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[Annele]

IMO 2 gravity more equals  4 because of snovas and novas and QTs. when you factor in that the sofocus has limited uses, but also factor in the fact that it is doable in elements without normal access to PC, i say it should cost 4 other per activation.

1. I am just going with what OTs said.
2. If you make it 4 , that would mean it costs a whopping 11/10 of 1 type of quanta in monos.
3. I completely disagree with you. There is no reason elements other than , and should not have flexible PC.

[mildlyfrightenedboy]

Its problem, IMO, is that it can do all of the following:

Destroy permanents
Absorb lots of damage through Gravity Pull
Absorb lots of damage through Chimera
Drain the enemy's quanta pools
Heal you
Damage the opponent through Catapult
Damage the opponent through Acceleration
Make you breakfast

All without setting foot out of .

[Odii Odsen]

@Odii Odsen
1) SoF has 3+ uses of hard PC for much less than the pre-nerf Deflagration.

2) There is about a 56% chance of having 1 of 3 SoFs in the starting hand of 7. 83% chance of having 1 of 6 novas. There is less than but still about 46% chance of being able to play SoF on your first turn. It is unlikely for an unupped deck to be able deal with such an early SoF. 50% of the time they would have 1 turns worth of quanta and their starting hand to hope for CC.

http://stattrek.com/online-calculator/hypergeometric.aspx

Sorry, I did a mistake.

Spoiler for calculation:

Fixed post (page 18)

1. Win coin toss. The probability is 50%.
2. Get one SoFo in starting hand. (rainbow)
- If we win coin toss, we have 7 cards in hand.
- I act on the assumption of 30 cards in our deck.
- We have (2 or) 3 SoFo's in that deck. This is approximately 10%.
- The probability to have one of three SoFo's in our deck is about 56%.
- Plus we need at least one Nova.
3. If point 1 and 2 are fulfiled, we could play one SoFo, but the creatures (and permanents) suffer under too less quanta in turn 1-3. (Worst case, but not unlikely).

Thatswhy it isn't OP imo. I think SoFo is just one of many strong cards in that game.

[Annele]

@Odii Odsen
1) SoF has 3+ uses of hard PC for much less than the pre-nerf Deflagration.

2) There is about a 56% chance of having 1 of 3 SoFs in the starting hand of 7. 83% chance of having 1 of 6 novas. There is less than but still about 46% chance of being able to play SoF on your first turn. It is unlikely for an unupped deck to be able deal with such an early SoF. 50% of the time they would have 1 turns worth of quanta and their starting hand to hope for CC.

http://stattrek.com/online-calculator/hypergeometric.aspx

Sorry, I did a mistake.

Spoiler for calculation:

Fixed post (page 18)

1. Win coin toss. The probability is 50%.
2. Get one SoFo in starting hand. (rainbow)
- If we win coin toss, we have 7 cards in hand.
- I act on the assumption of 30 cards in our deck.
- We have (2 or) 3 SoFo's in that deck. This is approximately 10%.
- The probability to have one of three SoFo's in our deck is about 56%.
- Plus we need at least one Nova.
3. If point 1 and 2 are fulfiled, we could play one SoFo, but the creatures (and permanents) suffer under too less quanta in turn 1-3. (Worst case, but not unlikely).

Thatswhy it isn't OP imo. I think SoFo is just one of many strong cards in that game.

Just want to point out that thanks to my friend the Mulligan, getting a nova in your starting hand is VERY likely.

[OldTrees]

IMO 2 gravity more equals  4 because of snovas and novas and QTs. when you factor in that the sofocus has limited uses, but also factor in the fact that it is doable in elements without normal access to PC, i say it should cost 4 other per activation.

2 = 5
2 (weapon) = 3 (creature)

[thispersonisagenius]

IMO, SoFo's abilities should be completely changed to have a certain effect, then improve if your mark is gravity (similar to SoG, SoD and SoV). Here's a suggestion: SoFo enters the game as a 0/5 (or any defense number) with gravity pull as an ability costing some number of random quanta. Each turn, it gains +0/+20 (or +0/+X, whatever X is), or +0/30 (or +0/+1.5X, whatever X is) if your mark is Gravity. This way, SoFo fits the theme of high-HP gravity creatures, while giving a slight benefit for a mark of Gravity.

It is my understanding that shards are meant to be able to be used in any deck, with any quanta production, but favour a certain element and make using it with that elements more rewarding, but not necessary.

I understand Shards this way too, so that's what my idea is based off of.

[esran]

thispersonisagenius, that might actually make it more OP than it already is. in 3 turns you have a GPable 95 hp creature that grows by 30 each turn? that is ridiculous.

[thispersonisagenius]

Probably not +30 HP each turn then. Whatever the HP added each turn is, that number should be increased a little if your mark is gravity. It could be +10 and +15 or +8 and +12 instead of +20 and +30.

[kira666]

it should be easy to kill, not only when it comes into game
the first nerf was very good, but it still need something else

two things that also make it very strong:
it becomes very hard to kill after using it first time
if it takes only 2 damage, you can destroy another permanent

i don't know if the black hole is something good or bad, the shard may get a little weak without it
it could be something like what thispersonisagenius said:

shard of focus 7
Destroy a permanent and gain +0/+15. Turn into a black hole if HP>25 (HP>35 if mark is gravity)
0/1

2 permanents destroyed, 3 if mark is gravity
shard of focus needing more than 2 damage to give you a chance of destroy

[SnoWeb]

Since i've been playing this game Zanz never did a complete remake of an existing card. IMO, He'll most likely tweak a bit the numbers (cost, timer, stats, etc...) or modify the type (spell becomes permanent e.g. SoPa) but he won't make a complete new card out of it. He'll probably cure this by changing the cost and if he sees good ideas of a new mechanic, he'll make a new card. That's what I think at least...

[OldTrees]

Since i've been playing this game Zanz never did a complete remake of an existing card. IMO, He'll most likely tweak a bit the numbers (cost, timer, stats, etc...) or modify the type (spell becomes permanent e.g. SoPa) but he won't make a complete new card out of it. He'll probably cure this by changing the cost and if he sees good ideas of a new mechanic, he'll make a new card. That's what I think at least...

Verified.
The only cards that have been significantly changed were in development. (Shard of Conscience and kinda Dune Scorpion)

[RavingRabbid]

Since i've been playing this game Zanz never did a complete remake of an existing card. IMO, He'll most likely tweak a bit the numbers (cost, timer, stats, etc...) or modify the type (spell becomes permanent e.g. SoPa) but he won't make a complete new card out of it. He'll probably cure this by changing the cost and if he sees good ideas of a new mechanic, he'll make a new card. That's what I think at least...

Verified.
The only card that has been significantly changed was in development. (Shard of Conscience)

Kind of Dune Scorpion (again, in development).