I notice that the rules text on the cards is similar to older MTG cards in that it conveys flavor and doesn't seem to follow very strict formatting rules. I really enjoy the presence of flavor it the text but the lack of specifics and formatting can really hurt player comprehension of how the card works. For example, the card "Engulfing Fire" reads "The target is set on fire and takes 1 damage each turn." I can sort of assume, because i have a pretty good understand of card games in general, that because it doesn't specify "target ally" or "target hero" it can target both heroes and allies, but an other question comes to mind when i read this: Does the card stay on the board "attached" to the target so that it might be destroyed later? In a traditional, physical card game it would sort of have to, as there wouldn't be any other decent way to remember who should be taking the damage, but because Shadow Era can have the computer do a lot of the record keeping I can't really assume that here!
If the card DOES stay on the board I would like to see it mechanically separated from other, one shot cards either by having it referred to as something like an "ongoing mage ability" or having the rules text say something like "Attach to a target (I also feel that the card type of the target should be described). The target is set on fire etc..."
I realize that it's early to ask these questions but I'm so terribly excited! Now that I think about it, your rules texts and their template's probably aren't even final, yet...
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