[Official] Chimera | Chimera

[XYTWO]

Yeah, I played a deck against a rainbow the other day and locked out all his creatures with gravity shield and basilisk blood.  Last second, he played chimera and knocked me out.  Definitely a panic-button card.

Couldn't have put it better, in my opinion. If stuff is freaking out and you can't bypass (however unlikely) RoL/Hope, it's mass Momentum time. Chimera is not for the early game. It's a finishing touch. All of your creatures are freezing? That Permafrost shall bother you no more.

[TheOnlyNewb]

Why not give it a mutant ability too?
I mean, it's essentially a bunch of creatures mashed up together right?
That would be cool.

I like it.

[Robsta43]

I tried putting togeather a couple decks based around this card in the trainer, my first idea was Chimera + armerigos + fractaled ball lightnings.  My second idea was Chimera + Shriekers + Basalisk's blood + Earth Nymphs.  After tweaking these decks I finnally got the ball lightning deck up to maybe 30-40% win rate against lvl 5 AI and the Basalisk's blood to 50%, but that's nowhere near the win rate of alot of other upped (and a few unupped) decks I've taken against AI5. 

Basalisk's Blood deck

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I'm not sure how Chimera could become a more mono/duo friendly card, but for now it looks like a final smash for rainbow decks meant to last only 1 or 2 turns and bypass shields. 

[Dan43]

Chimera should be immaterial.
That makes it so it can only be destroyed by your enemy's creatures attacks.

[Kuross]

Chimera should be immaterial.
That makes it so it can only be destroyed by your enemy's creatures attacks.

That would also mean you couldn't BB it either. Not sure if that would be an upgrade or not.

[johannhowitzer]

That would also mean you couldn't BB it either. Not sure if that would be an upgrade or not.

BB was for the creatures before the Chimera is cast, to maximize its health.  BB on a Chimera will keep it from damaging your opponent for six turns!

[Kuross]

That would also mean you couldn't BB it either. Not sure if that would be an upgrade or not.

BB was for the creatures before the Chimera is cast, to maximize its health.  BB on a Chimera will keep it from damaging your opponent for six turns!

Yeah, BB was a bad example, but the point I was trying to make was creature buffs wouldn't affect Chimera and who knows what fun cards will come out in the future that may affect Chimera.

I'm just a fan of dumping more cards into the game on a regular basis. With the inclusion of each new card older cards change, sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the worse. Guess I'd just like to see new cards coming soon then looking at buffs/nerfs at that time.

[johannhowitzer]

We do get a heads-up on cards in development; if you regularly check the "Show unread posts since last visit" link at the top near your avatar, and not just the "Show new replies to your posts," you will occasionally see threads that say something like "In Development: X."  These threads are for discussion of new cards Zanz is getting ready to implement, and there is always heavy discussion.  He often changes the cards before implementation; chances are excellent he has done so in the past based in part on reasons brought up in those threads.

[Kuross]

We do get a heads-up on cards in development; if you regularly check the "Show unread posts since last visit" link at the top near your avatar, and not just the "Show new replies to your posts," you will occasionally see threads that say something like "In Development: X."  These threads are for discussion of new cards Zanz is getting ready to implement, and there is always heavy discussion.  He often changes the cards before implementation; chances are excellent he has done so in the past based in part on reasons brought up in those threads.

*is not new to the forums*

Point I seem to have failed at making is that rather than buff/nerf cards, look for new cards to be made that would indirectly buff/nerf existing cards.

[johannhowitzer]

Ah, yes, that's a good tactic.  Too bad Zanz isn't paid to do this, eh?  Otherwise we might see more new stuffs.

[QuantumT]

Ah, yes, that's a good tactic.  Too bad Zanz isn't paid to do this, eh?  Otherwise we might see more new stuffs.

You can donate. It's not much but it's something.

[johannhowitzer]

I meant this isn't his day job, but you probably figured that out.