[Submission] Sound Barrier (Mel defense vs bleed)

jamesatzephyr wrote:

Ankha wrote:

Name: Sound Barrier
Cardtype: Reaction
Discipline: Presence/Melpominee
Cost: 2 blood

 Reduce a bleed against you by 4.

[mel] Only usable when a minion bleeds you for more than X, where X is his or her blood or life total. The action ends (unsuccessfully).

[MEL] As [mel] above, and the acting minion takes 1 unpreventable aggravated damage.



It could be changed to an action (put this card in play. Whenever.... and burn this card).

The outferior, as others have said, seems a little bit over the top.

Leaving that aside, the card fits with my standard gripe about many of the bleed defence cards in the game at the moment - they punish the occasional big bleeder, while letting the swarm weenie bleeder or consistent stealth bleeder get off much more lightly. Perhaps, instead, something like:

a) a card put in play which gives -1 bleed to vampires below X capacity, with a limited duration

b) a card put in play with some counters (based on the number of DoC you control?) where you can burn up to 2 per bleed action to reduce the bleed against you, with extra counters at superior

Juggernaut1981 wrote:

Sound Barrier (Aranthebes version)
Action
2 blood
[mel] Put this card on the acting Daughter of Cacophony. Younger minions and allies have -1 bleed while this vampire is ready. Burn this card if this vampire is sent to torpor.
[MEL] As above and no bleed against you will resolve for more than X pool where X is the acting minion's capacity.

Juggernaut1981 wrote:

Sound Barrier (Ruins of Charizel Version)
Action
A Methuselah may control one copy of Sound Barrier.
[mel] Put this card in play or put 1 counter onto a copy of Sound Barrier in play. You may burn counters from this card instead of pool during another Methuselah's bleed or political actions.
[MEL] As above or put 2 counters on a copy in play and untap.

jamesatzephyr wrote:

Ankha wrote:

The card was designed as a defense vs big bleeders.

Given that the Daughters have potentially solid options with voting and Choir, they could be deploying Protected Resources.

jamesatzephyr wrote:

And obviously, Archon Investigation.

See, for example, thelasombra.com/decks/twd.htm#2011hgocr which goes the Shattering Crescendo route to victory. thelasombra.com/decks/twd.htm#2011russianecq has a copy of Protected Resources.

jamesatzephyr wrote:

Ankha wrote:

Little bleeders are annoying but 1/ there are already cards that handle them if they're breed weenie (Aranthebes)

Less so for the Daughters - that built-in action is quite awkward when the Daughters are often terrible at blocking.