What casting cost do you think Io Void Leviathan deserves?

**huynguyenquang** · 06-06-2013, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Drakkon

You'd have to lower his stats at 4cc. Otherwise Elementalis

has a 4/8 on turn 4.

I think what pyrogene means is to buff his stats while keeping him 5cc.

@pyrogene: yes I do think that weaker cards are always part of the designing process that is called "failed design"

However I think Wulven should do their best to polish all the cards they can and should before phys comes out. Or is it too late because phys are already being produced?

**Drakkon** · 06-06-2013, 05:21 PM

I believe this card is a sleeper. We see it all the time in YGO.. seems subpar when released.. but in later sets becomes devastating.

**pyrogene** · 06-06-2013, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by huynguyenquang

I think what pyrogene means is to buff his stats while keeping him 5cc.

@pyrogene: yes I do think that weaker cards are always part of the designing process that is called "failed design"

However I think Wulven should do their best to polish all the cards they can and should before phys comes out. Or is it too late because phys are already being produced?

Elementalis

can get a 3/9 ally (Xar, who even has an ability) on T4 already now so even 2/4 4CC Io isn't necessarily too OP. Effectively, he's just going to be a 3/5 vanilla most of the time. A little high for a 4CC but that's also partially because most of the 4CC allies have poor stats.

No, it's not really failed design. Wulven just finds it preferable to have underpowered cards rather than risking overpowered cards since OP cards negatively affect the game more. It's just their design philosophy. Some cards are also not underpowered because of the card itself but also because there isn't enough cards available now that interacts with it.