General - Flip Down

[kallisti]

...because what goes up must come down.

Let's start with a simple example:

Burrowing Pentapede
3OO
Arcanist character - lurker
2/2/3
FLIP DOWN 3OO

There's many ways these could work ruleswise. Here's what I think is best.

Pay the cost and meet the threshold to remove the card from the game then return it to play face down as a resource.
Any attachments are also removed and returned face down. They keep the same controller. So a Luteoderm Armor you put on this guy becomes a resource for you, while a Brummagem Jewelry your opponent played becomes a resource for him or her.
The new resource is not attached to your faction, so you can use it right away.
The point of the trip through RFG is to clear tokens, depleted state, temporary effects, etc. It could work without this, but things would be messier.
TIMING: I'm really not sure what's best for this. Options include when card could be played (like flip up), when tactics can be played, or when tactics can be played but not during a battle.

And here's another example.
Flippy the Sifter
4GG
Banker character - lackey
2/4/3
FLIP UP 1GG
FLIP DOWN 2GG
When you flip this card up, draw a card.
When you flip this card down, discard a card.

[DoubleDecker]

Okay, this is how I understand it, and you can tell me if I going about it the wrong way. Taking your example of flippy the Sifter:

Flippy the Sifter
4GG
Banker character - lackey
2/4/3
FLIP UP 1GG
FLIP DOWN 2GG
When you flip this card up, draw a card.
When you flip this card down, discard a card.

Would the card then work like this:
1. You place the card you are going to flip up as a resource.
2. You pay the cards cost and flip it up, and in this case draw a card.
3. If Flippy is face up you can turn him into a resource again by discarding a card.

Or would it be like this:
1. You place the card as a resource.
2. You flip it up, in this case drawing a card, but not pay it's cost because the card is already in play?

Is that correct? (Bearing in mind the only card I have at the moment with a Flip Up ability is Chain Reaction.)

[joshlytle]

lol, again with kallisti suggesting things we had planned all along. I'll just say this mechanic plays a major role in the set as it stands.