Dragon Egg | Ancient Dragon Egg

[zse]

NAME: Dragon Egg ELEMENT: Other COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 0|1 TEXT: That Dragon Egg looks like it's about to hatch.	NAME: Ancient Dragon Egg ELEMENT: Other COST: 7 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 0|1 TEXT: That Ancient Dragon Egg looks like it's about to hatch.

ART: zse IDEA: zse NOTES: This card does practically nothing alone, but when it gets targeted by a spell or abilities it can turn to some dragon creature. Basically the idea is the same as in Mummy. Dragon Egg turns to unupped versions, and Ancient Dragon Egg turns to upped versions. Targeted with Active Ability on Creature or Permanent Name of Ability, or Spell Egg Turns to Nymph / Anubis Quintessence Dragon Owl's Eye Sniper Dragon Toadfish Inflate Dragon Nymph Liquid Shadow Dragon Parasite/Virus Infection/Infect Dragon Nymph Aflatoxin Dragon Nymph Basilisk Blood Dragon Plate Armor Dragon Chaos Power Dragon Nymph Antimatter Dragon Nymph Rage Potion Dragon Momentum Dragon Nymph Adrenaline Dragon Holy Light Dragon Blessing Dragon Eternity Reverse Time Dragon Arctic Squid Freeze Dragon Specials Name of Ability, or Spell Special Effect, if any Butterfly Effect Egg turns to Dragonfly with Butterfly ability Gravity Pull Egg turns to Chimera Fallen Elf Mutation Random Dragon, Dragonfly, Chimera, or Dragon Egg Nymph Luciferin Nothing special, 0/1 Egg has now bioluminescence and it's original ability. Chaos Seed/Pandemonium Random effect: Freeze, Reverse Time, Sniper, Gravity Pull, Lobotomize, Parallel Universe, Fire bolt, Ice bolt, Shockwave, Drain Life, Lightning, Infection. Flesh Spider/Phase Spider/ Guardian Angel Web/Heal Nothing. Lobotomizer/Mind Flayer Lobotomize Nothing special, removes any active abilities. Nightmare/Fractal/ Parallel Universe Nothing special, just more eggs. Killed by Special Effect, if any Otyugh / Scrab +1/+3 to Otyugh / Scrab for nutritional meal. Egg dies. Immolation Nothing special, you'll get just the normal quanta. Egg dies. Plague / Retrovirus / Fire Bolt / Ice Bolt / Rain of Fire / Thunderstorm / Unstable Gas / Shockwave / Drain Life / Lightning / Chimera / Catapult Nothing special. Egg dies. SERIES: [/color][/b] ***Insert series name and link to series page (if any)***

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More abilities / creature affecting spells added. The list should be now complete. Note that when the un-upped & upped cards have same effect, the un-upped version is only listed.

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Poll added:
1. Mymmy style
Targeting Dragon Egg should turn to Dragon right away, like Mummy. Who cares if turn 1 Dragon is powerful.

2. Modified Graboid / Mummy style
Targeting Dragon Egg should turn to Dragon right away, like Mummy, but Dragon Egg comes into game Burrowed, like Graboid, and then Unburrows automatically at the end of turn. The opponent can target the Egg 1 turn before you get the opportunity to turn it to Dragon.

3 Fate Egg style
Targeting Dragon Egg should give it active ability Hatch, like Fate Egg. You have to wait at least 1 turn before you can activate it and get the Dragon.

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Poll closed
1. Mymmy style it is.

[7_Deadly_Sins]

This card is pretty sweet. I would love to see it in game.

[SnoWeb]

I like the Idea but I have some remarks/questions/suggestions:

- The cost are really inhomogeneous from one dragon to the other (antimatter cost 6 and momentum 1 )
- Owl eyes ability is not a spell but an arrow for me it does not fit IMO.
- What about shock wave,  thunderstorm, nymph tears,  twin universe,  fractal, luciferin, fire bolt, ice bolt,  drainlife, chaos power,  pandemonium,  chimera, rain of fire and lightning?
- what about giving the egg an ability: for 3 quanta turns a pillar into the corresponding dragon?
- what about creating a specific evolve spell from each element?

good luck

[karis]

that's mean this one is very hard to kill by use spell or ability...

[7_Deadly_Sins]

Tbh, I think you should changed to if you target it instead of if anyone targets it. So your oppent doesn't have to deal with killing a dragon if you don't have anything to change it into a dragon right away.

[zse]

I like the Idea but I have some remarks/questions/suggestions:

- The cost are really inhomogeneous from one dragon to the other (antimatter cost 6 and momentum 1 )
Life just isn't always fair, deal with it. I don't think that's really a problem since if you have those "better" high-cost cards you can use em the way they are meant to be used. But if we want to make this fair for everyone, some quanta-drain could be added to the effect - ability drains 5-[the cost of spell] quanta etc. Keep suggestions coming, if you have any other idea for it.
- Owl eyes ability is not a spell but an arrow for me it does not fit IMO.
The ability is called "sniper" (who are pretty accurate where they aim), so that made me think it could work. Rethinking it made me ask for better suggestions for getting Dragon. 
- What about shock wave,  thunderstorm, nymph tears,  twin universe,  fractal, luciferin, fire bolt, ice bolt,  drainlife, chaos power,  pandemonium,  chimera, rain of fire and lightning?
Most of them added. Pandemonium generates copies of different abilities that are already mentioned. Nymph tears can't target creatures.
- what about giving the egg an ability: for 3 quanta turns a pillar into the corresponding dragon?
- what about creating a specific evolve spell from each element?
Interesting ideas. Why don't you take the credit for them and post those in new topic(s).
good luck

[Hyroen]

With this card and nova, summoning a dragon in the first turn has never been easier. 

[zse]

With this card and nova, summoning a dragon in the first turn has never been easier. 

Totally true, but Nova+This Card+Something to target This Card = 3 card combo. Not that it would be hard combo to do, but it still takes 3 cards to get 1 creature. Do you think it would be OP? Do you have suggestions how to make it less powerful?

I've been toying with an idea of having 1 turn delay before the egg hatches. The Egg would remain 0/1, but opponent would then know that if it's not killed this turn, it'll be attacking as a dragon next turn. What do you think of that idea?

[Astraic]

this can be sum serious OP i think.............
this + fractal + pandemonium............
idk what effects pandemonium has but yea...
pretty sure it has reverse time at least........... you can summon hoards of different dragons easily....

[7_Deadly_Sins]

With this card and nova, summoning a dragon in the first turn has never been easier. 

Totally true, but Nova+This Card+Something to target This Card = 3 card combo. Not that it would be hard combo to do, but it still takes 3 cards to get 1 creature. Do you think it would be OP? Do you have suggestions how to make it less powerful?

I've been toying with an idea of having 1 turn delay before the egg hatches. The Egg would remain 0/1, but opponent would then know that if it's not killed this turn, it'll be attacking as a dragon next turn. What do you think of that idea?

Well if the opponent kills it, doesn't it still make a dragon? That is why you should add something to the effect of where the ability only works if the player summoning the card, then it turns into a dragon.

[willng3]

I love this idea.  I thought about the effects you still haven't been able to factor in yet, and I might have some suggestions.

Web:  Turns into a mummy (strange, but it was really the only thing that fit).
Angel:  This is pretty similar to Holy Light so I'd say Light Dragon
Lobo/mindflayer:  Maybe a fate egg for humor?

[zse]

this can be sum serious OP i think.............
this + fractal + pandemonium............
idk what effects pandemonium has but yea...
pretty sure it has reverse time at least........... you can summon hoards of different dragons easily....

Pandemonium
Pandemonium inflicts one of the following effects:
Fire bolt, Ice bolt, Shockwave, Drain Life, Lightning, Infection, Freeze, Gravity Pull, Reverse Time, Sniper, Lobotomize, Parallel Universe (where Dead Egg, Dragon, undecided)
Also note that currently Gravity Pull generates Chimera, and that would eat all other creatures, including the Eggs that haven't been affected by Pandemonium yet.

I did actually think about this potential combo earlier, and then I came to the conclusion that the relatively high costs (6 & 7) should make other fractal targets more appealing for deck-builders.

I love this idea.  I thought about the effects you still haven't been able to factor in yet, and I might have some suggestions.

Web:  Turns into a mummy (strange, but it was really the only thing that fit).
Angel:  This is pretty similar to Holy Light so I'd say Light Dragon
Lobo/mindflayer:  Maybe a fate egg for humor?

Hmmm... don't know about those. I personally like the option "that does nothing to the egg" better. But I'm ready to change my mind if you or someone else gives good reasoning for changes.

Well if the opponent kills it, doesn't it still make a dragon?

No, dead Eggs are just dead. No free dragons from those.