Cactus Game Design Message Boards

Joab
Red/Brown
9/8
WC, Israelite Commander, Choose Good or Evil when Joab is put in play
May band to a O.T. warrior class human. If evil,  you may underdeck one of your Heroes to draw 2. Cannot be Negated.
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Absalom
Brown 8/8
WC, Royalty
May band to II Samuel Evil Characters.  May underdeck a evil card from hand to convert a Hero in battle to a brown Evil Character until end of battle. Cannot be Prevented.

Amasa
Brown 7/5
WC, Israelite Commander
Prevent the special abilities on opponent's O.T. enhancements or search deck for Absalom's Soldiers. May band to Absalom's Soldiers. Cannot be Interrupted.

Absalom's Soldiers
Brown 5/5
WC, May have 2 per 50 Cards
May band to Absalom's Soldiers or decrease Absalom's Soldiers by 2/2 to reveal the top 2 cards of opponent's deck. Lost Souls go in play and underdeck the rest.

Abner
Red/Brown
(G) 10/5  (E)5/10 
WC, Israelite Commander, Choose Good or Evil when Abner  is put in play
May band to a O.T. warrior class human. If evil, search deck for King Saul. If good, discard when Joab makes a successful rescue attempt. Cannot be Negated.
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Abner was mainly evil so he really shouldn't have a Hero card. if he was made like that I would have them have the same numbers.

What are your comments on the above cards

Abner was mainly evil so he really shouldn't have a Hero card.

I could make the same argument for Joab -he deserves to be an EC much more than ahero. The main reason they're the alignment they are is which king they were with - Abner was loyal to Saul, who, in his perspective, was still the rightful king.

You should probably put a "may" on Joab and Absalom`s underdeck. As of right now, they are mandatory.

Joab should probably read "If blocking..." instead of "If evil...".  Not sure if I like that band to any OT male WC, perhaps a book restraint?  He's really good for a FBTNB offense right now.  I like his blocking ability - good cost for the benefit.

Absalom should read "May band to a II Samuel Evil Character..." - unless you want him to bring multiple characters in, a la Pharisees.  If that's the case, then word that ability like the generic Pharisees/Sadducees.

For Absalom's Soldiers, does underdeck automatically include a reveal when there's no restriction on what card type gets underdecked?  Probably more a ruling question there, but it impacts how you know if a LS was hit by them (if they're not revealed as part of underdecking, you can't instead a LS without explicitly revealing the cards).

Maybe have Amasa add Absalom's Soldiers to battle?  As is, that's kind of a weak option on his ability since the Soldiers just go to hand.