Escalation | Escalation

[eljoemo]

The name "Escalation" would not make sense internally in the game. We understand why it is called escalation but if you were physically a creature on the board then you couldn't. To understand the name, you would need an outside perspective. Hence, breaking the fourth wall.

[OdinVanguard]

As a creature on the field, this may still make sense, since (if the players decide to continually fire back and forth) the amount of damage being dealt to you each turn would seem to be increasing (escalating) each turn.
But to truly appreciate the escalation would indeed likely require taking the point of view of one of the involved elementals...

I guess then that this card doesn't "break" the "fourth wall" you are describing, it just bends it very heavily.

[jawdirk]

It is a good idea. I think it is balanced because it is fairly easy for the opponent to avoid playing the card. In that case, the most favorable outcome is 1 drain from each creature and opponent loses a draw. Based on my experience with ghostmare, it is usually possible to avoid discarding a ghost, and nightmare is better at filling the enemy's hand than this card.

I will say that the enemy playing the escalation is almost universally a bad idea. Presumably your deck is designed to dump cards, so there is no way the enemy is going to win that fight. So your enemy playing the card is desperation. The 10 poison is suitable to provoke desperation, but I think your opponent can only make that move if he anticipates killing you soon without getting his draw (unless he is packing purify maybe).

[OdinVanguard]

Would this work well / better as a "Mirror" card ( http://elementscommunity.org/forum/card-ideas-and-art/(pseudoquanta)-mirror-quanta-(hyroen)/ )

[artimies7]

Would this work well / better as a "Mirror" card ( http://elementscommunity.org/forum/card-ideas-and-art/(pseudoquanta)-mirror-quanta-(hyroen)/ )

Practically, Darkness is the best. It may thematically fit better in this pseudoelement you mention, but that adds some confusion for people who may not be as familiar with the concept.

[OdinVanguard]

Hmmm... Good point. Probably best not to introduce that on top of everything else this card does. Thanks for the input