Iridium Warden | Vanadium Warden

[QuantumT]

Iridium Warden NAME Vanadium Warden Earth ELEMENT Earth 1 COST 1 Creature TYPE Creature 0/3 STATS 0/6 Common RARITY Upgraded 25 | 17 BUY | SELL Impossible | 1157 596 CARD CODE 77m WIKI PAGE: http://elementscommunity.org/wiki/cards-earth/iridium-warden-vanadium-warden/ USES: Iridium Warden is a utility creature capable of stunning and damaging enemy creatures via the Guard ability, depending on whether they are airborne and if the Warden is capable of dealing damage to the opponent (i.e. – buffed).  It can be paired with Basilisk Blood and Titanium Shield to provide total lockdown to oppenent's decks which are creature based in damage.  Its cheap cost can help to act as a diversion to draw CC away from your damaging creatures although Iridium Warden is quite susceptible to death itself with only 3 HP. EXAMPLE DECK: by QuantumT Hover over cards for details, click for permalink Deck import code : [Select] 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58q 58q 58q 58q 58q 58q 58s 58s 58v 58v 595 595 595 595 595 595 596 596 596 596 8pl

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[majofa]

Delays the creature and itself for one turn.
If the Warden has attack, it will also do that amount of damage to that creature.

Warden can target airborne creatures and delay them, however it cannot damage them.

If the Warden has a negative attack value, the creature gains HP (max HP).

[TimerClock14]

whoa, new card? Epic.

[funerallaughter]

wait, so does it only stun or, if its attack it raised, it damages the target too?

[Shantu]

Lovely. Great synergy with buff cards, but works without them too.

How it works: unupped, it's 0/3. You use its skill on a graviton guard (3/5) and it is delayed by 1 turn. Next turn, you play a blessing on it and the warden becomes 3/6. Then you block the graviton guard again, which is delayed again but also takes 3 damage and becomes 3/2.

Oh, btw, here is the full picture if you can't make out anything (by Zanz):

[willng3]

So far the consensus is that the delay on top of the damage is too much.  I'm in favor of this suggestion:

[01:43:40] zanzarino: I still have to decide if in doing so the warden should skip 1 turn as well.

I think a 1 turn cool down would be more than fair.

[funerallaughter]

I'm having qualms about it being able to be played off the mark on top of being perfectly spammable; is testing opening soon?

[willng3]

I'm having qualms about it being able to be played off the mark on top of being perfectly spammable; is testing opening soon?

This card is available for testing in the trainer.

[Essence]

Haven't tested it yet, but the idea is solid.  Offhand, I'd say it needs that 1-turn cooldown, or it needs to cost 3 in both incarnations (to keep it from being easily spammable w/Mark or Supernova.)

[OldTrees]

Nice. Might deserve a cost increase rather than a cool down. (might be balanced)
However it is a new mechanic for Earth. Just what the doctor ordered.

[PlayerOa]

Agree with OT, a cost increase would do the thing.
Anyway, nice card that would love.

[QuantumT]

I'm not really feeling earth getting reusable cc that's better than EE.