Sustain

[snipnigth]

Sustain is one of the new mechanics for shadow era, when you play a card with sustain for example Thriss Almanac, it has Sustain: 1cc, if at the end of your turn you dont have 1cc to pay the cost then the card is destroyed.

Another example is Rapacious Vermin it has Sustain 1HP, at the end of the turn you need to pay 1 life, what happens if you only have 1 life? you die? if so whats the difference between that and Blood Frenzy effect? woudent be better to add sustain on Blood Frenzy ? , or why cant sustain be a cost you may or may not pay, like sacrificing a card for resource at the beggining of the turn, I find this would be more interesting and flexible.

[Kosmiker]

The main difference is that the damage from blood frenzy is preventable while the damage from sustain is not, for example, Guardian of Unaxio can prevent damage from blood frenzy but it won't help you with Rapacious Vermin. But I do agree with you, it should be a cost that you could choose between paying or not.

[Shadows R Us]

Also blood frenzy would kill you before your turn, and sustain would kill you after your turn.

[snipnigth]

Thanks for your reply i didint know the damage was unpreventable, and judging by the reply im believing that if you only have 1 HP you will die paying the sustain cost...that's kind of rough, it would be nice if your the one taking the decision to pay the cost or not to keep the card in play.

[plo]

But I do agree with you, it should be a cost that you could choose between paying or not.

And so do I. Sustain could be more flexible, making the strategies more deep.

[snipnigth]

Yay People agree with me!

[nikcansmash]

It'd be nice if it were an option indeed, but its fine as it is really. You still have to play around the sustain and if your deck can't support the cost don't play the card