Shovel | Gold Digger

[Hyroen]

NAME: Shovel ELEMENT: Earth COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: 3|4 (when flying) TEXT: Weapon: deal 3 damage at the end of every turn. Dig: Find something useless, something very useful or something just plain weird.	NAME: Gold Digger ELEMENT: Earth COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: 4|4 (when flying) TEXT: Weapon: deal 4 damage at the end of every turn. Dig: Find something very useful, or something just plain weird.

ART: www.sxc.hu SPECIFIC: http://www.sxc.hu/pic/s/m/ma/mai05/518342_.jpg New art appreciated. IDEA: Hyroen NOTES: A "more-damage-less-chances" counterpart to Fishing Rod | Lucky Rod and a pseudo-mutation card whose unreliability to come up with a consistent strategy makes using it all the more interesting. Dig: Weapon Effect Weapon Effect Shovel Nothing 40% Summon Skeleton at 0 cost 10% Play Unstable Gas (unupgraded) at 0 cost 5% Summon Abomination at 0 cost 5% Summon Ash (unupgraded) at 0 cost 5% Summon Devourer at 0 cost 5% Summon Scarab (unupgraded) at 0 cost 5% Summon Deathstalker at 0 cost 5% Summon Dune Scorpion (unupgraded) at 0 cost 5% Summon Antlion at 0 cost 4% Play Plate Armor at 0 cost 3% Play Black Hole (unupgraded) at 0 cost 3% Place a Relic (unupgraded) in your hand 2% Place a Shard (green) in your hand 1% Place a Shard (blue) in your hand 1% Place a Shard (yellow) in your hand 1% Lucky Rod Nothing 40% Summon Skeleton at 0 cost 10% Play Unstable Gas (unupgraded) at 0 cost 5% Summon Abomination at 0 cost 5% Summon Ash (unupgraded) at 0 cost 5% Summon Devourer at 0 cost 5% Summon Scarab (unupgraded) at 0 cost 5% Summon Deathstalker (unupgraded) at 0 cost 5% Summon Dune Scorpion (unupgraded) at 0 cost 5% Summon Antlion at 0 cost 5% Play Plate Armor at 0 cost 3% Play Black Hole (unupgraded) at 0 cost 3% _ _ Play Shard of Gratitude at 0 cost (5/3)% Play Shard of Divinity at 0 cost (5/3)% Play Shard of Readiness at 0 cost (5/3)% "Playing" a card automatically brings you to whatever screen would appear after having clicked on it in your hand. If you don't want to do anything with a particular spell, just "cancel". SERIES: "The Not-such-a-rare Weapon" Series (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,12630.0.html)

[waterchainsawman]

That's very interesting, but digging and finding creatures who attack the enemy (and not the one who found it) is a bit weird. I think you should only be able to dig permanents with this weapon.

[guolin]

You need to change this series to "Entropic Not-such-a-rare Weapon"

[Hyroen]

@waterchainsawman: You're right. It is a little odd. But one could also look at it as the creature having been released from being buried, and being thankful.

@guolin: It's really only the last two that naturally came out this way. You should try to take a look at all the components of the series once it's complete. I believe I need to submit one more and I can make a Series thread.

[guolin]

@waterchainsawman: You're right. It is a little odd. But one could also look at it as the creature having been released from being buried, and being thankful.

@guolin: It's really only the last two that naturally came out this way. You should try to take a look at all the components of the series once it's complete. I believe I need to submit one more and I can make a Series thread.

Meh, I don't really like random-themed cards outside of Entropy, unless the entire Series is themed that way. But it's your cards, I guess. For this card, I suggest a more stable reward, since Earth is a bit more stable than the rest of the elements. (besides Gravity)

[Hyroen]

I'll consider changing both Fish and Dig to 1 .

[glennert]

Seems quite overpowered. You basically have a 60% chance each turn to get an additonal creature (or other beneficial effect/ shard) out for only 1  ?

For example, mind gate costs 4 to play, 2 to activate, the only benefit is to get anotehr card (on hand, not even played) and you still need the correct quanta to play it...

+ It does damage?

(I realise it is a weapon and should be better than a normal permanent), but still?

[Hyroen]

I am considering changing the cost to . And another advantage you forget about Mindgate is that of its name itself. It let's you see the "mind" of the enemy's deck in a sense and can allow you to play your cards differently or change your strategy.

EDIT: And the unupgraded card will give you a shard, you can't use and the upgraded version has a 5% of giving you a random usable shard.