russianspy1234's portfolio [111 Cards]

[russianspy1234]

Series: Autocast.
The idea for this series was born out of a desire to counteract denial.  Problem with that is, having to play a card to counter denial is kind of difficult a lot of the time, so I made the Quanta Worm.  Out of that, I decided to make an entire series of what essentially became Trap cards in elements.

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Series: Fixer Pillars
Many ideas have come about for multi-element quanta sources.  Problem was, most ideas would either be too limited, or require 66 cards to cover every combination.  I decided to take a different approach, and make a few non-basic pillars that changed what they did based on the situation.  I tried to balance them so they could be better than quantum pillars in the right situation/deck, but worse in others.

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Series: Crystals

Spoiler for Hidden:

Long ago, a group of Elementals were traveling.  They passed by a mountain that had a strange quanta energy emanating from it.  Upon entering the mountain, they found many scattered crystals of different colors that seemed to be the source of this strange quanta.  Try as they did, they could not absorb or use the quanta the way they normally did.  Upon further experimentation, they discovered that if they ran their own quanta through the crystals, they could combine and reshape them as they saw fit.  At first they made powerful weapons. 
And then one of them made life.

Series: Cats

Spoiler for Hidden:

All of the above (except Pillars):


Entropy




Death





Water

NOTES:

When broken by an attack (not PC) will release a random dragon. 20% break 50% release dragon (on break) 50% released dragon enters frozen.

Time





Light




Life





Gravity



Aether




Fire


Darkness




Earth

Air

[russianspy1234]

Wow apparently I reached the maximum number of characters for my porfolio...

Elementshifted Competition that I won

Spoiler for Fire:

Fire
In this Element Shifted world, the element of fire exists much the way as it currently does.  However, the nature of the Fire Elementals has changed fairly drastically.  Fire is a very dangerous element, and those that use it must work hard to keep it under control, lest they risk hurting themselves or those they care about.  While for us, playing fire is often about getting as much fire quanta as we can get our hands on, in this world, they are far more careful.  They are calm, and they are reserved.  Fire is not just an element of destruction, it is a finely honed tool of transformation as well.

NAME: Fire Pillar ELEMENT: Fire COST: TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Each turn is generated.	NAME: Fire Tower ELEMENT: Fire COST: TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Each turn is generated. Gain 1 extra when you play this card.

NAME: Fire Pendulum ELEMENT: Fire COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Alternately generates and 1 quantum matching your mark.	NAME: Fire Pendulum ELEMENT: Fire COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Alternately generates and 1 quantum matching your mark. Gain 1 extra when you play this card.

NAME: Ash Breather ELEMENT: Fire COST: 2 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3 | 3 TEXT: Drains 1 in order to attack.	NAME: Ash Breather ELEMENT: Fire COST: 2 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4 | 4 TEXT: Drains 1 in order to attack.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: It drains, and then attacks.  if you dont have enough , it doesn't attack. SERIES:

NAME: Flame Spirit ELEMENT: Fire COST: 5 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7 | 7 TEXT: Flame Spirit attacks both players. : Doesn't attack you this turn	NAME: Flame Specter ELEMENT: Fire COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7 | 7 TEXT: Flame Spirit attacks both players. : Doesn't attack you this turn

ART: fire spirit in game art IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: The damage hits you first. SERIES:

NAME: Fire Blast ELEMENT: Fire COST: 5 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Destroy target creature if its defense is equal to your amount of .	NAME: Fire Blast ELEMENT: Fire COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Destroy target creature if its defense is equal to your amount of .

ART: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1089917 IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Unlike the bolts in the game, this drains the quanta and then checks the amount. SERIES:

NAME: Flamikin ELEMENT: Fire COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1 | 1 TEXT: Infest: Generates a new Flamikin every turn.	NAME: Flamikin ELEMENT: Fire COST: 2 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1 | 1 TEXT: Infest: Generates a new Flamikin every turn.

ART: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/661115 IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: SERIES:

NAME: Immolator ELEMENT: Fire COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4 | 3 TEXT: : Sacrifice a creature or permanent to give Immolator +1 | +1	NAME: Immolator ELEMENT: Fire COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 5 | 4 TEXT: : Sacrifice a creature or permanent to give Immolator +1 | +1

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: A way to keep some of your other cards from getting out of control. SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Fire Rain ELEMENT: Fire COST: 5 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Deals 2 damage to every creature. Removes invisibility.	NAME: Fire Storm ELEMENT: Fire COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Deals 2 damage to every creature. Removes invisibility.

ART: fire storm art IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Unlike current in game spell, hits your creatures as well. SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Forge ELEMENT: Fire COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Upgrade target permanent.  It's ability cost is converted to .	NAME: Forge ELEMENT: Fire COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Upgrade target permanent.  It's ability cost is converted to .

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: If you upgrade a pillar/pendulum you will get the bonus quanta as if you had just played the tower/pendulum. If used on an already upped permanent, will still convert it's ability cost to . If it has no ability (or a free ability), this does not add a cost to it. SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Furnace ELEMENT: Fire COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Generates and deals damage to you equal to amount of your divided by 10 each turn.	NAME: Furnace ELEMENT: Fire COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Generates and deals damage to you equal to amount of your divided by 10 each turn.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Fire Dragon ELEMENT: Fire COST: 10 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 11 | 3 TEXT:	NAME: Flame Dragon ELEMENT: Fire COST: 11 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 14 | 3 TEXT:

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Steam Beatle ELEMENT: Fire COST: 7 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4 | 5 TEXT: - Steam Shot Deal 3 damage to target.	NAME: Steam Beatle ELEMENT: Fire COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 5 | 5 TEXT: - Steam Shot Deal 3 damage to target.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Target creature or player. SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Minor Phoenix ELEMENT: Fire COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4 | 1 TEXT: Phoenix turns into Ash when killed	NAME: Phoenix ELEMENT: Fire COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7 | 1 TEXT: Phoenix turns into Ash when killed

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Unupped Ash is 0|5 for 3 Upped Ash is 0|5 for 6 Flips upgraded with unupped (with what I think is appropriate cost adjustment,) but is otherwise the same as in game Phoenix. SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Focus Potion ELEMENT: Fire COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: The target creature is delayed for 3 turns and gets +5|+5.	NAME: Focus Elixir ELEMENT: Fire COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: The target creature is delayed for 3 turns and gets +6|+6.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Medidation SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Focused Nymph ELEMENT: Fire COST: 8 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3 | 6 TEXT: :Focus The target creature is delayed for 3 turns and gets +5|+5.	NAME: Fire Nymph ELEMENT: Fire COST: 8 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4 | 7 TEXT: :Focus The target creature is delayed for 3 turns and gets +6|+6.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Medidation SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Rankine ELEMENT: Fire COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: 2 | 2 when flying TEXT: Weapon: Deals 2 damage to opponent and 1 damage to you each turn. - Temper: Doubles the damage dealt.	NAME: Rankine ELEMENT: Fire COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: 4 | 2 when flying TEXT: Weapon: Deals 4 damage to opponent and 2 damage to you each turn. - Temper: Doubles the damage dealt.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Like flame spirit, damage is dealt to you first.  The temper is permanent and stacks, so you could potentially get a huge weapon, if you are willing to take damage as well. SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Tempered Shield ELEMENT: Fire COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Shield: Any damage dealt to you is reduced by 1	NAME: Tempered Shield ELEMENT: Fire COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Shield: Any damage dealt to you is reduced by 2

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Any damage except poison damage is reduced.  Attacks, spells, your own creatures, etc. SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

NAME: Shard of Meditation ELEMENT: Other COST: 5 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Skip your draws next turn.  Draw 3 cards the turn after next.  Gain 10 life if you have a mark.	NAME: Shard of Meditation ELEMENT: Other COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Skip your draws next turn.  Draw 3 cards the turn after next. Gain 10 life if you have a mark.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: More meditation.  This skips all draws, including from effects (yours or your opponents)  Basically, on its face, this lets you delay a draw to get a bonus card on the following turn.  However, there are some other niche uses such as preventing deckout, and stopping the current fire shard, which I imagine got shifted to another element in this world (:Light if I was making it)  The life gain bonus is because fire elementals are better at channeling their meditation/thoughts into more strength.  Plus it helps Fire recover from the damage it does to itself. SERIES: Elementshifted - Fire

[russianspy1234]

Here are my various competition entries, most of which did not do very well but I might as well preserve them for posterity.  Note I didn't bother to organize these tables like the rest of the thread. expand if you dare.

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Idea By:russianspy1234 art by: http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/166231

Merge quanta is all about controlling your quanta.  To pay the cost, you need a specific amount of quanta (not more) in a specific number of pools (not more, not less).  In the card I am submitting, you need exactly 6 quanta in 3 of your pools, which will then be drained.  A cost of 0 (11)  would be equivalent to free, since you wouldn't need any towers to play it, so it wouldn't drain anything.  Most of the cards would have passive abilities that move around quanta, which would make playing the same card next turn harder, but could make playing a different one easier.  Some of course could be put into decks with other elements to help move quanta around.  While Elements doesn't have a mechanism for making a specific multi-element card, merge quanta can simulate it by forcing you to use a few different elements, but letting you choose which ones.

Idea By:russianspy1234

An emblem is a magical marking that an Elemental puts onto their body that can change the fundamental nature of that Elemental.  They are attuned to a specific element as far as the effects they give. however since they are a part of the Elemental that uses them, they are also dependent on the players mark.  These emblems allow Elementals to channel the powers of other elements into creatures of their preferred element, or they allow one to simply fortify their creatures by better attuning them to their elements.  Spells and permanents can also be given a boost of extra elemental energy.

Notes: Second Life upgraded has a greater chance than unupped.  "Mirror Quanta" would definitely help save space.

NAME: Life Day ELEMENT: Life COST: 0 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: You lose 200 life.	NAME: Life Day ELEMENT: Life COST: 0 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: You lose 500 life.

ART: http://mclapsis.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-life-day.html IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: SERIES:

if you dont get it, watch the star wars holiday special.

NAME: Cat of Many Tails ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Weapon: Deals 3 damage per turn. Stackable : Whip - Delay target for turns equal to stack size.	NAME: Cat of Many Tails ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Weapon: Deals 3 damage per turn. Stackable : Whip - Delay target for turns equal to stack size.

ART:    Dani Simmonds http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/222855 IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: link to original card(also in spoiler below) Basically, I took away the multiple tails per card thing which made this card more complicated than it should be, and just made it deal 3 damage (original card gave 3 tails of one damage) per stack.  I added a new ability both to make it more interesting and to make up for the nerf of making it a bit easier to get rid of with explosion/pulverizer. SERIES:

original card:

Spoiler for Hidden:

NAME: Cat of many tails ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: 1 | 1 TEXT: Gives you 3 more tails. Weapon: Deal X damage where X is the number of tails.	NAME: Cat of many tails ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: 1 | 1 TEXT: Gives you 4 more tails. Weapon: Deal X damage where X is the number of tails.

ART: Dani Simmonds http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/222855 IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Functions similar to bonewall as far as removal goes.  It's stackable, so playing a second one would let you have 6 tails. The weak Attack | Defense is because you would only be animating one of the tails.   Fractaling or otherwise bouncing an animated tail and then replaying it would only give you one more tail. (Animated name is whip.

NAME: Rushin' Spy ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3 | 3 TEXT: Opponent's hand is revealed. : Quick Jump - Ignores shields this turn.	NAME: Rushin' Spy ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3 | 3 TEXT: Opponent's hand is revealed. : Quick Jump - Ignores shields this turn.

ART: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/800684 IDEA: NOTES: Hand viewing effect is always active (while Spy is alive) and is passive. I have been using the username of russianspy1234 for a long time, it's my go to username for most forums.  Why the 1234?  Well the first time I tried using it, just plain old russianspy was taken, and I decided rather than trying to remember which sites had what numbers, I would just use the numbers all the time, even if the name without the numbers was available.  Because I have been using it for so long, I have had time to think up, or have people tell me, various corruptions of my name.  Russian's Pie is one of my favorites, but unfortunately would not make for a good card.  Making a 12 cost card that was a 3 | 4 would be pretty difficult, so I just stuff with the non numbered part for this submission.  The ability to see hidden information is often hard to gauge.  Some people overestimate it and many underestimate it.  I recently started playing Inistosis, and found myself often wondering whether it would be safe to play the dragon even though I only had 2 shards to get the ball rolling.  I actually replaced two of the hourglasses with precognitions to facilitate my style.  Antimatter is also a problem for a lot of decks that I play, mostly because immolation is one of the few cards that can stop you form healing your opponent more than you damage them per turn.  This card allows you to know what is coming and to play around it.  The dodging of shields by jumping behind the opponent seemed like a fun and flavorful effect to put on a ninja spy, and as my card creations show, I like putting flavorful and not necessarily mechanically useful effects as add ons onto my cards. SERIES:

NAME: Destiny Manipulator ELEMENT: Time COST: 12 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3 | 4 TEXT: Immaterial You are more likely to draw cards that would help you.	NAME: Destiny Manipulator ELEMENT: Time COST: 12 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3 | 4 TEXT: Immaterial You are far more likely to draw cards that would help you.

ART: pharaoh avatar plus yugi hair IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: In every game, you want to make a deck that is capable of handling multiple situations.  In Elements, that is rather hard to do because your deck space is so limited.  Packing just one purify in case you encounter a poison (or worse a Shard of Sacrifice) deck is not sufficient.  Packing only one mirror shield against a psion deck might work, but it will come at the expense of more generally useful shields.  I have pretty notoriously bad luck, so I made this card to help draws along.  Is your deck a duo and you just aren't drawing your other pillars?  This will help.  Does your opponent have a huge field but only 5 HP, and you are just praying for your lightning?  This will help.  Does the effect rely on the A.I. being smart enough to give you what you need?  Yes it does, that's part of the balance of it all. Just relying on my frequent bad luck and my avatar was not enough to make this card represent me, and since one of my other submissions for this contest focused ont he first part of my name, I made this card represent the second part.  At 12 cost 3 | 4 would need one heck of a powerful effect though, and even being that powerful, it too easy for it to die, so I went and gave it immaterial.  That helps make it stick around, and helps better represent the character it is based on, couldn't be removed from the duel until it was over, what with it not being a card ability and being magic the duelist was using. SERIES:

NAME: Dark Pharaoh ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3 | 8 TEXT: : Shadow Game Flip the coin.  The loser of the flip takes 10 damage.	NAME: Dark Pharaoh ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3 | 8 TEXT:    : Shadow Game Flip the coin.  The loser of the flip takes 13 damage.

ART: pharaoh avatar plus yugi hair IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: A long time ago, not quite during the time of Pharaohs, I played a game called Yugioh.  When I first started playing Elements, I decided to strive towards a Pharaoh deck.  When I earned the right to make my custom forum avatar, it seemed natural to combine the two things into the art that would represent me.  The ability itself does not quite represent my play style, however I am definitely a big fan of making custom cards with abilities based on chance because I feel that it can be a very useful tool for balancing cards.  Combining my avatar with my love of randomness seems like the way to go to make a card that would represent me in the world of Elements.  In most games I play, I prefer to find combos to make use of seemingly weak cards.  While this Dark Pharaoh seems a bit weak due to being so expensive for an effect that would likely hurt you more than your opponent, it would be a fun challenge to build a deck to mitigate that problem, especially if one were to ignore the obvious synergy with reflective shields.  Whenever I start playing a new game, I am always a little disappointed at how healing effects tend to be so vastly inferior to direct damage effects.  Elements is a little better about this than most games, but still not good enough I feel.  Healing cards truly shine in Arena more than they do when used by the player.  With this card doing such a vast amount of damage, healing becomes much more useful, whether you are using it on your side to mitigate it's effect on you, or just including healing in your deck when facing off against the Pharaoh. SERIES:

NAME: Mark of Vines ELEMENT: Life COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Each turn   is generated. : Entangle - Target permanent is delayed 1 turns.	NAME: Mark of Vines ELEMENT: Life COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Each turn :life   is generated. Gain 1 extra   when played.   : Entangle - Target permanent is delayed 2 turns.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Skill of the Elemental submission. SERIES:

NAME: Mark of Hastening ELEMENT: Time COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Each turn is generated. : Each player draws a card.	NAME: Mark of Hastening ELEMENT: Time COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Each turn :time  is generated. Gain 1 extra when played. : Each player draws a card.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Skill of the Elemental submission SERIES:

NAME: Mark of Aether ELEMENT: Aether COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Each turn    is generated. : Aether call- Immaterial creatures don't attack and generate this turn instead.	NAME: Mark of Aether ELEMENT: Aether COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Each turn   is generated. Gain 1 extra   when played. : Aether call

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Skill of the elemental submission SERIES:

NAME: Alchemist's Workshop ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT:   : Discard a spell card, add an alchemy card of the discarded card's element to your hand.	NAME: Alchemist's Workshop ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: : Discard a spell card, add an alchemy card of the discarded card's element to your hand.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: SERIES:

NAME: Esper Module ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 2 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target gravity creature's skill becomes " : Precognition"	NAME: Esper Module ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target creature's skill becomes " : Precognition"

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: SERIES:

NAME: Sunlit Grove ELEMENT: Life COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: creatures gain a 25% chance to deal +50% damage, ignore shields, and evade targeting.	NAME: Sunlit Grove ELEMENT: Life COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: creatures gain a 25% chance to deal +50% damage, ignore shields, and evade targeting.

ART: IDEA: russianspy1234 NOTES: Unlike the shard, bonus doesn't stack. SERIES:

[russianspy1234]

Reserved in case I end up needing more room to extend the portfolio

[seulintse]

you kinda seem to have a lot of cards, especially a few I just couldn't keep a straight face with... a few were just kinda weird (desperate heretic? srsly? no (nice attempt though)) although a couple srsly made me think twice... mainly its the kindling, barbed shield, the old hag (ONLY BECAUSE the reverse time changing it into a nymph is just seriously something I can't forget...) and the frozen ancient, the idea that it could just disappear, but you'd have some random dragon on your side... just wondering, theres absolutely no bonus on that, on the card or from the notes... is it supposed to release an elite dragon instead?