Card Designer Challenge : Your Own Rare?

[ZephyrPhantom]

 Card Designer Challenge : Your Own Rare?  

The concept of a "Rare" card idea is... quite rare these in the standard CI&A forum. Well, let's change that!

We know that more rares will come eventually, and it's something that Zanzarino probably wants as well.  However, we don't seem to get many Rare card ideas latley on CI&A, which doesn't really help Zanz when it comes to sparks of inspiration.  Let's help him out, shall we?

Since this is the first of a series of Challenges I'll be starting, I'll just set some ground rules.
-Card Designers have 1 week to submit their card ideas. After that, I will put up a poll with all the suggested cards on this thread. You may continue to create and submit ideas while the poll is up.
-There are three subsections for each rules section.
        -Rules : General Rules. The amount of cards you can submit and most general guidelines are here.
        -Qualifications : These are the minimum requirements for the card to be able to be polled.
        -Designer's Tips : While not part of the actual rules, these may be helpful to you as you design your card. Some of these tips can be very useful.
- You do not need images for ANY card idea challenge.

Rules:
-Design 1-3 Rare cards that you feel that would be good in Elements!
-State why you believe this card is worth being rare (I.E. It would be used in many decks, it's powerful, etc...)
-Provide an explanation of why you think this card would be good as a rare.

Qualifications:
-The card must be Rare.

Designer Tips:
-What is your definition of a Rare? Define it in your cards!
-You may wish to look at the Other rare cards to find good examples of a rare card.
-If this Rare was implemented, how would it be obtained? Through an FG? A lucky AI3 spin? Possibly through a quest?  State your method of how this card would be implemented ingame!
-What kind of deck would this be good in?  Is it worth making a rare? Make an example deck to show how this card could be used!

With that being said, it's time to get some more Rare ideas submitted on this forum! Good luck to all!

Special thanks to Emeraldtiger for starting the idea of challenge series with his Aether/Life-Life/Aether Series Challenge (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21305.0.html).

Poll is up, remember that you can still submit card ideas!

[Hyroen]

Sylph | Sylph (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21608.0.html)

(http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21608.0.html)Art made by yours truly!! ^_^

To the best of my knowledge, thus far only Time and Water have rare creatures and I'm a firm believer of allowing all the elements to have their own illusive creature.

Sylph is a strong mythological creature which doesn't show it in its attack strength. Its magical abilities protect its allies and at the same time itself.

Because of this and because Sylph should simply be a staple creature of Air I decided to make it Rare.

Air is not known for being an element whose creatures have a solid amount of HP. They do however have strong skills and good attack power. The inability for an enemy to target Air creatures compliments the element appropriately and works with Fog Shield's theme. This would make it a good Rare card for Air because although the element does not --need-- this card to make good decks, this card compliments various of its decks.

You may obtain it through all AIs and through the Oracle with varying probability. You may not obtain it from the Bazaar.

* Possible AI3 deck containing Sylph:

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5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5of 5of 5of 5of 5of 5og 5oq 5oq 5oq 5oq 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5uo 5up 5up 5v2 5v2 5v2 5v2 5v2The only set of ? cards are Sylph.* Possible AI6 deck containing Sylph:
Faerie

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7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7an 7an 7ap 7ap 7ap 7ap 7ap 7ap 7b0 7b0 7ms 7ms 7ms 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mv 7mv 7mv 7n9 7n9 7n9 7n9 7of 7of 7of 7of 7of 7of 80k 80k 80k 80k 80k 80kThe first set of ? cards are Mitosis. The second set of ? cards are Sylph.


Challenge Faerie:

Face an AI6 version of Faerie without the Sylphs by copying the following code into the Deck Tester on Trainer (http://www.elementsthegame.com/trainer):

by Hyroen

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Deck import code : [Select]

7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7an 7an 7ap 7ap 7ap 7ap 7ap 7ap 7b0 7b0 7ms 7ms 7ms 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mt 7mv 7mv 7mv 7n9 7n9 7n9 7n9 80k 80k 80k 80k 80k 80k 8pu

If you have some comments particularly regarding Sylph make sure to post them in its thread HERE (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21608.0.html). Please and thank you.

[EmeraldTiger]

Is there anything special that qualifies a card as RARE?

[ZephyrPhantom]

Is there anything special that qualifies a card as RARE?

No, I'd say a good reason to make the card rare is sufficient.  You may or may not benefit from interpreting the current rare cards.

Also keep in mind "Rare" technically means "not buyable in the bazaar". You don't necessarily need to make it hard to get. (For example Hyroen made an AI3 deck containing Sylph so it could be obtained by grinding AI3).

[OldTrees]

I would add that each card should have an explanation about why it would make a good rare card instead of a bad or mediocre rare card.

[ZephyrPhantom]

I would add that each card should have an explanation about why it would make a good rare card instead of a bad or mediocre rare card.

Added.

[Fredd0]

Law of Series | Law of Series (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21707.0.html)

[ZephyrPhantom]

Bump, I would like more ideas for this competition please.

   Sea Spectre | Ocean Spectre (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21743.0.html) 

Bio:
A rare type of Forest Spirit that has absorbed too much water and now lives underwater to sustain itself.  It's soaked itself in so much water that Fire and at deeper depths Poison have very little effect upon it.  They're very hard to find since they usually only live in the deepest of lakes.

  Rare 

Why do you think this card should be rare?
I believe this creature should be rare because:

1) With the development of Vanadium Wardens, I do not feel Artic Squid is really worth being a rare, and many other players also seem to support that Arctic Squid should not be rare.

2) As shown by the Bio, this  creature isn't easy to find.

Does the card's overall value fit as a rare?
Yes, it's a weak card when initially played but when played correctly it's immunity to Poison and Fire make it slightly stronger than it's Forest Counterpart.   This also makes a good counter to the Malignant Cell/Flooding Lockdown if you can get a few copies out.

How could I obtain this rare?
You can obtain this card in one of the two following ways:

1) If you manage to grow a Forest Spirit to 20 | 20 , Sea Spectre will be added to the spins.

2) Beat the FG Sieren and win Ocean Spectre from her.  Note that a few Sea Spectres will be thrown in as well in the spins so you may get either or none.

False God

Note:
"? ? ?"'s and the code 7gz are used to represent Ocean Spirits.
This is based on the 1.27 versions of the cards.

by Zblader

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7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gz 7gz 7gz 7gz 7go 7go 7gp 7gr 7gr 7gr 7gu 7gu 7gu 7h1 7h1 7q1 7q1 7q1 7q1 7q1 7q1 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gz 7gz 7gz 7gz 7go 7go 7gp 7gr 7gr 7gr 7gu 7gu 7gu 7h1 7h1 7q1 7q1 7q1 7q1 7q1 7q1 8ps

Strategy:

Sieren's goal is to get out the Deja Vu's as placeholders so she can flood the field and play her Ocean Spirits. She uses Permafrost Shield and Arctic Octopus for CC incase dangerous creatures come out, and Ice Bolt is a soft PC in case weapons are used against her.  Alternatively, she can use Puffer Fishes to give a steady stream of poison to the player, which can be deadly if left alone.

Strengths:
Deadly if Ocean Spirits are not taken care of quickly.
Can lock down vaious creatures that would otherwise shut down her strategy like Otyugh and Fallen Elf.
Permafrost Shield prevents strong creatures from getting through easily.

Weaknesses:
If Deja Vu's are destroyed early on, she will not be able to use her deck to full potential.
Poison, because she has no purify.
If you can avoid it getting frozen, a Lobotomizer can destroy her strategy.

Possible Alternatives:
Have Sieren use Mitosis/Life Mark instead of Deja Vu/Time Mark.

If you want to play against Sieren without Ocean Spirits:

by Zblader

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Deck import code : [Select]

7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gl 7gl 7gl 7gl 7go 7go 7gp 7gr 7gr 7gr 7gu 7gu 7gu 7h1 7h1 7q1 7q1 7q1 7q1 7q1 7q1 8ps

[Rutarete]

Evil Eye | Evil Eye
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21840.0.html
Edit: First deck added.

[AeonSiege]

Where do we post to make our ideas valid for the Challenge? here or do we to make a thread or something then link here?

[Rutarete]

Where do we post to make our ideas valid for the Challenge? here or do we to make a thread or something then link here?

Make it in the card ideas and art then link it here

[ZephyrPhantom]

Alright, the poll is up. Again, more ideas would be appreciated for this challenge (keep in mind that you can still submit ideas even though the poll is up).