Arena card number

[furballdn]

The majority of arena decks use 35 card decks for speed, so why not encourage more creativity? Everyday the Oracle would either give you a number or range between two numbers, and then you either have to, or get a bonus for building an arena deck that has fits the card count that he gives you.

[harvest117]

I'm thinking you could go even further with this idea and have specially tailored conditions that come with bonuses. You would have a cool way to experience PVP tournament-style deck-building because of all the limits. The oracle could generate 3 additional conditions that affect how you build your deck and it could include things like:

• No [specific creature/spell/weapon] and could be biased towards cards like Miracle or Novas or something
• Use at least X of [card] where the card is not a pillar/tower/pendulum and X is less than or equal to 6
• As you suggested, the number of cards in your deck should fall in a certain range
• Use a particular mark

And say the bonus was, for all 3 conditions met, your Arena Deck would get +10 HP, as though you spent a couple of skill points towards Hit Points. Realistically, the bonus wouldn't be an extra skill point since point spending is done before you build your deck; from a programming perspective, the addition of these conditions is difficult enough without complicating the deck-building phases.

This would be a good balance since it doesn't affect the Arena opponents too much, and it achieves the goal of encouraging creative deck-building, albeit with a reward. Though in all honesty, the Arena just seems like a way to make money. Creating incentive for the submission of original decks seems a challenge in itself.

[furballdn]

More conditions would be nice. Perhaps, for each condition you fulfill, the more money you make per win?

[harvest117]

That sounds even better. In general, I think this type of reward would be totally up to the player while still keeping the Arena rules the same. Maybe this can be a temporary solution to the main problem people have with the Arena: the AI isn't versatile enough for what the players have in mind when they submit a deck. What could be potential wins fall apart because the cards aren't played properly, hence, 35 card decks that make the best of improved marks and HPs to attack fast and hard.

[FIQ]

I like the idea, but wouldn't this make Arena a lot easier than it is now?