[Official] Fate Egg | Fate Egg

[ratcharmer]

Even fractal fate egg is pretty weak. The only decks I've seen using this card are "goofing off" decks, meant to be fun, but not competitive.

I sat down and crunched some numbers on this card and I think the results are relevant to this discussion:
On average when a fate egg hatches:
The quanta cost of the creature made is 5.09
The HP is 3.90
The attack is 3.41

There is a 17.3% chance of getting a rare creature, 14.8% of getting a nymph, 14.8% of getting a dragon.
46% of the time the creature produced is significantly more useful in a rainbow. 4% just slightly more useful in a rainbow.
67% of the time the creature will have a useful ability, 4% a minor ability (web etc)
5% of the time the resulting creature will be useless in a deck not designed for it.
(these are only for the non-upgraded version. I haven't done the math on the upgraded one. Obviously some of my numbers are estimates.)

So basically, in using a fate egg you're delaying your strategy by 1 turn and leaving your creature as an 0/1 Oty snack for 1 turn in order to save yourself a single quanta (on average).

Add to that the fact that it's nearly impossible to design a strategy around random creatures, and that they mess with your quanta use in a rainbow, and there's really no reason why anyone would want to use this card except to goof off.

Needs a buff, badly.

[EvaRia]

How about:
When targeted with a spell, becomes a random creature of that element?

[TheonlyrealBeef]

How about:
When targeted with a spell, becomes a random creature of that element?

Then you have to waste a spell as well

Even without the Fate Egg would I not trade a spell for a random creature of the same element.

[Ant-n-ero]

How about:
When targeted with a spell, becomes a random creature of that element?

Then you have to waste a spell as well

Even without the Fate Egg would I not trade a spell for a random creature of the same element.

no, because then you can make a FE and Pand deck!

[ratcharmer]

How about:
When targeted with a spell, becomes a random creature of that element?

This would also mean that your opponent couldn't cc your fate eggs with spells.

Personally, I think the simplest solution is just cutting the cost to summon a fate egg. Not everything needs to be fancy and/or clever.

[shinyarceus4]

the problem is that it's only 0|1, a single hit of any kind will kill it, and lobotomize will render it unable to hatch. I vote for it to be IMMORTAL. ok?

[Zeru]

the problem is that it's only 0|1, a single hit of any kind will kill it, and lobotomize will render it unable to hatch. I vote for it to be IMMORTAL. ok?

Immortality would be passed to the creature?

[Ant-n-ero]

yes immortal, carried over no way, then it's OP :L
imagine an already immortal Purple (or equally deadly nymph) or a dragon of some kind >_<

[QuantumT]

the problem is that it's only 0|1, a single hit of any kind will kill it, and lobotomize will render it unable to hatch. I vote for it to be IMMORTAL. ok?

Immortality would be passed to the creature?

What if you made it burrowed instead and it worked like graboids do?

[geekz_always_win]

How about this?

So keep everything the same. Then, if hatched creature has no skill or an attack power of less than X (maybe 5 or something?) then a random skill is added to the creature. The skill costs 

[smuglapse]

How about this?

So keep everything the same. Then, if hatched creature has no skill or an attack power of less than X (maybe 5 or something?) then a random skill is added to the creature. The skill costs 

I don't see a reason for that large of a change.  4 health and 2 to summon would be a good starting point.  If an additional buff is needed 'hatch' could be made innate and the egg would hatch automatically after 1 turn.

[theloconate]

Fate egg is largely overshadowed by fallen elf/improved mutation. The cost should be lowered to 1 to play and one to hatch