Onslaught | Onslaught

[The_GrimReaper]

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NAME: Onslaught ELEMENT: Fire COST: 4  TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: At the end of every turn deal 5 damage to the player with fewer creatures.	NAME: Onslaught ELEMENT: Fire COST: 4  TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: At the end of every turn deal 7 damage to the player with fewer creatures.

ART: The_GrimReaper IDEA: The_GrimReaper NOTES: If both players have the same amount of creatures, nothing happens. It is stackable, but I also considered increasing the damage and making it non-stackable. Any opinions? So, how is this supposed to buff flooding? Well, it can work in two different ways. On the one hand, this could be used for creature spam decks. Flooding then works as an effective counter and can completely turn the tide (figuratively and literally ). On the other hand, Onslaught is a two edged-sword when you use it. If the enemy gets out more creatures, you hurt yourself. Flooding - however - can make sure that he/she won't have more than 7 creatures (if he/she doesn't use immortals, water creatures or malignant cells). A possible deck for the second case: by The_GrimReaper Hover over cards for details, click for permalink Deck import code : [Select] 7ap 7ap 7ap 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 7f2 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gk 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gp 7h1 7h1 7h1 7h2 8pn 8pn 8pn 8pn ? are ment to be Onslaughts and Mitosis. Could need permafrost or something, but then again this is about the card and not about deckbuilding. SERIES:

Congratulations to Onslaught | Onslaught (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,23004.0.html) for winning the Honorable Mention award. While it has not won the competition it has also proven itself a well-made card.  If you like this card you may also be interested in the Winner, Psionic Shield | Psionic Barrier (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,22985.0.html) as well.

[rohlfo]

I like it
would be used in many decks I feel

[ZephyrPhantom]

It definitley fits with Fire's burn theme.  Consider this a weapon that stacks IMO.  For 4 quanta you deal 5 damage each turn only if you have enough creatures,  and it will damage you instead if your opponent uses a lot of creatures like  swarm deck or Malignant Cell mutants.  I think it's pretty well balanced, since it can be countered in multiple ways.

[OldTrees]

This card passes my sub challenge.

It increases Flooding's potential when not used in tandem by being countered by Flooding.
However The_GrimReaper surprised me with a card that also would work well with Flooding (although the sample deck could use more than 12 potential creatures IMO. Perhaps a trio?)

[The_GrimReaper]

Little update - art added.
Not quite what I envisioned first (Idea was involving some fire and a more interesting perspective), but my current art skills do set some limits to me. If you've got a nice image - let me know. If not I'll have to try improving it.
This was also taking longer than expected. In the end I got rather impatient, which is why Ivory dragon is lacking some movement and forest scorpion both anatomy and perspective. I'll let you figure out what the other 3 creatures are on your own. 
New deck is to follow tomorrow.
Btw: We're supposed to submit our cards to the crucible only after the challenge ends, right?

[ZephyrPhantom]

Btw: We're supposed to submit our cards to the crucible only after the challenge ends, right?

Yes.  Also I like how didn't limit the creatures in the art to just related ones.

[artimies7]

Just a note, stating the obvious: Not for use in swarm decks.

I think that if you stack it, decrease the power, cause 6x5 = 30 damage in the first 4, 5 turns alone in mono-fire. Not fun without permanent control. And that's unupgraded. Ouch.

[The_GrimReaper]

I think that if you stack it, decrease the power, cause 6x5 = 30 damage in the first 4, 5 turns alone in mono-fire. Not fun without permanent control. And that's unupgraded. Ouch.

Wel... One card I tried to compare this to was Lava Golem: The damage would be the same .The latter cost 1 more, but have the growth ability. They are weak to CC, but haven't got the "two-edged sword" aspect, leaving Antimatter aside. I'm not sure how to evaluate the last point, though. So more opinions on cost and damage are very appreciated.
Deck added in the opening post. I went for mitosis as I didn't really want to have a 40-50 cards deck without a real chance to test it.

[ZephyrPhantom]

Congratulations to Onslaught | Onslaught (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,23004.0.html) for winning the Honorable Mention award. While it has not won the competition it has also proven itself a well-made card.  If you like this card you may also be interested in the Winner, Psionic Shield | Psionic Barrier (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,22985.0.html) as well.

Interesting card here with both it's pros and cons. I would definitely be interested in seeing this in the game.

[Rutarete]

Congratulations to Onslaught | Onslaught (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,23004.0.html) for winning the Honorable Mention award. While it has not won the competition it has also proven itself a well-made card.  If you like this card you may also be interested in the Winner, Psionic Shield | Psionic Barrier (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,22985.0.html) as well.

Interesting card here with both it's pros and cons. I would definitely be interested in seeing this in the game.

Agreed

[Manipul8r]

I like this card.  It's grammatically incorrect, though, and should say 'fewer creatures' rather than 'less creatures'.

[Bieber4Ever98]

Art is awesome. I really like it.