And the drop is permanent. So even if you fail to OTK, you might cripple your opponent.
But the downside is that this card has pathetic ATK & DEF. It's a high risk to use it.
There is no such card. There is stuff like Des Wombat and Prime Material Dragon that helps you to prevent effect damage but they don't bounce the damage back. And there is stuff like Barrel Behind the Door which is basically this but only as a one-time effect.
why can i normal summon this card without tribute... im not doing his effect sto special summon him but the game is letting me normal summon him with no monsters out on field and with no tributes
Having similar effect as the anime is exactly why this card is Forbidden in both TCG and OCG for a very long time. If this card has anime effect in DL it would be Forbidden too for sure, since the effect is more busted in Speed Duel format.
Do you really want a card in DL that you can only look at but cannot play?