Shard | Shard of Protection

[Ant-n-ero]

Beccause PA only protects 1 cluster - not all your perms!
this can be used in mono-aether to save your dim.shields from being destroyed/stolen so I would deffo use this
then because of mono-aether I can use Fractal  and have (1 + 8 )*2= 18 artifacts protected already

Agreed - should be immaterial - that wasy it is 2 no-matter what - no screwing around with BB and Heal or w/e
if they want to kill perms - they best do it with Butterfly or Pulv then - instead of spell cards!

Fixed his math

thanks - I'll edit the actual post too -- stupid emoticons 

[Bloodshadow]

I will NOT make this immaterial. If this is immaterial, then there is no reason for this card to be a creature; a simple permanent with two charges will be better.

If it's OP with Basilisk Blood, then I'll make the skill active so it only works when SoP is not in stasis.

[GG]

Creature: red, cyan
Permanent: green, magenta
Spell: blue, yellow

i'm beginning to feel like zanzario could be avoiding this pattern just to make people like you get pissed off

what are you gonna make for the magenta one? i noe that u already made that shard of vengeance for red, but i don't think i've seen magenta.

[SeddyRocky]

Do make it so that it only works when not in statis. Otherwise this plus auburn nymph (or even just a single basilisk blood) = immortal permanents. OF course adrenaline could fix that, but to use 3 cards... probably better to just use 3 PA then.

[Bloodshadow]

This ability does NOT work when SoP is in any form of stasis. This is to prevent Basilisk Blood abuse.
This ability is active; it can be lobotomized.

I've changed the ability from passive to active. First post is updated.

what are you gonna make for the magenta one? i noe that u already made that shard of vengeance for red, but i don't think i've seen magenta.

I have already made the magenta shard. It is called the Shard of Acumen (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,7180.0.html).

Oh, and Zanz might actually be considering my SoV as the next new shard. He said it was pretty good when I last saw him in chat.

[Ant-n-ero]

does this mean it can be lobotomised off??
good

[ratcharmer]

YES! the game NEEDS this.

Seriously, while more and more methods of permanent control have been popping up earth has maintained a complete monopoly on the only card that can actually DO anything about permanent control.

The shard looks balanced in my opinion (and the balance could easily be adjusted by changing the cost/hp) and could go into a deck of any element.

All without making protect artifact redundant.

I hope this makes it into the game.

[bojengles77]

Yeah. This+basalisk blood+momentum+quintessence - oh wait, that's like, a LOT of cards just to protect your permanents O.o

Basilisk blood + quint = 26 dmg that can't be done manually, ie you have 8 permanents protected no matter what - that seems like a worthwhile card combo, especially considering quint is part of almost every rainbow deck.

[MaxMilen]

Agreed with many of the other posters, this is good. We've been needing another way to defend permanents.

Also, I agree that this shouldn't be immortal. We've already shown that the Basilisk Blood combo isn't all that great, and what else are people gonna do? Blessing only gives one extra charge (and makes it vulnerable to Fire Buckler/Spine Carapace); Heavy Armor gives it two extra charges but that's hardly OP; Archangel gives it potentially infinite charges but only if you can keep both alive... I see the card being very useful, but not OP.

[majofa]

i like the concept of this shard.. maybe basilisk blood would actually be used lol

[Kuroaitou]

I just realized something.

"When one of your permanents is targeted, that targeting fails and Shard of Protection gains -0/-3."

By "targeted", doesn't this mean that when you play this card, you can NOT use PA/EA on your permanents without damaging the shard? O_o

...hm...

Silly me, BloodShadow pays more to attention that I ever will, and I fail at reading comprehension.

[Bloodshadow]

Exactly, Kuroaitou. That's what it says on the notes.