Sludge | Sludge

[Kuroaitou]

NAME: Sludge ELEMENT: Death COST: 5 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: p | 8 TEXT: Toxic: p = number of poison counters on Sludge. Sludge is immune to poison damage.   : Infect	NAME: Sludge ELEMENT: Death COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: p | 10 TEXT: Toxic: p = number of poison counters on Sludge. Sludge is immune to poison damage.   : Infect

ART: Kuroaitou (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,30514.0.html) IDEA: Original inspiration by Krahhl (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14947.0.html) NOTES: A comparison to Krahhl's original idea, Toxic Blob | Toxic Slime. Trying to draw the art from scratch took me over several weeks (and with pitiful results as it seems). I'll provide sketching of the art later on in an upcoming Card Art thread. Toxic is the passive skill, Infect is the active ability. Unlike his idea though, I decided to take a different twist; the "regeneration" concept was too much to implement on a single card alongside the immunity to poison AND atk gain, so I figure that it would be best to eliminate of the mechanics (regeneration) in favor of focusing on the other two (poison immunity and atk bonus). The fun thing about the wording is that Infect can serve as mono-death's CC function (possibly making it a rare card?), while also giving it a sort of 'ATK boost' if the player decides to infect itself. Comments and further suggestions are welcome. SERIES:

[ddevans96]

That art is just wonderful, and I would even say cute. Nice shadow, little mouth and tongue, and it looks like it wants to give you a very slimy hug too

As for the card, I like it. Poisoning creatures is something that needs more use, and cards like this and Voodoo Doll are good examples.

[Captain Scibra]

Nice idea, but needs a little lower hp in my opinion.  Definitely rates as a rare card.

[ZephyrPhantom]

That art is just wonderful, and I would even say cute. Nice shadow, little mouth and tongue, and it looks like it wants to give you a very slimy hug too

This.

A nasty counter to a Thorn Carapace, too. Just curious - why give it high HP?

[Kuroaitou]

That art is just wonderful, and I would even say cute. Nice shadow, little mouth and tongue, and it looks like it wants to give you a very slimy hug too

This.

A nasty counter to a Thorn Carapace, too. Just curious - why give it high HP?

Well, for two major reasons:

1) To fight off against CC (ironically enough); I figure that with the majority of Death cards having low HP for various reasons (Virus having its own Sacrifice ability, Flesh Recluse being a cheap yet strong attacker, vulture gaining HP/ATK for each creature killed, etc.), Death could have a creature with pretty decent HP. The Grey Nymph is an exception, but alas, it's also rare. Plus, Rage Potion would be a lovely combo.

2) I had to justify the mid-high cost somehow. It requires each turn to boost its ATK by 1, which... may not be very efficient in the long run for some players who plan on using its Infect ability that way.

[ddevans96]

High HP also fits thematically - shooting a Sniper arrow into a writhing mass of anything shouldn't hurt it very much.

[Ajit]

This card is strong all around, great art, great thematically, and mechanically creative

[moomoose]

the difference is that this card can be buffed each turn by other critters with the infect ability, put this in a deck with unupped pufferfish or with parasites (the more natural combo) and unupped viruses, and when infect isnt needed for CC they can buff this guy up.

i like the idea, but lowering the hp may offset the buffed by others mechanism.

i cant put my finger on why, it just feels more like a death card by poison association than by direct relation, just rambling at this point.

[Rutarete]

Can it have more poison counters than it has hp

[pikachufan2164]

Can it have more poison counters than it has hp

Looks like it; the card ability reduces all infection damage taken by it to zero.

[EvaRia]

Catapult!

[NikaZaslavsky]

It's a very good concept. It should be a rare card, because it could get very powerful if it has enough time. Btw, the art is awesome.