[Official] Shard of Focus | Shard of Focus

[plastiqe]

Overpowered new shard, discuss.

I'll add poll options based on good suggestions.

[Darkobra]

Do you not think you should put in your thoughts? What's there to discuss? WHY do you think it's overpowered? Putting in just "Discuss" is useless if you post a picture of a shard and just say "Discuss."

[Jenkar]

Do you not think you should put in your thoughts? What's there to discuss? WHY do you think it's overpowered? Putting in just "Discuss" is useless if you post a picture of a shard and just say "Discuss."

Because it's permanent control on a stick at no cost with high hp? And it makes stalls, which are already highly unused decks, even less strong?

[Pineapple]

Suggestion: Drop the cost and turns-until-BH to implement a "sacrifice a permanent you control to..." cost.

[plastiqe]

Do you not think you should put in your thoughts? What's there to discuss? WHY do you think it's overpowered? Putting in just "Discuss" is useless if you post a picture of a shard and just say "Discuss."

It's not my first rodeo.  : )

I do have my own thoughts but I don't like to put them in the first post of a nerf thread because I'd rather hear what others have to say than read responses for or against my own opinions.  I think it generates a better discussion.

[Nepycros]

Perhaps the activation cost is 7 if you have one SoF, 6 if you have 2, 5 if you have 3, etc. It's like you're channeling (or focusing) the energy of all the shards to ultimately make it easier to do stuff. Since it's difficult to get 6 on the field, the activation cost will almost always be high, except against Fractals and Mitosis.

[furballdn]

Dunno. In mono/duos, it's not that overpowered since it has a really high cost. Dunno exactly how useful it is paired up in rainbows though.

[Fireleaf]

I'm aware that I hold an extreme view, but I dislike the idea of PC being available to all elements at a reasonable cost (3 destructions for 7/5 quanta) so much that I feel SoF should be removed from the game and replaced with something else.

[eaglgenes101]

I'm aware that I hold an extreme view, but I dislike the idea of PC being available to all elements at a reasonable cost (3 destructions for 7/5 quanta) so much that I feel SoF should be removed from the game and replaced with something else.

Or at least have an ability cost that isn't cheap.

[bogtro]

Not sure about this card yet. It seems powerful, but 3 destructions is not necessarily enough in many situations. It's also really most effective in rainbows, and there SoF takes up some valuable space. The game does need more perm control, but I don't think this is the way to do it.

Sidenote: this indirectly buffs PA/EA.

[valiance]

At least this is a creature. Meaning it is prone to being lobotomized/RT/mutate etc.

However 3 perms for 5 quanta does seem a lil OP. Fractal with this would be fun though lolol.

[The_Mormegil]

This is one of the shards I hate the most, both in concept and in execution. It seems like a bad excuse for the lack of Permanent Control in most elements, and I'd rather see cards such as Touch of Midas, Implosion, Rejuvenation and Dark Kraken in the game in its place.