Rockslide | Landslide

[Jyiber]

NAME: Rockslide ELEMENT: Earth COST: X TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Delay every enemy creature for 1 turn. Costs 1 per creature delayed.	NAME: Landslide ELEMENT: Earth COST: X+5 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Delay every enemy creature for 2 turns. Costs 1 per creature delayed.

Alternative

Spoiler for Hidden:

NAME: Rockslide ELEMENT: Earth COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Delay every enemy creature for 1 turn.	NAME: Landslide ELEMENT: Earth COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Delay every enemy creature for 1 turn.

ART: Jyiber IDEA: Jyiber NOTES: Never seen it before, but I wouldn't be surprised if the name and/or mechanic have been used. Still thought I'd give it a shot. The delay doesn't stack with itself, but it does with other cards. To clarify, playing the upped twice resets the delay to 2, but a creature hit with it and Basilisk Blood will be delayed 8. EDIT: Be sure to let me know if the alternative is preferred in the poll/ SERIES:

[Drake_XIV]

You can remove that cost and have it drain quanta from you as an effect to compensate for the *cost*

[Pineapple]

On the mechanic of mass delay: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/level-3-armory/time-bubble-time-field/
Using a variable cost mechanic to balance the scaling effect is original, I believe.

You can remove that cost and have it drain quanta from you as an effect to compensate for the *cost*

But then it wouldn't have a variable cost. A variable cost ensures that you have already generated the amount of quanta before the card can be cast, while a normal cost with a drain only ensures that you are left with the amount of quanta after the card is cast. The limitations are different.

[Jyiber]

On the mechanic of mass delay: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/level-3-armory/time-bubble-time-field/
Using a variable cost mechanic to balance the scaling effect is original, I believe.

I knew it. Well I think I can continue safely with the different element, theme, and cost mechanic. But it's very interesting that Xenocidius and I came to the same conclusion on costs for such a spell. Good to know I'm on target.

You can remove that cost and have it drain quanta from you as an effect to compensate for the *cost*

But then it wouldn't have a variable cost. A variable cost ensures that you have already generated the amount of quanta before the card can be cast, while a normal cost with a drain only ensures that you are left with the amount of quanta after the card is cast. The limitations are different.

Yeah, I thought about this one, the variable has to stay unless I can figure out something clever to fit into the card text, otherwise it doesn't make full sense. In the end it's all about conveying the mechanic in the simplest presentation.

[grimdragon64]

Some stupid guy facing an FFQ deck. Come on, stupid guy, play this card

[OdinVanguard]

I'm not sure what thread I heard it discussed in, but I seem to remember that variable costs are not likely to ever get implemented.

I do like the concept of the card though.