Thresh-less Flipup

[Asuryan]

I'm imagining maybe a cycle of commons with Flip up, but without any threshold requirements to flip them up. I figure they could be useful in drafts, letting any trade flip them but only the real trade can play them from their hand.

For example:

Generic Fattie
3[E][E]
3/4/3
Gearsmith Character - 31f
Flip up - 5

Generic Aggro Guy
1[R][R]
2/1/2
Warlord Character - Soldier
Flip up - 3


Thoughts?

[undead knight]

It would be a difficult line to toe as to how to make it remain good enough to be a playable generic and still not only be good enough to make it into their own actual decks, but have the difference make doing so an incentive.

[Asuryan]

That's what R&D is for. I figure it's just a matter of juggling the numbers. They could also have stuff like Recyclable Golem and Redonkulous; "if you played this card without using Flip Up", etc to allow more powerful effects and effects tied to particular trades.

[Asuryan]

It would be a difficult line to toe as to how to make it remain good enough to be a playable generic and still not only be good enough to make it into their own actual decks, but have the difference make doing so an incentive.

I've made a few examples of potential threshless flipup applications in the New Card Ideas. I think they're reasonably balanced. Experimenting with flipping stuff down under your opponent's control, then letting the opponent flip them up. It's a pretty specific use of threshless flipup, but I think it's a wide open design area.

Explosive Implosion
0[R]
Warlord Tactic
COST - Pick a face-down resource your opponent controls.
EFFECT - Destroy it. Draw a card. Put this card into play under your opponent's control as a face-down resource.
Flip up - 0

Delinquent Reprobate
3[G][G]
4/5/3
Banker Character - Mercenary, Mau
If this card is destroyed, flip it face-down under your opponent's control instead.
Flip up - 5

Hired Hand
4[D][D]
3/3/4
Rogue Character - Miner
Your opponent owns this card.
If this card leaves play, flip it face-down under its owner's control instead.
Flip up - 5

[Beniek]

I was thinking about something similiar.

Generic Flamethrower
Warlord item
2[R][R]

Ability: BBQ
Cost: If you own this card, flip it facedown under your opponent's control. Otherwise, remove it from the game.
Effect: Your opponent's faction looses 4 influence.

Flip up: 3

[Jay]

I like the idea of thresh-less flip-ups but this

Your opponent owns this card.

seems too broken to me.

Just a thought.

[jawenforcement]

The idea of cheap flip up cards with no threshold really bothers me. I think for a card to have no threshold to flip, it also needs no threshold to play regularly. That way it doesn't become a card that's faction specific.