Eredan's World

Yeah, I bought my Watchmaker and an Aging for about 18k total. (sniffs, tears streaming out of eyes)

If you're thinking up swords, you might want to add Arkalon's sword.
I want that sword.

Foamy...

Also, it gives new meaning to Warrior World Tree decks. (Keizan, Hundawa, Wreckwood) + Wild Buds... I know it reduces spirit but it makes it
         1. Easier to shoot out nature spells
         2. With 1 accomplished, Wild Buds much stronger
         3. With 2 accomplished, a very competitive deck

The way it is, I would remove how universal it is (by giving it a guild or caste.) It would work well in Crow, Sap Heart, or with Venerable Shulong, so I suggest finding a way to fit it better into one of those.

Crow:
Undead:
Your character becomes a shadow guemelite instead of his current race
Shadow Guemelite:
Spirit -1, Attack -1, Defense -1
+1 to physical and magical damage dealt
-1 to physical, direct, and magical damage received
Gain chain if you play a spell of the type of your guemelite (non-a.o.e.)
Chain: Spell
Permanent.

Changes: Gives access to Gan'so, nullifies damage dealt by Bleeding

Sap Heart:
Spirit -1, Attack -1, Defense -1
Nature Guemelite:
+1 to physical and magical damage dealt
-1 to physical, and magical damage received
At the end of the turn, deals X physical damage to the opposing character where X=their current defense.
Gain chain if you play a spell of the type of your guemelite (non-a.o.e.)
Chain: Spell
Permanent.

Changes: Opposing character takes as much damage as there are of these attached to your character, makes Ydiane more effective, supports aforementioned Warrior World-Tree decks

Mercs:
Guild: Mercenaries
Spirit -1, Attack -1, Defense -1
Non-Ice elf:
+1 to physical and magical damage dealt
-1 to physical, direct, and magical damage received
Gain chain if you play a spell (without a caste) of the type of your guemelite (non-a.o.e.)
Chain: Spell
Permanent.

Changes: Limits card to Shulong, Fog Snake/Hydra, and Foamy, leaves The Eternal and Apostle out.

Any of these, I think, would make the card more effective while still not OP.

Actually, Master-Mage robe and Magic Study would help a lot. Compendium is a fun deck to play if you can get high spirit and strong spells out fast. Sinking (aka the cheap fireball) is great. Any permanent card that raises a mage's spirit permanently is good. If you don't have many crystals, Magic Study or Breaker might take a bit of saving up for, but I'd probably do that to get rid of the Discretions, Cubit Chakra, Blast, Weapon Dance, and other non-spell non-item cards.

I like it, but have you considered Ydiane?
Don't know about her with three of those.
I'd make it a craftsman card, to require one in the deck. With a couple of tweaks, I could definitely see this as a perfectly legitimate and balanced card.

Oh, and Pythia + Delko + Sylphide + Crystal Storm + any number of these = terror

That is a very good example.
Who won?

And no golem priests...

<knock on door>

creepy voice: "Hihihuha... what did you say about golem priests?"

AH! Don't kill me, Aryhpas!

Comparison:
[card]Surprise Test[/card]
that's 2 for those of you w/o a calculator or pencil and paper.

True damage card:
Action
deals 1-2 True damage to the opposing character.

Unless Sakina is alive, Den of the Madguy is in play, or the opposing character has Good Jorusien, the result is almost exactly the same.

So why add True damage?

Actually, you're right on that part...

I just want to defend Good Jorusien now, because True damage would render it useless and it is a staple of most Craftsman decks.
True damage would cut right through them.

+1, then my only reason for arguing on this topic would be to defend the craftspeople.

[card]The Den of the Madguy[/card] in play speaks otherwise. Playing a direct damage card probably won't work well enough to damage anyone, so Ecstasy doesn't work well that turn.
Playing a "true damage" card would activate it.

In short, a "true damage" [card]Dismemberment[/card] is a heckuva lot scarier than a normal one.
And so, the ability to counter one card effectively makes Ecstasy stronger.

[card]Ecstasy[/card]

Often considered one of the most OP cards in the game and usually banned from tournaments.
This card would be effective against it.