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* HiddenMechanic: The algorithm for semi-randomly assigning cards to players at the beginning of each match has some specific quirks as follows. Each slot in your card list may only contain a certain range of mana values. It is impossible for both players to have the same card. Each player is always assigned at least two "healing" cards and at least one "direct damage" card. There is only a 1% chance to be assigned two cards of the same element with adjacent mana values (the chance is slightly higher for Fire, but still rare). Certain combinations are forbidden entirely. These rules are never explained in-game, but knowing them can result in more accurate predictions as to what the opponent might have.
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* TheArtifact: Just about the entire story mode. In older versions, you had an epic plot that consisted of you collecting the 6 pieces of [[DismantledMacGuffin the shattered Prism]], putting them together while making allies and taming/training a pet griffin along the way, and eventually harnessing the power of the rebuilt MacGuffin to command [[EleventhHourSuperpower all 6 special elements]] ([[ArbitraryHeadcountLimit 5 in practice]]) to trounce the Council once and for all. After updates and the additional of many, many more special elements, the entire second act and much of the third were cut out, the remaining battles scattered around without context or reason ([[OutOfOrder or order]]) and many of the unique features and enemies toned down or dropped.
* ArtificialStupidity: If you get out Phoenix, and your fire power is more than 10, you pretty much win the game. The computer frequently gets Phoenix and even fire power boosting creatures like Priest of Fire, but it can't resist spending those 10 fire power points to summon something else, making it's Phoenixes weak and easily beaten. This is fortunate because you can count the number of cards that can beat this combo on one hand and odds are fairly long that you won't randomly luck into them when the computer has Phoenix.
* ArtificialStupidity: If you get out Phoenix, and your fire power is more than 10, you pretty much win the game. The computer frequently gets Phoenix and even fire power boosting creatures like Priest of Fire, but it can't resist spending those 10 fire power points to summon something else, making it's Phoenixes weak and easily beaten. This is fortunate because you can count the number of cards that can beat this combo on one hand and odds are fairly long that you won't randomly luck into them when the computer has Phoenix.
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* TheArtifact: Just about the entire story mode. In older versions, you had an epic plot that consisted of you collecting the 6 pieces of [[DismantledMacGuffin the shattered Prism]], putting them together while making allies and taming/training a pet griffin along the way, and eventually harnessing the power of the rebuilt MacGuffin to command [[EleventhHourSuperpower all 6 special elements]] ([[ArbitraryHeadcountLimit 5 in practice]]) to trounce the Council once and for all. After updates and the additional addition of many, many more special elements, the entire second act and much of the third were cut out, the remaining battles scattered around without context or reason ([[OutOfOrder or order]]) order]]), and many of the unique features and enemies toned down or dropped.
* ArtificialStupidity: If you get out Phoenix, and your fire power is more than 10, you pretty much win the game. The computer frequently gets Phoenix and even fire power boosting creatures like Priest of Fire, but it can't resist spending those 10 fire power points to summon something else, makingit's its Phoenixes weak and easily beaten. This is fortunate fortunate, because you can count the number of cards that can beat this combo on one hand and odds are fairly long that you won't randomly luck into them when the computer has Phoenix.
* ArtificialStupidity: If you get out Phoenix, and your fire power is more than 10, you pretty much win the game. The computer frequently gets Phoenix and even fire power boosting creatures like Priest of Fire, but it can't resist spending those 10 fire power points to summon something else, making
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** KillItWithFire: Nearly all fire cards are either capable of inflicting immediate damage or enhancing future damage, and has rather GlassCannon like creatures in general.
** TheMedic: Water cards are generally based around supporting other elements, defending, and stalling for time. The most expensive water cards are some of the most fragile, but can single-handedly win games by staying alive for just a few turns.
** ShockAndAwe: Where fire magic is about inflicting indiscriminate damage, air cards tend to target singular creatures or the enemy player for massive damage, although there are a few support-type creatures that heal or stall for time.
** StoneWall: Earth cards tend to be defensive in nature, with healing spells, regenerating creatures, and all-around more health than average. And when stalling is no longer necessary, it can launch a game-ending attack directly on the enemy player, or a RocksFallEveryoneDies on all creatures.
** TheMedic: Water cards are generally based around supporting other elements, defending, and stalling for time. The most expensive water cards are some of the most fragile, but can single-handedly win games by staying alive for just a few turns.
** ShockAndAwe: Where fire magic is about inflicting indiscriminate damage, air cards tend to target singular creatures or the enemy player for massive damage, although there are a few support-type creatures that heal or stall for time.
** StoneWall: Earth cards tend to be defensive in nature, with healing spells, regenerating creatures, and all-around more health than average. And when stalling is no longer necessary, it can launch a game-ending attack directly on the enemy player, or a RocksFallEveryoneDies on all creatures.
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** KillItWithFire: PlayingWithFire: [[KillItWithFire Nearly all fire cards are either capable of inflicting immediate damage or enhancing future damage, damage]], and has rather GlassCannon like creatures in general.
**TheMedic: MakingASplash: Water cards are generally based around [[TheMedic supporting other elements, elements]], defending, and stalling for time. The most expensive water cards are some of the most fragile, but can single-handedly win games by staying alive for just a few turns.
**ShockAndAwe: BlowYouAway[=/=]ShockAndAwe: Where fire magic is about inflicting indiscriminate damage, air cards tend to target singular creatures or the enemy player for massive damage, although there are a few support-type creatures that heal or stall for time.
**StoneWall: DishingOutDirt: Earth cards tend to be [[StoneWall defensive in nature, nature]], with healing spells, regenerating creatures, and all-around more health than average. And when stalling is no longer necessary, it can launch a game-ending attack directly on the enemy player, or a RocksFallEveryoneDies on all creatures.
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* GameBreakingBug: Mostly averted as the designers normally act to remove these, but in the web release version the card Natural Fury doesn't do damage the way it says it does, and certain golem boosting cards played by Melvin will sometimes crash the game, which can be [[RageQuit infuriating]] given how long you'll have to spend pounding on him to get past his wall of pre-summoned healers and golems and the massive stockpile of HP he'll have by the time they're gone. The game also always declares that you the loser in the final battle and docks you a pile of Fame, even if you just curbstomped the FinalBoss, though at least you get to see the [[AWinnerIsYou ending]] afterwards.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In your fight against Dragonking, the story says you've fashioned a magical device to convert all of his energy into one type, and this will cause a fatal overload within a few minuts. He gains and stockpiles power to all his power types normally and if you're waiting for the overload you're in for a long wait, he has to be beaten the old fashioned way (and has over four times your HP).
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Pretty much the entire second half of the campaign in ''Gathering''. Melvin is a bit of a WakeUpCallBoss who shows up with over a hundred life and four monsters pre-summoned, and shortly afterwards you take out the leader of the council. From there you just sort of... keep going even though beating the council is ostensibly the point of the quest, and eventually wind up fighting some sort of undead hive mind that's never been referenced before in the game.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In your fight against Dragonking, the story says you've fashioned a magical device to convert all of his energy into one type, and this will cause a fatal overload within a few minuts. He gains and stockpiles power to all his power types normally and if you're waiting for the overload you're in for a long wait, he has to be beaten the old fashioned way (and has over four times your HP).
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Pretty much the entire second half of the campaign in ''Gathering''. Melvin is a bit of a WakeUpCallBoss who shows up with over a hundred life and four monsters pre-summoned, and shortly afterwards you take out the leader of the council. From there you just sort of... keep going even though beating the council is ostensibly the point of the quest, and eventually wind up fighting some sort of undead hive mind that's never been referenced before in the game.
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* GameBreakingBug: Mostly averted as the designers normally act to remove these, but in the web release version version, the card Natural Fury doesn't do damage the way it says it does, and certain golem boosting cards played by Melvin will sometimes crash the game, which can be [[RageQuit infuriating]] given how long you'll have to spend pounding on him to get past his wall of pre-summoned healers and golems and the massive stockpile of HP he'll have by the time they're gone. The game also always declares that you the loser in the final battle and docks you a pile of Fame, even if you just curbstomped the FinalBoss, though at least you get to see the [[AWinnerIsYou ending]] afterwards.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In your fight against Dragonking, the story says you've fashioned a magical device to convert all of his energy into one type, and this will cause a fatal overload within a fewminuts. minutes. He gains and stockpiles power to all his power types normally normally, and if you're waiting for the overload overload, you're in for a long wait, wait; he has to be beaten the old fashioned way (and has over four times your HP).
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Pretty much the entire second half of the campaign in ''Gathering''. Melvin is a bit of a WakeUpCallBoss who shows up with over a hundred life and four monsters pre-summoned, and shortly afterwards you take out the leader of the council. Fromthere there, you just sort of... keep going even though beating the council is ostensibly the point of the quest, and eventually wind up fighting some sort of undead hive mind that's never been referenced before in the game.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In your fight against Dragonking, the story says you've fashioned a magical device to convert all of his energy into one type, and this will cause a fatal overload within a few
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Pretty much the entire second half of the campaign in ''Gathering''. Melvin is a bit of a WakeUpCallBoss who shows up with over a hundred life and four monsters pre-summoned, and shortly afterwards you take out the leader of the council. From
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* KillerRabbit: The mad hermit's Magic Rabbit gains one attack each turn, although its severe lack of health ''usually'' keeps it from going completely out of control.
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* KillerRabbit: The mad hermit's Magic Rabbit gains one attack each turn, although [[SquishyWizard its severe lack of health health]] ''usually'' keeps it from going completely out of control.
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* NoSell: Several cards have some variation as their main power. Snow Golem can NoSell harmful spells and Giant Turtle can NoSell weaker attacks. If you keep your fire power above 10, Phoenix [[NoSell No Sells]] almost ''everything'', and most what it can't NoSell are your own cards which you obviously won't use on it. This is exactly as game breaking as you might imagine, and pretty much the only way to take some of the higher-level final opponents which come with upwards of 3-500 life.
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* NoSell: Several cards have some variation as their main power. Snow Golem can NoSell harmful spells and Giant Turtle can NoSell weaker attacks. If you keep your fire power above 10, Phoenix [[NoSell No Sells]] almost ''everything'', and most of what it can't NoSell are your own cards which you obviously won't use on it. This is exactly as game breaking game-breaking as you might imagine, and pretty much the only way to take some of the higher-level final opponents which come with upwards of 3-500 life.
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* ForcedTutorial: You have to finish a single duel with a tutorial before you can access the campaign.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Pretty much the entire second half of the campaign in ''Gathering''. Melvin is a bit of a WakeUpCallBoss who shows up with over a hundred life and four monsters pre-summoned, and shortly afterwards you take out the leader of the council. From there you just sort of. . . keep going even though beating the council is ostensibly the point of the quest, and eventually wind up fighting some sort of undead hive mind that's never been referenced before in the game.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Pretty much the entire second half of the campaign in ''Gathering''. Melvin is a bit of a WakeUpCallBoss who shows up with over a hundred life and four monsters pre-summoned, and shortly afterwards you take out the leader of the council. From there you just sort of. . .of... keep going even though beating the council is ostensibly the point of the quest, and eventually wind up fighting some sort of undead hive mind that's never been referenced before in the game.
* HarderThanHard: One of the campaign difficulties is Very Hard, one step above Hard.
* ThemedCursor: The game's cursor is a golden fantasy arrow.
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* TheArtifact: Just about the entire story mode. In older versions, you had an epic plot that consisted of you collecting the 6 pieces of [[DismantledMacGuffin the shattered Prism]], putting them together while making allies and taming/training a pet griffin along the way, and eventually harnessing the power of the rebuilt MacGuffin to command [[EleventhHourSuperpower all 6 special elements]] ([[ArbitraryHeadcountLimit 5 in practice]]) to trounce the Council once and for all. After updates and the additional of many, many more special elements, the entire second act and much of the third [[DummiedOut were cut out]], the remaining battles scattered around without context or reason ([[OutOfOrder or order]]) and many of the unique features and enemies toned down or dropped.
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* TheArtifact: Just about the entire story mode. In older versions, you had an epic plot that consisted of you collecting the 6 pieces of [[DismantledMacGuffin the shattered Prism]], putting them together while making allies and taming/training a pet griffin along the way, and eventually harnessing the power of the rebuilt MacGuffin to command [[EleventhHourSuperpower all 6 special elements]] ([[ArbitraryHeadcountLimit 5 in practice]]) to trounce the Council once and for all. After updates and the additional of many, many more special elements, the entire second act and much of the third [[DummiedOut were cut out]], out, the remaining battles scattered around without context or reason ([[OutOfOrder or order]]) and many of the unique features and enemies toned down or dropped.
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''Spectromancer'' is a competitive 2008 computer CardGame designed by Richard Garfield (of MagicTheGathering fame). Players assume the roles of [[WizardDuel dueling mages]] skilled in five different elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and a fifth special element based on their wizard type of their choice.
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''Spectromancer'' is a competitive 2008 computer CardGame designed by Richard Garfield (of MagicTheGathering TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering fame). Players assume the roles of [[WizardDuel dueling mages]] skilled in five different elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and a fifth special element based on their wizard type of their choice.
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* GameBreaker: Several. Phoenix + Fire Priest is the most obvious but others are more subtle, for instance Phantom Warrior (never take more than 1 damage at a time) coupled with a Master Healer (heals 3 damage per round). Ancient Horror not only has excellent stats but can keep all the opponent's creatures from attacking, and worse the AI seems to know how to use it and will shut your entire line down if you let it get an Ancient Horror loose for very long, and since it's fairly tough that's rather likely.
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* TheArtifact: Just about the entire story mode. In older versions, you had an epic plot that consisted of you collecting the 6 pieces of [[DismantledMacGuffin the shattered Prism]], putting them together while making allies and taming/training a pet griffin along the way, and eventually harnessing the power of the rebuilt MacGuffin to command [[EleventhHourSuperpower all 6 special elements]] ([[ArbitraryHeadcountLimit 5 in practice]]) to trounce the Council once and for all. After updates and the additional of many, many more special elements, the entire second act and much of the third [[DummiedOut were cut out]], the remaining battles scattered around without context or reason ([[OutOfOrder or order]]) and many of the unique features and enemies toned down or dropped.
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* AerithAndBob: You'll encounter wizards with names like Deomir and Ssjarka alongside the likes of Helga and Melvin.
* AWinnerIsYou: The single-player campaign isn't the focus of the game, and it shows. The ending is a DistantFinale that doesn't remotely relate to your accomplishments and mostly talks about how Dorlak built the moon.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Pretty much the entire second half of the campaign in ''Gathering''. Marvin is a bit of a WakeUpBoss who shows up with over a hundred life and four monsters pre-summoned, and he's the last enemy with any apparent link to the council you've been fighting. The FinalBoss is sort-of linked in that council is in it's name but it's some sort of undead hive mind and up until then you've been facing a council of humanoid mages.
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* GameBreakingBug: Mostly averted as the designers normally act to remove these, but in the web release version the card Natural Fury doesn't do damage the way it says it does, and certain golem boosting cards played by Melvin will sometimes crash the game, which can be [[RageQuit infuriating]] given how long you'll have to spend pounding on him to get past his wall of pre-summoned healers and golems and the massive stockpile of HP he'll have by the time they're gone. The game also always declares that you the loser in the final battle and docks you a pile of Fame, even if you just curbstomped the FinalBoss, though at least you get to see the [[AWinnerIsYou ending]] afterwards.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In your fight against Dragonking, the story says you've fashioned a magical device to convert all of his energy into one type, and this will cause a fatal overload within a few minuts. He gains and stockpiles power to all his power types normally and if you're waiting for the overload you're in for a long wait, he has to be beaten the old fashioned way (and has over four times your HP).
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Pretty much the entire second half of the campaign in ''Gathering''.Marvin Melvin is a bit of a WakeUpBoss WakeUpCallBoss who shows up with over a hundred life and four monsters pre-summoned, and he's shortly afterwards you take out the last enemy with any apparent link to leader of the council. From there you just sort of. . . keep going even though beating the council you've been fighting. The FinalBoss is sort-of linked in that council is in it's name but it's ostensibly the point of the quest, and eventually wind up fighting some sort of undead hive mind and up until then you've that's never been facing a council of humanoid mages.referenced before in the game.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In your fight against Dragonking, the story says you've fashioned a magical device to convert all of his energy into one type, and this will cause a fatal overload within a few minuts. He gains and stockpiles power to all his power types normally and if you're waiting for the overload you're in for a long wait, he has to be beaten the old fashioned way (and has over four times your HP).
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Pretty much the entire second half of the campaign in ''Gathering''.
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* NoSell: Several cards have some variation as their main power. Snow Golem can NoSell harmful spells and Giant Turtle can NoSell weaker attacks. If you keep your fire power above 10, Phoenix [[NoSell No Sells]] almost ''everything'', and most what it can't NoSell are your own cards which you obviously won't use on it. This is exactly as game breaking as you might imagine, and pretty much the only way to take some of the higher-level final opponents which come with upwards of 2-300 life.
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* NoSell: Several cards have some variation as their main power. Snow Golem can NoSell harmful spells and Giant Turtle can NoSell weaker attacks. If you keep your fire power above 10, Phoenix [[NoSell No Sells]] almost ''everything'', and most what it can't NoSell are your own cards which you obviously won't use on it. This is exactly as game breaking as you might imagine, and pretty much the only way to take some of the higher-level final opponents which come with upwards of 2-300 3-500 life.
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* ArtificialStupidity: If you get out Phoenix, and your fire power is more than 10, you pretty much win the game. The computer frequently gets Phoenix and even fire power boosting creatures like Priest of Fire, but it can't resist spending those 10 fire power points to summon something else, making it's Phoenixes weak and easily beaten. This is fortunate because you can count the number of cards that can beat this combo on one hand and odds are fairly long that you won't randomly luck into them when the computer has Pheonix.
* ElementalEmbodiment: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth elementals.
* ElementalEmbodiment: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth elementals.
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* ArtificialStupidity: If you get out Phoenix, and your fire power is more than 10, you pretty much win the game. The computer frequently gets Phoenix and even fire power boosting creatures like Priest of Fire, but it can't resist spending those 10 fire power points to summon something else, making it's Phoenixes weak and easily beaten. This is fortunate because you can count the number of cards that can beat this combo on one hand and odds are fairly long that you won't randomly luck into them when the computer has Pheonix.
Phoenix.
* ElementalEmbodiment: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth elementals. Equally silly, the game will keep throwing direct-damage spells at phoenixes that will simply revive afterwards.
* ElementalEmbodiment: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth elementals. Equally silly, the game will keep throwing direct-damage spells at phoenixes that will simply revive afterwards.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Pretty much the entire second half of the campaign in ''Gathering''. Marvin is a bit of a WakeUpBoss who shows up with over a hundred life and four monsters pre-summoned, and he's the last enemy with any apparent link to the council you've been fighting. The FinalBoss is sort-of linked in that council is in it's name but it's some sort of undead hive mind and up until then you've been facing a council of humanoid mages.
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* ArtificialStupidity: If you get out Phoenix, and your fire power is more than 10, you pretty much win the game. The computer frequently gets Phoenix and even fire power boosting creatures like Priest of Fire, but it can't resist spending those 10 fire power points to summon something else, making it's Phoenixes weak and easily beaten. This is fortunate because you can count the number of cards that can beat this combo on one hand and odds are fairly long that you won't randomly luck into them when the computer has Pheonix.
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* GameBreaker: Several. Phoenix + Fire Priest is the most obvious but others are more subtle, for instance Phantom Warrior (never take more than 1 damage at a time) coupled with a Master Healer (heals 3 damage per round). Ancient Horror not only has excellent stats but can keep all the opponent's creatures from attacking, and worse the AI seems to know how to use it and will shut your entire line down if you let it get an Ancient Horror loose for very long, and since it's fairly tough that's rather likely.
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* NoSell: Several cards have some variation as their main power. Snow Golem can NoSell harmful spells and Giant Turtle can NoSell weaker attacks. If you keep your fire power above 10, Phoenix [[NoSell No Sells]] almost ''everything'', and most what it can't NoSell are your own cards which you obviously won't use on it. This is exactly as game breaking as you might imagine, and pretty much the only way to take some of the higher-level final opponents which come with upwards of 2-300 life.
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* LuckBasedMission: In the single player, it's fairly common to simply scum for a playable deck at higher levels. Get a fast Phoenix deck (Phoenix, Fire Priest, and Merfolk Elder) and your victory is nearly guaranteed even against the hugely overpowered final bosses. Get a deck without such synergy and you might as well surrender to save time and try for Phoenix again. To make matters worse, it's possible to be handed, for instance, 4 water spells and no water creatures in a duel where one of the win conditions is "Summon a creature of each element."
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** CursedWithAwesome: Cult cards tend to be very strong for their cost, but carry some kind of risk or disadvantage -- especially if used in the wrong situations.
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** CursedWithAwesome: ExplosiveOverclocking: Cult cards tend to be very strong for their cost, but carry some kind of risk or disadvantage -- especially if used in the wrong situations.disadvantage. About half of them do damage to themselves, their own creatures, or their own wizard.
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* TakingYouWithMe: A few cards make it possible for both wizards to lose all of their health simultaneously. This results in a victory for whoever caused this to happen.
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* TakingYouWithMe: A few cards make it possible for both wizards to lose all of their health simultaneously. This results in a victory for whoever caused this to happen.
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The game is still updated and patched for balance periodically, and has a decent online online multiplayer following. The website is [[http://www.spectromancer.com/ here]].
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The game is still updated and patched for balance periodically, and has a decent online online multiplayer following. The website is [[http://www.spectromancer.com/ here]].
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** {{Magitek}}: Mechanical cards include couple dwarves, a very hard-to-kill steel golem, and five cards devoted to shooting some kind of cannon at the enemy creatures for either burst or steady damage.
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** {{Magitek}}: Mechanical cards include a couple dwarves, a very hard-to-kill steel golem, and five cards devoted to shooting some kind of cannon at the enemy creatures for either burst or steady damage.
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* MirrorMatch: Notably averted in standard duels. It is impossible for two players to be given the same card in a single match, even when the wizard type is identical.
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** {{Necromancer}}: With a splash of BloodMagic and BlackMagic, death cards are fueled by the deaths of creatures -- sometimes not discriminating as to whether those creatures are your own or your opponent's.
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** {{Necromancer}}: With a splash of BloodMagic and BlackMagic, death cards are fueled by the deaths of creatures -- sometimes not discriminating as to whether those creatures are your own or your opponent's.
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AntiMagic: Control cards deny the opponent their resources by draining energy or disrupting creatures.
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EntropyAndChaosMagic: Chaos cards are very powerful, but unreliable. Each card has a random factor, and tend to be at their most powerful when the randomness is irrelevant (such as giving a spell that targets a random opposing creature only one creature to choose from).
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MasterOfIllusion: Illusion cards tend to use the opponent's own creatures against them, such as by causing enemy creatures to damage themselves or their own wizard.
**DemonologistTheLegionsOfHell: Demonic cards fall into two categories: dealing massive damage to enemy creatures (sometimes with actual correlation with fire magic), or summoning demon creatures that are replaced by another demon creature when killed. Legions, indeed.
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** OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Goblin Chieftaincards are not incredibly strong by themselves, but have unusual and somewhat unpredictable abilities, such as removing an opponent's card from their repertoire, or jumping between battlefield slots at random.
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** BloodMagic: Vampire Lord
Lords drain one health from their own creatures each turn, and use some of their own health to cast vampiric cards, covering an array of very powerful vampires with punishing abilities.
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** EmpathicWeapon: The GolemMaster
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{{Necromancer}}: With a splash of BloodMagic and BlackMagic, death cards are fueled by the deaths of creatures -- sometimes not discriminating as to whether those creatures are your own or your opponent's.
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** Sorcerer
BadassBookworm: Sorcery cards do not contain a single creature to summon, but the spells cover a wide array of offensive, defensive, and supportive needs.
**BeastmasterTheBeastmaster: Beast cards are unique in that only one of each type may be on the field at a time. While alive, the beast then has an activated ability, such as a basilisk's gaze or a dragon's firebreath.
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** Mad Hermit
** Chronomaster
** Warrior Priest
** Chronomaster
** Warrior Priest
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** Mad Hermit
NatureHero: Forest cards (with creative names like Crazy Squirrel, Vindictive Raccoon, and Angry Angry Bear) are powered by the mad hermit's Magic Rabbit, a creature that gains an attack point each turn and is resummoned if killed.
**Chronomaster
** Warrior PriestTimeMaster: Time cards bend the normal turn-based rules of the game, giving the player extra turns or actions, or skipping the opponent's turn.
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** Warrior Priest
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* ACommanderIsYou: The four main elements and 16 wizard types tend to have certain strengths and limitations in their cards, although there are plenty of exceptions.
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* ElementalPowersElementalPowers: Four main elements and 16 wizard types:
** KillItWithFire: Nearly all fire cards are either capable of inflicting immediate damage or enhancing future damage, and has rather GlassCannon like creatures in general.
** TheMedic: Water cards are generally based around supporting other elements, defending, and stalling for time. The most expensive water cards are some of the most fragile, but can single-handedly win games by staying alive for just a few turns.
** ShockAndAwe: Where fire magic is about inflicting indiscriminate damage, air cards tend to target singular creatures or the enemy player for massive damage, although there are a few support-type creatures that heal or stall for time.
** StoneWall: Earth cards tend to be defensive in nature, with healing spells, regenerating creatures, and all-around more health than average. And when stalling is no longer necessary, it can launch a game-ending attack directly on the enemy player, or a RocksFallEveryoneDies on all creatures.
** LightEmUp: Shared between holy and spirit wizard types, with the former being more defensive, and the latter being more offensive -- with some identical or near-identical cards besides.
** Necromancer
** Mechanician
** Dominator
** Chaosmaster
** Illusionist
** Demonologist
** Sorcerer
** Beastmaster
** Goblin Chieftain
** Mad Hermit
** Chronomaster
** Warrior Priest
** Vampire Lord
** Cultist
** Golem Master
** KillItWithFire: Nearly all fire cards are either capable of inflicting immediate damage or enhancing future damage, and has rather GlassCannon like creatures in general.
** TheMedic: Water cards are generally based around supporting other elements, defending, and stalling for time. The most expensive water cards are some of the most fragile, but can single-handedly win games by staying alive for just a few turns.
** ShockAndAwe: Where fire magic is about inflicting indiscriminate damage, air cards tend to target singular creatures or the enemy player for massive damage, although there are a few support-type creatures that heal or stall for time.
** StoneWall: Earth cards tend to be defensive in nature, with healing spells, regenerating creatures, and all-around more health than average. And when stalling is no longer necessary, it can launch a game-ending attack directly on the enemy player, or a RocksFallEveryoneDies on all creatures.
** LightEmUp: Shared between holy and spirit wizard types, with the former being more defensive, and the latter being more offensive -- with some identical or near-identical cards besides.
** Necromancer
** Mechanician
** Dominator
** Chaosmaster
** Illusionist
** Demonologist
** Sorcerer
** Beastmaster
** Goblin Chieftain
** Mad Hermit
** Chronomaster
** Warrior Priest
** Vampire Lord
** Cultist
** Golem Master
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''Spectromancer'' is a competitive 2008 computer CardGame designed by Richard Garfield (of MagicTheGathering fame). Players assume the roles of dueling mages skilled in five different elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and a fifth special element based on their wizard type of their choice.
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''Spectromancer'' is a competitive 2008 computer CardGame designed by Richard Garfield (of MagicTheGathering fame). Players assume the roles of [[WizardDuel dueling mages mages]] skilled in five different elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and a fifth special element based on their wizard type of their choice.
* ACommanderIsYou: The four main elements and 16 wizard types tend to have certain strengths and limitations in their cards, although there are plenty of exceptions.
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* Golem: In Ice, Steel, and "Golem Master" varieties.
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* Golem: {{Golem}}: In Ice, Steel, and "Golem Master" varieties.varieties.
* HighClassGlass: Worn by the Demon Quartermaster. When he "dies", he becomes an Enraged Quartermaster, presumably so because his monocle is now missing.
* KillerRabbit: The mad hermit's Magic Rabbit gains one attack each turn, although its severe lack of health ''usually'' keeps it from going completely out of control.
* MagikarpPower: Elementals cost a lot of energy, and their attack power is equal to your stockpiled energy of that element (and you just spent all of it). But while alive, they add +1 to their element's growth, and can quickly snowball into an unstoppable force.
* HighClassGlass: Worn by the Demon Quartermaster. When he "dies", he becomes an Enraged Quartermaster, presumably so because his monocle is now missing.
* KillerRabbit: The mad hermit's Magic Rabbit gains one attack each turn, although its severe lack of health ''usually'' keeps it from going completely out of control.
* MagikarpPower: Elementals cost a lot of energy, and their attack power is equal to your stockpiled energy of that element (and you just spent all of it). But while alive, they add +1 to their element's growth, and can quickly snowball into an unstoppable force.
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''Spectromancer'' is a competitive 2008 computer CardGame designed by Richard Garfield (of MagicTheGathering fame). Players assume the roles of dueling mages skilled in five different elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and a fifth special element based on their wizard type of their choice.
Unlike many other card games of its ilk, Spectromancer does not allow the player to choose their exact cards for each duel. Instead, four cards from each element are automatically provided by a semi-random algorithm. Instead of building the "perfect deck", players must improvise with the cards they are given.
The game is still updated and patched for balance periodically, and has a decent online online multiplayer following. The website is [[http://www.spectromancer.com/ here]].
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!!''Spectromancer'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* ElementalEmbodiment: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth elementals.
* ElementalPowers
* Golem: In Ice, Steel, and "Golem Master" varieties.
* TakingYouWithMe: A few cards make it possible for both wizards to lose all of their health simultaneously. This results in a victory for whoever caused this to happen.
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Unlike many other card games of its ilk, Spectromancer does not allow the player to choose their exact cards for each duel. Instead, four cards from each element are automatically provided by a semi-random algorithm. Instead of building the "perfect deck", players must improvise with the cards they are given.
The game is still updated and patched for balance periodically, and has a decent online online multiplayer following. The website is [[http://www.spectromancer.com/ here]].
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!!''Spectromancer'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* ElementalEmbodiment: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth elementals.
* ElementalPowers
* Golem: In Ice, Steel, and "Golem Master" varieties.
* TakingYouWithMe: A few cards make it possible for both wizards to lose all of their health simultaneously. This results in a victory for whoever caused this to happen.
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