Dragon Totem | Dragon Totem

[Brontos]

I like this card.
It's a good way to shift your strategy during the mid game without playing heavy-quanta-dragons that will force you to add more towers to your deck.

Good job & high chances to have my vote if it continues in the polls.

[Shantu]

Nice idea, but I don't see the point of increasing the upgraded cost. Upped dragons aren't that much better most of the time, unlike small creatures that gain huge bonuses compared to their price. So I would keep the cost at 5 .

I wonder how it would work out with a playing cost of 4 and the ability cost increased to 3? For some reason it sounds more appealing to me.

 

[Terroking]

Nice idea, but I don't see the point of increasing the upgraded cost. Upped dragons aren't that much better most of the time, unlike small creatures that gain huge bonuses compared to their price. So I would keep the cost at 5 .

I wonder how it would work out with a playing cost of 4 and the ability cost increased to 3? For some reason it sounds more appealing to me.

Both of those were actually my initial ideas, but I decided to go like this because 1) Upped dragons cost more and are always at least a little better, and 2) I wanted more of the cost to be on the ability to make it slightly better against PC, but I felt it cluttered the text box too much. I know aesthetics are a bad reason, but it seemed more natural to me. I also wanted to include an ability that would make it turn into a Stone Dragon if it was destroyed by Deflag or similar.

[TheOwner]

I really like the concept of this card.  It seems extremely strong however.  Monoearth decks with Gem Finders and Totems would be able to get out Dragons absurdly quickly.  Also, how would this card interact with Other weapons (IE Long Sword) that have been animated into creatures?

[Terroking]

I really like the concept of this card.  It seems extremely strong however.  Monoearth decks with Gem Finders and Totems would be able to get out Dragons absurdly quickly.  Also, how would this card interact with Other weapons (IE Long Sword) that have been animated into creatures?

I think it has to be that strong; This is the kind of card that you build a deck around, not just throw into a random bow or duo. Much like Fractal, if it's not powerful, then it just won't be used (I don't think this is even close to Fractal power-level though). I answered this already but should probably edit it into the first post; Other creatures->Random dragon.