Thranduil's Virtual DC Contest #2 (Contest finished!)

[Braler]

1- I like how it matches the flavor of the card
9- Again, very flavorful but also pretty powerful if you have Grima
5- Not quite as strong but still very good i would say

[ElvenSpearman21]

 Can we vote if we didn't submit one? If we can, here is my vote.

 1
 9
 7

[Anvar]

1 - Far too specific, which was, I believe, against the rules for this round. What do you do when your playing an Elf deck or a Hobbit deck? The idea was to make these general cards.

2 - Great banishment flavour.

3 - a 0 cost condition with no spotting requirements with no limit per bearer and -2 resistance? No cultural enforcement there. Otherwise the flavour of losing a fight leading to banishment is quite good. I might have preferred this as a response event.

4 - a drain on resources is good flavour but I'm not sure about the condition discard.

5 - a bit too painful perhaps. I'd prefer this as a regroup action. Otherwise I really like the flavour of it.

6 - Good flavour of strength draining away.

7 - A bit boring.

8 - Ouch! Now this is a card you could build a deck around. Might be a bit good but I suppose keeping two Isengard men to the regroup could be hard.

9 - the idea is good but the cost in terms of exertions and the cost to prevent it both seem a bit too high.


So all in all:

5
2
8

[Thranduil]

Can we vote if we didn't submit one? If we can, here is my vote.

Of course you can! In fact, I'd love it if you did now and often in the future!

Thranduil

[Gate Troll]

#1
Leechcraft (V)
Condition
Strength: -2
Spell.
To play, exert Grima or an Man. Plays on an unbound Man
While bearer is skirmishing an Man, bearer cannot use skirmish special abilities
At the start of each turn while bearer is Théoden, he must exert.
"'Your leechcraft ere long would have had me walking on all fours like a beast.'"
4 V 157

Where is the 'limit one per bearer'? Way too OP and cheap. Stack 4 on anybody and they're worse than useless. 

#2
Banished
Condition
Spell.
To play exert Saruman or an Man. Bearer must be an unbound companion.
Bearer may not participate in archery fire or skirmishes.
Maneuver: Exert bearer to allow bearer to participate in archery fire and skirmishes untill the regroup phase. 
"'Oh, but this is not from me - it comes from the King. He signed it this morning.'"
4 V 139

I like this one. Not too powerful, though I don't think it should be a spell

#3
Banished (V)
Condition
Resistance: -2
Bearer must be an unbound companion.
While bearer is skirmishing an Man, the Free Peoples player may not play skirmish events.
Response: If bearer loses a skirmish involving an Man, return bearer to its owner's hand.
"'Oh, but this is not from me - it comes from the King. He signed it this morning.'"
4 V 139

A bit unwieldy, but I like it. The skirmish events part probably should have been written something like:
'Bearer may not affected by free people's skirmish events.' I do like it though.   

#4
Leechcraft (V)
Condition
Spell. To play, exert Gríma or Saruman. Bearer must be an unbound companion. Limit 1 per bearer.
At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, the Free Peoples player must choose to either make bearer strength -4 until the regroup phase or discard a Free Peoples condition.
"‘But do not weary yourself, or tax too heavily your strength. Let others deal with these irksome guests.'"
4 V 157

It should be more expensive. I like the idea, but it needs to be toned down.   

#5
Banished (V)
Event • Maneuver
Exert your Man or Wizard to return a companion (except the Ring-bearer) to its owner's hand. The Free Peoples player may add 2 burdens to prevent this.
"'Oh, but this is not from me - it comes from the King. He signed it this morning.'"
4 V 139

Finally, a banished that isn't a condition. I really like this one, flavorful and cool. 

#6
Leechcraft (V)
Condition
To play spot Gríma or exert an minion. Bearer must be a companion. Limit 1 per companion.
Each time bearer wins a skirmish, exert bearer.
Bearer is strength -1 for each wound on them.
"'Your leechcraft ere long would have had me walking on all fours like a beast.'"
4 V 157

I like it but I think it should be a Spell. Nice card.   

#7
Banished (V)
Condition • Support Area
While skirmishing an Man, bearer is strength -2 and resistance -2.
Response: If you play an Man, you may transfer this condition from your support area to an unbound companion. Limit 1 per bearer.
"'Oh, but this is not from me - it comes from the King. He signed it this morning.'"
4 V 139

I really don't like this one. It doesn't fit at all with the idea of banishment, me dislikey.

#8
Banished (V)
Event • Regroup
Discard 2 Men and spot a companion (except the Ring-bearer) with resistance 4 or less to remove that companion from the game.
"'Oh but this is not from me -  it comes from the King. he signed it this morning.'"
4 V 139

I don't quite get the point of this one; why not discard it instead?    

#9
Banished (V)
Event • Maneuver
Exert two Men (or spot Gríma) to spot a companion. Until the regroup phase, that companion cannot participate in archery fire or skirmishes. The Free Peoples player may discard a companion to prevent this.
"'Oh but this is not from me- it comes from the King. He signed it this morning"'
4 V 139

I think this one is not as good as the previous Banished event but I still like it.    

So, my vote is:
2
5
6

[chompers]

9
2
5

[MR. Lurtzy]

8
5
9

[Gate Troll]

What's your third choice?

[MR. Lurtzy]

Honestly, I didn't like any other ones.

[Thranduil]

Honestly, I didn't like any other ones.

I'd quite like a 3rd choice, even if it's only the one you dislike the least!

Thranduil

[MR. Lurtzy]

Updated my above post then.

[Thranduil]

I just realised that the voting deadline is the end of today! I need votes from AP, EL and SoP!

Speaking of which...

1) 2 - a cool way to represent banishment. I think making it a spell overeager though...
2) 6 - definitely feeling the leeching!
3) 3 - I think a so far undervalued card which has excellent ideas and well represents banishment in my mind. Needs to lose some power level, but I think the potential is there for a cool card.

Thranduil

[sickofpalantirs]

3
5
2

[Elf_Lvr]

2
5
9

[Anonymous Prodigy]

2
6
3