Talk:Bal Dragon, "Bal Burst Smasher!!"/@comment-24971427-20160427102102/@comment-4167259-20160507000411

@TAGDavid: Sorry if any of you mistook that as a jerky, prideful boast. No need to label me, as I did not label any of you here anything. My apologies still for the trollish remark.

My reply was directed at the OP-ness of this particular card, and I was saying that beyond the numbers, there are ways to deal with this with cards that actually exist that warp the concept of Math in-game, during actual play. Anyway, if Math will be the accepted language for this thread, I will use what little I know and justify my previous statement. Taking into the account the numbers, a well-placed Chillax (-1.5 using Blaise's costing system) or Eligos (-1.5 if you don't return it to hand, -1 only if you do) completely offsets the +3.5 of Bal Smasher in raw stats. Feel free to correct my Math as I may not be as adept at it as you guys.

Point being, Bushi was "considerate" enough not to put a "damage cannot be reduced" clause in the ability text. How much gauge would you quantify that? Because I'm guessing some iteration of Bal with get printed, to our horror, by Bushi someday.