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CardName: Refractive Cagemail Cost: 2 Type: Artifact - Equipment Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Equip {1} [Electrical] or {1}{W}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to equipped creature is dealt to target creature instead. Add [Radiation] to your power pool. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Clockwork Wings Uncommon

Refractive Cagemail
{2}
 
 U 
Artifact – Equipment
Equip {1}
[Electrical] or {1}{w}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to equipped creature is dealt to target creature instead. Add [Radiation] to your power pool.
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Updated on 18 Feb 2016 by Alex

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2011-01-25 17:36:53: Alex created the card Refractive Cagemail
on 25 Jan 2011 by Alex:

The flavour of converting [Electrical] or {w} into [Radiation] could work quite nicely as a spotlight, or laser. This needs to be an Equipment to fit the "five different types of artifacts" in the new tighter Birthing Chamber cycle. The problem is, what can I do to equipped creature? I'd like it to be something you might like to do more than once, so "gains flying/first strike/etc" isn't very good. Heat-Compression Centrifuge has taken "untap" because there are so few things Connectors can do. Rodent-Run Automaton has taken pumping the creature's P/T. I do want it to refer to the equipped creature in some way (so not just "tap target creature", which is otherwise nice flavour for a beam of light).

I'm somewhat short on remaining things this could do... So far my best ideas are a) granting a keyword ability that stacks, although there aren't any everygreen such in white's pie. It could be the set mechanic Collaborate, but that doesn't fit with the laser/spotlight flavour very well; or b) something like "gains flying and gets +0/+2", but that's pretty dull.

Anyone got any better ideas?

2011-01-25 17:42:14: Alex edited Refractive Cagemail
on 26 Jan 2011 by Alex:

Hmm, perhaps it could gain old-style triggered lifelink. That stacks. On its own that's a pretty dull equipment, but it could give flying as well. Flavoured as infusing the creature / its armour with glowing electrical energy.

on 26 Jan 2011 by Camruth:

you could theme it as a shield of light/energy that absorbs damage & redirects it outward.

"cost: prevent the next 1 damagefrom a source, it is dealt to that source/source's controller instead"

even just going with absorption field and preventing.

on 26 Jan 2011 by Alex:

That's quite a nice idea. I could definitely go with something like that. Thank you!

2011-01-26 10:18:58: Alex edited Refractive Cagemail
on 26 Jan 2011 by Alex:

For the moment I'm going with Camruth's idea but upgraded to a Harm's Way / Carom effect: the equipment turns the creature into a Zealous Inquisitor. This is an effect white has got several times (see also Shining Shoal, Kor Chant, Refraction Trap) but I don't think has ever been on an Aura or Equipment. Perfect!

I've tweaked the flavour slightly to make it feel more like an artifact and less like an aura.

2011-01-26 10:21:11: Alex edited Refractive Cagemail
2011-02-03 12:26:12: Alex edited Refractive Cagemail
2011-02-14 11:36:36: Alex edited Refractive Cagemail:

equip cost down from 3 to 2, because it was often sitting unequipped as was

2015-11-15 23:29:49: Alex edited Refractive Cagemail
2015-11-15 23:30:24: Alex edited Refractive Cagemail:

to {2}-cost, {1}-equip. Was {1}-cost, {2}-equip.

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