[Submission] Shadow Clone

Ankha wrote:

Kraus wrote:

As it's written, the shadow clone of Black Spiral Buddy and Renegade Garou regenerate up to 3 life (or if they don't I don't seem to understand VtES rules templating as well as I should like). Shadow clone Ossian gains life.

Well, you'd be lucky to play with gentlemen of taste that play Black Spiral Buddy in their decks

Hey, I did a couple of tournaments with a Sebastian Goulet OBF DOM THA deck back in the days! It totes had Buddies! The deck was named "My Next Best Buddy". When they start bleeding for 2-3, don't care about any other allies on the table, and you've access to OBF and DOM...

...

...I rarely got even an oust out.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?! ;___;

Ankha wrote:

Name: Shadow Clone
Cardtype: Action
Discipline: Obtenebration
+1 stealth action.
[obt] Lock a ready ally controlled by another Methuselah, and put this card in play; it becomes a copy of that ally with 1 life that does not contest that ally. That ally does not unlock as normal during its unlock phase.
[OBT] As above, with 2 life.

EDIT : added the "controlled by another Methuselah" restriction
EDIT: changed to starting life
EDIT: removed starting life, it's not abusable anyway.

I sort of agree with earlier assessments, that if your own allies were not excluded or otherwise restricted, this could lead to number of broken things. (I just had an idea of Marcus Vitel making a million political allies with this and freak drive and [OBF] all of which would've bled for 3. He could even call psychic veil to give them all +1 stealth)

However, the restriction to allies controlled by other methuselahs will likely make this too weak to be of use. What if nobody plays allies? Maybe you could switch the clone part to superior obtenebration and have the small obt part be something like bleed with +1 bleed or +1 stealth? Compare to Entrancement and far mastery.