Channeled Dark Energy | Controlled Dark Energy

[mildlyfrightenedboy]

NAME: Channeled Dark Energy ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 8 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 5 | 5 TEXT: Infest.  Drain per turn.  Immaterial.  If one Channeled Dark Energy dies, all Channeled Dark Energies die.	NAME: Controlled Dark Energy ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 9 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 6 | 5 TEXT: Infest.  Drain per turn.  Immaterial.  If one Controlled Dark Energy dies, all Controlled Dark Energies die.

ART: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/880253 IDEA: MildlyFrightenedBoy NOTES: Explanation: At the end of every turn, each CDE makes another CDE.  The damage doubles, but so does the quanta cost per turn.  If a single CDE is destroyed for any reason, every CDE dies. Thematics: You keep channeling your dark energies with your until, eventually, you lose control of the madness you have created, and it consumes you, leaving you with no energy left.  There are two main outcomes from using this: 1. You channel tons of energy to destroy your opponent, and you have enough power to control it all, slaying them and cutting them into tiny pieces. 2. You lose control of yourself, end up wrecking your plans, and die. Once your field fills, your opponent can do nothing but cower in fear and wait for your reign of terror to come to a screeching halt when you realize that you don't have 23 Darkness Towers to fully upkeep all of your energy. 3. You make sure not to bite off more than you can chew, and invest in some -producing Devourers and Pests to limit the extent of your energy and fuel it.  You never reach your maximum potential, but you don't exhaust your supply either.  Who knows what happens. SERIES:

[moomoose]

ive seen this card before:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,11839.0.html

[mildlyfrightenedboy]

ive seen this card before:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,11839.0.html

Are you actually saying that it looks like that, or are you making a joke that it is too complicated?  I have a far more complicated card, if you want to see it.

Witness the hell that is the inner workings of my mind:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,29955.msg434094#msg434094

EDIT: The image is actually the less complicated version... I made an update while typing up the table that I forgot about, so I changed it to the MORE complicated version.  I just added that last sentence that I forgot about.

[moomoose]

the point was that you couldnt fit a new mechanic on the card, which is not acceptable.  its one thing for a card like pest to have burrow thrown in and not re-explained, everyone knows what it is, what it does, etc.  but this is a new mechanic, if you cannot adequately sum up the mechanic on the face of the card so people can have some kind of an idea of what it does, simplify it or start over.  my 2

[mildlyfrightenedboy]

the point was that you couldnt fit a new mechanic on the card, which is not acceptable.  its one thing for a card like pest to have burrow thrown in and not re-explained, everyone knows what it is, what it does, etc.  but this is a new mechanic, if you cannot adequately sum up the mechanic on the face of the card so people can have some kind of an idea of what it does, simplify it or start over.  my 2

There aren't any new mechanics...
Infest is from Malignant Cell (except, obviously, it makes a new CDE every turn, not a new Malignant Cell); the drain part is from Flooding; Immaterial is from Immortal; Phase Dragon, or Morning Star (along with a few shields); and I explained the last bit.  There are no new mechanics, I just put together a bunch of pre-existing ones.

[moomoose]

ah, forgot about malignant cell, didnt remember what the ability it had was named.

[furballdn]

Niiice. Would do absolute wonders in a mono darkness deck with some devourers or nightfall.

[Naesala]

I dont think this is to terribly complicated, it looks great to me.

[Kuroaitou]

CURATOR COMMENT
-Fix the TEXT section of the table so that it matches the card image's description exactly (Add the text following the word, "Immaterial", to the table)
-Also, please use the new Darkness background for the cards using the new Card Image builders (they support the new 1.29 Darkness backgrounds)

I personally think that you're attempting to cram a tad too much into one creature, and the name of it sounds more appropriate for a permanent; that said though, the 'linked upon death' concept is something I would focus on moreso in the description, while removing the status bonuses, quanta draining, and other active ability. ^^; But to each his own.

[Brontos]

I was expecting a permanent when I saw the thread's title.
As a creature, I feel like there is too much text. I'm not saying it's too complex, it's just that I have a preference for the elegance of simplicity.

[mildlyfrightenedboy]

CURATOR COMMENT
-Fix the TEXT section of the table so that it matches the card image's description exactly (Add the text following the word, "Immaterial", to the table)
-Also, please use the new Darkness background for the cards using the new Card Image builders (they support the new 1.29 Darkness backgrounds)

I personally think that you're attempting to cram a tad too much into one creature, and the name of it sounds more appropriate for a permanent; that said though, the 'linked upon death' concept is something I would focus on moreso in the description, while removing the status bonuses, quanta draining, and other active ability. ^^; But to each his own.

The text issue should be corrected, and I will update the image as soon as possible.  EDIT: Done.

However, while it would be thematic for the card to be a permanent, I prefer the idea of seeing your CDE's literally spread across your board, along with being able to block out other creatures and be limited by your creatures.  (Darkness is very good at spamming Pests, so limitation should not be a problem.)  With a permanent, the interaction with other creatures is not possible.
In addition, it would be worded rather oddly if it was a permanent.  Something along the lines of:
"Weapon: Deal X damage at the end of every turn, when X is equal to 5*2^Y, when Y is equal to the number of turns that this card has been in play.  Drain 2^Y each turn.  Immaterial."
Would that be correct?  If so, I definitely prefer it as a creature.  Sparks aren't "creatures", so to say, but this card is (thematically) almost identical.

[EmeraldTiger]

I used the image you used to make;