Darkling Bond | Darkling Bond

[Kael Hate]

Darkling Bond

NAME: Darkling Bond ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent (Artifact) ATK|HP: ABILITY: Obfuscate. Players without the Mark of Darkness have their targets Obfuscated. Each turn Generate a Darkling Imp. Upkeep 2	NAME: Darkling Bond ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent (Artifact) ATK|HP: ABILITY: Obfuscate. Players without the Mark of Darkness have their targets Obfuscated. Each turn Generate a Darkling Imp. Upkeep 2

ART: Created by Kael Hate from http://meanmina.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/and_my_shadow_b1.jpg IDEA: Kael Hate NOTES: - Obfuscate is a passive ability. When a card with Obfuscate is selected by an opponent as a target the selection will be randomly selected from all available targets. If the card with obfuscate is the only valid target it has no effect. - If a card randomly selected due to Darkling Bond is already under the effects of Obfuscate, then the Obfuscate will activate again giving the card another chance to escape. - Darkling Imps have the ability to be chosen as a target for any effect soaking up your opponents effects. SERIES: (Trial of Darkness) Mastery of Darkness (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,10762.0.html)

Darkling Imp

NAME: Darkling Imp ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 3 TYPE: Creature (Token) ATK|HP: ABILITY: Infest. Imp is always a valid target for any selected effect. If you are aligned with Darkness, Darkling Imp gets +1|+1	NAME: Darkling Bond ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 3 TYPE: Creature (Token) ATK|HP: ABILITY: Infest. Imp is always a valid target for any selected effect. If you are aligned with Darkness, Darkling Imp gets +2|+1

ART: moth-eatn http://moth-eatn.deviantart.com/art/Stay-Awake-57883272 IDEA: Kael Hate NOTES: - Darkling Imps have the ability to be chosen as a target for any effect, effectively soaking up your opponents effects when combined with Obfuscate. - This means that they can always be devoured, paradoxed, protect artifacted, deflaged, immolated by the opponent, anything that selects a target with the reticle can select the Imp. - Aligned with Darkness means you have the Mark of Darkness as your Primary Mark. SERIES: (Trial of Darkness) Mastery of Darkness (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,10762.0.html)

[killsdazombies]

i like it, a flooding like card (upkeep) creature generation, and is an overall good card. however i have a suggestion, I think that the upgraded version should have 1 as upkeep, but keep the same cost.

[Xinef]

So, what happens if an Imp is hit with PA, Deflag, or let's say hit with paradox when his attack is lower than his defense?

Does the effect fail due to hitting a target not meeting the requirements, or does it work nevertheless? (eg. hitting an Imp with Steal changes the ownership of Imp, hitting with Deflag kills it, etc.) ?



And by the way, each turn getting a 5/3 creature for free (obviously you use it with Eclipse) seems better than FFQ or Pharaoh.

[Kael Hate]

So, what happens if an Imp is hit with PA, Deflag, or let's say hit with paradox when his attack is lower than his defense?

Does the effect fail due to hitting a target not meeting the requirements, or does it work nevertheless? (eg. hitting an Imp with Steal changes the ownership of Imp, hitting with Deflag kills it, etc.) ?

If an imp is hit with:

Protect Artifact - It will become Immaterial and no longer be a Target for anything
Deflag - It will be Destroyed
Paradox when Attack is not Higher than Defence - Destroyed, as if the condition was met
Steal - Destroys the Imp and then Creates and Plays Imp on the Stealing players side. (This is the same as it works on a Permanent. Have you ever stolen a Tower to get 1 more of the quanta you needed?)

The effect works as if all the conditions had been met.

And by the way, each turn getting a 5/3 creature for free (obviously you use it with Eclipse) seems better than FFQ or Pharaoh.

To get the 5|3 creature you have to use Darkness as your Mark. Currently running Darkness as a Mark is a Weakness in deck building because your off element is more than usual the better choice. This gives you a slight edge on power 5 (imp under conditions) vs 4 (Firefly from queen) but at that weakness. Pharoah/Scarab will just eat all your imps in the matchup so it loses out there. In general, most of the time the Imps will be a Malignant cell to yourself locking up all your own creature spaces.

[eh pewwwp]

i just don't like that it can get +4l+2 because of eclipse

[Kael Hate]

i just don't like that it can get +4l+2 because of eclipse

It still only gets +2|+1 from eclipse.

[eh pewwwp]

i just don't like that it can get +4l+2 because of eclipse

It still only gets +2|+1 from eclipse.

ik, i meant this the mark boost too, like i can see some of the mono  decks that can toss this in easily

[Kael Hate]

i just don't like that it can get +4l+2 because of eclipse

It still only gets +2|+1 from eclipse.

ik, i meant this the mark boost too, like i can see some of the mono  decks that can toss this in easily

Yup. Considering Darkness is near the bottom of the mono-environment I see no issue with that.

[Kuroaitou]

Yup. Considering Darkness is near the bottom of the mono-environment I see no issue with that.

Is mono-darkness really that bad nowadays?

That said, Obfuscate seems like a really annoying ability to have once you play the permanent on the field. It's basically a form of 'elusive/evasion' applied to all of your creatures to prevent CC (or PC!), which is really strong, considering that if you can't destroy the Darkling Bond, all of your creatures have a chance of misdirecting an attack to something you don't need (pillars, a Darkling imp, etc.).

...I like it. (If it didn't have an upkeep cost though, I'd say it'd be pretty ridiculous)

[Xinef]

To get the 5|3 creature you have to use Darkness as your Mark. Currently running Darkness as a Mark is a Weakness in deck building because your off element is more than usual the better choice. This gives you a slight edge on power 5 (imp under conditions) vs 4 (Firefly from queen) but at that weakness. Pharoah/Scarab will just eat all your imps in the matchup so it loses out there. In general, most of the time the Imps will be a Malignant cell to yourself locking up all your own creature spaces.

To be honest, I think Darkness works quite well as a mono. It may be slower than the famous or rushes (or recently rush), but not necessarily less powerful.

As for the Pharaoh/Scarab it depends on the deck. If you use Devourers (or Subversion) you might drain all the quanta thus easily winning this one.

As for the 'locking up all your own creature spaces' very few defensive setups can withstand for a few turns a field full of 5/3 creatures. That's over 100 damage each turn and it goes over Diamond Shield well enough. I guess only Hope and Phase Shields, or Permafrost to some extent, would give you a chance to win against such an army... or a Rain of Fire.