New Card Laboratory Vol. II

By Game of Pwns, in 1. AGoT General Discussion

Working on some more cards for play testing. (Check out New Card Lab Vol.1 here.)

Card #6 - " Grey Goose Fletching "

  • Type - Weapon
  • House - Greyjoy
  • Cost - 1 Gold
  • Text - House Greyjoy Only. Challenge: Attached character gains deadly and Naval Support. If attached character has a printed deadly keyword, it cancels opponents deadly keyword when participating in challenges .
  • Quote - "The boar can keep his tusks & the bear it's claws. There's nothing half so mortal as a grey goose feather." — Theon Greyjoy
  • Idea - In theory, a deadly archer should cancel out a deadly swordsman or spearman. Maybe not a beserker with explosives though, "Bring him down, Legolas! Kill Him!" This ability gives a tip of the hat to the Double-Strike of MTG, but also gives excitement to the let down Thrones players feel when two deadly characters cancel out in a challenge. It also brings in the Naval Support mechanic.

Card #7 - " Podrick Payne"

  • Type - Character
  • House - Lannister
  • Cost - 1 Gold
  • STR - 1
  • Trait - Ally
  • Text - Deadly. Pay 1 gold and kneel Podrick Payne to save a noble Lannister character in play.
  • Quote - "Sir, I Mean my Lady, Sir, Ma'am. Sir..Ma'am."
  • Idea - There hasn't been a Lannister save card outside of Guilded Plate and Clansman Tyrion . This one seems worth a look into any Noble lion deck.. It uses gold like a Lannister should, and is, I think, the first pay gold and kneel Lannister ability.

Card #8 - "The Twins"

  • Type - Land
  • House - Neutral
  • Cost - 2 Gold
  • Trait - Westeros
  • Text - Verison #1 No Attachments. Challenge: Kneel The Twins. Then each player may choose and kneel 1 character they control. The character with the highest printed STR knelt in this way gains control of The Twins.

Unique characters you control do not kneel to defend during the first challenge initiated each round.

2 Influence

  • Version #2 No Attachments. Challenge: Kneel The Twins. Then each player may choose and kneel 1 character they control. The character with the highest printed STR knelt in this way stands and gains, “Character does not kneel during military challenges this round.” If no one kneels a character in this way, claim 1 power for your house.
  • Version #3 No Attachments. Challenge: Kneel The Twins. Then each player may choose and kneel 1 unique non-army character they control. The character with the highest printed STR knelt in this way stands and gains, “Character does not kneel during its first challenge initiated this round.” If no one kneels a character in this way, claim 1 power for your house.
  • Idea - The Twins should haev a cost that needs to be paid to posess it. Its true in GoT and in SoS. I also think that the Freys profit in power for their unique castle, this giving it the ability to gain power for your house card in Version 2 & 3. It has the essence of Into The Lists plot, but brings a very Freyesque flavor to the game. I did not eliminate army characters from this text, because armies need to cross The Twins. Particularly good in a melee, and with version #1s the 2 influence it can help any player. I really wanted to move it to 3 influence, but I didn’t think it needed as much influence as The Red Keep , Which version, or combination there of is the best?

"Walder Frey"

  • Type - Character
  • House - Neutral
  • Cost - 3 Gold
  • STR - 4
  • Trait - Lord. House Frey
  • Text - Renown. Response: After participating in a winning challenge against an opponent with a Lord or Lady character in play, you may shuffle Walder Frey into its owner’s deck to kill 1 Lord or Lady the opposing opponent controls. Limit once per round.
  • Icons - Intrigue & Power
  • Idea - Pretty Straight forward. Tries to kill lords and ladies. The only down side to his response is that he would lose renown power for being shuffled back into its owners deck. But, its a good card to have if a lord or lady is causing too much trouble.

​As always, reply back with additions, subrtactions, and ideas of your own.

Black text!!!! !AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Card 6 - Probably too cheap for the effect. The naval support + deadly combo is just a nightmare. It should probably be 2 gold at least (as it plays like a Northern Steel on Core Greatjon Umber). You could make it so that deadly characters instead gain naval support and remove it from the core of the card.

Card 7 - Probably too cheap again. I like the theme, but it's probably more of a 2 - 3 gold card. You could make the saved character kneel if it isn't already. That would lean it back towards the 1 - 2 cost.

Card 8 - Make it so that the twins needs to be kneeling for the passive effect, then make it last the whole round. That card will be incredibly dynamic then. The controller will get to choose whether or not they get the ability, but at the risk that their opponent gains it instead.

Here's my idea, haha:

Challenges: Kneel the twins. Then each player may choose to kneel a card. This continues until all players have passed consecutively. The player who knelt the most strength for this effect gains control of The Twins.

While The Twins is kneeling, your characters do not kneel to defend.

Also, consider whether or not you want Stark Bear Island decks to be able to play it. If so, it needs to be a 6 faction card rather than neutral.

Walder Frey - Gonna have to play with the cost and strength. I have a feeling you will wind up changing one or both Other than that, really interesting idea.

Do we really need three seperate threads by the same guy for the same topic?

Sorry about the black font.

Revisions are as follows:

Card #6 - "Grey Goose Fletching" Currently there are only 2 Greyjoy characters with printed deadly. Trying to do what you are asking is too involved. I would rather have it as follows:

  • Type - Weapon
  • House - Greyjoy
  • Cost - 2 Gold (Was 1)
  • Text - House Greyjoy Only. Attached Character gains a Power Naval Support icon. Challenges: Kneel Grey Goose Fletching to give attached character your choice of deadly or stealth until end of phase. If attached character has a printed deadly or stealth keyword, it cancels opponents similar keywords.
  • Flavoring - The boar can keep his tusks & the bear it's claws. There's nothing half so mortal as a grey goose feather." — Theon Greyjo y

Adding the stealth keyword with deadly raises the current count of Greyjoy characters that could benefit from GGF to 10, verses just 1 ( Dagmer Cleftjaw ).

Card #7 - "Podrick Payne" Good idea! Here is the update

  • Type - Character
  • House - Lannister
  • Cost - 2
  • STR - 1
  • Trait - Ally
  • Text - Deadly. Pay 1 gold and kneel Podrick Payne to save a noble Lannister character in play. Then kneel saved character.
  • Flavoring - "Sir, I mean my Lady, Sir, Ma'am. Sir..Ma'am."

Card #8 - "The Twins"

  • Type - Land
  • House - Neutral
  • Cost - 2 Gold
  • Trait - Westeros
  • Text - No Attachments. Challenges: Kneel The Twins. Then each player may choose to kneel a character. This continues until all players have passed consecutively. The player who knelt the highest printed STR in this way gains control of The Twins. Response: While The Twins is kneeling, your characters do not kneel to attack during the first challenge initated each round. If no one kneels a character in this way, claim 1 power for your house.

I want to keep it a neutral card. 1.) 6 faction cards are for Essos cities. 2.) I dont want it to stack with Bear Island . It's good enough on it's own

Card #9 - "Walder Frey" - I want Walder Frey to reflect The Twins if possible. Maybe have a text of Walder Frey as follows:

  • Type - Character
  • House - Neutral
  • Cost - 3 gold
  • STR - 2 (was 4)
  • Trait - Lord. House Frey
  • Icons - Intrigue & Power
  • Text - Renown. Response: After participating in a winning challenge against an opponent with a Lord or Lady character in play, discard 1 power currently on Walder Frey to kill 1 kneeling Lord or Lady the opposing opponent controls. Limit once per round.

This goes down smoother for me. This Walder will have the possibility of a knelt lord or lady due to The Twins, and he loses power. 3 gold for two icons and text effects is a very common character balance.

If anyone wants to play test The Twins or Walder Frey. I have photoshopped some cards and can email you the files. Just Message me to ask for them.

Let me know how they play out, haha. Should certainly make for some interesting new dynamics.

I'm not sure what that guy has against posting ideas in General Discussion. I know other forums move like 10 times faster than this one and you need to bump stuff older than an hour, hehe. This forum is so boring some days.

Yea. Type A personality all the way on his comment.