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[Kashyyk]

We need more non-Generic Mook Critters. And Godzilla should be a nice ace.

(2)Twisted Hound: Jerick, Kashyyk
(2)Godzilla: Jerick, Kashyyk
(1)Treason: Jerick
(1)Acidmaw Gnawler: Kashyyk

[a1s]

(3)Twisted Hound: Jerick, Kashyyk, a1s
(3)Godzilla: Jerick, Kashyyk, a1s
(1)Treason: Jerick
(1) Acidmaw Gnawler: Kashyyk
(1) Demolition: a1s

[Quarque]

We need more non-Generic Mook Critters. And Godzilla should be a nice ace.

Hmm Godzilla is 8 rads. Among the cards created so far I see some combo wombo going on to gain tea / rebellion / tokens / rads.

At first glance this worries me. A complicated combo is easy to disrupt, if you even draw the right cards in the first place (and fast enough to not just die to a more efficient deck). How often did the deck reach 8 rad before the end of the game, last round?

[FallacyofUrist]

(3) Twisted Hound: Jerick, Kashyyk, a1s
(3) Godzilla: Jerick, Kashyyk, a1s
(1) Treason: Jerick
(2) Acidmaw Gnawler: Kashyyk, Fallacy
(1) Demolition: a1s

At first glance this worries me. A complicated combo is easy to disrupt, if you even draw the right cards in the first place (and fast enough to not just die to a more efficient deck). How often did the deck reach 8 rad before the end of the game, last round?

Oh, yeah no, the tea plantation -> factory -> mountain trivium is far too hard to set up and make use of

Just use some Old Reactors and Modern Reactors instead. The Mountain's tokens are at least good for fodder and feeding the Irradiated Wasteland, though.

[Quarque]

ok.. where are the card designs of Twisted Hound and Treason? Can't find them.

[FallacyofUrist]

Name: Twisted Hound
Cost: 0

Spoiler: Image (click to show/hide)

Colours: Green
Type: Critter - Mutant
Effects: Gains 10s and 5v every time rad is generated
Flavour Text: Each new mutation made it that little bit hungrier
Strength-Vitality: 20-15
Rarity: Common

My attempt at a card

Name: Treason
Cost: 1 rad
Image:
Type: Trick
Colour: red
Effect: pay X tea to take control of target critter, where X is its rad cost.
Flavour: Welcome to the right side of history
Rarity: Common

[a1s]

How often did the deck reach 8 rad before the end of the game, last round?

This is going to be the first round.

[Jerick]

We need more non-Generic Mook Critters. And Godzilla should be a nice ace.

Hmm Godzilla is 8 rads. Among the cards created so far I see some combo wombo going on to gain tea / rebellion / tokens / rads.

At first glance this worries me. A complicated combo is easy to disrupt, if you even draw the right cards in the first place (and fast enough to not just die to a more efficient deck). How often did the deck reach 8 rad before the end of the game, last round?

Keep in mind rads persist between turns so all you need to get enough for godzilla is to have two modern reactors for two turns without spending any rads. Because of green we've kind of gone crazy with rad generation but we don't have all that much spectacular to spend it on at the moment. That said we still haven't played against the enemy so we don't know what they've got.

[Quarque]

Ok, how about this? I think it fits the theme.

Trick
Cost: X rad

Create X green Spore tokens. Each Spore token has 10 strength and 20 vitality. When a Spore token dies, you gain 1 rad.

Spoiler: picture (click to show/hide)

edit: This card is meant to be flexible and serve as oil in the engine - it can both serve as a filler / build-up early, or as a killer card in the late game.

[Jerick]

You're missing the colour (though it's pretty clear what that colour is ) and you're missing the rariety (Common, rare or unique).
Aside from that; that looks like a fantastic card. I love that as a side benefit it effectively can be used to re-trigger all the 'when you generate rad' effects.

[Quarque]

Ah yes. Green.

I feel this would probably be a Rare card? Nuke, I could use a little input here.

[Quarque]

After reading the Balance section, I think that Godzilla is badly understatted. As proposed it it would have a starting stat total of 150, which is the baseline for a card costing 4 Rad. The baseline stat total for an 8 rad card is 100 more.

Of course it has some abilities, but those do not make up for it. We got to keep in mind that a card like this can be removed by a single, cheap, basic removal card so you shouldn't think about it like "hey if this survives for 5 turns it's growing massive." Because that will never happen.

So anyway, I think that making it 100/100 is perfectly fine. That is still understatting by 50 points (meaning that the effects are costing 2 rads).

About the spore colony, perhaps the spores would need to be 10/10?
 

[Quarque]

It is starting to dawn on me that the tea is just a second mana color in mtg terms. As such, I would like to adjust my proposal:

rare Trick
Color: green
Cost: X rad + Y tea

Create X + Y green Spore tokens. Each Spore token has 10 strength and 10 vitality. When a Spore token dies, you gain 1 rad.

Spoiler: picture (click to show/hide)

[FallacyofUrist]

It's worth noting that 'stat growth on Rad gain' has the potential to be extremely nutty.

Modern Reactor gives 1 Rad at the start of the turn and 1 Rad at the end of the turn. This isn't actually a nerf over 'gives 2 Rads at the start of the turn', given our synergies. It's a buff. Every single Rad gain trigger triggers 'stat growth on Rad gain'.

If we look at a case like '2 Old Reactors, 1 Modern Reactor' that's 4 triggers per turn, and that's easy enough to achieve.

Additionally, Polluted Wasteland and Mountain effectively grant X*Y (Wasteland count * Mountain count) individual Rad generations per turn, although the tokens created can't attack until the turn after they're created, so there's some minor windup.

The Wasteland and Mountain are both Common, too. While the Mountain will eventually go for a stroll and join the other team, it wouldn't help the enemy that much, especially with Godzilla's trample.

All in all, it would take us a good few turns to get to the point of having many Rad gain triggers per turn, but all those effects that go '+10 Strength, +10 Vitality, every time you gain a Rad' will quickly snowball to the point of massive durability and strength gain per turn.

All of which can be neutralized with clever effects, but rapidly growing bruisers are something, I guess.

[NUKE9.13]

Ah yes. Green.

I feel this would probably be a Rare card? Nuke, I could use a little input here.

Rare could work, though a weaker version could be Common, and a stronger version Unique.

rare Trick
Color: green
Cost: X rad + Y tea

Create X + Y green Spore tokens. Each Spore token has 10 strength and 10 vitality. When a Spore token dies, you gain 1 rad.

Couple of things:
-if it's using Tea, it should probably be Red (Red/Green, I mean). Red also likes tokens, so that fits. If you can find a picture of a fungus wielding 19th-century equipment, it'd be perfect.
-which is the second thing, I'd want a picture for the tokens as well. And ideally both should be cropped/resized to 210x120 pixels.
-the spores generating Rads on death is hard to balance. I mean, it essentially renders this card free in terms of Rads spent over the long term.

After reading the Balance section, I think that Godzilla is badly understatted. As proposed it it would have a starting stat total of 150, which is the baseline for a card costing 4 Rad. The baseline stat total for an 8 rad card is 100 more.

It's worth noting that when balancing cards, I will give things a buff if necessary. I mentioned earlier that Godzilla would get a Vit buff.
(Also, unbalanced cards- in either direction- can get buffed/nerfed as a result of appeals)
Point being, while it is better to propose cards that are already balanced, the more important thing is the concept.