Spell Ward/Refraction Ward

[Kater543]

NAME: Spell Ward ELEMENT: Light COST: 1 TYPE: Permanent TEXT: Any damage from spells is prevented.  Lasts 3 turns. Cannot be destroyed or stolen.	NAME: Refraction Ward ELEMENT: Light COST: 1 TYPE: Permanent TEXT: Any damage from spells is reflected.  Lasts 3 turns. Cannot be destroyed or stolen.

ART: _found on the internet. not sure if it's legal. IDEA: Lacter543 NOTES: I hate to bump my own post, but what are you guy's opinions on this? I was just considering again how useful this kind of card would be for many decks. I was also thinking that even if it would only last 1 or 2 turns(if that's the case it should be free/1 cost) to prevent overuse. Basically I was looking through some posts on the forums about spell dmg, how you don't always have a reflect shield to protect yourself. How about a temporary ward(permanent) that guards from spell dmg(or reflects it)? It could be a light element card at first, like flying weapon, then change to a non-element card. I was considering a 2 or 3 cost for both(the unupped being light and the upped being any color), depending on dmg reflection or prevention, and that it would last 4 turns, working the same way as the Wings and Phase shield cards. The Card's description could be: Prevent/Reflect spell damage done to you for 4 turns. It would be a permanent, and perhaps it could be immaterial, though I'm not sure how that balance would go. What do you guys think? Oh and how do you post images on forums?

[Nabbo]

So basiclly a Reflective Shield but as a permanent?
I think the effect suits better in the shield section and its to close to Reflective Shield.

Try some other element and add something new, a new effect or whatever.

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[Higurashi]

I could see this in Aether, called Living Mirror or similar. But I see it lasting at -least- 5 turns :>

[Kater543]

Hmmm... I don't know... I thought 5 turns would be a bit long. But I suppose that would work, I mean a 30 card deck would have 30 turns of protection if they included 6 in there. Also, the thing is, it would be untargetable by PC, so I thought to balance it would mean that it would last a shorter time.  Should it be PC targetable or not? I mean it would continue the theme of all these spell prevention items being untargetable, but it would be very different from the other cards of its category in that it would be the first not to be a shield that takes up a valuable slot.  Hmmm... I'll keep thinking about the additional effect. I wanted to try to make it a viable card rather than an OP card.

I was thinking... it could last 8-ish turns but it would also prevent spell dmg ( not reflect even upped)  that you would deal... but would that make it UP?

I was also thinking...what if it guarded your creatures as well?  It is a spell shield kind of thing after all. For example, Cloak guards permanents+creatures. This card could guard(like make creatures take 0 dmg, not be untargetable) from damaging spells like shockwave or firebolt.  So this would guard instead of permanents+creatures, it would defend from direct damage and CC.  If it added this effect though I wouldn't know how many turns it should last.  I would think if it kept the number of turns it would have to increase the cost to 2 / unupped and 2 upped to keep it fair.  If it lasts longer, i could see it costing even double that amount.   In this case, I would believe that the PC prevention should be removed.

What do you guys think?