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[psychospacecow]

I am a really big Yu-Gi-Oh! player if you want some help on this.

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From what I'm seeing here, these are my initial pointers.
First off, to work in the modern game, xyz are more or less required. We could use a system of contact fusion like the neo spacians if that makes you happy but it really is more or less the same thing.

Second, there is a system called "archetypes". If you look at most modern decks, or some older ones like Elemental Heroes, they all have 1 word in common, like Elemental Hero Bubbleman, Elemental Hero Stratos, Elemental Hero Neos, etc.
These are used so your cards can be affected by the same card effects. For reference, see http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/HERO%27s_Bond
I'd suggest Resource as the common name.
I'd put the archetype's focus around a similar system to masked heroes, where a card upgrades another into a fusion monster, in this case referring to the sprite ripping and such.

The primary things we would need to address are
-the searcher card
-the win condition
-the method of reaching said win condition
-boss monsters? (generally, boss monsters are terrible as time goes by so I would advice not having Dazz as a hulking behemoth which is quite unlikely to be summoned, and just as likely to be struck down)