Pyrokinesis | Advanced Pyrokinesis

[Essence]

NAME: Pyrokinesis ELEMENT: Fire COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: ABILITY: You gain the ability to deal 4 damage to any target once each round.	NAME: Advanced Pyrokinesis ELEMENT: Fire COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: ABILITY: You gain the ability to deal 5 damage to any target once each round.

ART: Essence IDEA: Essence NOTES: This spell creates a icon near your HP bar that glows like an unused creature/permanent; clicking on it activates the effect.  SERIES:

[Xoned]

1. Does it stack? (IE will 6 of these give you 6 charges?)
2. Can you target your opponents hp?

[Essence]

No.

Yes.

[johannhowitzer]

If the ability can't be removed, I think it's very OP.  Better CC than Eagle Eye (unless you fly a bunch of them), doesn't take a weapon slot, and "immaterial."

[Xoned]

Considering that I'm all for this card. 5 damage a turn and you can't simply destroy a permanent to stop it.
If it stacked it'd be insanely OP but thankfull;y it doesn't. What would happen if you played several? would you only get one charge or would they negate eachother?

*Idea* for upped make the cost 5 and add "Target gains one burn counter" Like poison but for fire.
Actually, that might be a completely different card.
_______________________________________________________________________
I have been ninja'd.
It's not op because you only gain one charge per round.
If you still think it is maybe make it absorb some quanta each turn.

[Essence]

Essentially, "Pyrokinetic" is a status effect that affects you the player -- so playing a second Pyrokinesis does nothing.

That's why I don't think it's OP: because you have to balance the chance of not drawing it with the wasted card slots if you draw more than one.  That's worth the indestructability, IMHO.

[SeddyRocky]

I take it this ability counts as a spell (just like the card) and can be reflected by the known shields?

If so: Approve stamp!

[Wizardcat]

If only it could be lobo'd off.

Perhaps having the Pyrokinetic status should hurt you each turn, ala the Burn counters mentioned earlier. Hey, you play with fire, you get burned.

[Terroking]

Way, way OP.

Playing the upped version is like giving yourself the ability to cast a free Lightning every turn without cost, for just 3 . I'd increase the costs to probably 6 unupped and 7 for the upgraded, or at the very least 5/6.

The single advantage of Lightning is that multiple can be played at once, which doesn't do very much to off-set the fact that this is infinite. At the very least, it enables you to deal 5 immortal momentum damage every turn provided your opponent doesn't have Jade/Reflective Shield for the minimal price of 3 quanta. Elite Immortal costs 7 to do that same 5 damage/turn, but it can be slowed, blocked altogether, or even killed by a Fire/Spine shield. This costs less than half as much, can deal the same damage, is completely and utterly invulnerable and unblockable except by 2 shields, and can be used as very powerful, free, reusable, creature control.

So yeah, OP.

[Xoned]

Way, way OP.

Playing the upped version is like giving yourself the ability to cast a free Lightning every turn without cost, for just 3 . I'd increase the costs to probably 6 unupped and 7 for the upgraded, or at the very least 5/6.

The single advantage of Lightning is that multiple can be played at once, which doesn't do very much to off-set the fact that this is infinite. At the very least, it enables you to deal 5 immortal momentum damage every turn provided your opponent doesn't have Jade/Reflective Shield for the minimal price of 3 quanta. Elite Immortal costs 7 to do that same 5 damage/turn, but it can be slowed, blocked altogether, or even killed by a Fire/Spine shield. This costs less than half as much, can deal the same damage, is completely and utterly invulnerable and unblockable except by 2 shields, and can be used as very powerful, free, reusable, creature control.

So yeah, OP.

Solutions:
- Let it be lobo'd off
- Make it work every second turn
- Make it give you 1 "burn" counter each time you use it
- Make it absorb each turn
- Make it only be able to target creatures

[Essence]

I like the idea of it absorbing every turn.  I'll edit that in when I get a chance.

[tinkady]

burn counter sounds cool...but that could require hella new coding. maybe figure out a way to have it poison you that works with the theme?