Mind Melter

Mind Melter
Attrib: Water
Type: Psychic/Effect
Level:3
Atk: 900
Def: 1000
Increase this card?s ATK by 300 for each Psychic-type monster you control. When this card destroys a monster in battle, until the end of the turn, if you would take effect damage, gain life points equal to that amount instead.

Mind Melter
Attrib: Water
Type: Psychic/Effect
Level:3
Atk: 1200
Def: 1000
Increase this card's ATK by 300 for each Psychic-type monster you control. When this card destroys a monster in battle, until the end of the turn, if you would take effect damage or pay life points, gain life points equal to that amount instead.


Now the base ATK is 1500 and the effect works with some more cards.

I'm not entirely sure about the paying life points part. You could get away with some real shenanigans if this thing wins a battle.

same here. some effects can really be abused if you gain LP instead of paying it.

Scrap Destruction: Gain 1500 Life Points: Destroy 1 monster.

The thing is, Masochist + this already do the same thing. Is it such a big leap?

but then you'd have to play masochist

although, there really aren't many tricks that you can pull with lp gain decks since so much of what you can play is gimmicky and generally not very competitive. a small push in the right direction should be fine and to be honest i still think its underwhelming