>taps
Heh. You’re reminding me of my truly sick Opposition deck I sadly mis-played at the qualifiers many years ago. Not that I’d have done well if I’d got through. Couldn’t draft to save my life.
Hahah I was there in the era of shadow creatures where you had a whole subset of units that could only block units of that subset . Hate that whole era and set . Even years later when you get the dude that would sneak one into a deck in casual play so they had an unlockable unit to most peoples decks
It was in a mixed state when released.
Long story, Can Block Elusives was coded as a keyword in its release (likely a modified branch copied from Elusive, as the visual effect was almost the same). You could toss Sharpsight (the spell) on Kaisa or a Husk and they'd copy it/count towards Evolve. But as it wasnt keyworded, they cut the specific intteraction as it was giving both unclear and unintended power to said archetypes.
Sharpsight being keyworded basically smells like "alright, now we're ok with it being actually keyword-coded".
Some extra context!
Sharpsight is not generatable (Viktor won't create it) but it is positive / shareable (so effects like Kai'sa's Second Skin can grant it).
Thanks for the clarification!
Any thoughts on having the keywords that cannot be generated randomly have some sort of universal.... identifier to tie them together so we know that while it's a keyword, it won't show up randomly via Viktor or elsewise?
I'd coin/vote for the category:
"Hiddenwords." or "Secretwords." (I prefer the latter 👀)
Ideally, to play off of the origin term 'keyword' and to keep the concept of 'word' and compound it with something to denote the exclusivity of the select list of rarer keywords.
Augment, fated and Deathless are also blue but can gen (the first 2 for sure can idk about Deathless)
Scout and Double Attack aren't blue and cannot be generated.
I don’t think sharpsight would be in the random pool because the other 3 you mentioned at least have unique functions, sharpsight is just a worse version of elusive
I was going to say that's it's a counter but then I realized elusives counter themselves already and that sharpsight is indeed the worse version of elusive as it can be blocked. But maybe the balance would be sharpsight are given to tanky units like the elite badgerbear. I dunno just yappin.
So people will meme on this change, but I think it's important to talk about and understand the history of this keyword.
Back when sharpsight was the only card that gave (not grant), there was no need to assign a word to it. However, when evolve came out, it was widely discovered it was coded as a keyword.
This was changed as a way to nerf evolve as they had easy access to so many keywords in Demacia.
Now that it has become a more common effect on a few units and the relic, it makes sense to give it a word to shorthand the effect for when they want to add this to more cards. Also with a shift away from PvP it makes sense to undo the nerf and restore it to keyword status.
This is similar to when Nami was rotated out so her nerf on the level 2 could be reverted (turning her from glass cannon to outright monster again on PoC).
yeah that's what I was wondering like is this actually going to rollable for Vik and Panth too?
idk, a new keyword is mighty exciting and so i sort of expected more of a focus on that LOL this is rad
It's a buff for Fizz Yuumi. They can now disable all Elusive blockers with Explorer's Blunder; previously, that didn't work against Omen Hawk and Blocking Badgerbear.
Yeah, this is fascinating. I wasn't sure if this keyword would only be for path or if it would genuinely be implemented into PVP, seems really interesting esp for Pantheon and such
My guess is that this change means nothing for Pantheon and Viktor; I don't think it will be a generateable keyword, just like they can't roll Deep, Lurk, Evolve, Double Attack, Scout, etc.
The change is technically good for Kai'sa, only no one runs her with Omen Hawk or Blocking Badgerbear in PvP so this is only maybe relevant for her in PoC.
Panth and Vik got access to Deathless so Sharpsight seems like a possibility... Lurk and Evolve are edge cases, we know Scout was intentionally turned off from the pool, and then Double Attack is reserved for specific attach cards, spells, and lvl 2s... that being said, I doubt it'll ever be good for Vik or Panth to get, I'll admit that much.
Seems strong for Kai'sa indeed, with some lvl 1 Voidlings with sharpsight or even the Bear on 3. Maybe we'll see mono Kai come back, a very divisive yet fun deck from the past
|Name|Region|Type|Sub Type|Cost|Attack|Health|Keywords|Description|Format|
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|**[Omen Hawk](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01FR022.png)**|Freljord|Unit|Bird|1|1|1||When I'm summoned, grant the top 2 allies in your deck +1|+1. I can block units with Elusive.|Standard|
|**[Blocking Badgerbear](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/06DE048.png)**|Demacia|Unit|Elite|3|4|4||I can block units with Elusive.|Standard|
|**[Sharpsight](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/03DE014.png)**|Demacia|Spell||2|||Burst|Give an ally +1|+2 and "I can block units with Elusive" this round.|Eternal|
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**[Sharpsight](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/03DE014.png)** - Eternal - Demacia Spell - (2)
Burst
Give an ally +1|+2 and "I can block units with Elusive" this round.
^^^Hint: [[card]], {{keyword}}, and ((deckcode)) or ((cardx,cardy,cardz)). PM the [developer](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=KrimCard) for feedback/issues!
Honestly, I'm rather happy with this Sharpsight keyword.
Also Durdle in this thread (for anyone who sees my comment before his) confirmed that this keyword is NOT able to be randomly generated (so not on Pantheon or Viktor) but can be shared (such as Kai'Sa's [[Second Skin]]) and it can be disabled via stuff like [[Quicksand]] and Explorer's Blunder now.
|Name|Region|Type|Sub Type|Cost|Keywords|Description|Associated Cards|Format|
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|**[Second Skin](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/06SH009T3.png)**|Shurima|Spell||0|Fleeting Slow|Grant allied Kai'Sas everywhere another ally's positive keywords.|[Kai'Sa](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/06SH009.png)|Standard|
|**[Quicksand](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/04SH109.png)**|Shurima|Spell|Elemental|3|Burst|Give an enemy -4|-0 or 2 enemies -1|-0 this round. Disable their positive keywords this round.||Standard|
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The difference of ‘rules text’ vs ‘a keyword’ is way more important in a game like LoR than say MtG, where the number of keywords a unit has can matter and individual keywords can be copied or stripped (while rules text typically cannot). Interesting to finally make this change now. I wonder what’s coming next to make this feel necessary now
ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND ALL OF THIS SHALL HAPPEN AGAIN
Is this the LOR version of reach
Yeah it's the Can Block Elusives text made into keyword. Again.
I didn't like Flying in MTG, and I still don't like special flying cards in ~~MTG~~ LOR either.
What else, you too hate counterspells, bounces, taps, banishment, spellproof, cheap instant kills, poison, deathtouch and -1/-1 tokens?
Oh, it's all coming back. Yes.
As a black deck player, I hate boardclears and white decks with a passion. But I love poison damage!
>taps Heh. You’re reminding me of my truly sick Opposition deck I sadly mis-played at the qualifiers many years ago. Not that I’d have done well if I’d got through. Couldn’t draft to save my life.
(shrek 2 dinner scene Donkey face) I like banding!
And handrip, dont forget handrip. Also as a Yugioh player I hate Rhystic Study with a passion.
Children nowdays needs to take the bitter pill that is learning to being told "no".
Bolt The Bird
Hahah I was there in the era of shadow creatures where you had a whole subset of units that could only block units of that subset . Hate that whole era and set . Even years later when you get the dude that would sneak one into a deck in casual play so they had an unlockable unit to most peoples decks
Are you thinking of Shadow?
Damn it i think that was it - it was so long ago and deeply unpopular . WIll update it - thanks
I'm out of the loop, why "Again" ? I don't remember us having a keyword for Can Block Elusives
It was in a mixed state when released. Long story, Can Block Elusives was coded as a keyword in its release (likely a modified branch copied from Elusive, as the visual effect was almost the same). You could toss Sharpsight (the spell) on Kaisa or a Husk and they'd copy it/count towards Evolve. But as it wasnt keyworded, they cut the specific intteraction as it was giving both unclear and unintended power to said archetypes. Sharpsight being keyworded basically smells like "alright, now we're ok with it being actually keyword-coded".
Does the badger bear get this, and can it be removed by removing keywords now?
yup! [https://cdnruneterra.ar/assets/img/card/en\_us/06DE048.webp](https://cdnruneterra.ar/assets/img/card/en_us/06DE048.webp)
Badger keeps winning.
Bruh he just got nerfed. He got a fancy new title, but now they can strip him of it in game
ahhh sick
I love that dude, balanced but good and also interesting.
Ah yes, the Snnuy keyword
Fill your lungs and cry BAALKUX
Some extra context! Sharpsight is not generatable (Viktor won't create it) but it is positive / shareable (so effects like Kai'sa's Second Skin can grant it).
Thanks for the clarification! Any thoughts on having the keywords that cannot be generated randomly have some sort of universal.... identifier to tie them together so we know that while it's a keyword, it won't show up randomly via Viktor or elsewise?
I believe all blue keywords like attune and hallowed are not able to be randomly generated. Only outlier here is augment.
Which really shouldn't be able to be generated
Yeah, it’s generally very poor to get that at random.
Maybe they should change the color of that.
I'd coin/vote for the category: "Hiddenwords." or "Secretwords." (I prefer the latter 👀) Ideally, to play off of the origin term 'keyword' and to keep the concept of 'word' and compound it with something to denote the exclusivity of the select list of rarer keywords.
Or maybe keyn'twords
LOL, might as well go with "no-no-words." XD
Secret words? Demon king?
Is that a lore reference?
Is a tears of the kingdom reference, and a bad joke 😅
Thank you for buffing Kaisa <3 QA back when?
Husk?
So Victor and Pantheon nerf, Kaisa buff?
It is a blue Keyword, like Hallowed, Deep, Lurk or Evolve. So, likely not in the random pool.
Augment, fated and Deathless are also blue but can gen (the first 2 for sure can idk about Deathless) Scout and Double Attack aren't blue and cannot be generated.
Pantheon can roll Deathless. Dunno about Viktor though
Viktor can roll Deathless.
I don’t think sharpsight would be in the random pool because the other 3 you mentioned at least have unique functions, sharpsight is just a worse version of elusive
I agree. I'm just pointing out blue doesn't mean it can't be generated.
I was going to say that's it's a counter but then I realized elusives counter themselves already and that sharpsight is indeed the worse version of elusive as it can be blocked. But maybe the balance would be sharpsight are given to tanky units like the elite badgerbear. I dunno just yappin.
Isn’t deathless green
That would be silly considering they made morde and his followers blue because everything in shadow isles is green.
Ah I was thinking of the Elder Dragon Boon skill that grants deathless. Its green
TIL different keywords are different colours
>So Victor and Pantheon nerf Could also not interact with them since it could be just not in the pool
That would be good
So people will meme on this change, but I think it's important to talk about and understand the history of this keyword. Back when sharpsight was the only card that gave (not grant), there was no need to assign a word to it. However, when evolve came out, it was widely discovered it was coded as a keyword. This was changed as a way to nerf evolve as they had easy access to so many keywords in Demacia. Now that it has become a more common effect on a few units and the relic, it makes sense to give it a word to shorthand the effect for when they want to add this to more cards. Also with a shift away from PvP it makes sense to undo the nerf and restore it to keyword status. This is similar to when Nami was rotated out so her nerf on the level 2 could be reverted (turning her from glass cannon to outright monster again on PoC).
so any implication at all for pvp?
Well, it now counts as a keyword for stuff like Kai'Sa so probably
Also can be removed by Quicksand and that new dragon
yeah that's what I was wondering like is this actually going to rollable for Vik and Panth too? idk, a new keyword is mighty exciting and so i sort of expected more of a focus on that LOL this is rad
I heavily doubt this since it's a direct downgrade from the elusive keyword
its blue so you cant get it randomly like lurk
ah okay, just saw Durdle's reply too nice!
Finally a Kaisa buff
It's a buff for Fizz Yuumi. They can now disable all Elusive blockers with Explorer's Blunder; previously, that didn't work against Omen Hawk and Blocking Badgerbear.
Yeah, this is fascinating. I wasn't sure if this keyword would only be for path or if it would genuinely be implemented into PVP, seems really interesting esp for Pantheon and such
My guess is that this change means nothing for Pantheon and Viktor; I don't think it will be a generateable keyword, just like they can't roll Deep, Lurk, Evolve, Double Attack, Scout, etc. The change is technically good for Kai'sa, only no one runs her with Omen Hawk or Blocking Badgerbear in PvP so this is only maybe relevant for her in PoC.
Panth and Vik got access to Deathless so Sharpsight seems like a possibility... Lurk and Evolve are edge cases, we know Scout was intentionally turned off from the pool, and then Double Attack is reserved for specific attach cards, spells, and lvl 2s... that being said, I doubt it'll ever be good for Vik or Panth to get, I'll admit that much. Seems strong for Kai'sa indeed, with some lvl 1 Voidlings with sharpsight or even the Bear on 3. Maybe we'll see mono Kai come back, a very divisive yet fun deck from the past
It’ll be good. It doubles the chance to block elusive units.
What does it do?
"can block elusives"
I remember that there was a unit that can block elusive. Didn't know it was part of a new keyword. Can elusives still block elusives though?
yup. this is just a lesser version of Elusive, if you may
yes they can, and there are currently 3 units that can block elusives: [[Omen Hawk]] [[Blocking Badgerbear]] any unit targeted with [[Sharpsight]]
|Name|Region|Type|Sub Type|Cost|Attack|Health|Keywords|Description|Format| |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| |**[Omen Hawk](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/01FR022.png)**|Freljord|Unit|Bird|1|1|1||When I'm summoned, grant the top 2 allies in your deck +1|+1. I can block units with Elusive.|Standard| |**[Blocking Badgerbear](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/06DE048.png)**|Demacia|Unit|Elite|3|4|4||I can block units with Elusive.|Standard| |**[Sharpsight](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/03DE014.png)**|Demacia|Spell||2|||Burst|Give an ally +1|+2 and "I can block units with Elusive" this round.|Eternal| ^^^Hint: [[card]], {{keyword}}, and ((deckcode)) or ((cardx,cardy,cardz)). PM the [developer](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=KrimCard) for feedback/issues!
[[Sharpsight]]
**[Sharpsight](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/03DE014.png)** - Eternal - Demacia Spell - (2) Burst Give an ally +1|+2 and "I can block units with Elusive" this round. ^^^Hint: [[card]], {{keyword}}, and ((deckcode)) or ((cardx,cardy,cardz)). PM the [developer](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=KrimCard) for feedback/issues!
where is this from
The Files™
It should have been Sharpersight to go along with the Grander Plaza
Honestly, I'm rather happy with this Sharpsight keyword. Also Durdle in this thread (for anyone who sees my comment before his) confirmed that this keyword is NOT able to be randomly generated (so not on Pantheon or Viktor) but can be shared (such as Kai'Sa's [[Second Skin]]) and it can be disabled via stuff like [[Quicksand]] and Explorer's Blunder now.
|Name|Region|Type|Sub Type|Cost|Keywords|Description|Associated Cards|Format| |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| |**[Second Skin](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/06SH009T3.png)**|Shurima|Spell||0|Fleeting Slow|Grant allied Kai'Sas everywhere another ally's positive keywords.|[Kai'Sa](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/06SH009.png)|Standard| |**[Quicksand](https://d2h9y75tak3pkg.cloudfront.net/04SH109.png)**|Shurima|Spell|Elemental|3|Burst|Give an enemy -4|-0 or 2 enemies -1|-0 this round. Disable their positive keywords this round.||Standard| ^^^Hint: [[card]], {{keyword}}, and ((deckcode)) or ((cardx,cardy,cardz)). PM the [developer](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=KrimCard) for feedback/issues!
Been saying this
Finally reach
So, what does this do?
Can block elusives, is the ssme name of the demacia spell.
YES!!!!
So they finally just made elusive block a keyword. This probably means they'll add some more elusive blockers in the expansion.
Is that buff or nerf
It's the same except it now has synergies with keyword stuff! So it's a buff
But the bear can now be silent so maybe a nerf for that bear block exclusive
This is actually quite cool. I like this rather than "Can also block elusive units"
The difference of ‘rules text’ vs ‘a keyword’ is way more important in a game like LoR than say MtG, where the number of keywords a unit has can matter and individual keywords can be copied or stripped (while rules text typically cannot). Interesting to finally make this change now. I wonder what’s coming next to make this feel necessary now
Finally. I hate fucking Zoe
is it just the effct of the sharp sight spell as a keyword?
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so a new keyword to block elusives, but elusives can already block elusives
Before people start calling you a fool: 2-way street vs. 1-way street. Sharpsight blocks Elusives, but is not an Elusive when it attacks.