Death Shadow | Death Shadow

[ninetyfools]

Maybe every time the attack is changed, you lose 10 hp? A reasonable price.
Actually forget that. People can still afford that if they use something stooopid like shard.

[jacker]

The last update?

[ninetyfools]

Just the new shards.

[jacker]

No, i mean, what about the last update, last post of page 1

[ninetyfools]

OHHHH... Hey thats a nice idea. But... still kinda cheap. Raise how much it cost by 3. Its much stronger than a dragon.

[OldTrees]

The second version looks to be the best of the lot. A better version IMO would be:

"KEYWORD: CARDNAME gains +1|+0 when you are damaged and -1|+0 when you are healed."
KEYWORD: the name of the ability
CARDNAME: the name of the card

Alternatively
"KEYWORD: CARDNAME gains +1|+0 when a player is damaged and -1|+0 when a player is healed."

[jacker]

The second version looks to be the best of the lot. A better version IMO would be:

"KEYWORD: CARDNAME gains +1|+0 when you are damaged and -1|+0 when you are healed."
KEYWORD: the name of the ability
CARDNAME: the name of the card

Alternatively
"KEYWORD: CARDNAME gains +1|+0 when a player is damaged and -1|+0 when a player is healed."

I feel the same, that it is the more balanced, even though i was searching for something more extreme

[darkrobe]

id go with the less extreme version. im imaging using shard of sacrifice to drastically lower my hp. play this card to have both a high damaging creature and invincibility for turn or two. way too much

[Camoninja]

What about making the skill vaguely defined in the card but concretely defined in mechanics? Like Adrenaline.

"Avenger | Avenger - Revenge: This card's attack increases as its owner's health decreases."
Attack = MaxHP/(HP+10)

I chose the name Avenger because he sounds like a guy who only cares about punishing people- and the worse the crime the madder he gets. You can keep the old name though.

[xsindomanx]

What about making the skill vaguely defined in the card but concretely defined in mechanics? Like Adrenaline.

"Avenger | Avenger - Revenge: This card's attack increases as its owner's health decreases."
Attack = MaxHP/(HP+10)

I chose the name Avenger because he sounds like a guy who only cares about punishing people- and the worse the crime the madder he gets. You can keep the old name though.

Sounds like a pretty good idea, a little bit like Sosa, but then not really
But your card can realistically only have its attack up to 5 and in specific decks 10 (max hp = 100 - 200; current hp = 10)
I think a better ratio would be simply; owner's hp loss / 3 or so.

[Camoninja]

Hm, are you sure you want 16 damage at 50 HP with no max HP modifiers? I was trying to get a more noticeable risk/reward bonus. Mine was pretty weak, now that I look at it. I thought it would be interesting to have it would be weak until HP is clearly risky (maybe 30% of HP remaining). I came up with this:

(MaxHP-HPLeft)²/400

Stupid Shard of Sacrifice though. At 20/100 it deals 16 damage, and at 80 it deals 1 damage. And 50/100 would be 6. Meanwhile 50/499 (Stone Skin stall) would be -never mind, too high. Maybe an exponential equation?

30^{1-(  (hpLeft/maxHP)  )}

That gives the Stone Skin an extra HP flexibility, but max damage is still 30.
Okay I think the second equation is good now.

[jacker]

30^{1-(  (hpLeft/maxHP)  )}

That gives the Stone Skin an extra HP flexibility, but max damage is still 30.
Okay I think the second equation is good now.

Great idea camoninja, thanks and the equation is pretty good i guess.
I was trying this (HP/MAX)^(-0.7-HP/MAX). It gives +2 at 50/100, +3 at 30/100, +6 at 10/100 and +16 at 2/100. Maybe yours is better