Lantern | Lantern

[ratcharmer]

Lantern | Lantern

NAME: Lantern ELEMENT: COST: 1 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: Illumnate: pay to gain Can be used multiple times per turn ABILITY:	NAME: Lantern ELEMENT: COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: ABILITY: Illumnate: pay to gain Can be used multiple times per turn

ART: http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=227217 royalty free, but I might change it if people like this idea, looks a bit high-tech IDEA: ratcharmer NOTES: Similar in nature to rustler. Right now rustler seems to be one of the few ways to make a viable 3 or 4 element deck, so I'd like to expand on that. As long as we're careful to avoid closed loops infinite quanta shouldn't be a problem . . . SERIES:

Not to sure about this one, but I got it ready so I thought I might as well see what people thought.

Okay I'm done posting ideas for now.

[$$$man]

So mono-fire(actually a duo) with access to light(miracle ) And life assuming you add a rustler. hmmm...Intresting

[jmizzle7]

Sounds interesting, although Photon/Immolation makes this card insane. Might need to change the card some to compensate for the brokenness that is Immolation.

[actionjack]

Would be powerful in a upped firefly deck. 

And not sure why Light really need another  generator.  (they got alot already)

Still.. a interesting idea...  Maybe up its cost to like 2 , and make it only usable once in a turn. 

[dramore]

oh my    i see a mean combo already 
lantern+rustler+uped firefly queen

[ratcharmer]

maybe change it to a 1 to 1 exchange rate? How does that sound?

[unionruler]

This is okay just don't make the upped version free--unupped 2  upped 1 might be better. Eh wait actually no--oops just realised that cremations will allow you to play a rustler|leaf drag without any other source of  .

[Xoned]

As Jmizzle said it might require a nerf to prevent immolation abuse.
Cremate ball lightning for 9 , 1 and 1 . Turn that into 19 then use a rustler to turn that into 39

[dramore]

As Jmizzle said it might require a nerf to prevent immolation abuse.
Cremate ball lightning for 9 , 1 and 1 . Turn that into 19 then use a rustler to turn that into 39

oh wow i can see a sick combo based on this or course it would mean a really good draw

spark/ball lighting or photon/ray of light
cremate
lantern/upgraded lantern
rustler/leaf dragon
green dragon
golden dragon

spark + cremate = 9 , 1 , 1 , next play lantern + rustler ,end frist turn, drop all  into light 18 or 19  (depends on weather lantern was upgraded or not), play golden dragon, leaves 6 or 7  use rustler to turn to  thats 12 or 14  and now play green dragon on 2nd turn

[ratcharmer]

Nerfed it, might need a little more adjustment.

I changed it so it only produces 1 for every spent. It's still possible to play a couple green dragons really early,  but only with a spectacularly lucky draw, and with all the ways to gain quickly I think this is still possible without Lantern.

My hope is to make more 3 & 4 element decks viable. Let me know if you can think of any more exploits.

Cremate had honestly slipped my mind entirely when I made the card

[Kuroaitou]

This just completes the circle (almost).

After playing an Upgraded FFQ and Rustler/Leaf Dragon...

Use to generate a Firefly.
Use THIS card to convert one into one quanta multiple times as necessary.
Use Rustler/Leaf Dragon's ability to generate two quanta per quanta.
Go back to the FFQ and repeat the process all over again.


The fact that it's a permanent is a good call on your part, (so props to that), and that it's cheap enough so that mono-fire decks can splash a little bit easier (almost too easy, actually), assuming this card is protected. Somewhat situational, but I could see some people loving this card, considering that has multiple ways (Cremation, pillars, Brimstone Eaters, etc.) to generate Fire in comparison to light (Rays of Light and Pillars only - no one uses bioluminescence nowadays...).

You should fix the table though methinks if you want it to get into the crucible. Place the ability description in the non-upgraded ability box correctly, and not inside the attk|hp area.

[ratcharmer]

I want to make sure there's no more exploits I haven't caught yet before moving it to crucible.

Honestly I'm still debating with myself if this is a good idea or not . . . when I first made the idea I was thinking in terms of letting ffq decks still work with upgraded queens, but giving access to miracle might be really unbalancing.

I hadn't thought of cremation when I made the card, and with this one cremation can get you 10 . Almost enough for a miracle. this, rustler and cremation and you can play two jade dragons second turn.

Still trying to think of ways to balance it. Might have to just give up on a to converter and try a converter between different elements.