Time PC idea

[Helston]

Turns out I occasionally have ideas for cards. Thought I might post one. Putting it here because I'm not sure and it's about 5x easier than creating a proper card from my phone.

Deterioration (Spell)
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Halve target's effectiveness or efficiency.

For activated permanents (Mindgate) it doubles the cost to activate. Flooding is included here.
For passive permanents (Fog Shield) it halves their effect. A second use removes the effect completely. Shields which block an odd number of damage have a 50% chance to round up or down each attack.
Can target creatures. The cost of its active effect is doubled.
Not sure what happens to Owl's Eye.


This is essentially a counterpart to Reverse Time, except instead of reversing the target's time it's launched forward to where it is old and worn out.

EDIT: no idea if something similar's been done. Again, searching through archives isn't exactly easy at the moment.
EDIT 2: I'm a little worried that this is too boring and homogenising.

[BaconCobra]

Whats the interaction with Pillars/Towers/Pendulums?

[legion_bre]

This is sounding like it quite complex and maby hard to implement.
Considering many cards can simply destroy permanents and lobotomize can completely remove the targets ability, this seems a little underpowered.

Perhaps you could alter it and say anything played in the next 2-turns costs double its usual price. (and increase the casting cost).

That would fit with the time-style of playing - to stall.

[andretimpa]

As the idea is a soft-PC I think you could make both unnupped and upped cost and maybe increase the power of the upped one.

Owl's Eye is activated, so sniper will have its cost doubled. I think you are talking about its attack, which I think should be halved (same for all weapons).

Question: Using this on dims/wings halves the turn counter or lets through 50% of the damage that would be blocked?