Cactus Game Design Message Boards

The Acts of Hazael version 1
6/0 Gray EE
II Kings 8:12
X = The number of your evil Syrians in play and set-aside
"Once per game, discard a card (except a character or Lost Soul) and decrease heroes 0/3 to discard 3 heroes of */X or less.  Cannot be prevented if Elisha is in play.  Cannot be interrupted if used by a Syrian king."

To preemptively head off some questions:

1.  Gives Syrians some "teeth" in the EE department
2.  "Once per game" language lets me boost the power, as it can only be used once in T2 despite being single-color
3.  Cleverly gets around Coliseum (not that we need a bunch of EEs like this, but a few could be fun).  Gray just lost Balaam's Disobedience and Scattered to Coliseum
4.  I know we don't want CBI on enhancements that can win the battle, but this already requires the owner to have a lot of Syrians in play to be powerful, plus Syrian kings are not used often and don't get initiative well
5.  The "decrease heroes 0/3" thing actually follows the verse where Elisha predicts "their little ones you will dash to pieces", not to mention I felt this enhancement needed better odds of having heroes */X or less to discard

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The Acts of Hazael version 2
6/0 Gray EE
II Kings 8:12
"Once per game, if all of your evil characters are Syrians, discard a card (except a character or Lost Soul) and decrease heroes 0/3 to discard a hero in battle.  Cannot be prevented if Elisha is in play.  Cannot be interrupted if used by King Hazael."

I love it, I like playing Syrians and this would help. A LOT.

With only 4 syrians in play and NHC on a Syrian King, you CBI discard all heroes */3 or less and 3 of */7 or less face value. No thanks.

Appreciate the candid response, I knew it was powerful.  I've nerfed it significantly in version 2 above.