is, this become interesting.

As a OCG player i can confirm MaxxC is one of a card of all time

I only ever had 2 suggestions to hardleg on his 30+ day mission, good to see one of them was 9. The other suggestion not mentioned here is "If you activate maxx c this turn, you cannot activate cards or effects on the field until the end phase". Basically creating a "mother of all handtraps" and would likely stop the pre-established board dropping a maxx c it'd also mean you couldn't run imperm, only veiler so called by is more live and imperm is less cemented as the staple negate.

#7 is funny to me: “Surely no deck would want to put there hand in the graveyard to stop there opponent from special summoning!” Laughs in BA

My idea for an errata would be that it only works during the end phase of the turn. Your opponent goes through their combos, special summons, say, 5 monsters. You then discard it during the end phase to only draw 5 cards then and there.

i like #9 the best. Every maxx c defender will say maxx c puts combo decks in check without acknowledging that combo decks can use maxx c. so this way the card actually achieves its goal of slowing down the game. Becomes like d shifter in that regard as well

My knee jerk reaction is the "you can't activate any other card effects the turn you activate Maxx C." The reason you can never take the Maxx C challenge in the modern day is because you inherently give your opponent all the Ash's, Nibirus, and Veilers they need to stop you. This would also solve the problem of Maxx C being used to inherently strengthen negate boards when you're going second into it. Basically, you either commit to Maxx C while challenging them to kill you, or you leave Maxx C be while keeping impactful disruptions online. The only fallout I could see from this is DRNM still absolutely sucking in Maxx C formats. Maybe mix it with one of the other erratas ro nerf it even more?

I like this errata, where you just add this: "but at the End Phase, return cards from your hand into your Deck, equal to the number of cards you drew. (If the number of cards in your hand is fewer than before activation, return your entire hand instead.)"

Wouldn't this be better? While you control no cards And your opponent controls a special summoned monster: (quick effect) special this card from your hand. You can only use this effect of Maxx C once per turn. While you control this face up, card draw a card everytime your opponent special summons a monster. During the end phase, destroy this face up card.

Maxx C should be banned, because making this comment will help Farfa realize his true form as a Hello Kitty Lets Play channel

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I think "draw cards equal to the number of cards your opponent has special summoned this turn" would be a good change. If you activate it early you'll only get a couple of draws but if you wait too long they may have a negate up already.

Maxx C is a powerful hand trap card in Master Duel, however, the majority of opponents going first on turn 1 usually find strategies to play around Maxx C, making the card less efficient to begin with. Usually, the player going 1st will usually set some cards then pass turn. Master Duel players know that Maxx C is in that format, so therefore, they will be less likely to special summon a bunch of times, and not giving their opponents an advantage while going 1st. Just my opinion.

I like the shuffling back at end phase errata. Maybe apply something else that prevent other hand traps to be used the turn its activated. Or after it's used you cannot perform more than one summon during your next turn making the turn ending power of this card apply to both players ( kinda of, since stun decks could still just set 5 pass. )

I saw an errata suggested in a post on this topic on the Master Duel Reddit and it seemed pretty good. The errata was this: If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; during the End Phase of this turn, draw cards equal to the number of Extra Deck Monsters your opponent controls +1. You can only activate this effect of Maxx “C” once per turn.

I like to combine 2 suggestion for maxx c - You can't activate another card effect from your hand. - at end of turn put card from your hand equal card you draw from this card(maxx c) effect. With this you can't activate another hand trap when you draw it and it help going 2nd player to craft their hand to break opponent board next turn.

During the end phase draw equal to the number of special summons your opponent did that turn 😅 still potentially damaging but at least they aint drawing while youre playing turn Heavy text version for crazy new card idea You Discard this card from you hand, every time your opponent special summons banish top card of your deck and at the end phase your opponent chooses 3 cards( if less than 3 select all) and if any cards are still banished by this cards effect you choose 3 more cards(if less than 3 select all) add selected cards to your hand.During your opponents end phase while this card is in your GY your opponent selects one your banished cards and adds selected card to their hand.During opponents draw phase they must reveal 1 card owned by the opponent and return it to the top of owners deck and if they do, negate any card played that turn with that name and it cannot be activated that turn.😅

During the Standby phase: you can send this card from your hand to the GY and reveal your hand; for the rest of this duel you must keep your hand revealed. During the End Phase of this turn, draw a number of cards from your deck equal the number of times your opponent Summons a monster(s). You can only activate the effect of Maxx "C" once per duel.

Just make it a mulligan. Still broken, but not as broken as just drawing 50 cards lmao. "During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card, then place one card on the bottom of the deck. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn."

Maxx C errata: this turn every time your opponent special summons, add 1 "C" monster from your deck to your hand, except Maxx C.

During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. If your opponent doesn't summon at least once they banish they entire hand. For every 2 cards you draw, your opponent banish one random card from their hand. During the next draw phase you can draw cards up to the number you draw due to the effect of Maxx C. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn.

I don't think erratas should be the solution to every kind of broken card. Some cards were meant to be absolutely broken, and they should stay so. While banished forever to the shadow realm, of course

Id go with option #9, but I'd add 2 things: 1) make it last until your next end phase. 2) make it apply to both players. This means that if you use maxx c to either plus off of your opponent or keep them from comboing off but then try to combo off on your turn, your opponent gets to draw for every special summon you do. basically the idea is don't put someone under maxx c if your deck doesn't want to be put under it either.

when Konami does errata something they usually get it. they will probably errata it to only drawing ONE making it completely unusable, or just not errata and it stays banned in tcg.

I replied to some of these on HardLeg's Twitter post about Erratas, but some of these are SO much of a change that you might as well make these brand news cards and ban Maxx C anyways, LOL. The second one suggested is probably the best option. Then again, even with that, it becomes essentially a different card. An Errata is "supposed" to clean up problem text or alter just a couple of words or a change in condition/cost. I do like the idea of a Maxx C specifically for Extra Deck Summons. We can call it "Extra Maxx C". My suggestion - During your opponent's Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card, but during the End Phase, banish cards from your hand face-down until you have 6 cards in your hand. You can only activate 1 "Maxx C" per turn. It might not be enough of a change, but deeper changes would result in basically a retrained card. At that point, just ban it, and make a retrain. This at least limit it to just your opponent's main phase specifically, so battle phase special summons(if you used on turn 3 going 1st of course) and their own turn are out. Also, you are really playing a high risk game here, because you could end up drawing 10-15 cards, and have to banish most of them. Sure, you can still draw into hand traps to disrupt your opponent's combo (more the idea anyways), but now you run the risk of having to choose between keeping more hand traps or specific combo pieces from being banished away for good, possibly preventing you from your own combo or disruption on your turn. You also run the risk of over-drawing, and being forced to banish nearly half your deck. It becomes a gamble that you could quickly regret, but still gives enough benefit to make it playable. In the end, the benefit is disruption when going second, and a +1 to start your turn, at the risk of possibly banishing from a few cards to half your deck. Example - You use Maxx C on your opponent's first SS, drawing a card. It's not an instant out - you can play through your opponent's multiple hand traps IF they draw them, but now your opponent had to have properly deck built. Most hand traps are HOPT, so you can play through some of them if you have enough starters/enablers. You continue to SS, allowing your opponent to draw 8 cards. They Ash you, Nib you, Ghost Belle you - All the stops, but you end on a single omni-negate and a piece of interaction. Your opponent used 3 hand traps after the Maxx C. That leaves them 10 cards in hand. They must banish 4 of those, with several of the cards in hand being important combo pieces, forcing them to choose important cards. As we all know, almost every card in your deck is important. It can be a difficult choice, and you may have to sacrifice important cards. It becomes a battle of balance in deck building and decision making. It makes it so its not a guaranteed include in every deck. Too many hand traps, and you wont have enough combo pieces. Too many combo pieces, and you may end up having to banish away some of them, preventing your optimal plays. Imagine 18-20 draws instead? Now you have to banish 14-15 cards. That could be disastrous. If any of you read this, thanks. I could elaborate more, but this is already a lot.

I would do that you can't activate any other effects the turn you activate Maxx C. That means you can't use it on top of your board like the last suggestion did and you can't use any of the handtraps it draws you.

I think its fair that you can only activate it when you control no monster.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned reducing the number of cards drawn by increasing the required summon frequency. For example, "During this turn, draw 1 card after every second Special Summon your opponent conducts" or something of the sort. Now even if you chain it to an effect that special summons, you don't get an immediate draw. They have to do it again. This doesn't resolve the problem of, for example, Salad boards giving your opponent 5 cards in exchange for their 10 summon combo, but I think that's kinda the point. Just like how playing around Nibiru requires you to limit your end board and not every deck may be able to do that, this iteration of Maxx C would give you a lot more flexibility in how many cards you're willing to give your opponent, but only if your deck/hand is flexible enough to allow that.

"During your opponent's turn: you can discard this card. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was discarded by its own effect: draw cards based on how many times your opponent special summoned after this card was discarded: 1-2 Special summons: 1 card. 3-6 Special summons: 2 cards. 7+ Special summons: 3 cards. This effect of Maxx "C" can only be used once per turn." (so limited amount of draws, cannot draw into more hand traps, and can be negated during the end phase. Maybe it's a little too easily countered by appolousa though..)

Rather than waiting until the end phase, I prefer having to return the card to the deck immediately after drawing. Kinda like ferrijit I also like some other suggestions here tho

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What if you change it to: Summoning itself to your field when your opponent special summons and while it remains face up on the field by its own effect and your opponent summons, then you draw. This makes it so it's not a lingering effect and you can remove it to get rid of the effect. Or in some cases, steal it, and now you get the draws. Another idea is that both players draw a card. Definitely ruins the card, but could be used in funny decks that want your opponent to draw.

I like the idea of this video, so here’s how I’d errata Maxx “C” to be a bit more fair in my opinion: “Once per turn (Quick Effect), you can discard this card from your hand; each time you opponent special summons a monster this turn, draw a card. If you controlled any cards when this effect was activated, you can only use 1 more card or effect this turn after this card resolves.” That way if it’s played on the first turn, they can still try to stop the setup of a big board or interrupt it in some way with cards like ash, nib, or imperm, but if they go second with a full board they have at least 1 piece of disruption, but not 15.

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One thing I like seeing is replays where Card destruction is used against the Maxx C challenge. It doesn't happen often but it's pretty funny when it's pulled off. Also the tricksters burning the opponent for game is pretty funny also.

If i was to errata Maxx "C" here's what can do ((During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn. You cannot draw cards if your opponents summons the monster of the same name once it's summoned))

I mean, as a way to effectively nuke it from orbit is that its conditions are the same and everything but when the special summon happens instead of drawing a card you can add a Insect-Type monster or a card mentioning Insect-Type monsters from your deck to your hand.

Not being able to activate Maxx C if you control cards would be great. I think that solves one of the problems with the card. That might be a reason to not run 3 of it since it would only be good going 2nd. I think it still needs a second clause in the errata though. Like a restriction on when you can use it. Whether it be after your opponent special summons from the extra deck or maybe you can only chain it to an effect that special summons. This way the turn 1 player has some ways to play around it if they assume player 2 has it.

I think a good way to errata maxx c is to make the effect only activate if it is the ONLY hand trap monster in your hand, like for example if there's another monster in your hand which has a (Quick Effect) that can be activated in your hand in response to your opponent, maxx c doesn't work, you must get rid of that monster either by using it's effect or discarding it. I don't play Yu-Gi-Oh but this idea came to mind.

I've played with the idea of an Errata being Maxx-C only draws 1 card, but you search another Maxx-C in your deck and add it to your hand. Making it a revolver with like 3 shots to pull more disruption but not enough to outright draw 20 cards and just win next turn. The major problem I already see with this is the minor amount of time scamming that would occur from some players searching their 2nd and 3rd Maxx-C each time they use it especially with shuffling and then having your opponent cut your deck 2-3 times. Pretty vanilla? Yeah sure, but like it's still 3 +1s and it's nice to thin your deck if you've end up drawing only staple disruption or are missing combo pieces in the start.

“If your opponent controls more monsters than you do” “If your opponent controls more cards than you do”

If they were to combine the erraras where have to activate Maxx "c" in response to a special summon and you can only activate Maxx "c" if you control no cards, that would fix all my problems with it.

Could make it so you can't draw for the next two turns after activating it. Makes it so you can't jut drop it beginning of a turn before anything happens and even if you chain to a summon effect, if your opponent decides to stop you went even in your hand but -1 over time. Honestly i think cards like maxx c have an important place in the game of being a big disruption to first turn combo decks and all the degen ftks

During your turn, (Quick Effect), you may discard this card from your hand to activate this effect: Each time the opponent special summons a monster(s), draw 1 card.

I like its current tcg effect. If this card is in your deck: You lose the match.

More broken IMO, if you can only activate it while you control no card, means if you go 1st and you already normal summon or place search card (continuous or field spell), you won't be able to activate your drawn maxx c when your opponent start, which make it AN INSTA WIN CARD GOING 2ND, unlike now which will give interaction, "You Maxx C me, I Maxx C you". The better option would be "While you control no card or your opponent RESOLVED Maxx C on your last turn", this way it wouldn't be too broken going 2nd card nor it make people can Maxx C after setting up their board.

During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. This turn, for every 2 cards added to your hand, your opponent draws 1 card. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn.

"You cannot conduct your draw phase, or activate effects that draw cards, during your next turn after you activate this effect."

tbh a combination of some might be nice - the gamma restriction actually makes it an anti-combo handtrap like its insane supporters claim - the extra deck summon restriction lowers the ceiling to not completely and utterly ruin a combo player’s day with sacky bs - making it work like droll actually puts some risk in the decision to maxx c as it’s just slightly harder to go neutral/plus

an errata that makes you draw the cards for special summons at the end of the turn. then at the end of your next turn banish your hand.

It sounds like you want to special summon for 45 minutes and dominate on turn one. No sir, I activate Maxx C.

You can only use this effect if you have no card(s) in your field, GY, or that is banished. When your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) (except during the Damage Step), you can send this card to the GY; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of Maxx "C" once per turn. You cannot activate card cards or effects until the end of the next turn after Maxx "C" is used. If you want to play Maxx "C", then you ONLY play Maxx "C". I want this card to be as irrelevant as possible if it becomes legal

making maxx C having the restriction of it being the only effect for a turn would make it a bit more fair, however I'd also personally make it reveal the card you drew + 2 more cards from the top of the deck then Banish those face-down. so for every Special Summon you more or less loose 3 cards in your deck and your opponent gets to see what you added / banished. It'd keep Maxx C niche enough I'd say to not be shot gunned against every deck as you could easily be decked out now with just 12-15 Special Summons until your Deck is out.

You cannot use any other cards or card effects the turn you activate max-c

I'd combine the first and last suggestions. You can only draw up to 2 cards and you can only activate this card if you control 1 (or less) monsters. This achieves the following: It limits the resources you can get. Enough to break a strong board but not necessarily enough to win you the game outright. It allows the going first player, if they brick with it, to at the very least set a monster and some backrow.

- Draw up to the number of cards in your opponent Graveyard. or - Draw 1 for each monster Special Summoned from Extra Deck that has a quick effect. this is to give breathing room to old decks with less quick effects but still counter modern meta decks

You should only be able to activate MAX C if your opponent has already special summoned 2 times Then that means they still get a normal summon and 2 special summons before then getting the choice if you’ll be drawing any cards or not