Cholera | Miasma

[ZephyrPhantom]

NAME: Cholera ELEMENT: Death COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Enemy creatures gain -1 | -1 for each copy of it on their side of the field. Stats cannot go below one.	NAME: Miasma ELEMENT: Death COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Enemy creatures gain -1 | -1 for each copy of it on their side of the field. Stats cannot go below one.

ART: Zblader (Original Image) Axeraider70's Inner Universe Brushes (http://axeraider70.deviantart.com/art/Inner-Universe-Brushes-56781481) under the Creative Commons License 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) were used in editing the image. IDEA: Based off of Oppression (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=23902.0). Partially inspired from here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34889.msg480026#msg480026). NOTES: AntiFractal/Mito/Swarm CC that on it's own can be annoying with Plague. "Stats cannot go below one" only refers to Miasma's effect - for example, I can still Antimatter a creature affected by Miasma. I'm currently considering two different versions of this card: "Creatures of the same type lose -1 | -1." - Enemy creatures lose -1 | -1 for each creature with the same name on the side of the field. Better against monos, swarm. and fractal. "Creatures lose -1 | -1 for each different type of creature on the field." = Enemy creatures lose -1 | -1 for each creature with a different name on the side of the field. Better against rainbows and mutants. SERIES:

[Rutarete]

Not just Anti-Fractal; A Life Rush becomes practically useless with this!

[ZephyrPhantom]

Not just Anti-Fractal; A Life Rush becomes a practically useless with this!

Yeah, I forgot about that even if the creatures remain alive through the second effect. I'm putting up a poll on an alternate version of the ability I thought of, so please vote.

[ralouf]

I like the idea the card seems pretty balanced because it stay situationnal

[Poker Alho]

it says stats wont go below zero... but does it mean it can reach zero?

imagine the opponent has 3 3/3 creature cards, will the creatures die?

[ZephyrPhantom]

it says stats wont go below zero... but does it mean it can reach zero?

imagine the opponent has 3 3/3 creature cards, will the creatures die?

No. Stats minimum is at 1 | 1.
Changed the wording to clarify that.

[Poker Alho]

yeah i was also thinking it would work like that... plague is a definite follow-up CC for this card then

[OldTrees]

1) How would cholera|miasma reduce stats in relation to population size?
2) Well designed.

[ZephyrPhantom]

1) How would cholera|miasma reduce stats in relation to population size?
2) Well designed.

1) Assuming I understand correctly, I figured I could represent population size in one of two ways:

a) Same creatures are more likely to group together and thus 'infect' each other quicker.
b) Different creatyres interact and pass a weak "disease" to each other.

Option A seemed more along the lines of population size (as more creatures of the same type group together, a disease spreads and becomes more prevalent.)
Option B seemed more along the lines of diffusion through interaction between different creatures. (Similar but not what I intended.)

I picked option A. Option B is the alterative effect seen in the poll.

2) Thank you.

[OldTrees]

1) How would cholera|miasma reduce stats in relation to population size?
2) Well designed.

1) Assuming I understand correctly, I figured I could represent population size in one of two ways:

I did not communicate but you succeeded in answering. Your mechanic is population(species) based. Your theme is cholera|miasma. You connected the two by having the disease be species based and thus not affect across species.
(Although I do not see the current effect in the polls. Why is that?)

[ZephyrPhantom]

(Although I do not see the current effect in the polls. Why is that?)

The first option in polls is actually a less clearly worded version of the current effect. ^^;

From the looks of the poll though, I believe the majority prefer the current effect.