Tainted Source | Corrupted Source

[Egaborg]

I think you should change this card's element to Death . The way I visualize this card is like this:
My opponent has the so called "Fountain of Youth", making him almost immortal. Then, in order for me to beat him, I use my spells to pollute his pure water... killing him from the inside out.
How does that sounds?

[torioto]

Is it possible to make it a permanent?

[Higurashi]

Sure, if that means the effect will wear off when it's destroyed. That would balance it out quite well, in fact.

[AeonSiege]

@egaborg yeah that my idea about the card, just that at the moment I didn't thought about , I don't know why.

@torioto Well..., of course it could be a permanent. The thing is that the whole idea about the poisoned water makes it hard to visualize as a permanent. So, if people wants to have something to counter it I think Purify could do the trick.

@Higurashi Don't worry about the balance, I am making my own analysis and I will increase the costs of both soon. I just want more votes, and even if I don't get the votes I want I will change it.

thanks torioto for the purify idea.


Please vote

[AeonSiege]

And those who think this card should be any element, except from darkness and death, please post what element you think it should be.

[Higurashi]

I never worry. 8)
What I said was that it would be a nice way to balance it. Two birds with one stone.
It's easy to visualise for me. Install a machine or magical source that taints the source of the healing. Remove the taint, and the healing source becomes pure again. Hell, the tainting source could even destroy the healing source if it's removed, if you want it work that way. That would be pretty cool too.

[Egaborg]

Well, there are a lot of things that can cause pollution these days... Maybe you can find something with that idea in mind.

[AeonSiege]

I never worry. 8)
What I said was that it would be a nice way to balance it. Two birds with one stone.
It's easy to visualise for me. Install a machine or magical source that taints the source of the healing. Remove the taint, and the healing source becomes pure again. Hell, the tainting source could even destroy the healing source if it's removed, if you want it work that way. That would be pretty cool too.

I always imagine a source of healing like a water source. Obviously there could be a machine tainting the water, but when the machine is destroyed/stolen what happens with the already tainted water? It's still tainted. You cannot destroy/steal the poison mixed in the water without destroying/stealing the water. The same happens with the flow of tainted energy, the energy is mixed with some kind of poison.

I just like to make my cards physically and theoretically accurate with our world in some way, and that's why what you tell me doesn't make sense to me.

[Higurashi]

No, it doesn't remain tainted since the flow constantly replaces the stream. In order to keep it tainted, you need to have a constant flow of taint, otherwise the flow would just replace itself. You have to take from the healing source every turn to make it have any effect, and it can't be the same energies you use every time. It's a constant flow.

[AeonSiege]

You are imagining the water source as a river and that's not my idea. My idea of the water source is more like a cup of wine with poison in it, thus no incoming flow. The only flow comes from the already tainted shard, antimattered creature, vampire creature, or feral bond, etc. There's no new flow replacing the tainted flow in the shard, antimattered creature, vampire creature, or feral bond, etc. This spell was intended to represent a potent venom that could kill a person in only one use, but because this is a game it would be no fun if it killed the opponent in 1 turn, therefore it does damage over time when infecting something.

Obviously if this card requires to be a permanent to be balanced then it could be changed to that, but right now I don't think this card is OP in any way except for cost.

[AeonSiege]

Card has been changed. Cost has been changed to more or less an average of all thing this card can target and taking in consideration people's opinion. I don't think this card is OP in any way because right now in some cases this card could be one with no use, like in rush deck were there is no healing involved.

[~Napalm]

I like it. It fit's the element and is a counter to healing spam.