Weaken | Weaken

[Dragoon1140]

NAME: Weaken ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: --- ABILITY: Target's ability cost is doubled.	NAME: Weaken ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 1 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: --- ABILITY: Target's ability cost is doubled.

ART: Dragoon1140  (All homemade) IDEA: Dragoon1140 NOTES: This can target creatures AND permanents AND weapons, basically anything with an ability that, you know, can be doubled.  Yes, this can stack with multiple doses, so with two castings you can make an Eternity's ability cost 12 . Pretty basic, there isn't much to explain otherwise. SERIES: ---

[Bloodshadow]

LOL, this used six times on a Purple Nymph... It would require 256 to cast Antimatter!

And then, I use SoR on the Nymph. You: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Great idea, I like it.

[actionjack]

interesting idea... many usage for it... I would like to see it in game. 

[Dragoon1140]

Great idea, I like it.

Thank you good sir.

Yes, you can make an ability cost extremely high, but you are dedicating 6 cards towards the cause.   

[dragonhuman]

I think it should have a new name, when I think of weaken I think of attack/ hp permanently lowered

[Dragoon1140]

I think it should have a new name, when I think of weaken I think of attack/ hp permanently lowered

Well are you not putting more strain on the monster to activate its ability, thus weakening it?  I mean it's not the greatest name in the world, I'll admit, but it seems to fit the cards logistics well enough.

[ManOfManySpoons]

Perhaps a name like Burden or Strain would work? 

I like the idea a lot.  It's useful, good anti-rainbow utility, but not game-breaking unless you dedicate multiples of this card to shutting down one opponent creature. 

[Avenger]

Instead of doubling, why not just add one (or two).
(Then it could counter SoR).
People use SoR to avoid having quanta production for the ability.

[thekillergame]

Instead of doubling, why not just add one (or two).

then it would be UP.

[jamesdyer680]

Instead of doubling, why not just add one (or two).

then it would be UP.

It'll definetly would be UP then,nothing works that way well enough...

[Dragoon1140]

I agree with the above statements, with that effect not having enough impact to warrant a card.

However, after reading the posts, I realized that this would also give more use to SoR, since players up against a mark will know to at least pack one for a creature or two.  That doesn't save their permanents, however.   8)

[Hyroen]

Love it, but the name is definitely too generic, you could weaken HP, ATK, a skill, increase a cost, all of these would be to Weaken.

Try and select a name that you could think to yourself... "That applies best to Skill Cost as opposed to decreasing HP, ATK, etc."

Oh, but 1 thing, why the large drop in cost when upgraded?