Virtual DC Contest #3 - The Return of the King (Starting the FINAL ROUND!)

[Thranduil]

It makes me look like a hypocrite after my bitching about the comments early in the program.
-wtk

Well now the world knows why it was there, and so it's fine!

Now to bring you the winners for this round:

1) MR. Lurtzy (#10) & Thranduil (#5)
2) Cw0rk (#1)
3) TelTura (#3)

Honourable mention to Witchkingx5 (#8) who was a very close 4th. And a to all of those as we move into the next round!

I believe that perhaps more than one person has said to me at one point over the contest that we should do some X-listed cards. I told them to watch and wait, and here we are! So we're doing a card with a cool title and a nice picture that hopefully we can do quite a lot with, that in its own context was fairly alright, but was completely broken when it was part of Fruit Loops (hilarious deck which you can check out here - the deck that discards every condition & minion, removes all threats, heals all companions, draws the entire deck and makes the move limit +infinite).

The card is of course:



Let me restate the rules for this contest. Any particular comments I have will be underlined below.

Your card should:

1) Have the same title (with a (V) attached to the end)
2) Have the same twilight cost and culture - type and sub-type are up for grabs. Don't worry about its uniqueness dot: that is about the limit of a correction that you could do with a V-slip (or maybe you want to attach a functionality to a unique event?).
3) Have whatever attributes or attribute modifiers you think appropriate.
4) Have a different text, maybe similar, but could also be on completely different lines. The original card was part of a mechanical cycle. Maybe there is a different mechanical cycle you'd like to make your V card part of? Or think about the title or the picture - what sort of flavour do they put across? It's quite open, but I think that's good!
5) Have a lore which you want, it's really up to you - you can keep the same lore or put in your own, it doesn't really matter.

So you're card should look quite a lot like this:

(•)Steadfast Champion
Type • Sub-type
Strength: +X
Vitality: +Y
Resistance/Site: +Z
Game text.
"Lore text."
7 V 49

I like to leave a week for entries to come in, so the deadline will be at midnight GMT on Tuesday 30th. A few days before, if you've said that you want to participate and haven't given me an entry, I will be pestering you via PM, so do get them in as quickly as possible!

Entries should be submitted to me by PM (or email if you prefer).

So all that remains for me to say now is, good luck!

Thranduil

[Thranduil]

You mean:
•Steadfast Champion

Right?
-wtk

Yeah sorry. Wasn't careful enough with my cutting and pasting. Corrected.

Thranduil

[legolas3333]

here's my entry
•Steadfast Champion
Event • Whenever
Heal all companions 10 times, make the move limit infinite, discard all minions, shadow conditions and shadow possessions, discard every player's draw deck except your own, discard every player's hand except your own, play every site, remove all threats, liberate all controlled sites, and, just for good measure, feel free to remove all burdens.

[Thranduil]

here's my entry
•Steadfast Champion
Event • Whenever
Heal all companions 10 times, make the move limit infinite, discard all minions, shadow conditions and shadow possessions, discard every player's draw deck except your own, discard every player's hand except your own, play every site, remove all threats, liberate all controlled sites, and, just for good measure, feel free to remove all burdens.

Looks good. Significantly cuts down on the ridiculous complexity Fruit Loops involves.

Thranduil

[Cw0rk]

here's my entry
•Steadfast Champion
Event • Whenever
Heal all companions 10 times, make the move limit infinite, discard all minions, shadow conditions and shadow possessions, discard every player's draw deck except your own, discard every player's hand except your own, play every site, remove all threats, liberate all controlled sites, and, just for good measure, feel free to remove all burdens.

Nice, it would make the game faster in Open.

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

Mordor Fiend
Minion • Orc
Strength: 9
Vitality: 3
Site: 6
Shadow: If you cannot spot another minion and there are 3 or fewer twilight tokens, the Ring-bearer is corrupted.

[Thranduil]

Great job streamlining guys! How about this:

•Galadriel, Lady Redeemed (V)
Companion • Elf
Str: 3
Vit: 3
In your starting fellowship, Galadriel's twilight cost is -3.
When you play Galadriel, ask each opponent whether they are playing Terrible as the Dawn. If no one is, you win the game.

[Not a Zombie]

Haha, these are great.

•Erkenbrand's Horn (V)
Possession • Horn
Bearer must be a man.
Fellowship: Play every free peoples card from your draw deck.
Skirmish: Make every companion infinite strength until the regroup phase.

[Witchkingx5]

So here's mine:

Demoralized (V)
Type: Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
I you have 3 or 4 Demoralized (V) in play, show your opponent Rapid Reload, Rallying Orc or Mountain Troll to laugh at him and make him pay you a drink. Cheers!

[Thranduil]

Having checked my calendar, I noticed that I gave a deadline that I could not possibly check up on!

And so, henceforth the deadline will be extended to Thursday 2nd.

Sorry about this folks – that was me not thinking.

Thranduil

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

How about this for a non-broken version:
•Steadfast Champion
Condition
Bearer must be Gandalf.
Each minion gains this ability:
"Assignment: Assign this minion to Gandalf."
At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard this condition to discard a minion and heal a companion 3 times.
7 V 49

[Thranduil]

To be honest, I've always thought that it was the Treebeard that was actually the problem. Decipher just needed to learn that regroup recursion is very powerful (cf. Gothmog and that Orc that adds burdens) as it circumvents many cards' intended functionalities (Dark Ways, Orcs etc.). Regroup recursion like that basically shouldn't happen, or should be much better guarded.

[Witchkingx5]

Yep, and like the Rule of 4 doesn't apply in regroup and things like that, which was a gap in the rulebook many players used for broken Decks (fruit loops and similar). When talking about this, I remember a game of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG when one player said:
"Strong cards are those that break the rules. But even stronger are those that use certain gaps of the game."

[Thranduil]

Okay here we go! Some very interesting slightly mind-blowing ideas going on here. Let's take a look!

I want all votes done by next Saturday 10th, but I'm aware it's Easter and holidays and stuff so there might be a slight extension.

In the meantime, vote for your favourite 3 as usual.

Cw0rk
•Steadfast Champion (V)
Condition
Bearer must be Gandalf.
Each minion gains this ability:
"Assigment: Assign this minion to Gandalf."
Regroup: Discard this condition to heal Gandalf and discard all conditions.
7 V 49

ket_the_jet
•Steadfast Champion (V)
Condition
Bearer must be a Wizard.
At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, reveal a Wizard from your hand to make bearer strength +3.
7 V 49

Sweet and Sour Sauce
•Steadfast Champion (V)
Condition
Bearer must be Gandalf.
At the start of each fellowship phase, you may exert bearer and search your discard pile for a card named "Gandalf" to make him gain all game text on that card until the end of the turn. Remove that card from the game or discard this condition.
"...he was trying to recall every memory... and considering anxiously the next course he should take."
7 V 49

Sharkey
•Steadfast Champion (V)
Condition
Bearer must be Gandalf.
Each minion gains this ability: "Assignment: Assign this minion to Gandalf."
Regroup: Discard this condition to search a player's draw deck for up to 6 Shadow cards; place those cards in that player's discard pile. That player shuffles his or her deck.
7 V 49

legolas3333
•Steadfast Champion (V)
Condition
Bearer must be Gandalf.
While Gandalf is mounted, he is strength +2 (and damage +1 if he bears Shadowfax)
7 V 49

Sam, Great Elf Warrior
•Steadfast Champion (V)
Condition
To play spot Gandalf. Plays on a companion.
Bearer is defender +2 and may not be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled.
Each minion gains this ability: "Assignment: Assign this minion and up to one other minion to bearer."
At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard this condition to heal bearer 3 times.
7 V 49

Anvar
•Steadfast Champion (V)
Condition
To play spot Gandalf.
Bearer must be an unbound companion.
Bearer is strength +1 for each Free Peoples culture you can spot.
7 V 49

MR. Lurtzy
•Steadfast Champion (V)
Condition • Support Area
While bearing Shadowfax, each time Gandalf wins a skirmish, you may discard a condition or remove a threat.
At the start of the regroup phase, you may spot X shadow conditions to remove .
"...all fled before his face. All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax..."
7 V 49

Thranduil
•Steadfast Champion (V)
Condition • Support Area
Maneuver: If there are more minions than companions, exert Gandalf twice to make this condition become a valiant Man companion until the start of the regroup phase that has 6 strength, 3 vitality, 6 resistance and cannot bear other cards. This card is still a condition.
Gandalf's power was to inspire bravery in even the most ordinary people.
7 V 49

[ket_the_jet]

Once again, I am caught wishing I could vote for my own.

7, although I wish the bearer was a Wizard or just Gandalf instead of making it universal.
1
8

4 and 6 are both horribly overpowered and under-cost.
-wtk