Terminal Velocity | Terminal Velocity

[ZephyrPhantom]

NAME: Terminal Velocity ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target creature's attack or HP cannot be changed for three turns. Does not protect frozen or delayed creatures.	NAME: Terminal Velocity ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 2 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target creature's attack or HP cannot be changed for three turns. Does not protect frozen or delayed creatures.

ART: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1106413/ Heavily Edited by Zblader IDEA: Zblader NOTES: In fluid dynamics an object is moving at its terminal velocity if its speed is constant due to the restraining force exerted by the fluid through which it is moving. A free-falling object achieves its terminal velocity when the downward force of gravity (FG) equals the upward force of drag (Fd). This causes the net force on the object to be zero, resulting in an acceleration of zero. AntiCC for Gravity. I'm aware of the combo with Armagio, but keep in mind Phase Shield does the same thing for 1 card and lower cost. Also, there a a various number of removal cards/combos besides freeze and delay cards (such as RT and Gravity Pull) that could easily negate the usefullness of this effect, which overall makes this a rather easy card to counter. Freeze and Delay thematically negate Terminal Velocity because if your speed was set to 0, you couldn't avoid attacks. SERIES:

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NAME: Terminal Velocity ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target creature's attack or HP cannot be changed for three turns. creatures at Terminal Velocity gain Ranged.	NAME: Terminal Velocity ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 2 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target creature's attack or HP cannot be changed for three turns. creatures at Terminal Velocity gain Ranged.

ART: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1106413/ , Heavily Edited by Zblader IDEA: Zblader NOTES: In fluid dynamics an object is moving at its terminal velocity if its speed is constant due to the restraining force exerted by the fluid through which it is moving. A free-falling object achieves its terminal velocity when the downward force of gravity (FG) equals the upward force of drag (Fd). This causes the net force on the object to be zero, resulting in an acceleration of zero. AntiCC for Gravity. I'm aware of the combo with Armagio, but keep in mind Phase Shield does the same thing for 1 card and lower cost. I avoided making the Water Bonus Momentum or a stat boost to prevent  redundancy. The idea is that Water creatures that swim at a high Terminal Velocity can leap out of the water at a winged opponent. SERIES:

[Rutarete]

I like the theme and card!
Though I like the water buff, It's so situational I'm not sure it's worth it. Maybe 'worth it' isn't the right term.

[moomoose]

the difference between this and phase shield is that any means of pc can remove phase shield, but the only counter to this card i can think of is rt and lobo, so if you dont have or , and the few cards that imlement the two spells, youre sol.

[furballdn]

Fluid=water? Fluid can refer to gasses as well.

[AnimationX]

Is the ranged buff really that great? The only thing it does is let you bypass wings.

[UnderneathTheLens]

the difference between this and phase shield is that any means of pc can remove phase shield, but the only counter to this card i can think of is rt and lobo, so if you dont have or , and the few cards that imlement the two spells, youre sol.

Agreed. Because of that reason, I think this is OP.

[OdinVanguard]

the difference between this and phase shield is that any means of pc can remove phase shield, but the only counter to this card i can think of is rt and lobo, so if you dont have or , and the few cards that imlement the two spells, youre sol.

As a point of order, freeze plus shockwave autokill should still be viable as well. Flooding should work too. Stun and freeze effects would counter ability and attack.
Sun dial could also stop attack (upped is usable anywhere)
The armagio trick can be countered by casting gravity pull on a different creature.
Also, what happens if the creature gets hit by mutate or improve?
If this still works and changes the creature to something smaller, it could be made devourable thusly.
Mutate still has the autokill chance.
Pandemonium can also be used since it can either make a copy (then you have a meat shield too), rewind, lobotomize, or freeze it.

All that said, I do think this may be a little OP, just not horribly so.

I also see some very interesting potential with poison, catapult... especially on voodoo dolls.

[moomoose]

some other counters but really-
freeze plus shockwave autokill- rarely used combo
flooding- rarely used and unlikely to be effective
Stun and freeze effects- i dont see any reason this is relevant
Sundial- as above
gravity pull on another creature- good idea, but another rarely used card
Mutate autokill- rare occurrence
mutate- not sure if this would be allowed to function, as it would likely cause a hp change
Pandemonium- crapshoot, uncommon card

so there are indeed more than 2 counters for this, just seems that they are rarely used and/or unreliable counters, unlike the counters to phase shield, which is vulnerable to any means of pc, which are fairly common.  if someone has the time to compare the card usage rates for the proposed counters to this card and the potential counters for phase shield, i think it would show the contrast vividly

[thanata]

Yes! A defensive card for Gravity, and associated with actual physics, too!

[ZephyrPhantom]

Point about lack of counters is valid. I decided to alter the card by removing the buff effect and replacing with an effect that does a much better job at balancing out the card and fits the theme much better.

All feedback is appreciated.

[Drake_XIV]

Aw, and I was thinking of my own Terminal Velocity card too.  Oh well.

Nice addition to .

[OdinVanguard]

Nice. I like it. The freeze and stun nerf definitely makes sense with the theme as well.