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Crucible Archive / Re: Lich | Greater Lich (Phylactery | Phylactery)

« on: June 12, 2011, 07:05:36 pm »

You might wanna adjust the numbers a bit. Compare the unupped version to Immortal, which is immortal without conditions, and has better stats for the same cost.

Yeah, that's what I looked at to begin with.
Lich vs Immortal
-1 | +2, same cost, immortality can be removed via PC.

Greater Lich vs Elite Immortal
0 | +1, -1 quanta, immortality can be removed via PC., and a single 5 HP heal for an extra 3 .

They're close enough that I don't want to fudge with numbers quite yet.  Keep in mind though, that Lich can be improved by Nightfall | Eclipse, while to my knowledge, there is no buff for Immortal.  Should that be taken into account with the original cost?

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Crucible Archive / Re: Lich | Greater Lich (Phylactery | Phylactery)

« on: June 12, 2011, 06:44:50 pm »

Ah.  Haven't played M:TG in so long it's not even funny...and wow they've changed the front of cards.

Have they really ran out of expansion names so much they can only name them off the year of release now?  =P

Edit: Ange: Yes.  It's still in play, no matter who possesses it, it's still intact, so the Lich is still protected.  That, again, is in line with the current usage in Liches in things like World of Warcraft and D&D (what I know of it, anyways.)  I'll include that in the notes.

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Crucible Archive / Re: Lich | Greater Lich (Phylactery | Phylactery)

« on: June 12, 2011, 06:40:35 pm »

I have no idea what you're saying there. (edit: to Acsabi)

Patch: Because it's a Lich.  Phylacteries are vessels for Liches, and protects the essence of them.  They're unique to each Lich.  Imagine if they were Djinns and they spawned Rings or Lamps upon playing...same thing.

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Crucible Archive / Re: Lich | Greater Lich (Phylactery | Phylactery)

« on: June 12, 2011, 06:36:55 pm »

I thought about numbers, but it could easily get confused with counters.  Letters just seems too kludgy...perhaps colored background of both cards?  Or simply mousing over one highlights the other?

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Crucible Archive / Lich | Greater Lich

« on: June 12, 2011, 06:15:32 pm »

NAME: Lich ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7|7 TEXT: Phylactery is brought into play when cast.  If Phylactery is destroyed, Lich becomes 3|5.	NAME: Greater Lich ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 9|8 TEXT: Phylactery is brought into play when cast.  If Phylactery is destroyed, Greater Lich becomes 6|5.

ART: APGilberti IDEA: Smurrf NOTES: Continues the theme from Lich's Spirit that was designed for the Duality Challenge.  A Phylactery is spawned that can not be protected, but while it's in play the Lich is untouchable.  In case your side has no more room for permanents, Lich can still be played, but the Phylactery creation will fizzle, meaning your Lich can be targeted immediately and AP|HP loss is immediate.  If Phylactery is stolen, it is still intact, thus Lich is still protected. Change notes: Previous version was 3|5 || 5|5 to start and read "Phylactery is brought into play when Lich is played.  While Phylactery is in play, Lich is immortal." SERIES:

NAME: Phylactery ELEMENT: Other COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Solid.  Lich gains immortality while Phylactery is in play.	NAME: Phylactery ELEMENT: Other COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Solid. Greater Lich gains immortality while Phylactery is in play.

ART: arifiman (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/904854) IDEA: Smurrf NOTES: Linked to a single Lich | Greater Lich.  Linked cards could be shown by a thin border around card; different colors for different pairs of cards or a line drawn between the two. Solid: May not be made immaterial by means of Protect Artifact or similar abilities.  Reused concept from Life-Giving Cypress (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,26971.0.html). Change Note: Reduced casting cost from 3 to 0, moved Lich's immortality text to this card, removed one-time heal from upped. SERIES:

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Card Ideas and Art / Re: Lich's Spirit | Lich's Specter

« on: June 12, 2011, 05:28:20 pm »

Changed '...target generic creature...' to '...target passive creature...'

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In-game Troubleshooting / Re: Top50 never finding an opponent.

« on: June 12, 2011, 04:07:15 pm »

One possible solution: when you first log in, go *straight* to t50, don't hit anything else.  Doing that has allowed me to resume t50 farming today.

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Card Ideas and Art / Re: Lich's Spirit | Lich's Specter

« on: June 12, 2011, 02:48:07 pm »

Final comments before Rd 2 ends? If there's a balance issue, please let me know and I'll do what I can to fix it.

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Card Ideas and Art / Re: VOTING : Card Designer Challenge : Duality's Legacy (Round 1)

« on: June 12, 2011, 02:46:06 pm »

Bump to keep this on front page.  If you haven't voted yet, please do!

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Card Ideas and Art / Re: Lich's Spirit | Lich's Specter

« on: June 11, 2011, 10:15:59 pm »

Changed to target any creature without an activatable ability.  If anyone can come up with a better term for that than 'generic', I'll adjust card accordingly.  Deck change in a little bit.

Edit: Deck changed.

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Card Ideas and Art / Re: Lich's Spirit | Lich's Spirit

« on: June 11, 2011, 07:15:42 pm »

What if I went with a more radical cost / change, a la Archangel's +6|+1 for 3 quanta more?  Maybe make it cost 8 , and have it be 3|6 or 4|6 for the upped version?

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Design Theory / Re: Pseudoquanta

« on: June 11, 2011, 03:07:21 pm »

I should make something known to you guys, just so I know that you all know. ^^;

The only pseudoquanta cards that will not be allowed into the current system will be the ones not using the pseudoquanta icons. Hence, the reason why Copy Pillar | Copy Tower was moved to Crucible this past week without hindrance.

If CP/CT was put in, shouldn't that read "...that will be allowed into...", not "that will not be allowed into..."?