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Lightning Shock
« Thread Started on Jul 6, 2004, 2:29pm »

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Lightning Shock deals 2.5 damage to target creature or player.

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #1 on Jul 6, 2004, 3:21pm »

I don't know what to say.

It violates two rules of magic.

No fraction damage.

A card better than shock in this environment is too good

I think I like it.

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #2 on Jul 7, 2004, 6:32am »

there is a small problem with this though... what exactly would it do? There are no rules to cover fractional damage.

Not to mention that the fractional damage is really just useless anyway.

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #3 on Jul 7, 2004, 1:24pm »

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Not to mention that the fractional damage is really just useless anyway.

Precisely, fractional damage is useless, therefore, the card just deals "2 damage." At least, nothing would make it matter anyway, it's just fun.

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #4 on Jul 7, 2004, 6:08pm »

Well, we could decide to print a creature with fractional toughness...

That, and if you cast two Lightning Shocks on a creature during the turn, that creature takes 5 damage, not 4. So it is slightly strictly better than Shock, but not much. We could always make it 2.25 damage or something if we didn't want to make it too "overpowered".

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #5 on Jul 10, 2004, 7:22pm »

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Precisely, fractional damage is useless, therefore, the card just deals "2 damage." At least, nothing would make it matter anyway, it's just fun.

When this goes to 'chop, it should be chopped with a fraction, not a decimal. LOL.

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #6 on Jul 10, 2004, 10:56pm »

I don't think this card even warrants a chop actually.

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #7 on Jul 11, 2004, 8:55am »

Why not? The card is good.

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #8 on Jul 11, 2004, 3:18pm »

Yet all my fractional cards were ignored. Sigh, oh well.

We COULD do a cycle of fractional cards, making them a tad more useful.

Black could be something like "Target player looses half of his or her life, do not round up or down."

White could be "Prevent the next 2.5 damage that would be dealt to target player or creature."

Green could be "Target creature get's +2.5/+2.5 until end of turn."

Blue could get... I have no idea what blue would get, actually. You can't draw .5 cards or counter a spell unless you pay 2.5 mana... Ummmm, I seriouslyt do not know.

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #9 on Jul 11, 2004, 3:22pm »

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Where are your so-called fraction cards?

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #10 on Jul 11, 2004, 9:28pm »

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You could take .5 damage from manaburn

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #11 on Jul 13, 2004, 1:40pm »

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Where are your so-called fraction cards?

Check the prodigal mathematician thread. I have no idea where that is right now, but they're in there.

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #12 on Jul 13, 2004, 8:36pm »

2.5 thumbs down

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Re: Lightning Shock
« Reply #13 on Jul 14, 2004, 3:40am »

Some ideas:

Lightning Shock
R
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Lightning Shock does 5/2's damage to target creature or player.

Giantish Growth
G
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Target creature gets +5/2's/+5/2's until end of turn.

Healing Goop
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Gain 5/2's life or prevent the next 5/2's damage dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Song of Torach
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Target player loses 3/2 life and you gain 3/2 life.

Might Leak
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Counter target spell unless that spell's controller pays 5/2.

Of course this is a version using improper fractions...might be better to use mixed number versions?

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