Fireball | Hellball

[The_Mormegil]

Fire Storm costs 5 , and deals 3 damage to EVERY enemy creature. You are losing 3 damages on all creatures except those adjacent, 1 damage on those adjacent and the risk of hurting your creatures in exchange for... 2 more damages on the main target? Isn't it a bit... UP?

I would make this cost 4 |3 , if not even 3|2. The uncommon area targeting, along with the placing rules, means that if you play this instead of Fire Storm:
- when opponent has 1 creature, you gain 2 damages (but Lightning does the same for much less...)
- when opponent has 2/3 creatures, you lose 1 to 4 damages
- when opponent has 4/7 creatures, you lose 5 to 12 damages (and possibly more, depending on whom you do target)
- when opponent has 8/12 creatures, you lose 13 to 25 damages
- when opponent has 13/17 creatures, you lose 26 to 38 damages
- when opponent has 18/23 creatures, you lose up to 56 damages

This cannot compare. Not counting that, except for the creature in the middle, you are dealing even LESS damage per target.

[OldTrees]

I think 3|3 maximum is balanced for the new version.
With this new version it hits the main creature, the two creatures above and the two below.
1-7 creatures [5damage]
8-11 creatures [5+1|2 damage]
12-15 creatures [5+1|2+1|2 damage]
16-19 creatures [5+1|2+1|2+1|2 damage]
20-23 creatures [5+1|2+1|2+1|2+1|2 damage]

If we assume that on average this will hit 3 creatures then it then it deals 7|9 damage total which is equal to 1.4|1.8 Lightning Bolts

Unupped
(1.4)Lightning Bolt
(1.4)x2 + 1.4 cards
~3.2 + 1 card or 3 rounding down.

Upgraded
[.8] Lightning Bolt + Thunderbolt
1.6 +1 +1.8 cards +1 upgrade
~3.4 +1card +1upgrade or about 3 rounding down.

[The_Mormegil]

I agree with your calculations.

[zamboza]

Nice... never thought about it. Good job OldTrees.

EDIT:

Actually, it's technically a hex based field, so it would be these creatures:

  [1][1]
[1][4][1]
  [1][1]

So, It must be 6 cratures.