Sodium Sprite | Cesium Spirit

[Bhlewos]

NAME: Sodium Sprite ELEMENT: Water COST: 2  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1|1 TEXT: Gains +1|+1 and Momentum if underwater. React: Gain  . Can be used multiple times per turn.	NAME: Cesium Spirit ELEMENT: Water COST: 1  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1|3 TEXT: Gains +1|+1 and Momentum if underwater. React: Gain  . Can be used multiple times per turn.

ART: Thalas IDEA: Bhlewos NOTES: I made this after seeing some of the great ideas the Duality competition and separately realizing how useful Rustler's ability could be in certain decks. I adapted the idea to suit a mono-Water deck that could power Steam Machines using only Water Pillars and Marks. I added the passive Flooding-related ability mostly for kicks, and since Flooding doesn't seem to have many uses. Also originally was named Spirit/Spectre but I changed it since it doesn't share the same +1|+1 ability common to that type of creature. SERIES: -

[Saynt]

I think you can incorporate Explosion into Cesium Spirit somehow, maybe destroy a target permanent after react is used X times in one turn?

[Bhlewos]

Maybe...feels like too much though, and I have enough trouble fitting the text in as it is, lol. I might raise the cost to compensate.

Also to clarify (because this was asked in the art topic), the Momentum isn't related to the skill, it's a passive that comes from being underwater.

[ddevans96]

Put the second clause above the first.

If underwater, Cesium Spirit gains +1|+1 and Momentum. React: Gain  . This skill can be used multiple times per turn.

[Bhlewos]

Thanks. I'll edit the card too to include that.

[storyteller]

this is great and I love the idea of flooding causing statuses. might do a spin on that theme.

[Isei]

I'm a little worried that this sort of effect could cause fire stalls to get out of hand.   Just a couple turns with a water mark and this card gives them a huge boost in fire quanta production.  I feel that it's balanced with life/light, since life doesn't benefit nearly as much from having absurd amounts of quanta. 

Also, given the flavor of it, it almost seems as though it should be a fire element card with a water-activated ability (to reflect cesium coming into contact with water). 

[Bhlewos]

^Do you think I should change the ratio to 1:1 then? Say, use up one water quanta to generate one fire quanta, instead of two.

[Thalas]

  uuuuuuuufff 


EDIT:
My suggestion about the Skill formulation
Gains +1/+1 and Momentum if underwater.
  : Gain  . Can be used multiple times per turn.

[Bhlewos]

Looks absolutely awesome. Thanks, Thalas! I'll update with the art soon.

[TimerClock14]

CURATOR COMMENT:
-I'll need you to put Thalas's name in the ART section of the table.
-You need to remove that text in the SERIES section of the table too, unless you have a forthcoming series named "***Insert series name and link to series page (if any)***."

[Isei]

^Do you think I should change the ratio to 1:1 then? Say, use up one water quanta to generate one fire quanta, instead of two.

That sounds like it might be a good choice.  Easy way to prevent it from being overpowered, and still works well with Steam Machines.