Chain Shield | Shield Chain

[Keolino]

I missed the part, that this card is a normal permanent and not a shield after all, an therefor not blocking your shield slot. So you can use this card and a diamond shield at the same time, and create amazing defense. Even with a tower shield, or especially gravity shield, this card becomes quite powerful, maybe even a little bit OP, and hard to balance.

If it stays a permanent, not more than one of these cards should be able to be effective at the same time, just like with nightfall and eclipse.

No. This + Gravity Shield would be incredibly OP. It's better for all of us if it just remains a shield permanent.

It isn't a shield righ now... "chains: attacking creatures get -1|+1." would need to be "shield: attacking creatures get -1|+1." to actually make it a shield.

[CuCN]

Not necessarily:


However, it would clear things up a bit to include that in the text, even if it's in the name already.

[Blacksmith]

If it wasn't a shield it would include your self too. Which I think would make it even better, maybe have 1 un upped version as a shield and the upped as a permanent or the other way around.

[Submachine]

If it wasn't a shield it would include your self too. Which I think would make it even better, maybe have 1 un upped version as a shield and the upped as a permanent or the other way around.

That is a great idea. The bad thing is that I still think that it would be OP combined with gravity shield. This is the main reason why I want it to be a shield, but if people convince me otherwise, I shall change it.

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I missed the part, that this card is a normal permanent and not a shield after all, an therefor not blocking your shield slot. So you can use this card and a diamond shield at the same time, and create amazing defense. Even with a tower shield, or especially gravity shield, this card becomes quite powerful, maybe even a little bit OP, and hard to balance.

If it stays a permanent, not more than one of these cards should be able to be effective at the same time, just like with nightfall and eclipse.

No. This + Gravity Shield would be incredibly OP. It's better for all of us if it just remains a shield permanent.

[Froglord]

I like this as a shield. It's a cool idea that has potential to be useful in and against specific decks.

Perhaps increase the cost of the greater shield and give it a 1 Damage Reduction also, this would make up for the fact that it only effects them after they've dealt damage, and also has the effect of keeping enemy creatures at 1 damage cos they can't hit past the shield to trigger the effect.

Creatures that can't attack (0, or 1 on the upped shield) should not be effected by the shields effect. No other shield works that way. Also, realistically, if you did do that, they wouldn't stop at 0. They'd go into the negatives. Making the shield rather OP.