Pyramid Shield | Pyramid Shield

[Xinef]

NAME: Pyramid Shield ELEMENT: Time COST: 8 TYPE: Permanent (shield) ATK|HP: ABILITY: Shield: Blocks N damage N is the number of cards in your hand. Indestructible.	NAME: Pyramid Shield ELEMENT: Time COST: 7 TYPE: Permanent (shield) ATK|HP: ABILITY: Shield: Blocks N damage N is the number of cards in your hand. Indestructible.

ART: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/754026 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/755152 modified by Xinef IDEA: Xinef NOTES: Similar to Hope, blocks a maximum of 7 damage. It might be harder to counter, but the drawback of having to keep cards in your hand and high cost should make it balanced. Though... it works well with ANY fractal If it is indeed OP, I might remove indestructibility and lower the cost. Time Trials Phase 1 idea. SERIES: Ancient Artifacts series (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,10663.0.html)

[Legit]

I would remove the indestructible, because like you said, you can use fractal. You could just use protect artifact anyways

[dragonhuman]

no way its OP, since to the max it can ever block is 7 compared to hopes 23/24 and to do that you have to pretty much slow down your gameplay to pretty much 1 card per turn

but then combined with times ability to draw cards it shouldn't be that hard to get 7 cards in your hand, only downfall would be being unable to use them.

I don't know maybe remove immortality

[guolin]

Remove Indestructible, then lower cost a bit. Now that Dune Scorpion can't remove cards from your hand, and Nightmare will be useless against this...there needs to be a way to counter the shield.

[truddy02]

I think this is a pretty cool idea especially since time only has the one shield and most other elements have more choices for shields.  I also like the balance of handicapping yourself vs how much is blocked.  I do agree with others though that it shouldn't me immaterial.  Even if the old version of dune scorpion were to go in that would only be one card that had any counter to it.  With hope the counter is creature control, with this there would be nothing.

[kev]

Lulz.  I like your taste in art, Xinef (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6864.0.html).

[Xinef]

Lol, so one more unintended plagiarism, because I noticed recently that my Veteran's Amulet works similarly to $$$man's card (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,10433.0.html) (though his might be OP due to repeatability)

By the way, any suggestions on the cost if it wasn't indestructible? 5 / 4 ? It would be better in early game then when you still have a number of cards you cannot afford to play. (better than Hope in that aspect)

[Kael Hate]

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[Kael Hate]

Lol, so one more unintended plagiarism, because I noticed recently that my Veteran's Amulet works similarly to $$$man's card (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,10433.0.html) (though his might be OP due to repeatability)

I don't see a plagerism. Several cards use checking of the quanta /10 mechanic in the game and if that is removed from your cards the two share nothing else in common.