[Official] Reflective Shield | Mirror Shield

[OldTrees]

When a balanced card is a problem, a berf is in order.

[eaglgenes101]

For bolt decks, stick in a nova and a reflective shield and bounce the bolts on your own shield.
For UG decks, stick in some dragons.
For SoW decks, hold back SoW if you think the opponent has reflective shields.

[Chapuz]

This belongs to the humor section, right? It's pretty much like the "nerf kitty" thread.

[sammybrahh]

I think the current standings of the poll show just how ridiculous and pointless this thread is.

[bogtro]

More seriously: This card acts as a hard counter to a very small portion of decks. This makes it an extremely weak card due to situationality. It is similar to the old purify, which did nothing but remove poison and provide minimal healing. Other than the situationality, it is actually relatively balanced. Some sort of change is in order, probably a buff-berf.

[eaglgenes101]

More seriously: This card acts as a hard counter to a very small portion of decks. This makes it an extremely weak card due to situationality. It is similar to the old purify, which did nothing but remove poison and provide minimal healing. Other than the situationality, it is actually relatively balanced. Some sort of change is in order, probably a buff-berf.

reflective shield + something else to handle physical damage = complete lockdown

[AP579]

Nice to hear that I can't deal 5 damage to the other person.

Bolts? Please, please, PLEASE tell me how often fire bolts are used over creatures.
A duo-deck with two bolts? Have fun getting outrushed.

This belongs in humor in my honest opinion.

[OldTrees]

This is not a humor thread.

The positions in this thread:
1) This card is fair - weak against not bolt decks and unfair to bolt decks -> Berf
2) This card is unfair to bolt decks -> Berf
3) This card does not need a nerf -> No Berf?

[Annele]

When a balanced card is a problem, a berf is in order.

Lolzy 



No one uses bolt stalls anymore due to the quanta limit.

[freemod1espilon]

More seriously: This card acts as a hard counter to a very small portion of decks. This makes it an extremely weak card due to situationality. It is similar to the old purify, which did nothing but remove poison and provide minimal healing. Other than the situationality, it is actually relatively balanced. Some sort of change is in order, probably a buff-berf.

reflective shield + something else to handle physical damage = complete lockdown

Like this?

[OldTrees]

When a balanced card is a problem, a berf is in order.

Lolzy 

No one uses bolt stalls anymore due to the quanta limit.

Bolt stalls were removed long before the quanta limit. (Fire Stall was assisted by Farenheit) To be more precise, they were removed as a consequence of Reflective Shield's impact on the metagame and insufficient synergy with bolt decks.

I do not claim that a berf to Reflective Shield would be sufficient to add the bolt stall genre back into the metagame. However I do claim that it is likely required.

The question to consider is:
Are you smart/clever enough to design a berf for Reflective Shield that improves the metagame?

[Annele]

When a balanced card is a problem, a berf is in order.

Lolzy 

No one uses bolt stalls anymore due to the quanta limit.

Bolt stalls were removed long before the quanta limit. (Fire Stall was assisted by Farenheit) To be more precise, they were removed as a consequence of Reflective Shield's impact on the metagame and insufficient synergy with bolt decks.

I do not claim that a berf to Reflective Shield would be sufficient to add the bolt stall genre back into the metagame. However I do claim that it is likely required.

The question to consider is:
Are you smart/clever enough to design a berf for Reflective Shield that improves the metagame?

Only Zanz is. And I'm pretty sure he has other things on his mind right now than 'berfing' a card. Still makes me laugh