Necrosis | Necrosis

[Hyroen]

NAME: Necrosis ELEMENT: Death COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Shield: reduce damage by 1. Remaining physical damage that hits is turned into poison counters.	NAME: Necrosis ELEMENT: Death COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Shield: reduce damage by 2. Remaining physical damage that hits is turned into poison counters.

ART: No artist yet. Submissions are gladly welcomed, and the best (in my opinion) will be used. IDEA: Hyroen NOTES: If a Spark hits you while you have Necrosis (upgraded) on you, you get 1 poison counter but no damage. If a Crimson Dragon hits you while you have Necrosis (unupped) on you, you get 11 poison counters but no damage. etc. etc. etc. Synergy with Purify? Yessir. Pardon the huge absence, things have changed in my life a lot. I'll be joining the temporary lurkers, while still fulfilling my responsibilities. [/personaltalk] SERIES:

Discuss. ^_^

[ShiningSword]

this+purify=great defence.
And purify is cheap and easy to splash in decks, so it would be amazing. Im not sure that a mechanic like this is balanced(i mean, make all damage poison, then pack purify and it does not matter what happens, you will always have a chance to heal back to full(in the turn they give you the poison, you take no damage, using a purify next turn prevents all the damage by destroying the poison counters, or thats what i understood).

[az4rel]

seems to be a little up 'cause it only delays the damage but turns it into something worse, recurring damage over time,
only usable if you got an infinite amount of purify 

[Seiya]

Yeah, I don't think that this would be too useful.  Purify can only be used 6 times.  That's six turns of no damage and then damage multiplies after that.  I'm not a huge fan.  Seems to random.  You're just relying on having Purify be the next card in your deck.  Inconsistent.

[ddevans96]

hm...I'll see what I can do for art. I can't guarantee anything though.

And I'd prefer to use purify on the turn before I would die of poison, then use a different source to heal back up to near-full health, and repeat the process. Requires a weird rainbow or trio though that way.

[EvaRia]

Poison, Purify, then Explosion.

[Hyroen]

Death the manipulator of poison and infection with this shield can manipulate damage to avert dying for a number of turns if this shield is used wisely.

Keep in mind however that Death's powerful manipulation of impending doom comes at a cost, the incoming damage is no longer linear, it's exponential and not knowing how to use this shield will come with a serious cost, your demise.

[TuckingFypo]

  So, if you manage to have at least one Purify each turn for the next six turns and another shield to replace it right after those six turns you basically get 6 free turns to stall. And if you don't, you're screwed. =D  I think that's a bit of a problem, since doing so is highly unlikely.

Bah, I wasn't trying to flame, but using this shield successfully seems more luck-based rather than on strategy. Turning damage into poison is a cool concept.  But it's more harmful than is helpful because you won't always have Purifies with you.  Maybe the amount of poison you take is only a fraction of the creature's attack?  It's probably not the best solution, but it's a start.

[funerallaughter]

  So, if you manage to have at least one Purify each turn for the next six turns and another shield to replace it right after those six turns you basically get 6 free turns to stall. And if you don't, you're screwed. =D  I think that's a bit of a problem, since doing so is highly unlikely.

Bah, I wasn't trying to flame, but using this shield successfully seems more luck-based rather than on strategy. Turning damage into poison is a cool concept.  But it's more harmful than is helpful because you won't always have Purifies with you.  Maybe the amount of poison you take is only a fraction of the creature's attack?  It's probably not the best solution, but it's a start.

I like this (:

[Hyroen]

Fractions tend to get -highly- ugly. If the poison conversion isn't enough I may raise blocking amounts or decrease cost.

[funerallaughter]

Well, I was something Dissipation Shield-esque?

[Kaos.]

Maybe half of the damage rounded up could be better. It's a nice idea, but it risks to be very unbalanced modifying it. :/