Nice card art.
Can be a game changer with fractal, since works relatively well with .
Thanks, and true, game changer or breaker? It'd require a multi-card combo.
Multi-card combo=not OP no matter what?
Said combos need at least 3 cards to become a major nerf factor (3-card combos generally require 15-18 cards, which generally means half a 30-card deck and thus the central strategy. 2-card combos only require 8-12 cards in a deck and are generally less of a nerfing factor since their are less cards requires to draw.) On the other hand, making the card be part of a combo does not necessarily shift balance. (Regardless of what 'combo' it becomes a part of, SoFo is still imbalanced by itself. Likewise, Antlion may be part of some crazy awesome future combo that involves a card that gives +10 | +10 to it, but Antlion by itself is still UP.)
I see three central strategies with this card:
1) Fallen Angel + Spell Buffs
2) Fallen Angel + Fractal
3) Fallen Angel + Nightfall
All are 2-card strategies.
The first two can easily be run off a mark and if done right will generally outshine their Spark/BL counterparts. (Fractal Angels might need a few pendulums, but the end damage is still likely greater.)
The third strategy is very cost effective (4
for the initial 5 | 1 attacker and 1
for each successive one | 5
for the initial 8 | 1 attacker and 1
for each successive one. Compare GoTP and Puffer Fish/Toadfish, which are less effective in terms of quanta/attack ratio, even with just the first creature.) and is mono
.
Issues I think need to be addressed:
1) How does this card avoid overstepping Spark's meta role? (Most buff decks will easily make the mark switch, Fractal decks will do so more gradually but are guaranteed to due to pendulums.)
2) The Eclipse/Angel combo appears to be too cost efficient to be balanced.
( 1
for 5 | 1 vs. 2
for 3 | 3
7 Cards + 9
for 6 5 | 1's vs. 6 cards + 12
for 6 3 | 3's.
Both will generally die at the same rate to CC unless the CC in question is a Fire/Thorn Shield.)
Is this combo balanced?
(I doubt it.)