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This kindof undermine titanium/diamond shield. Earth has to pay so much more quanta for the one extra block :/I agree. I kind of think that both shields, the unupgraded and upgraded version, should only block one damage.
Kill target creature with less attack than cleaver. Cleaver's attack is halved after using this ability.Oops. Read that wrong.Cremation gets you 9 quanta, no?What he means is that it takes two Cremations to get a single Dragon, while just one Cremation can get a Destroyer AND two Minor Phoenixes.
9 x 2 = 18
Ruby dragon = 12
18 - 12 = 6/2 (minor phoenix cost) = 3 minor phoenixes + ruby dragon
Great analysis Memorystick.What do you have in mind for the skill, then, that could be relevant to the name of a Sphinx?
From a brief glance and check I think Memorystick slightly underestimated the power of this card but identified the correct ballpark.
Retribution the major problem is that you are trying to have a powerful skill on a mid sized creature.
I would do one of:
Drop the stats like a stone and find a new name
Raise the cost to near that of Anubis and let them partition different deck types
or Drop the skill and create a minor [.45quanta value skill for Sphinx]
Do you think it would be more balancing to lower it's HP to 2|3 or to slightly increase the cost?Not all- Ice Bolt (with less than 10I'm not sure comparing this to Mummy is such a good idea. I think Mummy is pretty much a way for newbies to access Pharaoh, even though it requires a duo and two cards to do so (or a trio to use devour), although it does work well in a death rush. In addition to that, it seems to me that mass-quint, even if temporary (which I assume it is) should warrant more than a +1 cost compared to Mummy. If anything, it reminds me of Cloak, with the condition that only Time-element creatures can be affected (although unupped affects both sides, like Pandemonium) Cloak is 4Thing is, though. If the opponent has any non-AoE creature control your sphinx will die in an instant, and the immortality will disappear. It's just like forcing the opponent to use their first CC on this card, instead of having a choice. I don't think it warrants that high of a cost.-> 3
-> 5
(from attack) + 2
), Drain Life (less than 10
*Fire Bolt (less than 10 fire quanta) and Rain of Fire can be added to that list for the upped version, and unupped oty could be added for both, as long as it's not buffed
I'm not sure comparing this to Mummy is such a good idea. I think Mummy is pretty much a way for newbies to access Pharaoh, even though it requires a duo and two cards to do so (or a trio to use devour), although it does work well in a death rush. In addition to that, it seems to me that mass-quint, even if temporary (which I assume it is) should warrant more than a +1 cost compared to Mummy. If anything, it reminds me of Cloak, with the condition that only Time-element creatures can be affected (although unupped affects both sides, like Pandemonium) Cloak is 4Thing is, though. If the opponent has any non-AoE creature control your sphinx will die in an instant, and the immortality will disappear. It's just like forcing the opponent to use their first CC on this card, instead of having a choice. I don't think it warrants that high of a cost.
what i meant was if it was a time was targeted by say a lightning, the sphinx would take the damage, not gravity pull you can raise the health of it moreThat's pretty much what this card already does.
I think the unupped one needs to be nerfed a bit. Generally unupped creatures cost 1Well, I compared the unupgraded sphinx with mummy, which is 5|3 for 4/ attack point, then there's a cost for it's ability. So maybe either a lower it's stat's to 4|3, or up it's cost to 6.
I like the concept of the card though. It basically functions as an unavoidable CC magnet, which can help you protect some other frail/expensive creature if you want.Another idea for the guardian theme, the sphinx could prevent negative statuses from affecting your time guys.The negative statuses idea could work, but that feals more like a light thing to me.
Or for a different way of guarding, it could enter the field poisoned and count as a dimensional shield until destroyed. Would need to be expensive and not have much hp, but would be interesting.
The dim shield idea woudn't really work cause you could just toss BB on it.
. It already has an ability, and because this ability is stronger I gave it a +1 cost.
