Shadowblade | Shadowblade Elite

[moomoose]

NAME: Shadowblade ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7 | 3 TEXT: Shadowblade attacks twice per turn while cloaked	NAME: Shadowblade Elite ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 7 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7 | 4 TEXT: Shadowblade Elite attacks twice per turn while cloaked and may disarm the opponent

ART: etg IDEA: moomoose NOTES: altered the cost and atk|hp disarm: to deprive of a means of attack or defense as such, disarming will remove the opponent's weapon and/or shield, the % will be relatively low (10-20% per turn?), and considering it can only occur while cloaked, isn't too big of a deal. thought of this as a way to freshen up the idea behind weeping angel, because it seems there aren't as many dr. who fans as i thought.  but honestly this started with an image i thought was cool and am open to changing it to other mechanics should something come up. SERIES:

NAME: Shadowblade ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 7 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7|7 TEXT: Shadowblade attacks twice per turn while cloaked	NAME: Shadowblade Elite ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 8 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7|7 TEXT: Shadowblade Elite attacks twice per turn while cloaked and may disarm the opponent

ART: contains public domain art: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/457779 http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1354425 IDEA: moomoose NOTES: disarm: to deprive of a means of attack or defense as such, disarming will remove the opponent's weapon and/or shield, the % will be relatively low (10-20% per turn?), and considering it can only occur while cloaked, isn't too big of a deal. thought of this as a way to freshen up the idea behind weeping angel, because it seems there aren't as many dr. who fans as i thought.  but honestly this started with an image i thought was cool and am open to changing it to other mechanics should something come up. SERIES:

[Naesala]

Not bad. My only concern is this makes gargoyle look even less useful to me.

[moomoose]

i thought about that, but gargoyle still has a better atk/cost ratio (when not cloaked), thought about lowering the atk/cost but was afraid that would make it lean towards a 'rusher', something i heard zanz didnt want.

[Naesala]

Maybe have the second attack act like adrenaline (slightly weaker with each extra attack) or something? personally i think gargoyle needs something to make it stick out more anyways, we could leave this as is and make gargoyle more appealing somehow

[Xenocidius]

Indeed, this is infinitely better than Weeping Angel.

It seems balanced, although I question the wisdom of giving Darkness more PC. Other than that, I like it.

[Pineapple]

missing a space in the stats in the upped card image/table.

love the idea btw.

[moomoose]

dont get me wrong, i still really like weeping angel's theme and permanent-to-creature mechanic, but this seems a bit more consistent with an added pop for being cloaked, where weeping angel does nothing until it is a creature.

[rickerd]

I don't think this makes gargoyle looks more bad, gargoyle is cheaper with the same atk (only it's skill sux )

[Naesala]

I don't think this makes gargoyle looks more bad, gargoyle is cheaper with the same atk (only it's skill sux )

It may be cheaper, but amassing quanta is quite easy for dark, thats one of the reasons dusk shield is so much more than fog shield for only a small % increase.

[moomoose]

its all a bunch of checks and balances, shadowblade costs less, but darkness quanta is *less of a concern than most elements, shadowblade has a better ability, but that ability triggering is dependent on another card which has a limited duration.

[Xenocidius]

CURATOR COMMENT

• The non-upgraded Cost field should say 8 , not 7 .

[SnoWeb]

I would lower the HP to 5. This way it would be killable by many CC (but not all). This would give a weakness to the beast when not cloaked (I mean, it has 14 atk otherwise!).