Delayed Damage Shield Idea

[Jyiber]

-A shield that absorbs all the damage directed at you from any source and builds a number.
-After x amount of turns, you take all the damage the shield built up.
-If it's destroyed or stolen you take the built up damage early.

Questions:
Is this an original idea?
How long should the shield delay the damage?
And dependent on the duration of the shield, should it be immaterial?
Theme, name, and element? Definitively not  , becuase of Phase Sheild, or  , to avoid easy mono Enchant Artifact if its not immaterial.

[Hyroen]

It would definitely be an interesting Shield, I don't think I've seen it, at least recently. Maybe you should put it under Time?

[furballdn]

I think I"ve seen the idea a bit, but not really sure exactly where. That said, it almost instantly brings to mind.

[Jyiber]

Ok. Revision of idea.



There's a "if this card is destroyed or stolen take all damage built early" clause that I didn't have room for, but I guess it's one of those things you could learn after use.

[waterzx]

Just for your own reference. Feel free to take anything if you want.

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,36028.msg453298.html#msg453298

[furballdn]

Ok. Revision of idea.



There's a "if this card is destroyed or stolen take all damage built early" clause that I didn't have room for, but I guess it's one of those things you could learn after use.

The problem with this is that it's really powerful. Fitting a single EA on it means 6 turns of not taking damage. More powerful than sundials or dim shields. Whereas Napalm made a version of a card and I made a shield that prevented all damage for a turn, yours does it for 6.

[esran]

way OP with sosac

[Jyiber]

Ok, I could increase the cost to 12 , or reduce duration to 3 or 4 turns.
It's not like Dimension/Phase Shield where the damage blocked is gone, you still take it when your time is up, even if you throw up another one. So I thought there should be a trade off.
Either:
A) Longer duration
or
B) Cheaper cost