FAMILIARS - Winners of the New Slot Competition (All 12 elements included!)

[The_Mormegil]

NAME: Nergal ELEMENT: Light COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, your quanta and hand are shielded for a turn.	NAME: Nergal ELEMENT: Light COST: 1 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, your quanta and hand are shielded for a turn.

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: The effect is like Sanctuary, only without the healing. And of course, it is much easier to get out before Discord. SERIES: Familiars

NAME: Bastet ELEMENT: Time COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, all creatures age by one turn.	NAME: Bastet ELEMENT: Time COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, all creatures age by two turns.

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: The effect is inspired by Withering Spire | Withering Minaret. A creature that "ages" by a turn means that every effect that goes off at the end of the turn is activated except the attack. So this synergizes well with Plague, quanta-producing creatures, counters opponent's freeze effects, Basilisk Blood, even Procrastination, works with Acceleration and all kinds of infection, and it's pretty mean with Devourers. It's a double-edged weapon, though, as it can help your opponent in some occasions. It creates many potential deck concepts - / Thorn stall, / PlagueWall stall, / Bastet+Devourer - but can misfire against some opponents. SERIES: Familiars

NAME: Byakko ELEMENT: Water COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, freeze your opponent's weapon for a turn.	NAME: Byakko ELEMENT: Water COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, freeze your opponent's weapon for a turn.

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: This card really helps Water stalls and Water in general, as it grants a soft PC card that, coupled with Water's massive CC and Purify, can shut down most decks' offense. It's somewhat slow to come out, and requires a constant quanta income, thus limiting its potential, but it is still a pretty brutal card, stopping Discord, Fahrenheit, Owl's Eye, Arsenic, Pulverizer, Eternity, even Trident. SERIES: Familiars

NAME: Aegis ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, reduce incoming physical damage by 1.	NAME: Aegis ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, reduce incoming physical damage by 1.

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: Gives Gravity decks a much-needed DR source, which is also cumulable with shields. Fits with Gravity and a Bonded Protector is a pretty common familiar in stories and games. It's pretty straightforward too. SERIES: Familiars

NAME: Vanara ELEMENT: Life COST: 6 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, your creatures gain +1/+1.	NAME: Vanara ELEMENT: Life COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, your creatures gain +1/+1.

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: Buff cards are always pretty synergic, but this one in particular would create some strange - and powerful - synergies with Life. The simple fact that it increases hps means Life creatures are less susceptible to CC if it doesn't come out fast. The strength of this card increases exponentially with Mitosis (I'd love to see a MitoDunes deck!) and it couples well with Empathic Bond, too. It has a wonderful synergy with Cloak, as creatures under a Cloak would gain +3/+3 before being exposed to CC, resulting in Frogs resisting Lightning. Possible deck concepts are also MitoBond Rustlers, Cloaked Vampires, Vanara Dolls, Vanara Chargers. SERIES: Familiars

NAME: Nevermore ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, cloak you weapon and shield slots.	NAME: Nevermore ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, cloak you weapon and shield slots.

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: Credits to Xenocidius' Gem of Fear. Not many permanents can be added to Darkness without being redundant or tasteless. However, I think Nevermore's effect fits both thematically and mechanically while not being a true copy of Cloak. It is perhaps a bit overpriced as it is. SERIES: Familiars

NAME: Ryu ELEMENT: Fire COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, destroy you opponent's familiar and deal 3 damage.	NAME: Ryu ELEMENT: Fire COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, destroy you opponent's familiar and deal 5 damage.

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: With the introduction of Familiars, a way to get rid of them might be useful. You may resent the fact that this is in the same element as Deflagration, but really, I didn't know what to do with Fire's familiar besides this. It deals some damage to retain its viability beyond just familiar destruction. SERIES: Familiars

NAME: Apep ELEMENT: Death COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, transfer one poison counter from you to your opponent	NAME: Apep ELEMENT: Death COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, transfer two poison counters from you to your opponent

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: About time we get another poison counter, don't you think? This is supposed to be pretty situational but rather strong. If you are matched up against a poison deck, Apep is often stronger than Purify, but it still requires dedication - quanta maintenance - so Purify is more easily splashed. No Nova-splashed Apep. Also, Purify might still be superior in some instances, and still grants 1/2 healing per turn, whereas Apep doesn't do anything alone. SERIES: Familiars

NAME: Ogun ELEMENT: Earth COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, increase your max hp by 2	NAME: Ogun ELEMENT: Earth COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, increase your max hp by 4

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: Unupped Ogun might seem a bit underwhelming (kind of Pruify weak) but its synergy with the Immortal stall makes it valuable. The upped version is comparable to Sanctuary. All in all it might seem a bit weak, but consider that heavy healing does not fit Earth. A little bit of healing can help and in fact be useful to it, though. SERIES: Familiar

NAME: Garuda ELEMENT: Air COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, disable a random opponent's permanent for a turn.	NAME: Garuda ELEMENT: Air COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, disable 2 random opponent's permanent for a turn.

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: The idea has been around for a good while. Soft permanent control for Air, electricity disabling opponent's permanents is a good solution to cover one of Air's most glaring weaknesses. The permanent is randomly selected from your enemy's visible and targettable permanents. If a pillar or shards stack is selected, one of the pillars / shards in the stack does not work for a turn (no quanta produced, no hp gained, no max hp reduction...). If the permanent is a shield, the shield stops working for a turn (as if it's not there). If the permanent is a weapon, it doesn't deal damage for a turn and no active might be activated. If the permanent is a familiar, it doesn't work for a turn as if the 3 quanta condition was not met. SERIES: Familiar

NAME: Eris ELEMENT: Entropy COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, generate a random elemental pillar.	NAME: Eris ELEMENT: Entropy COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, generate a random elemental tower.

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: Eris enhances Entropy's rainbow options especially in a mono while not being overpowered on its own. It synergizes very well with Dissipation Field stalls (but that's hardly overpowered considering you are gaining at most one more pillar per turn). It also helps a lot with Mutation decks: while it requires a bit of luck to get out both a pillar and a mutant of the same element, once you do the pillar(s) is/are going to produce enough quanta to activate mutants abilities for the whole battle - or until destroyed. It hardly helps novagrabby rainbows, which is good, as it is far too unreliable and slow for those decks. SERIES: Familiar

NAME: Sahabat ELEMENT: Aether COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, deal 5 spell damage to your opponent.	NAME: Sahabat ELEMENT: Aether COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Familiar: if you gained 3 or more quanta this turn, deal 5 spell damage to your opponent.

ART: This art is not free from copyright. I'd like to find better art, if possible. IDEA: The Mormegil NOTES: A simple offensive tool for Aether decks, this familiar deals spell damage for a cheap cost, keeping in theme with Aether's untargettable offense (well, this is targettable, but it's a permanent) and lightnings. Pretty straightforward and rather uninspired, but it would give Aether a small boost in its offensive tool set while not overshadowing the already underused Immortal. SERIES: Familiar

The work is finished! All familiars are done! Some are nice, some are ok, some are pretty uninspired, so give your 2 cents on how to improve them! Suggest new themes, new mechanics, new ideas for those you don't like and comment on those you do like! And if anybody would like to help with the art, it'd be gladly welcome! Were I to try and introduce this serie into the Crucible, I'll need to find original art, too!

[The_Mormegil]

All familiars completed!

I love some of them, but some are going to change when I find better solution.

[darkrobe]

favorites are probably ogun and eris personally. 

[EmeraldTiger]

just some thoughts:

Perhaps there could also be a spell that moves them into creature area. or just a way to put them into creature area and call them back to slot. when sent out they go to pet spot.

[Ekki]

Wow, cool idea! I like how it sounds

just some thoughts:

Perhaps there could also be a spell that moves them into creature area. or just a way to put them into creature area and call them back to slot. when sent out they go to pet spot.

Yeah, something like Animated Weapon, but for, let's say,  , would be cool. I actually thought of that when I saw the post 

[Brontos]

+1 EmeraldTiger: I can see a Life spell turning a familiar into a creature like AW does.

[The_Mormegil]

Look at the Familiars' abilities. A similar spell would probably be either meaningless... or OP. :/

Also, I'm looking for a new mechanic for both Fire and Aether's familiar ability. Any idea?

[Naesala]

Love 'em. Especially Gravity and Life's familiars.

[russianspy1234]

fire: generates a weak creature, say a 1|1 flamekin or somesuch.

aether: quints you for a turn.

[moomoose]

as i stated in the competition thread, i like the concept of familiars. but gaining 3+ of a particular quanta type is rather trivial and basically will be perpetual (while the familiar is in play), it may as well be based on your mark.  also many of the cards themselves are somewhat redundant with cards already in the game, for example is just a gimp sanctuary.

[dracomageat]

I like the cards but why is "Byakko" water aligned? AFAIK he has always been Wood (life) or Lightning (air/aether) before.

[karis]

byakko element (in chinese mythology)  is 'gold/metal'   

i don't know why     but in elementthegame i still don't have 'gold/metal'