A possible new series : The Trial / Justice Series

[waterzx]

Concept Behind:

When a player chooses his/her mark of element, he/she is fighting for that element. But most of time, as we all know, players "betray" their elements and use cards that never belong to them. ( Although the game itself encourages mixed deck, let us forget this here)

So here comes the new series : Trial and Justice. They come to punish all those "betrayers" and tell us what's the right thing to do.

Yes, these cards will have fun against rainbow deck but are completely useless when they face a mono-deck


Card Mechanic

Each Trial / Justice card is a spell.

When a  Trial / Justice card is played, the opponent draws a card. This action presents the trial process.

If the card drawn does not match the mark of the opponent, he/she will be proved "guilty". Penalties will be enforced.

Different types of penalties are enforced according to the element of the Trial / Justice card itself

Possible Penalties:
For a Time Trial / Justice card, the guilty opponent will have all his/her creatures delayed for 2 turns
For a Death Trial / Justice card, the guilty opponent will get 5 poison counters immediately.
For a Aether Trial / Justice card, if the opponent is guilty, all your creatures become immortal


1. Do you think this will be a good idea ? Is there any way to make it better?
2. What penalties should be enforced for each element ?
3. How much should different Trial / Justice cards cost ?
4.Should the opponent be allowed to keep the card drawn if he/she is guilty ?

[furballdn]

These seem way too powerful since the majority of decks are rainbows and duos. The game encourages mixing elements, and it's quite good that players are able to mix and match different elements to make them flow together. That's the whole purpose of synergy between different elements. These cards would only serve to punish duos and rainbows and basically force people to use monos.

[OldTrees]

The mechanic does not thematically fit most elements. It does not seem suited to be a series.

PS: Your examples were OP. Try for effects with smaller magnitude.

[eaglgenes101]

What you're describing would cost 7 of the corresponding element.