[Official] Chimera | Chimera

[icecoldbro]

Um i dont see the buff beeing needed as it would just make chimera a One hit KO as its alredy momentumed, its pretty much unstopable

[willng3]

Yeah this just doesn't seem applicable.  If you're using Sky Blitz you would surely have other critters, no?  Which means just buff then play Chimera to get the same effect.  Right now the only other need for Airborne is to bypass Wings...which Momentum already does for you.  And as far as the "Well, Chimera is flying in this picture" argument goes, Alternate Art Chimera is grounded in its picture.  So if you're expecting the mechanics to match up for every card, then you would need to make the two versions different cards altogether.  Otherwise a topic would appear saying, "Alternate Art Chimera shouldn't be Airborne!"  Some things in the game just won't make sense.  Doesn't mean they need to be fixed.

[TheCrazyMango]

One thing just to note, i only said it should be because of the art yesterday in chat, i have re-thought my reasoning. I still think it should be airborne, but not just because of the art.

[Glitch]

If you look at the art, it is clearly balanced precariously on one tentacle.
Not.  Airborne.

[willng3]

One thing just to note, i only said it should be because of the art yesterday in chat, i have re-thought my reasoning. I still think it should be airborne, but not just because of the art.

Um, so then why do you think it should be airborne?  That seemed like it was your entire reasoning in the original post.

[TheCrazyMango]

One thing just to note, i only said it should be because of the art yesterday in chat, i have re-thought my reasoning. I still think it should be airborne, but not just because of the art.

Um, so then why do you think it should be airborne?  That seemed like it was your entire reasoning in the original post.

To me, the mechanic seems to warrant an airborne creature. the concept to me seems that way. i dont have a solid, definate reason other than to me, it seems like a card that is airborne.

[Ashebrethafe]

If you look at the art, it is clearly balanced precariously on one tentacle.
Not.  Airborne.

It's not really that clear.

I was going to say that if that tentacle was touching the ground, it would be end-to-end with its shadow (as the humanoid figure in the art is), and instead the shadow is lower down. Then I noticed that the chimera's shadow falls behind it (from the camera's point of view), even though the sun is also behind the chimera. ??? (Or if that glow isn't the sun, the art still has the chimera's and humanoid's shadows falling in opposite directions.)

I haven't played with Chimera, so I can't say if it needs a buff, but I agree that the art isn't a reason to give it one -- especially in an online-only game like Elements, where the art can be changed instead. I'd also say that Vampire has the opposite problem: it's airborne but appears to be walking on four legs, two of which are visibly end-to-end with their shadows.

In fact, MtG has a card with this same issue. The art of Whippoorwill (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=1781) shows a bird in flight, which often causes players to mistakenly believe it has flying when they see it in play. However, the card is old enough that it's only legal in eternal formats, which allow almost all of the more than 11,000 cards ever released. (The Dark was the only set that included the card, so there was no opportunity to change the art.)

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[Flash fire]

Add 7. Make the art look cooler

[ztormtrooper]

i dont think the chimera needs that airborne skill it can penetrate shields already and with sky blitz that damage is gonna be huge especially if the chimera was strong in the first place

[Calindu]

LOL,the chimera has Momentum...so...

[twixy10]

LOL,the chimera has Momentum...so...

so what? you can make a deck that gets the chimera over 50 attack, then use sky blitz while using non airborne creatures for the chimera. Example of a possible deck:

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The overdrived creatures quickly become dangerous, while also providing stalling with grav pull. And then you use chimera + skyblitz to finish. The chimera will have a lot of health

Not saying it would work, but it does show that making it airborne would have effect. No opinion here to the change.