Stolas | Stolas

[furballdn]

NAME: Stolas ELEMENT: Air COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|6 TEXT: Wing beat: One permanent is protected for every airborne creature you own.	NAME: Stolas ELEMENT: Air COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|6 TEXT: Wing beat: One permanent is protected for every airborne creature you own.

ART: Zblader IDEA: furballdn NOTES: As long as there is one Stolas on your side of the field, the effect is active. Permanents are protected based on their position, from lowest to highest (shield is 4 and weapon is 10). The number protected is based on your number of airborne creatures. Upped, it can be played in any deck. This card was meant as some kind of PC protection for , as well as to emphasize air's fluidity and permeability. This card was also meant to synergize with SoFre. Art is probably filler for now. Thanks to OldTrees, who I've discussed this card a lot with and helped balance it. Thanks to Zblader for the art. SERIES:

[Drake_XIV]

Hey, he posts another card!

I take it protects stacks, not each component individually

[Annele]

This is nice, I saw you talking about it with OT, and I agree with the costing.
It seems to be 's theme, to be able to be played in any deck upped.

[furballdn]

Hey, he posts another card!

I take it protects stacks, not each component individually

I don't really understand that, so I'll try and use an example


Assume you played an air tower, air pend, unstable gas, shard of gratitude, EE, and fog shield in that order. That'd be 6 permanents. With 3 airborne creatures on the field your tower, pend, and UG would be protected. With 4 creatures, your fog shield would be included as well. With 5, SoG, and with 6, EE would be protected. There's no real advantage to having multiple Stolas besides more protection and safety. As long as one Stolas exists on your side of the field with its ability, the field protection will take effect.

[Drake_XIV]

I meant if you have 4 Air Towers and one Stolas with no other creatures, it protects the entire stack, not just one Tower.

[furballdn]

I meant if you have 4 Air Towers and one Stolas with no other creatures, it protects the entire stack, not just one Tower.

Yes. Stacks count as one permanent.

[OldTrees]

Following.

Somethings to note:
The Mark is the 5th permanent and will be skipped by Stolas until cards that target the opponent's mark are added.
Additional Stolas count as Airborne creatures (+1 permanent protected) and provide provide backups in case a Stolas is killed.

[Vangelios]

is the deck Firefly Queen unbeatable!!!,

[furballdn]

is to the deck Firefly Queen unbeatable!!!,

?

Are you saying adding it to FFQs makes it unbeatable? That's not true at all. In fact, this hardly covers any of the main weaknesses that FFQ decks have (slow start, lots of quanta usage, weak to lobo, weak to mass AoE, weak to CC, no way to get around shields). Stolas is only a permanent protector.

[Drake_XIV]

I'd say it has more use in a UG deck, meaning upped Queens and Fireflies...

[furballdn]

I'd say it has more use in a UG deck, meaning upped Queens and Fireflies...

Still doesn't make it unbeatable. Nothing is unbeatable. It does help UG decks with permanent protection, but then you're adding in Stolas just to fit cards, and I'm not sure if a deck that has queens, fireflies, UG, AND Stolas will be smooth enough to take off.

[Drake_XIV]

Never said unbeatable.  I just meant uses.  Either, way I personally see no faults with this card.  Well, maybe it has too much HP, but that's not too much of an issue.