Whats supposed to be the spirit of this card, unionruler? And people doesnt seem to have any problems to afford RoL, Pests and Minor Phoenix, I think.
Icy,
1. isnt aether also good at stall the game? And 10 cards is something pretty fast, isnt it? 20, maybe in a poorly constructed deck, or with some severe bad luck.
2. 4 mass creature control? Hmmm, I assume you are counting Unstable Gas and Thunderstorm, together to RoF and Plague. Dunno if they are really that efficient to "crush" Fractal. They are a mere delay against Minor Phoenix, and against RoL, they really dont count, once a clever player will still have a RoL and a Fractal in hand for an emergency. Pests can burrow, and have 4 HP, so really not easy to eliminate.
3. Because people like fast games, maybe? Dunno how this argument can help to prove that Fractal is not OP. And as rush decks usually have poor or no control, so yeah, Fractal decks have potential to defeat rush decks, even with Dim Shield, and with Hope and Lobotomizer its even much easier.
Fractal is OP, period. This is not really a bad thing, we are supposed to have powerfull cards to use. I disliked a lot the nerf of cards like Steal. The change like I have suggested would make it more balanced. Would 3 copies of any creature for 5 quanta (and no draining) be a bad card? Of course it wouldnt, but you are accostumed to the OP Fractal, probably you use it a lot, and dont want it being changed. Easy to understand, but nothing you said proves that Fractal is not OP. But again, I like the game having some OP cards, no problem to me.
