Flatten | Planarize

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NAME: Flatten ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: - ABILITY: Target creature loses Growth, Burrow, Inflate, Dive, and Airborne and cannot be targeted by Reverse Time, Gravity Pull, or Antimatter.	NAME: Planarize ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 2 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: - ABILITY: Target creature loses Growth, Burrow, Inflate, Dive, and Airborne and cannot be targeted by Reverse Time, Gravity Pull, or Antimatter.

ART: smuglapse IDEA: smuglapse NOTES: Creature will gain a marking or passive skill indicating its flattened status. SERIES: -

[actionjack]

why not just Lobotomizer and Immortalize it?

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why not just Lobotomizer and Immortalize it?

Those are 2 skills from  .  This is one spell for  .

[b00mc1ap]

What is inflate's purpose in this? And why doesn't Gargoyle lose Stone Form?

[rakazy8564]

I understand Flatten, but Planarize should go into shouldn't it?  Also, I'm not sure why you can't use those spells on it, and why growth is affected.  ...  If you think about it, any creature that gets totally flatten should just immediately die unless it has a VERY flexible organic structure.

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The thematic objective was to remove anything beyond 2 dimensions.
The gaming objective was to move lobotomize/quintessence solely out of the domain of  , albeit with a slightly weaker version of both tied up in the same card.  It has uses for your own creatures as well as the enemy's.

What is inflate's purpose in this? And why doesn't Gargoyle lose Stone Form?

I take inflate as becoming more three-dimensional, where as stone-form is just a skin change.
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I understand Flatten, but Planarize should go into shouldn't it?  Also, I'm not sure why you can't use those spells on it, and why growth is affected.

planarize: # to flatten, or make into a plane (extreme gravity has that effect)
growth: # (biology) the act of growing, getting bigger  or higher

Gravity Pull requires mass and Reverse Time requires a 4th dimension.

If you think about it, any creature that gets totally flatten should just immediately die unless it has a VERY flexible organic structure.

True, and a two-dimensional plane is theoretical.  But this is a fantasy card game.

And before anyone asks: Antimatter was just for balance.  The enemy can still cause damage to the creature but can't completely nullify it by using Reverse Time or Antimatter.

[Malduk]

The second part of the card: "cannot be targeted by Reverse Time, Gravity Pull, or Antimatter" is something I personally really REALLY REALLY  REALLY want to see implemented in this game, in whichever form possible. I wouldnt even mind more cards with same ability. Quints are getting rather boring necessity in this game.

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The second part of the card: "cannot be targeted by Reverse Time, Gravity Pull, or Antimatter" is something I personally really REALLY REALLY  REALLY want to see implemented in this game, in whichever form possible. I wouldnt even mind more cards with same ability. Quints are getting rather boring necessity in this game.

Exactly my point.  It still allows for damage to the creature, which you can buff or heal, but the creatures aren't immediately "destroyed" in a sense with Reverse Time or Antimatter.

[Malduk]

Well, you certainly have my vote here. Great card that I wanted to see implemented a long time ago.

There was some Cloak idea that "cloaks" all your creatures (prevents any harmful spells I think) for several turns. But IMO, this approach is way better.

[Fewk]

The thematic objective was to remove anything beyond 2 dimensions.
The gaming objective was to move lobotomize/quintessence solely out of the domain of  , albeit with a slightly weaker version of both tied up in the same card.  It has uses for your own creatures as well as the enemy's.

What is inflate's purpose in this? And why doesn't Gargoyle lose Stone Form?

I take inflate as becoming more three-dimensional, where as stone-form is just a skin change.
    vs.   

I understand Flatten, but Planarize should go into shouldn't it?  Also, I'm not sure why you can't use those spells on it, and why growth is affected.

planarize: # to flatten, or make into a plane (extreme gravity has that effect)
growth: # (biology) the act of growing, getting bigger  or higher

Gravity Pull requires mass and Reverse Time requires a 4th dimension.

If you think about it, any creature that gets totally flatten should just immediately die unless it has a VERY flexible organic structure.

True, and a two-dimensional plane is theoretical.  But this is a fantasy card game.

And before anyone asks: Antimatter was just for balance.  The enemy can still cause damage to the creature but can't completely nullify it by using Reverse Time or Antimatter.

Shouldn't extreme gravity make things 1 dimensional ? :/

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Shouldn't extreme gravity make things 1 dimensional ? :/

Heh.  Extreme is relative.  This is slightly less powerful than Black Hole. 

[Fewk]