Harpy | Harpy

[Daxx]

NAME: Harpy ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: X|4 TEXT: X is equal to the number of cards in your opponent's hand.	NAME: Harpy ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: X|6 TEXT: X is equal to the number of cards in your opponent's hand.

ART: vrt IDEA: Daxx NOTES: Idea sparked by a discussion in chat, as a partner to nightmare. Could work well as any other element. SERIES: n/a SIMILAR IDEAS: Mosquito (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,3458.0.html) by Thalas Crow | Jealous Crow (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14206.html) by Hyroen

Reposted the thread due to brainfail.

EDIT: added placeholder images until vrt is done doing art. Many thanks!
EDIT2: added vrt's final art, changed card name, increased the HP of the upgraded version to 6 per recommendation.
EDIT3: added attribution for Hyroen's similar idea.

[Werdbooty]

Simple & to the point. I likes.

[LongDono]

OMG this card is awesome! It makes use of nightmare!

[Appawesome]

this+fractal+nightmare= 72 damage for 9 aether and 38 darkness.

[LongDono]

Silence, nightmare, and this..... = evil!

[Scaredgirl]

I like it, and I don't like it. I think it suffers from the same problem that many ideas suffer: it has a great mechanic but not so great theme.

I like X card thing very much. Nice synergy with . But the theme is almost like a random word slapped on it. I mean why does a Ghoul have this mechanic? Why does a Ghoul do more damage if you have more cards? Maybe I'm missing something but it doesn't make sense to me.

With a better theme, this card would be great. Now it just.. meh. I know many players say "gameplay > theme", but I say why not have both?

[Daxx]

I have no objections to changing the name of the card to something better. The card was originally submitted with the name "Mind Flayer" which I thought was quite flavourful right up until the point that I realised that Mind Flayers were already in the game. Derp.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[ZephyrPhantom]

I find it to be a good card, but it can do a ridiculous amount of damage when set up properly.  That or it can make a lockdown a beatdown.  Overall feels like a good card though.

"Dream Eater" would be a good name , given that your hand is like your "summoning mind", and nightmare overflows your hand with cards.

[TheCrazyMango]

this card and  caveman (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,16956.0.html) in a rainbow with eternities and nightmares would be so annoying. if you play a card, caveman grows, if you dont, ghoul grows.

[Daxx]

I do like Dream Eater. I may use that if there aren't any better ideas.

[Drobbit]

I like it, and I don't like it. I think it suffers from the same problem that many ideas suffer: it has a great mechanic but not so great theme.

I like X card thing very much. Nice synergy with . But the theme is almost like a random word slapped on it. I mean why does a Ghoul have this mechanic? Why does a Ghoul do more damage if you have more cards? Maybe I'm missing something but it doesn't make sense to me.

With a better theme, this card would be great. Now it just.. meh. I know many players say "gameplay > theme", but I say why not have both?

And ghoul is already a card from the armory...
I suggest: mindflayer | illithid
For the ones that doesn't know them, they are monsters created by Gary Gygax (RIP) that attack with mind powers. That could represent the "opponent's cards", the more you have the more damage they do.
EDIT: I didn't read that about mindflayers and I missed that card... big  boo-boo

what about psionist?

Anyway, I like the concept the most.

[Glitch]

VRT said something about changing the name to "harpie" in chat.

Did... did you delete my earlier post?