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Elements the Game => Cards => Earth => Topic started by: Terroking on January 24, 2010, 03:18:23 am

Title: Earthquake | Quicksand
Post by: Terroking on January 24, 2010, 03:18:23 am
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Cards/Earthquake.png)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Cards/Upgrade.png)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Cards/Quicksand.png)
Earthquake
NAME
Quicksand
Earth
ELEMENT
Earth
3 :earth
COST
2 :earth
Spell
TYPE
Spell
-
STATS
-
Common
RARITY
Upgraded
57 | 39
BUY | SELL
Impossible | 1158
593
CARD CODE
77j

WIKI PAGE:
http://elementscommunity.org/wiki/cards-earth/earthquake-quicksand/
USES: Earthquake/Quicksand can be devastating to your opponent when played early in the game.  Because of this fact, it is recommended to bring 4+ in most decks, only with a few exceptions.  Earthquake is a strong form of denial, and synergizes well with both discord and reverse time.
EXAMPLE DECK:
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Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: Reasoner on February 24, 2010, 05:26:35 am
love this card, very evil ( >:D) if you get it at the start. i got people veeeeeeeeery angry at me because i use it in pvp
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: Kael Hate on April 01, 2010, 07:46:57 am
Anyone feel this is even more overpowered now with the 1.21 changes?

Simply because the key cards are more expensive than ever and Earthquake is a long term denial of resource you either have to rush in mono or lose. The only solution is protect artifact and that is a turn to slow to match against an opponent who has the opening turn.

Any suggestions on countering if you think it isn't OP?
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: xdude on April 01, 2010, 02:48:29 pm
Quote from: Kael Hate on April 01, 2010, 07:46:57 am
Anyone feel this is even more overpowered now with the 1.21 changes?

Simply because the key cards are more expensive than ever and Earthquake is a long term denial of resource you either have to rush in mono or lose. The only solution is protect artifact and that is a turn to slow to match against an opponent who has the opening turn.

Any suggestions on countering if you think it isn't OP?
Oh, cmon! How could you say this is OP? I mean for 2 quanta it only destroys 3 pillars, leaving you with no chance for a good start and thus dead... Yeah, pretty OP IMO.
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: Dreadshadow on April 11, 2010, 06:11:43 am
Well Quicksland is not very OP.
It just needs to be a little more expensive than it is.
But seriously, to get it in hand on the begining you spend 5 or 6 slots in your deck.
IT isn't for the begining imo. But you can own somebody with Quicksland
plus something from the folowing:
Pulveriser
Butterfly Effect (dam!!!)
Steal
Explode.

After 5 rounds, you can play and he can't.
If you make a pillar destruct concept though, you might have some game balancing issues (you might need more than 2 quantums).

I don't know, maybe a study on every strategy versus this card might give good results about if it is OP or not.

Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: Kael Hate on April 14, 2010, 04:35:07 pm
I gave some suggestions to fix it here in the OVERPOWERED cards poll.

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,4031.msg44199#msg44199

Currently has 48 votes for being overpowered and is more than 20% more votes than the next card on the list.
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: manaboy100 on September 28, 2010, 09:03:53 am
I wish Quicksand is the name of the upped one, because Seism = Earthquake rite?
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: burne on September 28, 2010, 06:03:49 pm
With the coming of pendulum cards, quicksand is far less powerfull
(execpt against rainbow that rely on quantum pillar)
 
I would like to see more quanta denial cards to fight against those first.
Like one card that destroy one pillar in each pillar stack.
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: coinich on September 28, 2010, 06:10:43 pm
Wait, why is Earthquake less powerful against pendulums?  Its that much stronger when you can attack two quanta sources at once.
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: smuglapse on September 28, 2010, 07:48:27 pm
Quote from: coinich on September 28, 2010, 06:10:43 pm
Wait, why is Earthquake less powerful against pendulums?  Its that much stronger when you can attack two quanta sources at once.
It really depends on what you are facing.  A true duo deck with equal number of towers will gain reliability by switching them all to pendulums.  In that scenario, EQ is more powerful.

In a mono, pendulums can divide the usual 1 stack into 2, making EQ less powerful.
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: 918273645 on November 24, 2010, 06:13:20 pm
I spy an image that needs updating. It now takes out pends.
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: TheCrazyMango on November 24, 2010, 06:17:12 pm
i think the cost should be 3/4
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: JaguarLive on March 14, 2011, 12:19:25 pm
It is quite op, unupped, it costs 3 earth to take out 3 pillars/pendulums. This is already quite OP in the sense that it denies future quantum. But then when it is upped, it only costs 2 to destroy 3......this is so annoying. Im not an earth user but if i did use earth, I would definitely have this card in my deck as it would deny the enemy from an early start.
Title: Re: Earthquake/Quicksand
Post by: Jacky Nipper on May 28, 2011, 11:54:04 am
I like such type of cards, nice one.
Title: Re: Earthquake | Quicksand
Post by: DarkElves on January 05, 2012, 02:02:55 pm
Love this card - just started playing and I see this is a force to contend with...

 :darkness :earth
Title: Re: Earthquake | Quicksand
Post by: victor_hrb on May 25, 2013, 09:45:30 pm
earthquake + devourer = Mana nightmare for your oponent. really enjoy this card
blarg: Terroking