Mimic | Mimic

[choongmyoung]

NAME: Mimic ELEMENT: Aether COST: 0 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Becomes an exact copy of the card above.	NAME: Mimic ELEMENT: Aether COST: 0 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Becomes an exact copy of the card below.

ART: choongmyoung IDEA: choongmyoung NOTES: Mimic can either be a spell, permanent, or a creature card. Unupped Mimic can be a dead card if it's the first card in your hand. Opponent will know you cast Mimic. SERIES:

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NAME: Mimic ELEMENT: Entropy COST: 0 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Acts exactly like the card above Mimic.	NAME: Mimic ELEMENT: Entropy COST: 0 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Acts exactly like the card below Mimic.

ART: choongmyoung IDEA: choongmyoung NOTES: Mimic can either be a spell, a creature or a permanent. Unupped one can be a dead card if it's the first card of your hand. You can get through the 6 cards limit with this card. There are several options about the cost: - Same with cost of the card above|below Mimic - Fixed amount of quanta etc. SERIES:

[Drake_XIV]

You can put all of the text outside of the chart inside of the NOTES section...

[choongmyoung]

Okay fixed :|

[Drake_XIV]

And technically, if you made the art on flamepainter, you can credit yourself.

[choongmyoung]

Hmm
yeah
whatever

What do you think of the idea?

[andretimpa]

By above / below you mean the order the cards are displayed in your hand? If so I think that it should cost the same as the card that it is copying. Also, would the opponent know that you played a mimic?

My reasoning for the cost is that this gives you a card advantage, as you already said and the decision of what card to copy could be influenced by how the game goes (furthering the advantage). On the other hand it is tricky to control which card gets copied and I think that balances things out. You can also use it in a not so strategic way, just copying whatever happens to be above/below and in this case I think it's fair that the cost be the same.

[choongmyoung]

By above / below you mean the order the cards are displayed in your hand? If so I think that it should cost the same as the card that it is copying. Also, would the opponent know that you played a mimic?

My reasoning for the cost is that this gives you a card advantage, as you already said and the decision of what card to copy could be influenced by how the game goes (furthering the advantage). On the other hand it is tricky to control which card gets copied and I think that balances things out. You can also use it in a not so strategic way, just copying whatever happens to be above/below and in this case I think it's fair that the cost be the same.

You understood it correctly.
Would the opponent know that you played a mimic - Yes imo.

[OldTrees]

Wow!

This is a great card. An elegantly simple mechanic results in complex play with complex tactical and strategic consequences.

+98 rep

There is probably enough of a difference between below and above that the cost decrease is unneeded. I would go with same cost as the card chosen. But a fixed  cost might be necessary. (Ask Xenocidus about the coding)

If it chooses earlier drawn cards then it initially has a list of options but the options are limited.
If it chooses later drawn cards then initially it has no options but its options continue to grow with a much higher bound.

So is choosing earlier or later drawn cards better? I think choosing later drawn cards is better and thus would be the upgraded version.

[EmeraldTiger]

Wouldn't the default behavior of a card like this be a spell?

[choongmyoung]

Wouldn't the default behavior of a card like this be a spell?

Well- yes, it would be a spell if I should choose among three.

[andretimpa]

Trick question, what should happen if I got in my hand an upgraded mimic right above an unupgraded one?

[OldTrees]

Trick question, what should happen if I got in my hand an upgraded mimic right above an unupgraded one?

You have 2 relics that cannot be cast but like all relics they can still be discarded.