Trying for my first card. First, a little reading, for those who are interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hounds_of_TindalosIn short, the hounds of Tindalos are otherworldly creatures from the cthulo mythos of HP lovecraft. They inhabit interdimensional corners of time and space, and generally kill any living thing they encounter, with a particular interest in hunting time travellers. I think a hypothetical card could belong to
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, maybe even other elements.
My first idea for a potential effect: "Hound of Tindalos gains +1|+1 for every additional card added to opponents hand". What this means is that...
1. additional drawing via hourglasses, sundials, or SoB
2. Fractal'd creatures
3. Nightmare'd creatures
results in a buff for Hound of Tindalos. Note that the 1 card drawn per turn is not intended to cause this buff. The original reasoning behind this was that drawing cards is primarily the domain of
and implies a fastforwarding of time, and HoT enjoys chasing down time travellers. Afterwards, I kind of reasoned that fractal and nightmare would also have to cause a buff, and I'm not certain if that would be a good thing, both thematically and mechanically. It'd be like an overbuff for ghostmare.
Second idea, I thought that perhaps any creature that targets HoT with any effect can be attacked (or possibly instant killed) by that HoT. Reasoning: Once a HoT encounters any being, it stops at nothing to kill it. I'd say that targetting a hound would = "becoming known" to it ;P
If I think of more/better ideas, I'll add them to the OP I suppose? Any feedback on my concept as it is now would be very much appreciated. I'm especially concerned about what everyone thinks the element should be andwhat they think of my effect ideas (particularly the first one, I like it most). I'm open to any suggestions and when I make this card/submit to crucible, I'll be sure to lend some credit to whoever helps :3
