Hive Queen | Hive Queen

[Drake_XIV]

NAME: Hive Queen ELEMENT: Life COST: 7 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2 | 6 TEXT: If this card uses its skill, your other creatures gain +1/+1. : All creatures gain -1/-1 for a turn.	NAME: Hive Queen ELEMENT: Life COST: 5 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2 | 6 TEXT: If this card uses its skill, your other creatures gain +1/+1. : All creatures gain -1/-1 for a turn.

ART: IDEA: Drake_XIV NOTES: The first ability still activates if the skill is replaced. - Bioluminescense - Acceleration - Butterfly Effect - Mitosis - Vampire SERIES:

[stereohelix]

Sorry, I have to ask about sparktal, haha =D. What happens if you use it's original skill with a 5/0 (or a 1/1) creature on your side?

Looks like a really interesting twist on things. I like how you mentioned bioluminescence. Hive Queen + Lobo + Luciferin + Adrenaline (8 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 cards) = super SoPa!

[dragtom]

what about vampire? shouldn't that trigger this as well?

[Drake_XIV]

I guess I can have it trigger like Devourer + Adrenaline, having it trigger every other turn.

Yes, Vampire would trigger it as well.

[skyironsword]

Looks like a really interesting twist on things. I like how you mentioned bioluminescence. Hive Queen + Lobo + Luciferin + Adrenaline (8 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 cards) = super SoPa!

Where is the water quanta coming from?

[Drake_XIV]

It's from the use of [unupgraded] SoPa, looking at the context.

[CuCN]

I think it's the cost of a Ulitharid, to lobotomize the Hive Queen.

[Drake_XIV]

... that works too.  Although, why go through the pain of making it a quad when you can keep it a trio.

[skyironsword]

Because in a quad, you can use quantum pillars and splash stuff everywhere!

[stereohelix]

I was thinking Ulitharid, but it was kind of a joke about the totally insane crazy combos possible with this card anyway.

[furballdn]

Use skill is hard to define. If we go by the conventional, as in what I first understood it to be (hey look at me! I'm everyone!), "Using" a skill requires you spending quanta. Therefore, acceleration, vampire, and quanta generation do not count as using skills.

Why the need for a redundant ability? Why not just have it vanilla but have its first ability be passive?

If we do count vampire and acceleration and quanta generation as "using" skills, then this can get out of hand very quickly, with a +1/+1 to ALL your creatures EVERY turn. Slapping LS or accel on this isn't that hard either.

[Brontos]

What is the name of this -1/-1 ability? Looks strong to me by itself.