Today, I was thinking, "would I play a spell card called Burrow, with the text "Burrow target creature. Remove its abilities and it gains 0:unburrow and give it back its previous abilities", and if I would, how much would I pay for it(considering we have quintessence for
![Aether :aether](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/aether18x18.png)
4/3)?"
then I expanded the idea: What if every element had one spell that gave a creature the element's representative ability?
What would be those abillities, would you play the cards, and how would they be reasonebly costed?
![Aether :aether](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/aether18x18.png)
: either Quintessence is fine or Lobotomize
![Air :air](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/air18x18.png)
: dive, web or airborne? I think web and airborne would be too weak.
![Air :air](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/air18x18.png)
for the card and "
![Air :air](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/air18x18.png)
: Dive"
![Darkness :darkness](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/darkness18x18.png)
: Vampire,
![Death :death](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/death18x18.png)
: Either Poison or Infect,
![Death :death](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/death18x18.png)
the card's cost and
![Death :death](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/death18x18.png)
the ability's.
![Earth :earth](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/earth18x18.png)
: Burrow
![Entropy :entropy](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/entropy18x18.png)
: maybe Mutation? (either as the card Mutation or "target creature's ability is now
![Life :life](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/life18x18.png)
: Mutation")
![Fire :fire](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/fire18x18.png)
: Ablaze , this is strong, so
![Fire :fire](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/fire18x18.png)
? or
![Fire :fire](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/fire18x18.png)
and
![Fire :fire](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/fire18x18.png)
for the ability.
![Gravity :gravity](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/gravity18x18.png)
? Gravity pull and Momentum is fine
![Life :life](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/life18x18.png)
: Adrenaline is OK
![Light :light](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/light18x18.png)
: Maybe Heal? Bioluminescence is weak, but then again, heal is weak too.
![Light :light](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/light18x18.png)
for the card?
![Time :time](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/time18x18.png)
: Hatch? either giving the critter the ability "hatch", or hatching it right away.
![Time :time](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/time18x18.png)
For instant- hatching (is it better than mutation?)
![Water :water](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/water18x18.png)
: Freeze (not as in the card Freeze but as in Artic Squid' s ability)
![Water :water](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/water18x18.png)
for the card and
![Water :water](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/water18x18.png)
for the ability
the trick is to design a card that you'd rather play instead of the iconic creature. Fro example, is giving a creature "hatch" a valid option instead of playing a Fate Egg? Maybe, if cast on a Photon, but then you're down a card, etc etc. An egg costs 3
![Time :time](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/time18x18.png)
, and a turn later
![Time :time](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/time18x18.png)
to hatch.
![Time :time](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/time18x18.png)
and a card seems to be fine for insta- hatching. etc.
(On the card "Burrow": It's obviously weaker than quintessence as it halves the attack of the creature, so it should be cheaper,
![Earth :earth](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/earth18x18.png)
3/2)
Discuss.