Fire Ward | Fire Ward

[Kuroaitou]

The description should read as: if any of your permanents are isdestroyed or stolen...

Otherwise, I'm really liking this shield. I know fire users would LOVE to have this (even though they don't have any permanents besides pillars), or anyone else who likes splashing into  . I voted for your newer version, but I have to ask: if someone were to topple 2-3 pillars with Quicksand/Trident, will they correspondingly take 20-30 damage a hit?

[IStoneI]

just to clarify: of course not its supposed to trigger once per quicksand.

still, i see a problem with coding in regard to the shield version, since the effect is not removed after its triggered once, like with the spell version.

i have to guess, that earthquake/quicksand simply work as destroying 3 layers of pillars (like if you're using 3 explosions in succesion, but in one card). so it could be pretty difficult to implement. well, time will tell.

[IStoneI]

ok, guys. sorry for the late change, but i really wanted to add this third option. its essentially a compromise between the spell and the shield version.

also added all versions to the first post for convenience.

youre able to change votes, if you like and the poll will still be up a view days, so i figured it hopefully wont do too much damage to the outcome. i just hope there will be more people to vote.

[IStoneI]

the people have spoken. shield it is. now ill just have to get a curator, to comment.

[dragonhuman]

so if you destroy your own permanents your opponent loses 10 life?

[IStoneI]

nope, its the third point in the notes. i also made it indestructible, since the purpose of this card is to get a new mechanic, to counter all the ways, to destroy permanents, without being dependant on earth mana and protect artifact.

[Kael Hate]

Does the Glyph on the Shield mean anything?

[Bloodshadow]

Does the Glyph on the Shield mean anything?

I think it's the Chinese character for fire, "火".

[Kael Hate]

Does the Glyph on the Shield mean anything?

I think it's the Chinese character for fire, "火".

The stroke Pattern isn't the same with the kick to the right instead of the left and the ring on the left makes the big difference. Good chance it isn't chinese or japanese.

[Bloodshadow]

Well, that glyph resembles the character "fire", and this happens to be a Fire card. I'm willing to bet that this isn't a coincidence. The glyph is probably a somewhat stylized version of the character.

[IStoneI]

^^actually no. if they look alike, its a coincidence. i drew it with the calligraphy tool in inkscape and just wanted it to look somehow "magicy" and a little bit like resembling a flame. (although, i am not completely surprised, since i knew, that many chinese symbols have a knack of looking like what they are supposed to represent.)

but if it looks similar to the chinese symbol for fire, the better. it gives the symbol some actual meaning.

[Arondight]

Lots of Japanese and Chinese characters are made to resemble pictures, actually. So, that's pretty neat how similar they turned out.

One funny example is 大 (oo). It's the character for describing big things; supposedly represents a person spreading his arms and legs out. Well, that's what I learned in kindergarten at least.