Shard | Shard of Courage

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NAME: Shard ELEMENT: Other COST: 1 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: ABILITY: It looks like a crystal shard. It seems to be useless, but it might be upgradeable.	NAME: Shard of Courage ELEMENT: Other COST: 6 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: ABILITY: Target creature gains adrenaline, momentum, and gravity pull. Absorbs the quanta of the target element.

ART: Art given by ScaredGirl for the Shard Madness competition . IDEA: Girlsgeneration NOTES: This upgraded shard somehow makes the target creature become very, very courageous. It attacks fiercely several times, even ignoring shields. It also sacrifices itself to receive all the incoming damage. SERIES: Shard Madness competition

[Mavyrk]

It basically turns one of your characters into chimera. Since you're likely to use this on a creature with a great atk/hp, the benefit of adrenaline is going to drop. For that reason, I'd recommend dropping the cost a couple. It having gravity pull is already both a punishment as well as a benefit.

I wouldn't think a shard costing 6, or even 5, with these effects, would be that overpowered. Especially because you could just freeze, reverse time, lobotomize, etc.

I mean, say you put this on a fire dragon. It attacks for a little bit more, ignores a shield, and then dies when your opponent attacks. Would you pay 8 for that? 5 or so seems to be a more appropriate cost.

[smuglapse]

It having gravity pull is already both a punishment as well as a benefit.

I agree.

Just try to find the most abusable situation.  A Massive Dragon 12 , its attack increases by 9 (8-->17), becomes unstoppable (besides Sundial) and then will die after 2 early turns or 1 late turn.  Now if you have multiple massive dragons and multiple of this card, then it gets interesting.  3 or 4 17|30 creatures and only one has the Gravity Pull.   

Another option is Horned Frogs and TU.  TU doesn't transfer Gravity Pull so each twin will only get the beneficial effects.  2 for the initial frog, cost of shard, and then 6 for each copy of an unblockable 12|3 creature.  If going against no (non-shield) CC that would be pretty devastating.

I think poisoning the creature my balance it, but that wouldn't make any sense for "courage".  Hmm, not sure about this one.

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edited the cost from 8 random quanta to 6 of the target element.

[Kuroaitou]

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Kind of loving this card actually. It's probably one of -best- represented virtues, both in terms of choice and mechanic (basically making a creature give its all before dying). Nice job! ^_^

It probably works on creatures with higher HP pools (like Armagio, Angels, or Scarabs) and low attack, but nonetheless, I think it's fairly balanced (maybe UP - with a lower shard cost it could work, especially since it consumes three of a specific elemental quanta).

[the Sage]

Now if you have multiple massive dragons and multiple of this card, then it gets interesting.  3 or 4 17|30 creatures and only one has the Gravity Pull.   

Actually, you could rainbow it, giving the gravity pull first to your  dragon and then to your flying titan.

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Now if you have multiple massive dragons and multiple of this card, then it gets interesting.  3 or 4 17|30 creatures and only one has the Gravity Pull.   

Actually, you could rainbow it, giving the gravity pull first to your  dragon and then to your flying titan.

as if you're actually gonna be able to play a ruby dragon in a rainbow... dragon + shard would cost like 18 . also adrenaline doesn't do so much to creatures with 12+ attack, so i'd rather use unstoppable.

same goes with gravity dragon thing. one combo costs 18 , which is hilariously high.

i thought of a fun combo: voodoo doll + chaos power (hoping that it increases the doll's attack by 1 or 2) + shard of courage =