True-Curse

True-Curse (真・呪撃 ; shin-jugeki) is a keyword introduced in BS67, possessed only by Purple Spirits, and currently also only in the "Blood Crystal" family. The effect reads as follows:
* (Your Turn)When this Spirit would leave the Field due to the opponent, destroy an opposing Spirit/Ultimate.
True-Curse serves as a direct upgrade of Curse, being able to activate whenever the Spirit possessing it would leave the Field by any methods, as long it is by the opponent, comparing to Curse which can only activate if the Spirit remains until BP comparison, largely increasing the range of activation timing. True-Curse also allows the player to freely choose whichever opposing Spirit/Ultimate to destroy, comparing to Curse which can only destroy the blocking Spirit (and cannot even target Ultimates).
The effect serves as a great menace to the opponent, as with every attack, the opponent always has to make the decision of either trading a block with their own Spirit/Ultimate, or taking a life. It allows the True-Curse to become an effective tempo deck, keeping the number of opposing Spirits/Ultimates low. With the nature of being in the Purple color, it also means that there are always ways to replenish the hand by drawing more, so to summon more Spirits with True-Curse, or retrieving said cards from the Trash to repeat the procedure.
Obviously, the weakness of True-Curse would mainly be Purple Armor (or any variations of "Armor"-named effects), as the immunity prevents the opposing Spirits/Ultimates from getting destroyed. The keyword may also be weak to removal effects which disallow the activation of effects upon leaving the Field.
== See Also: ==
* List of cards with True-Curse
* List of cards supporting True-Curse
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