Shields. Again. :)

[Essence]

Looking at all of the generic weapons in Other, it occurred to me that there ought to be a generic shield:

Kite Shield (Upgraded: Tower Shield)
3 Any -- Shield  (Upgraded: 2 Any)
Reduces all physical damage dealt to you by 1 point per source.


And if there's going to be a generic shield, than we need the current generic shields to actually do cool stuff:

Chitin Shield  (Upgrade: Carapace Shield)
4 Life -- Shield
Reduces all physical damage to yourself and all damage to your creatures by 1 point per source.
(Upgrade: The damage to your creatures is reduced by 2 points.)

Puts a bit of the kibosh on Fire Storm and Eagle's Eye, very useful when you're using Toads+Adrenaline. 
Obviously wouldn't affect Plague, etc.


Solar Shield (Upgrade: Solar Buckler)
5 Light -- Shield (Upgrade: 3 Light)
Reduces all physical damage dealt to you by 1 point per source.
Each time they act, each of your creatures is healed for 1 point of damage.

Pretty straightforward.  It won't help much against a human opponent, since they rarely damage creatures without killing them -- but it'll do wonders against the AI, and would negate a single Plague nicely.


Skull Shield  (Upgrade: Skull Armor)
5 Death -- Shield
Reduces all physical damage dealt to you by 1 point per source.   (Upgrade: 2 damage per source.)
As long as Skull Shield remains in play, all of your creatures gain +1/+0.

Simple enough.  Works doubly well with Aflatoxin now. 



There's just no point to having 3 generic shields taking up valuable slots in-element when no one uses them.  Make the generic shield GENERIC, and give the existing shields a point.  These ideas work well within the elements they're in and create some interesting new deck options.

[jmizzle7]

Yeah, man. I think you are the first person to write about this issue. I know some people have talked about it here and there but you also came up with a solution that seems pretty good. Bueno.

[YoYoBro]

So far every single one of Essence's ideas has looked damn nice to me. Well done 

[bobcamel]

Bandwagoned. Good idea, should be implement

[Avenger]

I also wondered why there are so many different cards doing exactly the same simple effect (for different quanta).
Skull shield's +1/0 is an one time boost, right?

[YoYoBro]

Yes it is.

[Essence]

Actually, it's not.  It's a continuous effect that leaves if Skull Shield leaves play.  That's why it says "as long as Skull Shield is in play..."

[YoYoBro]

I think you mean that AS LONG AS SKULL SHIELD IS ON THE FIELD your creatures all have +1/+0. I meant they only get that +1/+0 once, not like +4/+0 after 4 turns and such.

[Essence]

Gotcha.  I was thinking of 'continuous effect' (meaning it leaves if Skull Shield leaves) vs. 'one-time effect' (meaning it wouldn't affect creatures that entered play after Skull Shield came in.)

[YoYoBro]

Then it's a nice and balanced shield =)

[vrt]

I'd say you absolutely nailed this. Enter one of them in the card competition, and link back to this, perhaps? It deserves some more attention.

[YoYoBro]

I'd say, make a poll here for the best one. And then link it to the competition.