Blessed Soil | Blessed Soil

[ARTHANASIOS]

NAME: Blessed Soil ELEMENT: Earth COST: 1 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: All the burrowed creatures gain +1/+1.	NAME: Blessed Soil ELEMENT: Earth COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: All the burrowed creatures gain +2/+1.

ART: ARTHANASIOS IDEA: ARTHANASIOS NOTES: The art here is not of great quality, however I really like the ability of this card. This may be the buff Antlions so deeply deserve! The idea came with by looking at Nightfall|Eclipse and realising that this card, along with Flooding, are the only permanents which affect both sides of the field at the same time. Simultaneously, I though that burrowed creatures really need a buff. As a result, Blessing Soil was created.  This card's mechanics are similar with Nightfall | Eclipse. In Devourer's case, I don't think Blessed Soil and Nightfall buffs should stack, so only the greater buff would apply on Devourer|Pest.  Let's see how burrowed creatures are changed: *Antlion burrowed stats are 1|3, with Blessed Soil it becomes 2|4 (3|4 with upped Blessed Soil). *Elite Antlion burrowed stats are 2|4, with Blessed Soil it becomes 3|5 (4|5 with upped Blessed Soil). *Graboid burrowed stats are 2|3, with Blessed Soil it becomes 3|4 (4|4 with upped Blessed Soil). *Elite Graboid burrowed stats are 2|3, with Blessed Soil it becomes 3|4 (4|4 with upped Blessed Soil). *Shrieker burrowed stats are 4|3, with Blessed Soil it becomes 5|4 (6|4 with upped Blessed Soil). *Elite Shrieker burrowed stats are 5|4, with Blessed Soil it becomes 6|5 (7|5 with upped Blessed Soil). *Devourer burrowed stats are 0|2, with Blessed Soil it becomes 1|3 (2|3 with upped Blessed Soil). *Pest burrowed stats are 0|4, with Blessed Soil it becomes 1|5 (2|5 with upped Blessed Soil). Lore:  Several Elementals loyal to perform luminescent rituals with Photons into various places in order to act as wards against their opponents, especially the and entities. After a long period of time, the quantum energy from these rituals is weakened, falls onto the soil and it is absorbed by it. As a result, slowly but steadily the soil becomes blessed. However, a simple passenger or even a powerful Elemental who walks on this soil doesn't recieve any type of blessing, but if a creature digs withing the ground, a positive energy will cover it for as long as it remains underground. Antlions and Graboids have learnt to detect Blessed Soils like these and use them in order to strike with greater force their opponents. Burrowed creatures will have their vengeance at last! SERIES:

[Rutarete]

Reserved for comment later

[Elbirn]

I like it, but with such a strong  theme/influence, wouldn't it make sense for the cost to be 1 instead of 1 ?

[ARTHANASIOS]

I like it, but with such a strong  theme/influence, wouldn't it make sense for the cost to be 1 instead of 1 ?

Yes, it would. However, since and are considered allied elements, I don't think a cost's change is needed. There are other card examples which cost quanta while having abilities that resemble another element. Echant Artifact | Protect Artifact makes a permanent immaterial, and immaterial is a ability, but Enchant/Protect costs quanta instead of . Furthermore, Stone Skin heals you, which is a and skill, however it costs quanta.
However, if people still think that its name fits much more than it fits I will probably change its name to Enchanted Soil or something...
Thanks for the feedback.

[OdinVanguard]

Will this stack with itself? What about Nightfall / Eclipse ... I would assume not since you are going with a nightfall like theme, but I didn't see it mentioned in notes.

[ARTHANASIOS]

Will this stack with itself? What about Nightfall / Eclipse ... I would assume not since you are going with a nightfall like theme, but I didn't see it mentioned in notes.

I've fixed the notes. And yes, it follows Nightfall's mechanics.

[storyteller]

very similar to the idea I had here

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,24312.msg310409.html#msg310409

almost made crucible.

[Annele]

CURATOR COMMENT

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