Living Dust | Dust Entity

[Schattenfresser]

Hi,
the idea is about a creature that can avoid to be killed. The could be used for other elements like death (Ghost), too. But I think that the card makes playing earth more interesting.

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NAME: Living Dust ELEMENT: Earth COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 6 | 2 ABILITY: Elusive: Living Dust has a 50% chance to avoid the effect of targeting.	NAME: Dust Entity ELEMENT: Earth COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 8 | 2 ABILITY: Elusive: Dust Entity has a 50% chance to avoid the effect of targeting.

ART: Kuroaitou  IDEA: Schattenfresser NOTES: * the abilties and spells have a 50% chance to miss SERIES: -

[Kael Hate]

Wow, 2 days no comment.

I like the idea.

You should link the photo if you don't know who owns it.

[Schattenfresser]

Wow, 2 days no comment.

I like the idea.

You should link the photo if you don't know who owns it.

Sometimes it's good to search several times after the same thing. Seems like that the pic is from a weather forecast site(a different site as before). 
But all data are free to use.

[Kuroaitou]

Hm, this one slipped between the threads, I guess...

By 'avoid being targeted', does this imply that it has a 50% chance to become 'immortal' for the enemy's turn so that they can't target it? Or does it mean that if someone targets it with a spell or ability (say, Fire Lance or Paradox), the creature has a 50% chance the damage doesn't reach it - it's not killed during the process?

It's a cute idea, but I'm not sure why it should stay the same cost when you're dealing an extra 2 damage for it. Since it's  -based, a Plate Armor would boost it up to have it at 8 HP, making it immune to Paradox and Early Elite Otyugh fodder (assuming the targeting mechanism proc fails). Of course, I would love this card if both the opponent AND the player has an equal chance of having their detrimental and beneficial spells be negated completely by its passive.

Mind if I design some new art for the card in case it gets voted up into Level 1?

[Schattenfresser]

Hm, this one slipped between the threads, I guess...

By 'avoid being targeted', does this imply that it has a 50% chance to become 'immortal' for the enemy's turn so that they can't target it? Or does it mean that if someone targets it with a spell or ability (say, Fire Lance or Paradox), the creature has a 50% chance the damage doesn't reach it - it's not killed during the process?

It's a cute idea, but I'm not sure why it should stay the same cost when you're dealing an extra 2 damage for it. Since it's  -based, a Plate Armor would boost it up to have it at 8 HP, making it immune to Paradox and Early Elite Otyugh fodder (assuming the targeting mechanism proc fails). Of course, I would love this card if both the opponent AND the player has an equal chance of having their detrimental and beneficial spells be negated completely by its passive.

Mind if I design some new art for the card in case it gets voted up into Level 1?

You can target the card like every other mortal creature but the effect has a 50% chance to miss. And the ability works when you play a spell on your own Dust Entity.
The attack difference between the unupped and the upped card should be ok. Vanilla creatures gain 2 or 3 attack through the upgrade while maintaining the costs.
And I would be happy to get an better art for the card. 

[Tea is good]

This would be great against AIs. They are such silly thinkers.

[Boingo]

1. The card description is awkward. I suggest the following:
"Elusive: Dust Entity has a 50% chance to avoid being targeted."

2. On second thought, the ability isn't about avoiding targeting since it appears the ability to target the creature will not be affected, it's about spells/other creature abilities having a 50% chance of missing.  So possibly:
"Elusive.  Dust Entity has 50% chance to avoid effect of spell/creature targeting."

3. Would it have a 50% chance of avoiding RoF damage too?  What about Flooding?

[Schattenfresser]

1. The card description is awkward. I suggest the following:
"Elusive: Dust Entity has a 50% chance to avoid being targeted."

2. On second thought, the ability isn't about avoiding targeting since it appears the ability to target the creature will not be affected, it's about spells/other creature abilities having a 50% chance of missing.  So possibly:
"Elusive.  Dust Entity has 50% chance to avoid effect of targeting."

3. Would it have a 50% chance of avoiding RoF damage too?  What about Flooding?

1. and 2.: I like the wording of "Elusive: Dust Entity has 50% chance to avoid the effect of targeting.". It makes the description clearer on how the ability works.

3: RoF is targeting, so yes, it can avoid RoF. But Flooding should killed it everytime.

[bojengles77]

If it is avoiding being targeted, technically any AoE should affect it, since you don't have to target the creature. I think the description of its ability needs some reshaping to accurately depict how you want the card to work.

[jmizzle7]

One huge issue I have with the card is the name. Elementals are the players, not the cards they use, so a creature called an elemental would be considered equal to another player. That doesn't work.

[bojengles77]

How about Dust Entity / Atmospheric Dust ?

[Schattenfresser]

If it is avoiding being targeted, technically any AoE should affect it, since you don't have to target the creature. I think the description of its ability needs some reshaping to accurately depict how you want the card to work.

RoF isn't an real AoE spell because it's more an Area of Targeting-Spell. And I wrote another description in the previous post but I didn't have the time to change the card image.

One huge issue I have with the card is the name. Elementals are the players, not the cards they use, so a creature called an elemental would be considered equal to another player. That doesn't work.

I never thought about that. I was only thinking about that Elemental sounds stronger then Creature or something else.

Atmospheric Dust

The card is a creature and this name doesn't sound like a creature. Sorry.