if the zombies swarm ability required 2 darkness quantum instead of the death would it be more balanced? (thusly it would require acess to darkness quantum in addition to death quantum)
and then quantum being absorbed was to sorta balance the ability, would the shield be better of it just caused the creature to also do damage to its owner on a percent chance? ie ruby dragon attacks you, shield activates, both players take 15 damage ?
Zombie swarm could be balanced that way, but either way, Darkness/Death (
/
) already have a lot going for them, so I don't think that changing the element would matter as much, unless the Master of Darkness would provide a clue as to whether that conversion would be a significant change if these cards were implemented.
Shield of Betrayal to do 'reflective' damage (as a % chance) would be interesting (since you still get damaged), but the only issue is balancing the % chance, which I have no idea on how to tip you on... either way, the quantum absorption was a decent concept, except that it just plays off of Dissipation Shield a little bit too much.