Balance Thread

Tamdrik Wrote:NM-85 Nanomachine
Might be scary with Radd-lifers, but otherwise almost pointless.
Suggestion: Times 4 instead of 2, add "and takes one damage"?

A 1/1 monster shouldn't really be able to make a radd lifers invulnerable so yeah.. I'd probably reduce the sac considering it has an ability though. And synergies.

Tamdrik Wrote:PR-34 Probebot
The ability is pretty minor, and thus his cost/stats ratio out of whack.
Suggestion: 12 cost, 21 sac

It would be useful with the Khrima's address synergy, so it shouldn't be decreased that much. 2/2 might be okay? At 2/1, it would probably be worth it for the stats alone.

Tamdrik Wrote:Clockwork Paladin
His ability has a pretty high prerequisite. Even if we trade the ability for a permanent +20 life and call it even, he'd be too expensive.
Suggestion: 41 cost, 52 sac

Its current stats and dual type are probably worth 4 and a bit and a anyway, and once you get its ability working, it's pretty powerful, so it's probably overpriced now, but at 4/2 it's fine.

Tamdrik Wrote:CK-3 Sword Dancer
Assuming face-down doesn't confer entrenching, he's too expensive, particularly compared to War Light Spybot.
Suggestion: 33 cost/sac

I agree with the cost change, but I think it's slighty worse than skeleton bird, so I'd increase it's sac to 3/4.

Tamdrik Wrote:CK-66 Ninjitsu
More potent than Tsukeawase (facedown, non-unique) for slightly cheaper.
Suggestion: 58 cost, 69 sac

I'd say 5/8 is fine, but I'd have the sac be less than the cost, because of the robot synergy and the facedown-ness (although it wouldn't stay face-down long).

Tamdrik Wrote:CK-99 Samurai
Even if we assume he tends to hit the board with two other monsters in play, that still makes him a 50/50 on average for the same cost as Mechahawk (which is itself pretty strong). His other drawback is trivially managed/avoided. Facedown-ness is an added bonus.
Suggestion: 43 cost, sac unchanged

With a field full of monsters, it would be balanced, so it needs nerfed badly..

Tamdrik Wrote:TR-32 Variable
Not sure what happens if you switch to fighter mode after the robot has been targeted by a spell/ability. Does it fizzle? If not, then his ability is largely useless. If so, he's probably pretty tasty. No balance suggestions at this time.

It should not fizzle, as immune only affects the targetting. However, its current cost and stats make it slightly worse than Melrak soldier, while the alternative form would be very useful for finishing off high attack/low life monsters. It does not want a boost, it could possibly use a minor nerf, maybe reducing it's sac to 4/4.

Tamdrik Wrote:TR-40 Modulo
Impressively useless. His ability as written would probably be a net loss for you if you decided to use it 95% of the time, and a marginal gain the rest of the time. His stats are strong... for a one-mana monster. Weak otherwise.
Suggestion: Change ability to 3x mana cost of effect, lower cost to 11

At 1/1, a 15/25 would be overpowered. Even a minor ability additional to that would make it even more unbalanced. Make it 2/2, but increase the speed to A, so it can outrun effect D.

Tamdrik Wrote:MX-5 Stonehammer
At first glance, quite strong, but the power requirement is a significant drawback, with the current crop of power generators. Probably fine as-is.

1 power would be easy to obtain, the extra cost or a 1 power generator alone ontop of the stonehammer would be worth it.. however with just one power you could have multiple stonehammers. Needs a small nerf, but nothing major. Maybe make it cost 5/5.

I ran out of time, so this'll do for now.