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Unearthed Prophecy - Neutral Dagona

#62

Just a update for visibility when trying to evaluate this card.

If there is no minion to devour, you CANNOT summon this minion, Just keep that in mind.

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#63

Yeah think of this minion as a spell.

8 Mana
Devour a Minion and summon an 8/8 Dagona nearby a friendly unit.

Dagona
Dying Wish: Resummon the devoured minion

#64

Haha, I do help out quite a bit with balancing and development, but it’s a team effort all around, no one person influences all the direction :smiley:

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#65

Wait, ryvirath you help with balancing? i didnt know that… Cool.

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#66

Does the devoured minion belong to me or to the original summoner?

#67

Question: why Lavaslasher can be played when there is no minion on board, but this one cannot? The cards wording look similar to me

#68

¯_(ツ)_/¯

#70

I love the funny explanation, but I still think it’s very unclear :wink: I would be disappointed to discover it while playing

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#71

You can play Dagona without anything to devour as Opening Gambits are skippable.

#72

You really, really cannot tho.

I appreciate trying to spread helpful information, but in this case you are wrong.

#73

Now that requires some sort of explanation on the card itself. Else, some players might think you can just play it without triggering opening gambit like most OG minions.

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#74

I agree completely, unfortunately the design team doesn’t seem to share your sentiment and think it’s wording is clear or acceptable as is so I’d take it up with them.

#75

Can it also devour friendly minions? If so then it could be used to resummon a dispelled units albeit expensive.

#76

Yes, yes it can.

#77

Not all are skippable. Ex: Abjudicator. Think zyx and abyss crawler too?

#78

We just need a creature with an extremely powerful bond ability.

#79

What he means if that there are no cards (or very few ones) which cannot be played if the condition for their OG is not fulfilled. For instance, you can play Healing Mystic without healing or Maw without damaging any minion.

Here, you are not skipping the OG: you cannot play the card if you cannot trigger the OG, which is inconsistent with most of the cards.

#80

Not true, you can play Hearth Sister alone on the board, it’s the same Opening Gambit.

EDIT: okay saw the rest of the replies now… If it really isn’t this way that’s EXTREMELY unclear.
In general Duelyst does not take their ability explanations that literal, and it has other unclear stuff, but this one is really really really unclear, it’s bad practice imho to just leave it like this and think it’s clear to players.

#81

Hearthsister can - true

Dagona cannot - equally true

This is why the discussion is there in the first place, regarding the wording and the intended mechanic.

#82

Yeah you’re 1 minute too late, already edited my post :slight_smile:

It’s really weird.

Normally you’d have a requirement/cost be something different than an effect when something comes into play.
They’re two different things, should have a different keyword.