Flying Battleship (is it broken?)

Dark_Fox · Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 4

I have this idea for a card I am developing for my set. Tell me what you all think. Is the way it damages an opponent too powerful? What should its casting cost and cost of its abilities be? Text box too crowded?

Flying Battleship (2)WUB
Creature - Ship
Flying
Flying Battleship may only block creatures with flying.
W: Flying Battleship deals 1 damage to a creature blocking or blocked by it.
(1)W: Flying Battleship deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
If Flying Battleship attacks and is not blocked, defending player loses life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
0/5

What do you all think?

eaglewolf · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 55

It's very strong, but the flavor of it makes no sense.

Dark_Fox · Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 4

Honestly, I kind of agree. I feel like all of the abilities except the last (cards in hand = lost life) make sense from a flavor standpoint.

To summarize:

+ Flying: Well, it's a flying ship! A zeppelin perhaps?

+ Cannot block non-fliers: The blue zeppelins created thus far (Rashidan Airship and Stronghold Zeppelin) have this ability.

+ W: Deal damage and (1)W: deal damage - I envision these abilities as a representation of its weapon systems just like those of crossbow infantry or ballista squad.

But I was stumped on how to make it dangerous to players and still leave it at 0 power.

Scalpel · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 25

make it do:
B: If ~ is unblocked, defending player looses 1 life.
UU: If ~ is unblocked, return target permanent defending player controls to owners hand.

COOLBOY · Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 399

I've been working on a card too, waddya think?

Ur Mom
creature - human party favor
T: bend Ur Mom over the sofa
0: untap Ur Mom
0/1

Jerry_Christ · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 17

CoolBoy u need to fuckin quit . judt because some1 can do something u can't do, dosen't mean that u become an ass an make fun of him/her.

I am basicly saying, "If you don't care good, If you do care then "Suck It".

ShadowS · Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 157

I think the card is perfectly fine. Don't ask how it does damage even if it has no power. Obviously its power comes from cards in hand, in whatever way the is represented.

The cost/abilites are all balanced. U represents flying. W represents battle attacks. B represents life loss. It's a sensible card.

mrbojangles · Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 23

Is Guiltfeeder broken?

Dark_Fox · Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 4

I've been thinking about the card for a while, how about this version? I realize WU do not encompass life loss, but I thought that in this case a little color-wheel exception would be okay.

Flying Battleship (3)WU
Creature - Ship
Flying, Vigilance
W, Tap: Flying Battleship deals X damage to target attacking or blocking creature, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
If Flying Battleship attacks and is not blocked, defending player loses 1 life for each card in your hand.
0/5

Good point about Guilt Feeder.

Volcanon · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 23

do you actually need U in this? flying is white already.

King__Slayer · Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 4

I agree, why not make it full white and add (Instead of the card in hand=life loss) W: If ~ is unblocked, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Craze · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 5380 Location: Indiana, U

why the hell did you just revive a 2 month old post?

Do you honestly think anyone is still working on this card?