Continuum

[EmeraldTiger]

I recently had this word come to mind. Then I came up with this Image.


I'm thinking it should be an Aether card with Time skill or the other way.
What do you all think?

[whatifidogetcaught?]

The thematics would obviously be there. Maybe some sort of deep synergy like, it is 5 permanent with a 1 ability. "Generate a time or aether card in your hand based on how many of those cards are in the hand. If you have 3 aether cards and 2 time cards in your hand, it makes one time card because you have more aether than time.

[EmeraldTiger]

is there anything that we can use from this wiki?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime

[Rutarete]

Maybe a permanent that makes you always have quanta?

[TheManuz]

Since Continuum is something that involves space and time, it's appropriate to have an effect that involves both Aether and Time.

I'm thinking about an effect that makes modifications in time when space is modified and vice versa.
Time modifications are pretty obvious (Reverse Time|Rewind, Delay), but space modifications are not so obvious.
The only space modifications i can think are Phase Shield and (somewhat stretched) Immortal creatures.

If we can define space modifications in Elements, then we can relate them with time modifications.

[EmeraldTiger]

Would space be the positions creatures and permanents occupy?

[ZephyrPhantom]

Maybe a permanent that makes you always have quanta?

This seems like an interesting idea, but it needs to be modified a bit due to Supernova.

Based on the assumption 'positions = space', how about "Your quantum rounds up to the nearest even number each turn." ? Aether likes consistency and Time likes manipulating the state of things, be it forward or backward.

[EmeraldTiger]

I think this is the way to go.

[EmeraldTiger]

Time would have mechanics related to the temporal position and duration of objects (cards, draws, creatures, permanents, ...)

Time could:
change the temporal position
(present or past/future in various displacements from the present) changed to (present or past/future in various displacements from the present)
[Ex. Rewind: Changing a creature's drawing/summoning from past to the near future, Hasten: Moving a draw from the near future to the present]

use the temporal position as an input
[none yet]

change the duration
[none yet]I want to use this as part of the mechanic. Please help me understand it better.

use the duration as an input
[Sundial kinda but mostly not yet]

[TheManuz]

This concept is hard...
How about "every time a player plays a creature, an opponent creature is rewinded"?
I don't know...

[EmeraldTiger]

temporal position may mean when something entered play. if this is true.
and Space = position on field is true...

I know there is something here, but i am not seeing it yet!

[OldTrees]

You need to define what the card Continuum is going to do to space/time variables before picking which space/time variables are fitting.