Shard of Freedom | Shard of Freedom

[Jenkar]

So 4 is mass quint for air creatures.

That is vulnerable to PC & mass CC.

[Absol]

So 4 is mass quint for air creatures.

Still fail against Mass CC.
Fun fact: "So 4" sounds like "SoFr".

[furballdn]

Seems this doesn't apply to negative attacks. Should investigate further.

[Mammalman]

apparently 'ignores shields' from the card text does not apply to the reflective property of jade/reflective shields. oh
so you can actually crit from the SoFree and do extra dmg to yourself via reflection using psions or SoWisdoms. this makes no more sense to me than why you can lobo momentum but not adrenaline, cuz one is 'active' and the other is 'passive'....

[furballdn]

apparently 'ignores shields' from the card text does not apply to the reflective property of jade/reflective shields. oh
so you can actually crit from the SoFree and do extra dmg to yourself via reflection using psions or SoWisdoms. this makes no more sense to me than why you can lobo momentum but not adrenaline, cuz one is 'active' and the other is 'passive'....

The spell damage takes priority over the shield bypass of freedom.

[I8SumOrangesNItWasK]

So....you have 25% chance to do ALL of those things, inclusively, or 25% chance for each individually?

In other words, if I ignore the shield, then does that mean I'll ALSO deal 1.5x damage AND also evade targetting the next turn?

This is making us pay way too close attention to the quick animation sequence to see which cards passed the shield and did extra damage, and which didn't (so we don't waste our card's turn by targetting). Maybe make them untargettable so it's not even an option to target them?

[furballdn]

When attacking, airborne creatures have a 25% chance of hitting a critical. A critical hit ignores shields and does 1.5* damage.

When being targetted, and the creature is an airborne creature, it has a 25% of dodging.

The dodging and critical hits aren't related.

Also of note:

Non airborne creatures do not get dodge bonus.

[deidmann]

I know this is ridiculously late, but wouldn't it make more sense if this card was called "Shard of Velocity"?
Chance of critical hit and ignoring shield = you move so fast your opponent let his guard down.
Chance of dodging attack/spell if airborne = harder to hit, prone to miss, speed of creature doesn't help.

[willng3]

I think the main reasoning behind the name was to make it more of a virtue (that was a theme among the new Shards at the time).  Velocity might make more sense from a technical standpoint, but it doesn't make sense as a virtue.

[deidmann]

I think the main reasoning behind the name was to make it more of a virtue (that was a theme among the new Shards at the time).  Velocity might make more sense from a technical standpoint, but it doesn't make sense as a virtue.

Hmm. I've looked at some virtues and didn't see freedom listed anywhere. However I found a term which is an actual virtue.
Diligence could be interpreted as:
hard work for improving reflexes, careful analyzing to strike a vulnerable part. Stacked cards would represent better practice for the virtue.
As for the airborne bonus: birds and other flying animals keep an eye on their surrounding and will flee if danger is present.

[eaglgenes101]

I don't think void is a virtue either. Nor is divinity.

[Jenkar]

Discuss.