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[Cannibal7]

and this is the deck i use 2 farm silver that uses SoW

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[Absol]

Problem with SoW are:
1. it requires either immortal creatures or immortality granting creatures. (= semi forced combo, since it has no usage not involving )
2. Its counters are too situational.

So, to fix it:
1. Make it work on mortals. Deal spell damage with reduced attack buff.
2. Increase the reflective's usage, like done with purify.

[OldTrees]

Problem with SoW are:
1. it requires either immortal creatures or immortality granting creatures. (= semi forced combo, since it has no usage not involving )
2. Its counters are too situational.

So, to fix it:
1. Make it work on mortals. Deal spell damage with reduced attack buff.
2. Increase the reflective's usage, like done with purify.

I like your solution to the problem.

PS: Animated morning star.
Still a problem though.

[bobknows]

Also SoR'ed anubis.

Idk about how to nerf it. As it is, 4 damage for 3|1  seems OP but it isnt really used outside of monos, so i guess its closer to 3|1

[Annele]

So, to fix it:
1. Make it work on mortals. Deal spell damage with reduced attack buff.
2. Increase the reflective's usage, like done with purify.

I like these, the first one would probably be easier to implement, and (imo) should only increase attack by 2 for mortals.
The second would require new cards, which is cool, though at the current stage of the game it would probably be better to implement cards that expand the game. However, if I had to choose one mechanic in the game to build on, it'd be reflective, as it needs some love.

[Captain Scibra]

Suggestion:  Make it applicable to only mortal creatures, and that giving it immortality gives the buff.  In essence this switches the order of application of effects, requiring more synergy to use to its potential, but also being an Other card in place of Momentum.

[jawdirk]

Suggestion:  Make it applicable to only mortal creatures, and that giving it immortality gives the buff.  In essence this switches the order of application of effects, requiring more synergy to use to its potential, but also being an Other card in place of Momentum.

This is a good idea, but I like that SoW is a way (in combination with reflective shield) to counter an immortal creature. I would prefer if it could target any creature, but only got the bonus damage if the creature was immortal.

[Kardo]

Like Captain Scibra and jawdirk. Basically:

-Target creature deals spell damage.
-If creature is immaterial, gain +4/+0

Though as previously suggested I'd also like to see Spell damage ignore DR from shields but still be susceptible to the effects of the shield such as Freeze, Poison, Gravity, etc. This way it is a little more separate from Momentum. The attack boost is the advantage to immaterial creatures. It's marginally useful on non-immaterial creatures.

Might it be OP using it on your opponents creatures with a reflective shield? Comparable to Antimatter really. Bit cheaper but requires an initial 2-card combo and takes up the shield slot.

[furballdn]

Like Captain Scibra and jawdirk. Basically:

-Target creature deals spell damage.
-If creature is immaterial, gain +4/+0

Though as previously suggested I'd also like to see Spell damage ignore DR from shields but still be susceptible to the effects of the shield such as Freeze, Poison, Gravity, etc. This way it is a little more separate from Momentum. The attack boost is the advantage to immaterial creatures. It's marginally useful on non-immaterial creatures.

Might it be OP using it on your opponents creatures with a reflective shield? Comparable to Antimatter really. Bit cheaper but requires an initial 2-card combo and takes up the shield slot.

That makes it overshadow momentum most of the time. It also strengthens the reflect combo. The reflect combo usually requires 3 + 1 :other + 2 cards for a single creature. Without the need for quint, it is just a 1 :other liquid antimatter combo.

[Kardo]

That makes it overshadow momentum most of the time.

I think you may have misunderstood what I meant.

As it is now SoW is (in my opinion) a more situational version of momentum that gives a high attack boost. If creatures dealing spell damage were still influenced by the shield's effect then the creatures no longer ignore most shields, but rather just ignore the DR from them. For Diamond/Tower shield it would be comparable to Momentum, otherwise it's essentially a 0-3 attack boost depending on the DR of the opponent's shield. Though I realize this is a big "If" since this isn't how it currently works.

[furballdn]

Is it? I really saw SoW for only 3 purposes:

1. Speeds up mono aether with huge attack boosts (is it really necessary with psion and recluse?)
2. Be able to buff up your immortal creatures like golems (needs an extra card as a combo, but this is half defensive, half offensive)
3. Be used to reflect opponent's stuff (is a pure defense variant, sort of like liquid antimatter)

But if you wanna get down to it, shield bypass is probably worth +2 in cost. +4atk along with spell damage should probably have this at around 6 . Really depends on how much you feel the "mandatory quint" counts as a penalty (in this case, around 5 ).

[Graub]

how about if Sow removed immortality?

My first tought when i saw SoW for the first time. I tried to kill the creature