Submission: Dennis Maxwell

Name: Dennis Maxwell
Cardtype: Ally
Cost: 3 pool
Capacity: NA
Discipline: NA
Clan: NA
Unique wraith with 3 life, 1 strength, 1 bleed. Red List. Dennis is immune to damage that is not aggravated. Dennis can give you control of an ally as a action. Dennis may put 3 minion cards from your ash pile into your library as a +1 stealth action (shuffle afterwards).

Art notes:
His face is covered by a fedora. He wears a long coat and underneath it you can see a pinstripe suit.

World of Darkness reference: Dennis "The Carpenter" Maxwell. He is an occasional antagonist for vampires, hunters, and mummies. He was the main villain of the Hunter: The Reckoning console game. whitewolf.wikia.com/wiki/Maxwell_Carpenter

How does this card address a compelling game need?: Recursion is a desirable mechanic when it used to fill out decks that have limited card slots. Dennis very specifically does not have a clan requirement so that it is available to multiple decks. It excludes master cards and events because the recursion effect is so powerful.

Update: November 14th

Okay, after a round of testing... here are some changes.

Dennis Maxwell

3
Unique wraith with 2 life, 1 strength, 1 bleed. Red List. Dennis is immune to damage that is not aggravated. Dennis may put 3 minion cards from your ash pile into your library (shuffle afterwards) as an action.

Reasons
1) Life was changed from 3 life to 2 life, so that a single combat card that does 2 aggravated damage can kill Dennis with one strike.
2) The first ability was dropped because even though it was thematic for a wraith that masqueraded as a hunter for years... ultimately, it is not the important part of the card. Puppeteer (Wraith) already exists, no reason to remake it.
3) Stealth was dropped from Dennis's ability. People were concerned that the recursion effect was too powerful. Now the action can be blocked without the need for intercept.

Update: November 20th

Dennis "Carpenter 169" Maxwell
1

Unique Wraith with 1 life. Dennis is immune to damage that is not aggravated. If Dennis would be burned you may instead put him on another ready minion you control. The attached minion has +1 strength and once per combat may play a combat card from your ash heap as if it was in your hand, afterwards remove that combat card from the game.

Great! It costs exactly the pool you gain from a liquidation or ashur tablets... we're lucky nobody plays that cards too much.. . Otherwise it would be a no requirement sudario refraction with 1 bleed...

thelonius reloaded wrote: Great! It costs exactly the pool you gain from a liquidation or ashur tablets... we're lucky nobody plays that cards too much.. . Otherwise it would be a no requirement sudario refraction with 1 bleed...

Minion cards are library cards other than Master cards or events. Sorry, you can't get Master cards back with the recursion.

Please make this card, my al-mun recursing Temporis toolbox will love having him around.
It basically says Tap and draw 3 cards at +1 stealth once you have managed to dunk your library

jblacey wrote:

thelonius reloaded wrote: Great! It costs exactly the pool you gain from a liquidation or ashur tablets... we're lucky nobody plays that cards too much.. . Otherwise it would be a no requirement sudario refraction with 1 bleed...

Minion cards are library cards other than Master cards or events. Sorry, you can't get Master cards back with the recursion.

My point is that having no requirements give a lot of deck a "free" recursion (since the cost of the ally is exactly the pool gain from 2 abused cards like the two I mentioned before) that was exclusive for clan Giovanni (necromancy and sudario) and that recursion has also a bleed for 1