Grains of the Minute | Grains of the Hour

[EmeraldTiger]

NAME: Grains of the Minute ELEMENT: Time COST: 5 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target player draws 2 cards.	NAME: Grains of the Hour ELEMENT: Time COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target player draws till hand is full. Consume for each card beyond the third.

ART: EmeraldTiger IDEA: EmeraldTiger NOTES: Upped: If is not available for consumption, player only draws for the quanta they do have. SERIES:

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NAME: Grains of the Minute ELEMENT: Time COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target player draws 2 cards.	NAME: Grains of the Hour ELEMENT: Time COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target player draws till hand is full.

ART: EmeraldTiger IDEA: EmeraldTiger NOTES: SERIES:

[CleanOnion]

Seems quite OP to me - Hourglass costs 4 and the ability costs 2 , plus summoning sickness means it takes 2 turns. The ability to target should surely increase the cost.

I can see the upped version being massively abused in rush decks.

My sense of balance could be completely off. Any other thoughts?

[foxrain4]

Seems quite OP to me - Hourglass costs 4 and the ability costs 2 , plus summoning sickness means it takes 2 turns. The ability to target should surely increase the cost.

I can see the upped version being massively abused in rush decks.

My sense of balance could be completely off. Any other thoughts?

Fractal requires 10  to fill your hand and remaining  is consumed.
i would kinda agree Grains of the Hour is slightly on the overpowered side.

[UndeadSpider1990]

Ditto, the upped looks much too dangerous. It'd only take 2 supernovas then you could clear out your hand of graboids etc and get a whole new hand to replace them. Alternatively in a drawn-out game make the opponent draw up to 8 cards for deckout. It needs a big cost increase and possibly drain to stop you chaining them.

[Rutarete]

What if there was a limit for when this can be used? Such as 'this can only be used when the target has X r more/less cards in his/her hand.'
Also, the shortening of until is 'til.

[UndeadSpider1990]

What if there was a limit for when this can be used? Such as 'this can only be used when the target has X r more/less cards in his/her hand.'

Requiring X or less cards still seems broken to me, as you could still empty your hand and just leave this 'til last. (Note 'til )

Requiring X or more seems more reasonable. As in, you can only use it if you have, say, 3 or more other cards in your hand. Meaning it can draw you up to 5 cards maximum. Still sounds OP though for just 4 . SoSer gets you 3 totally random cards for only 1 less.

[UndeadSpider1990]

I think Emerald Tiger just made this card to showcase his fabulous art work

[EmeraldTiger]

Is that better?

[Fippe94]

The unupped looks horribly UP right now. Compare with SoBr or precog. 9 quanta to draw 2 cards is just too much.

[EmeraldTiger]

Put these there so I could have a visual reference. My original thought for cost was more accurate,( at least for the unupped.)

It would be 4-5 for the unupped and 4   absorb    for the upped?

[Rutarete]

The unupped looks horribly UP right now. Compare with SoBr or precog. 9 quanta to draw 2 cards is just too much.

9? Am I missing something or was it a typo for 5?

[EmeraldTiger]

no there was an in between version