Shock Collar | Lightning Choker

[OdinVanguard]

NAME: Shock Collar ELEMENT: Aether COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Deals 1 spell damage to opponent when they use a spell, ability, or skill and 8 damage if destroyed.	NAME: Lightning Choker ELEMENT: Aether COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Deals 2 spell damage to opponent when they use a spell, ability, or skill and 6 damage if destroyed.

ART: OdinVanguard IDEA: OdinVanguard NOTES: Provides Spell and Skill Control (call it SpC and SkC maybe?) to complement / provide an alternative to lobotomize and silence. Also has built in anti-PC effect. The spell / skill use proc damage stacks, so with 3 out, every spell cast would deal the owner 6(9) damage. The damage per destruction does not stack. If the owner destroys a collar, it only triggers the damage for destruction event (since the other damage responds ONLY when the OPPONENT casts or uses a skill) E.g. with 5 unused in play, if the opponent casts deflagrate to destroy one, they take 5*2 + 8 = 18 damage… if the owner destroyed one themselves, the opponent only takes 8 damage. Clarifications: Skill, or Ability - refers to the opponent specifically activating a permanent or creature by clicking their ability (e.g. skills like vampire don't count). Spell - refers only to spell type cards. Summoning creatures or permanents will not trigger the effect. Spoiler for Hidden: Lore: "Although it is not known which tribe first constructed this horrific device, shock collars quickly became a common sight among the elemental slavers guilds in the forests of Eldinis. Many a proud elemental has been brought to their knees by these self attaching enslavement devices. Some of the darker elemental planes make use of these widely as a form or punishment and discipline or even sadistic amusement, while their use is considered an atrocity and has banned by many of the more light minded elementals. Even despite such efforts, however, these device are employed in underground slaving rings on nearly every elemental plane. -Journal of Ardanis, Chronicler of Artifice and Head Curator for Divine Glory" Spoiler for Old Version: NAME: Shock Collar ELEMENT: Aether COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Deals 2 spell damage to opponent when they use a spell, ability, or skill and 8 damage if destroyed. NAME: Lightning Choker ELEMENT: Aether COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Deals 3 spell damage to opponent when they use a spell, ability, or skill and 6 damage if destroyed. ART: OdinVanguard IDEA: OdinVanguard NOTES: Provides Spell and Skill Control (call it SpC and SkC maybe?) to complement / provide an alternative to lobotomize and silence. Also has built in anti-PC effect. The spell / skill use proc damage stacks, so with 3 out, every spell cast would deal the owner 6(9) damage. The damage per destruction does not stack. If the owner destroys a collar, it only triggers the damage for destruction event (since the other damage responds ONLY when the OPPONENT casts or uses a skill) E.g. with 5 unused in play, if the opponent casts deflagrate to destroy one, they take 5*2 + 8 = 18 damage… if the owner destroyed one themselves, the opponent only takes 8 damage. Clarifications: Skill, or Ability - refers to the opponent specifically activating a permanent or creature by clicking their ability (e.g. skills like vampire don't count). Spell - refers only to spell type cards. Summoning creatures or permanents will not trigger the effect. SERIES: SERIES:

[OldTrees]

Interesting. Fits thematically, adds another trigger to the game and acts like soft control.

[OdinVanguard]

Bumping for more feedback, particularly balancing and / or mechanics. Questions, comments, concerns, etc. would be welcome

[Naesala]

Great way to add more control, but I feel as though the effect shouldn't stack or the damage should be lowered

[OdinVanguard]

So maybe
1|2 per spell / ability used instead of 2|3?

[Naesala]

So maybe
1|2 per spell / ability used instead of 2|3?

Mhm, sounds about right

[Zaealix]

In short, a reason NOT to just go for control control control.
Always bugged me how it felt like a straight 'melee' deck, that's just good at reducing your opponent's HP to 0 was usually easy to just blast down the creatures and then kill.

[furballdn]

Reminds me a bit of this: elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,25519.0.html but also seems different enough. Seems interesting.

[OdinVanguard]

So maybe
1|2 per spell / ability used instead of 2|3?

Mhm, sounds about right

Updated. New version does 1|2 instead of 2|3 damage per spell or skill use.

Reminds me a bit of this: elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,25519.0.html but also seems different enough. Seems interesting.

Ya, I think I remember seeing that one. I was trying to go a little more indirect on the skill control. This also affects spell casting and permanent use as well, so it should be a little more broad in its use.