Repulsion Field | Repulsion Shield

[moomoose]

NAME: Repulsion Field ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 6 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Shield:  Redirect up to 3 damage from each attacking creatures to your opponent.	NAME: Repulsion Shield ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 6 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Shield:  Redirect up to 5 damage from each attacking creatures to your opponent.

ART: public domain (links when i round them up from sxc) IDEA: moomoose NOTES: The idea is that a 1/3 of each creatures attack will be redirected. *this means that NOT all damage of a creature up to 3 (ie a 3 damage creature will not have all 3 damage redirected) A 3 damage creature will deal 1|1 damage to its owner and 2 damage to you. A 10 attack creature will deal 3|3 damage to its owner and 7|7 damage to you. A 20 attack creature will deal 3|5 damage to its owner and 17|15 damage to you.  So you can see it has a sweet spot of effectiveness between ~6-10 for the basic and ~6-15 for the upgraded of damage from attacking creatures, anything lower than 6 will barely do anything, anything higher 10|15 atk will still be limited to the cap. I left the exact percent off of the card itself because "redirect 30%, up to 3, of damage from each attacking creature" sounded awkward and unnecessary.  I hope most people can understand that "up to" does not mean "and it will always will be the maximum" by now. SERIES:

[Naesala]

I'd recommend changing the card text to better reflect the notes. As stands, it's bound to lead to confusion

[moomoose]

like i said in the notes- the wording to more accurately portray the exact particulars of the mechanic sounds awkward  and isn't necessary. and "up to" doesnt man "it will always be the maximum of", if someone says "you can save up to $5000 by going with our service" you'd be wrong to think "oh, theyre going to save me $5,000". 

the wording on the card could either be "30% of damage" or "up to 3 damage", trying to combine the two will lack flow and be awkward.  exact percents, and formulas to generate them are not uncommonly left off of cards, examples being skull shield or mutation.

if someone can come up with a grammatically correct sentence with a good flow to it that will fit within the text box and better describe the mechanic, i would be open to adjusting it.  but as is, i think it is sufficient.

[Naesala]

Shield:  Redirect 30% of damage from each attacking creatures to your opponent (max 3).

[moomoose]

is there any other card in the game that uses parenthesis?

[Elite arbiter]

Butterfly effect does.