[Official] Chimera | Chimera

[genraenera]

While I do agree that it could use a buff of -1 cost to each form, it IS a useful card.  For example, throw it + liquid shadow into your FG rainbow, and you've got a nice EM tool on your hands.  Also fractal Ball Lightning + an armagio or two with chimera is pretty deadly.

[Kuross]

I am sorta in the "buff this card" group, but I feel simply lowering it's cost by 1 would be a decent buff. It's current cost is just too high to be viable in this metagame.

[EvaRia]

If you're facing an AI that uses gravity, you can night mare a chimera at them and reverse time it afterwords, effectively killing all their creatures.
But yeah, I think a -1 or -2 cost would be perfect.

[kurathedog]

Cost is way too high.

Or make it X, where X is the sum off all your creatures stats +1 per creature.
So it is actually better.

TU flying titan is also fun.

And imagine orisis with this... O.o

[johannhowitzer]

Why not make it immortal? It can still be killed fairly easily because of gravity pull, but will be immune to its main weaknesses like antimatter etc.

When I imagine playing Chimera in a deck, I imagine a deck with quints and recluses.  Mash them together and pop the blob with immortality.  Or toss in fractals and go with Graviton Guards instead.

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[Xrbeta]

haha i like when ai5 uses this card it always fails.

[Daytripper]

Well I have won several games against the Chimera, even while I was losing pretty badly before it was cast. There is the reverse time, or you simply kill the Chimera. If it was immortal, then yes, it would be a terrible weapon. A small buff might be an idea: The Chimera would be immune to spells, but not to regular damage from gravity pull. That way you can use it for a few turns at least.

[Ekki]

Well I have won several games against the Chimera, even while I was losing pretty badly before it was cast. There is the reverse time, or you simply kill the Chimera. If it was immortal, then yes, it would be a terrible weapon. A small buff might be an idea: The Chimera would be immune to spells, but not to regular damage from gravity pull. That way you can use it for a few turns at least.

Immortal chimera is still affected by gravity pull...

[Daytripper]

Eh, I did not say it would become immortal, just immune to spells. But you are right, there is not much difference if gravity pull and immortality are both activated. But if you had an immortal with momentum, but NOT gravity pull, then it would be very strong.

[Uppercut]

I think its fine as is. Instead of thinking of Chimera as a huge efficient creature think of it as a combat trick for aggro and run just 1 as the push you need against control decks. Not every card needs to function so amazingly well that you can build decks around them.

[johannhowitzer]

Yeah, I played a deck against a rainbow the other day and locked out all his creatures with gravity shield and basilisk blood.  Last second, he played chimera and knocked me out.  Definitely a panic-button card.

[kurathedog]

It is simply shield override.
The Gravity pull is more weakness than strength, unless it has a lot of health (scarabs, gravity cards).
I guess it is late game card, but at that point quanta doesn't matter, so might as well -1 cost.

Freeze, lobo, and RT are especially strong against this (lobo not so much)
It effectively lobos all your creatures, too.