Moon Dial | Luna Dial

[ZephyrPhantom]

NAME: Moon Dial ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Both sides of the fields are cloaked for 1 turn. : Gain 6 .	NAME: Luna Dial ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Both sides of the fields are cloaked for 1 turn. : Gain 6 quantum of your mark.

ART: Zblader Source images used: Cobble Stone Path Sundial 2 Stock photo: sundial IDEA: Zblader NOTES: A thematic opposite to Sundial. Sundial protects you and draws cards - Moondial protects creatures and gives you quanta. The dual cloak effect signals the coming of night, whereas the ability indirectly signifies the movement of the moon as it reflects sunlight onto the elemental to empower it. (Making the unupped ability cost or might be appropriate, but that makes the card a trio and harder to use properly in a deck focused around it.) Unupped, it's useful in / decks that need more to pay for it's expensive cards. Can also be used in a deck with a mark to store quanta or accelerate quantum production. Upped, the card takes more of a trio/rainbow stance - if you can provide the initial / , it's possible to run trio with Luna Dials focusing on buffering the main element production using a or mark. Nova/SNova cans also use this for more mark focus in a rainbow, at the cost of faster production of quanta that one might get a from a pendulum in a PSNbow. Like Sundial, this card self-destructs after 1 turn. SERIES:

[furballdn]

Holy nej. 3 + 1 turn for 6 ? 2 + 1 + 1 turn for 6 mark quanta? Is that balanced?

[Rutarete]

It is indeed thematic. I really like the trio support for the upped.

These would make a Great Miracle Stall deck.

[ZephyrPhantom]

Holy nej. 3 + 1 turn for 6 ? 2 + 1 + 1 turn for 6 mark quanta? Is that balanced?

Nova is 0 + 1 card + 0 turns for 12  (technically more of that, since it's one of each) = Net gain 12
Immolation is 0 + 2 cards  + 0 turns for 5 + Nova = Net gain 6 + 11
Dial is 3 + 1 card + 1 turn for 6 = Net Gain 3
Dial uses 1 less card than Immolation at the cost of a turn and approximately half the net gain. Compared to Nova it uses 1 less card and one more turn for 1/4 the potential net gain.

Supernova is 2 + 1-2 + 1 card + 0 turns for 24  (technically more of that, since it's two of each) = Net Gain 22
Immolation is 0 + 1-2 + 2 cards  + 0 turns for 7 + Nova = Net Gain 8 + 11
Dial is 2 + 1 + 1-2 + 1 card + 1 turn for 6  = Net Gain 3
Here, Dial gets no better at net gain or speed of production compared to Immo and Nova. However, it compensates by allowing the player to focus on mark quanta of their choice instead of forcing the deck to be - centric or a rainbow.

Overall : Dial sacrifices efficiency of faster quantum gain spells for additional flexibility. However such flexibility can be very useful in decks that know how to use it. (two dials can power an upgraded Miracle, for example).

It is indeed thematic. I really like the trio support for the upped.

These would make a Great Miracle Stall deck.

Thanks!

[tintinwong]

With the 1 turn cloak effect, i am assuming it disappears after 1 turn too?

[ZephyrPhantom]

With the 1 turn cloak effect, i am assuming it disappears after 1 turn too?

Yes.

[Zaealix]

Hrm...interesting, but I can't help but think that with how defensive  is,  cards really should have more offensive abilities...Then again, I guess stuff that won't get caught on  's Santuary would be good as well.

[AnonymousRevival]

I think this card is alright personally. Seems quite a shift from the unupped and upped.

It could be a useful card when there are more and  synergies in the near future.

[ARTHANASIOS]

Nice card mechanics, however I personally wouldn't buff  / synergy no matter what. Vader Sader decks are already extremely powerful. But yes, I love the idea.

[ZephyrPhantom]

Nice card mechanics, however I personally wouldn't buff  / synergy no matter what. Vader Sader decks are already extremely powerful. But yes, I love the idea.

I don't think Vader Sader decks would gain too much power from this - even if they get quanta "bursts" faster, they still need to time dials so that they can play crusaders when needed. Lack of a continuous source is also bad for stacking Blessings consecutively on Vampsaders.