Chinese Zodiac Series by twinsbuster

[twinsbuster]

Different from the Western one, the Chinese Zodiac cycle every 12 years.
There are 12 creatures representing different Zodiac. You can see the Oracle Diagram below.

Now it's the Year of Tiger.

The others are coming,
discuss!

NAME: Mythic Monkey ELEMENT: Life COST: 6  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1|2 ABILITY: : Steal Can use skill only when opponent control no creatures and weapons.	NAME: Mythic Monkey ELEMENT: Life COST: 5  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1|3 ABILITY: : Steal Can use skill only when opponent control no creatures and weapons.

ART: Chinese Zodiac Papercut Art source source (http://d.yimg.com/mv/nimage/f8b41fd97fb9b132) These are some Ancient Traditional forms of Art. They are common in some Chinese Calender and New Year Red Pocket. The sources are not the Art creaters. IDEA: twinsbuster NOTES: Monkeys are greedy. SERIES: Traditional Chinese Zodiac Series

NAME: Mythic Goat ELEMENT: Aether COST: 5  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|2 ABILITY: If a spell or ability can target Mythic Goats, it must target Mythic Goats.	NAME: Mythic Goat ELEMENT: Aether COST: 4  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|4 ABILITY: If a spell or ability can target Mythic Goats, it must target Mythic Goats.

ART: Chinese Zodiac Papercut Art source source (http://d.yimg.com/mv/nimage/f8b41fd97fb9b132) These are some Ancient Traditional forms of Art. They are common in some Chinese Calender and New Year Red Pocket. The sources are not the Art creaters. IDEA: twinsbuster NOTES: God won't bless you because of the Scapegoat SERIES: Traditional Chinese Zodiac Series http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,10460.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,10460.0.html)

NAME: Mythic Tiger ELEMENT: Fire COST: 8  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7|6 ABILITY: Sacrifice all other creatures you control at the end of every turn. : Dive	NAME: Mythic Tiger ELEMENT: Fire COST: 8  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 8|7 ABILITY: Sacrifice all other creatures you control at the end of every turn. : Dive

ART: Chinese Zodiac Papercut Art source source (http://d.yimg.com/mv/nimage/f8b41fd97fb9b132) These are some Ancient Traditional forms of Art. They are common in some Chinese Calender and New Year Red Pocket. The sources are not the Art creaters. IDEA: twinsbuster NOTES: No more than one tiger can live in a mountain. SERIES: Traditional Chinese Zodiac Series

NAME: Mythic Rat ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 4  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1|2 ABILITY: : Generate a Virus.	NAME: Mythic Rat ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 4  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1|2 ABILITY: : Generate a Virus.

ART: Chinese Zodiac Papercut Art source source (http://d.yimg.com/mv/nimage/f8b41fd97fb9b132) http://www.simple-chinese.com/chinese-culture/chinese-zodiac-sign.html These are some Ancient Traditional forms of Art. They are common in some Chinese Calender and New Year Red Pocket. The sources are not the Art creaters. IDEA: twinsbuster NOTES: Rats can defeat a castle if don't clear them from inside. SERIES: Traditional Chinese Zodiac Series

NAME: Mythic Pig ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 4  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 0|5 ABILITY: Consume: Sacrifice it to heal you for up to 20HP. 30HP instead if you have Fire Mark.	NAME: Mythic Pig ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 4  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1|6 ABILITY: Consume: Sacrifice it to heal you for up to 20HP. 30HP instead if you have Fire Mark.

ART: Chinese Zodiac Papercut Art source source (http://d.yimg.com/mv/nimage/f8b41fd97fb9b132) http://www.simple-chinese.com/chinese-culture/chinese-zodiac-sign.html These are some Ancient Traditional forms of Art. They are common in some Chinese Calender and New Year Red Pocket. The sources are not the Art creaters. IDEA: twinsbuster NOTES: Grilled pork have no bones. SERIES: Traditional Chinese Zodiac Series

NAME: Mythic Dog ELEMENT: Light COST: 1  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|2 ABILITY: Absorb all the damage directed against its owner.   : Lycanthropy Gains +5/+5 permanently.	NAME: Mythic Dog ELEMENT: Light COST: 1  TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|2 ABILITY: Absorb all the damage directed against its owner.   : Lycanthropy Gains +5/+5 permanently.

ART: Chinese Zodiac Papercut Art source source (http://d.yimg.com/mv/nimage/f8b41fd97fb9b132) These are some Ancient Traditional forms of Art. They are common in some Chinese Calender and New Year Red Pocket. The sources are not the Art creaters. IDEA: twinsbuster NOTES: Dogs loyal to human, so got eaten. SERIES: Traditional Chinese Zodiac Series http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,10460.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,10460.0.html)

Previous Zodiac series by twinsbuster
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,8964.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,8964.0.html)

[eh pewwwp]

monkey- play cost too high, and with a limited steal, that should go down too

tiger- keep it like that, but do gains +(N/5)/+1 where N equls the number of monsters destroyed

rat- the upped should increase is playing cost and summon retrovirus (bubonic plague lol)

pig- like it, no change

dog- OP, too low of a cost to be able to absorb damage automatically, and then use lycanthrope, all you need is a (cheap) BB and boom easy shield

goat- like it, takes away auto kills like siphon life


...............where are the other ones?!?!?!?! add them here so i can update this post. and i like the old series better

and why do they all use  lol

[twinsbuster]

monkey- play cost too high, and with a limited steal, that should go down too

tiger- keep it like that, but do gains +(N/5)/+1 where N equls the number of monsters destroyed

rat- the upped should increase is playing cost and summon retrovirus (bubonic plague lol)

pig- like it, no change

dog- OP, too low of a cost to be able to absorb damage automatically, and then use lycanthrope, all you need is a (cheap) BB and boom easy shield

...............where are the other ones?!?!?!?! add them here so i can update this post. and i like the old series better

and why do they all use  lol

monkey
I take butterfly effect as a reference...5 play cost+3 ability cost+1 creature, destroy only
so in compare, the monkey should have higher cost
stealing pillars and shields each turn is strong enough against stall deck

tiger
I want to add something but no space left

rat
generate retrovirus maybe OP, an on stack mass creature control...

dog
consider it will probably die before it can use Lycanthropy, since it come into play with gravity pull. But I think I missed the BB combo.

[eh pewwwp]

monkey
I take butterfly effect as a reference...5 play cost+3 ability cost+1 creature, destroy only
so in compare, the monkey should have higher cost
stealing pillars and shields each turn is strong enough against stall deck

ok but with butterfly effect and steal, they dont have limitations like this, one immortal creature/ weapon, useless, on BB creature, virtually useless, RoL/Hope decks, useless, growth decks, gone, rush, gone, any fractal, wrecked, flying weapons, double doom, etc

and there's no way to stall with this card, it cost to much to play, and then you can't frequently steal enough with this card to stop pillars, and some shields that could be stolen don't work well for stall

[karis]

about monkey steal ability, what about deal dmg to itself by the number of opponent creature and weapon.

i'm mean.   in life or dark (and life dark deck that i can't imagine what it will be)   don't have many card to CC   and this thing will be very hard to use (with very large cost and low status)

steal one time then die, i'm think it will be better than can't do anything but 1 dmg per turn and don't know when it die by your enemy CC.

ah...  waiting for other zodiac.   

[BurnOne]

Rat/Pig/Dog - Really Good additions to the game
Rest - Crap

[Higurashi]

I really like the Rat, solely because it's a Virus factory. Glad Tiger costs so much or it'd easily be too strong. Still very strong, of course, especially when considering buffs.

[slovenc555]

What about the dragon? Just stoped you.

[scottish]

Wow.

Rat and shard of readiness means perfect one turn any creature kill. Sweet and unbalanced

[QuantumT]

Wow.

Rat and shard of readiness means perfect one turn any creature kill. Sweet and unbalanced

Yes. One turn creature kill that costs 7 quanta to setup and can't start for 3 turns. If rat is OP, then Parasite/Bloodsucker must be godly.

My problem with rat actually is how similar it is to Parasite. Rat's strength over Parasite is that it generates things that can die, which works well with boneyard/bone wall/vulture.

More on topic, I like them. Non of them seems to be overpowered at first glance, and the theme is nice. Complete the set when you get the chance.