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Redo the card so it has the :life in it. Planplan updated that so you can definitely do it now (although did he fixed the upped card having white text issue...)Against no CC this would make a great card. With any CC you have a bunch of dead ants. Also, with the upped version you max out 36 damage without the anthill. With unupped you get 25. It's not anywhere close to as good as Shrieker Rush so its not OP to have ants available in the Bazaar.
I definitely have thought ants should be added to the game. Earth is already pretty flush with cards but making them like this would be fair enough...
It seems pretty balanced. You can stop it with perm control or creature control and unlike scarabs they will always be easy to control.
That said, If you put one per turn (upped) out starting your second turn, you are going to damage of 0,1,4,9,16,25,36, and 49. That means in 7 turns you do 91 damage and in 8 you do 150 damage. Anyhow if you had just a regular earth deck with 6 of these guys in your deck, you might pull say 3 earth towers and 5 ants. Play the first 3 ants your first turn. Pull another ant on second turn and play the next three. Now in two turns you are doing 36 damage which is ridiculous and rivals only Life.
Okay so after that look at it, sentient ant should not be a card you can buy in bazaar. If it is available, the cost per ant should be higher, maybe 3 ?
Anyhow, I really like the idea, it just needs some balancing so that you can't have a deck that consists of pillars, anthills and ants that owns somebody in 5 turns...
I love the idea od the 'individual' ability. It could stop many card ideas becoming OP simply because of Fractal if it became an official ability.The FG for this will become extremely easy from the Oracle, but extremely hard if not.
What FG? I was talking about card ideas where people say 'Fractal makes this OP' when without Fractal it's fine.I love the idea od the 'individual' ability. It could stop many card ideas becoming OP simply because of Fractal if it became an official ability.The FG for this will become extremely easy from the Oracle, but extremely hard if not.
i think he meant if a FG in the future would build a deck around anthill. and i agree, if you know this is coming, or have any prep for it, it will be very easy to counter. if it pops up on you and you cant do sufficient counter, youre going to hurtMost FGs can be easily countered from the oracle. I believe that most of them have their own unupgraded anti-deck topic for when they appear. and if you can't counter any particular FG it's going to hurt, so I don't see the problem.
I never said it was a problem I simply pointed it out. Oracle: (FG) Topics actually don't have a deck for every FG. Its closer to half. For example, rainbow has nothing that can really beat it, except for luck. This'll probably help bring Otyugh's back.i think he meant if a FG in the future would build a deck around anthill. and i agree, if you know this is coming, or have any prep for it, it will be very easy to counter. if it pops up on you and you cant do sufficient counter, youre going to hurtMost FGs can be easily countered from the oracle. I believe that most of them have their own unupgraded anti-deck topic for when they appear. and if you can't counter any particular FG it's going to hurt, so I don't see the problem.
Could Individual be Lobotmized? This would make this card too easy to play. Lobo + Fractal + Sentient Ant = Win!I'd assume that if it made it into the game, the ability would be passive.
[DECK PROJECTION]Come one, that's a six turn kill. That's pretty fast, but many upped decks are capable of pulling out wins in 3-5 turns. It becomes good at 3 ants, but that is half of what your limited to unless you have this very slow anthill. Once you get a few going, though... maybe raise the ant price to two, and spawn it directly onto the field.
Okay you probably didnt read that but basically 1 :earth is too cheap if this is in bazaar.