[CDC] The Alliance of Man *CLOSED*

[TameRlane]

Name: The Versatile Legion
Faction/Purity: 1FD/1DoD
Type: Human
Rarity: Rare
Cost: 3
Morale: 5
Attack/Health: 8/8

Rules Text:
While The Versatile Legion is in the assault zone, it gets +X/+0 for each character you control.
While The Versatile Legion is in the defense zone, it gets +0/+X for each character you control.



Flavor Text: "They shall be masters of every weapon, every ploy and every strategy; fierce in the attack and solid in the defense." 

[Hiding]

Name: The Versatile Legion
Faction/Purity: 1FD/1DoD
Type: Human
Rarity: Rare
Cost: 3
Morale: 5
Attack/Health: 8/8

Rules Text:
While The Versatile Legion is in the assault zone, it gets +X/+0 for each character you control.
While The Versatile Legion is in the defense zone, it gets +0/+X for each character you control.



Flavor Text: "They shall be masters of every weapon, every ploy and every strategy; fierce in the attack and solid in the defense."

if it moves from Defense to assault zone, does it get -0/-X? Is the HP buff similar to Aberions Banner? or more like Pack Leader?

[TameRlane]

Its not a permanent buff.

When its in the assault zone its attack is stronger.  when its in the defense zone its defense is stronger. if its in command or support it would be just an 8/8. My idea is to have FD/DoD be a very zone conscious deck constantly shifting between attack and defense as needed or using the 2p cards for either a heavier defense or heavier assault build of essentially the same deck.

build up some troops and then shift the legion as needed for stronger assault or stronger defense.

Jinhai ambush  and attack with a 11/8 or call crusade and defend with the an 8/11 or vise versa depending on how you use the other purity or what other cards you have in play.  But watch out for priority as that will decide who attacks first and could lead to you losing both you're attack and defense!     

[Hiding]

Its not a permanent buff.

When its in the assault zone its attack is stronger.  when its in the defense zone its defense is stronger. if its in command or support it would be just an 8/8. My idea is to have FD/DoD be a very zone conscious deck constantly shifting between attack and defense as needed or using the 2p cards for either a heavier defense or heavier assault build of essentially the same deck.

build up some troops and then shift the legion as needed for stronger assault or stronger defense.

Jinhai ambush  and attack with a 11/8 or call crusade and defend with the an 8/11 or vise versa depending on how you use the other purity or what other cards you have in play.  But watch out for priority as that will decide who attacks first and could lead to you losing both you're attack and defense!   

Im talking about hp and damage taken.

You have 4 characters in play.

8/12 in defense zone. It takes 8 damage. You move it to assault zone. Is it 12/4 or 12/0?

Similarly, its in defense zone. 8/12. It takes 9 damage, [now 8/3] then the 3 aspirants that were in your assault zone die attacking. There is now only 1 character (itself) is it 8/3 or 8/0?

[TameRlane]

It would die from 0 health in both those cases. this is a card thats better leading an attack or defense rather than sitting in the back of the line, like FD centurion or Eagle eye.

just like using heaven's assistance +  harahel.

if the tokens get heatwaved and you swap champs, the tokens die.
It works the same as all the temp buffs that already exist. 

[NTL]

Name: Asura, The Soul Hunter
Faction/Purity: DOD+FD dual faction
Type: Unique Character - Human
Rarity: Epic
Cost: 6
Morale: 10
Attack/Health: 10/10
Rules Text:

Haste
Whenever an enemy Character is killed, Asura gains +2/+0
Characters you controll gain +0/+2 till the end of turn for each Character you controlled that died in the previous turn.

Flavor Text:
Whoever loses their life, I win.

[Vuurjopi]

Name: Forbidden Love
Faction/Purity: FD + DoD
Type: unique abillity
Rarity: uncommon
Cost: 3
Rules Text: Create a "Romea" in your defense zone and a "Julius" in your assault zone.
Flavor Text: "Neither Aberion, nor the sages will ever accept their love"

Name: Romea
Type: unique character - human
Morale: 3
Attack/Health: 5/8
Rules Text: Cannot be in a zone in which a "Julius" is present, will die at the end of the turn if a  "Julius" died this turn.

Name: Julius
Type: unique character - human
Morale: 3
Attack/Health: 8/5
Rules Text: Cannot be in a zone in which a "Romea" is present, will die at the end of the turn if a "Romea" died this turn.


It's actually a rather low cost for 2 humans. The catch is that keeping them alive is quite difficult as at least one of them has to be on the battlefield at all times.

[dragonhollowfire]

Name: Burned Monk
Faction/Purity: FD +DOD
Type: Human
Rarity: Rare
Cost: 2
Morale: 12
Attack/Health: 0 / 10
Rules Text:

Rush

When this card damages your opponents fortress reveal the top card of your deck. If its a creature costing 2 or below recruit it to your AssaultZone. If its not send it to the graveyard and restore 10  to your opponents fortress.

Flavor Text:

Having the Wisdom of the Monks and the Fierce of the Flame Dawn this Monk will never attack alone.


Name: Wise Knight
Faction/Purity: FD +DOD
Type: Human
Rarity: Rare
Cost: 3
Morale: 6
Attack/Health: 6 / 8
Rules Text:

Rush

Whenever this card attacks move the first card from your Defense Zone to the right of your Assault Zone. Ignore Vigilance when doing so.

[ToxicShadow]

Dragonflame Wardancer
Purity: 1DoD/1FD
Cost: 3
Morale: 6
Character - Human
Stats: 6/12

Vigilance

Whenever Dragonflame Wardancer kills a character while being in the defense zone and survives, they get one additional attack.

"The combination of the Ferocity of the Dawn and the discipline of the Descendants has born an elegant new art of war" - Kung Ji

Comment:
The idea here is a character that goes from defensive to offensive as the game progresses (if you manage to use them successfully). DoD abilities can help them to stay alive while FD abilities can help them to actually kill something or maximize their damage.

[ecliptix]

Will be closing to judge in 1 hour - last chance to get that last minute sub in

[ORISOLVE]

Name: Nys, the Peace of Dawn
Faction/Purity: 1 DoD/1 FD
Type: Human
Rarity: Epic
Cost: 2
Morale: 7
Attack/Health: 6/5

Rules Text:

Haste

Nys takes no damage from the first Character she enters combat with every turn.

Flavor Text: Half sister to Aberion, Nys studied how to win battles through strategy and manuvering rather than her half brother's brute strength. Unlike Syn, she dropped out of school at an early age and fell in love with a monk when the rifts tore realities apart. There is no historial evidence of her existence because Aberion's father would never admit to having an affair with one who was not apart of the Flame Dawn Empire. Stories have been passed down for generations, that this was possible because this was not the first time the rifts have opened.

Comment: She's a half relative of the "Aberion" family, therefore her effect is similar to their "Indestructible". Do you get her name? She's a "Peace/Piece" of the Dawn. 

[ecliptix]

Closed and judging

PS: Note is acting up so results may be a day or two depending on how much it cooperates.

[ecliptix]

Results!
While there were some good cards, the top 3 were definitely head and shoulders above the rest of the competition. Without further adeu and in no particular order...

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Alliance Taskmaster

While by itself definitely a cool and useful card – I don’t see it as providing much utility or overcoming the overall weaknesses of the faction. Sure it would be useful to get some heavy hitters straight out of your hand to the board, but with as easy as it is to remove creatures in this game – and with the purities lack of “remove or die” threats its ultimately a really good too that simply wouldn’t be able to generate enough of a threat quickly enough. Still though, definitely an interesting card that would be useful to the purity – just not quite as much as some of the other entries.

Mew

Knight Captain Damion

While haste is the natural evolution of charge + vigilance, I feel like giving EVERYTHING haste is just way too strong. With all the unblockable/surprise flier opportunities this would grant – I feel like it would just lead to a highly solitary experience as the opponent now has to try and predict what’s in your hand – a step too far I don’t think the game should look at taking.

Merlinix

Bob, the Master Strategist

While I realize this is *mostly* yet another joke card from the wizard, he failed at submitting the worst card this month – so the wizard failed at his attempt to lose *I think*. FD cards with vigilance are as silly as DoD cards with charge (although it would be hilarious to give charge to spirit of the ancestors or vigilance to frontline warrior)

MarvelousChester

Fire of the Monk

This card definitely gives FD/DoD a powerful possible threat, but 5 cost seems rather wonky for the faction and does more to promote a strong all-In attack. Ultimately though, I feel the card would see little use as it is a high cost and easily disarmed/removed

Prince of Lies

Overall, a potentially VERY strong card as it turns a body into effectively a very likely 5 damage. The concern I have. Ultimately the FD ability only helps you in a very limited number of cases as death and removal from game are effectively about the same for a great many decks, but the DoD ability has the power to end games quickly if used correctly. My greatest concern though is how difficult maintaining a solid hand advantage already is with this faction. I feel like this is an all-or-nothing card that rewards desperate all-ins more than smart play.

MankinoMaine

A cheaper lucca? It wouldn’t hurt the faction by any means but then it just starts to feel like a GI clone card. Not really something that would change the state of the game at all, and feels like its just out of place.

NTL

Asura, the Soul Hunter

I can’t help but feel I’m missing something with this card. When would a buff for all your creatures when your creatures die ever be a good thing? And with their lack of control cards, getting +2/+0 for killing a creature seems kinda….not very useful. To me Asura simply feels like an even further watered down version of strength of unity.

Vuurjopi

Forbidden Love

While a cool idea – without a means for the purity to really get their power up and the fact that they won’t typically share zones (or be able to effectively trade at cost) means that more often than not you’re just going to end up with a dead couple.

Dragonhollowfire

Burned Monk

Only really viable in a 1-2 cost deck. Outside of that you’re going to just end up healing your opponents fortress. Additionally – the fact that the recruited character doesn’t get out until after the combat phase has resolved means you will only get a slight increase to your board presence. While not necessarily a bad tool for a deck that wants to go fast – it seems like its something that would be more a straight up FD card than a FD/DoD one.

And the top three! (It was very close)

Again, cards were judge on 4 criteria,

-Balance (Is the card at the right power level for its cost) - 30 pts
-Flavor (Is the card interesting for the lore?) - 10 pts
-Synergy (Does the card play well with others?) 20 pts
-Creativity (Is the card unique and something currently not present in the game?) - 40 Pts

3rd

- Tamerlane! with 81 Points
Versatile Legion
Definitely lives up to its name. The amount of uses for this card is pretty scary and it might actually be a bit too cheap for what you can do with it. On one hand you can turn this into a powerful linebreaker/attacker and on the other hand this card can easily block an early game charge. Overall, while its design is pretty simple and straightforward it gives much needed versatility to this purity combo.

2nd

Orisolve with 87 Points
Nys, the Peace of Dawn


This card could potentially very powerful while not overly so. Used correctly, it could result in a free kill each turn – not to mention used as a potent defender with the right buffs. She’s as much of a threat in the defense zone as in the assault zone and is definitely a crucial component FD/DoD lacks.

1st

Natopotato with 88 points, just edging out Orisolve for the win!

Superior Tactician

This card is EXACTLY what the purity needs. As they tend to not have the strongest creatures on the board, giving them this ability to target enemy threats and counter agro while dropping some of their own goes a long ways. I see some currently unused cards being combo’d well with this such as decimator, frontline warrior, undisturbed monk as well as letting your defenders suddenly turn to glass cannon attackers for some large and unexpected damage. Love this card and want to build a deck around it today.

[ecliptix]

@ Number11 and Toxic - I DID judge your cards, I just forgot to post the results so don't feel you were left out (I had to fight between you two and tamerlane to decide who recieved that one extra point for 3rd so I didn't post yours in the initial batch - it was close at the top)

Number11 - 80
Toxicshadow - 80