Strange Push | Strange Force

[EmeraldTiger]

NAME: Strange Push ELEMENT: Entropy COST: 5 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target creature gains damage reduction equal to its attack. Cancels gravity pull.	NAME: Strange Force ELEMENT: Entropy COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target creature gains damage reduction equal to its attack. Cancels gravity pull.

ART: EmeraldTiger IDEA: EmeraldTiger NOTES: Inversely gravity pull cancels this. SERIES:

[Pineapple]

So what isn't affected by damage reduction?
Seems thematically weird that it's ATK and not HP, though I guess it makes it more balanced.

[EmeraldTiger]

Modified it to entropy due the weirdness.

[Captain Scibra]

I could guess that would be put on the creature much like is when it has Gravity Pull?

[Pineapple]

Again, what exactly does damage reduction prevent? I see this as a more expensive quintessence.

[EmeraldTiger]

The thought was to create an inverse of .
Edit:  I went with attack because that is most often the lower number.

[Pineapple]

Gravity and Earth cards aside, you can't really name any widely-used cards with more HP than ATK...

And again, how is this card different from quintessence? If it's weaker, why does it cost more?

[EmeraldTiger]

This does not prevent targeting, it just gives a number a player must get over to do any damage. So would a cost = to gravity pull be about right?

[Pineapple]

This does not prevent targeting, it just gives a number a player must get over to do any damage. So would a cost = to gravity pull be about right?

I know; I'm asking for the practical cases.
For example, compare Ruby Dragon + Strange Push with Ruby Dragon + Quintessence.
Because the opponent can deal over 15 damage in one spell (bolts), and because the opponent could infect and lobotomize it, it could be weaker than Quintessence.
However, because you can target a Ruby Dragon with no ability, if this costs less than Quintessence, then this combo itself may very well make Strange Push situationally OP.

[EmeraldTiger]

Maybe I need a Cap on the DR.

[Rutarete]

Maybe I need a Cap on the DR.

Agreed. Given that 3 is pretty average, I'd go with that for DR.

[andretimpa]

Maybe making the DR not being linear something like

"Target creature gains damage reduction. Creatures with greater attack receive greater reduction. Cancels gravity pull."

There would be some formula behind the scenes that determines how much the reduction is.
For example, the square root of the attack, rounded up would yield the following table:

attack	reduction
0	0
1	1
2 to 4	2
5 to 9	3
10 to 16	4
17 to 25	5

and so on