Sorry, I don't play poker on luck

After a while, Shili came to a secluded corner of the association.

After thinking about it for a while, I called the show director.

He had some doubts about the card game that just happened.

Didn't the director of the show say that the show family has a long history? It has been in the Cube Card Metaverse since its creation.

Then their family must have encountered suspected gods, and maybe they can answer their questions.

Although the other party asked him to keep it a secret, it would be fine if he didn't mention what happened today, and he could just ask around the corner.

At this point, it seems that the show director has not yet woken up.

【Hello…】

Sure enough, her lazy voice came from the phone.

"Show director, it's me."

[Um, you made a mistake, I am not her]

【She is taking a bath】

The other end suddenly lowered his voice.

"Okay, your excuse is too lame."

"Don't even look at what time it is."

[You know nothing, what do you want from me?]

The exposed show director is back to his original voice.

So Shili ignored all the key information and told her a vague story about the card game just now.

[So you suspect that your opponent is a god? 】

After listening, the show director already understood the meaning without him having to say it clearly.

"Well, I'm rather doubtful."

[Hahahaha, you must have encountered an S-level natal card, right?]

"Um, how did you know?"

[No need to guess, the other party is definitely a god]

The show director laughed, sounding completely awake, and continued.

[No, more accurately, they are the reincarnated versions of those guys]

[Because a pure god cannot stay in this world for long]

[When a god is reincarnated, he cannot bring anything with him except his natal cards, including memories]

[And you have to start from D level and slowly upgrade step by step]

[Of course, there are also non-god S-level natal cards, but these are only a few cases]

[Once the reincarnation of a god recovers its memory, it will be easy to upgrade the natal card to S level]

[Does the S-level natal card you encounter have the two entries of void and commandment]

[These are the two entries that will appear in all S-level god cards]

[They actually represent the characteristics of some gods]

[Nothingness refers to their own incorporeal and ethereal nature]

[Commandments refer to some of the restrictions they are subject to as gods]

"I see."

When Shi Li heard this, he somewhat understood.

"But with these two characteristics, wouldn't it be too incomprehensible?"

he asked again.

【No solution, no way】

[You have to know that the natal cards of each god are different]

[Some cards are forcibly added with these two entries, which is almost equivalent to useless]

[So they may not even be willing to take the initiative to awaken the S-rank natal card, or they will not use it after awakening]

[After all, it may greatly reduce the effect of the natal card]

"..."

Hearing this, he immediately fell silent.

Big discount?

The [Card of Horns] I encountered didn’t seem to be like this.

【Hahahaha, I know】

The show curator over there seems to have guessed something.

[You must have encountered a combat-type natal card, right?]

[Most of the divine natal cards are mostly functional, after all, they are 0-point cards]

[Battles are indeed quite rare]

[But in fact, even if they are combat-type, they are not without weaknesses]

"Oh? What's your weakness?"

Hearing this, Shi Li suddenly regained his energy.

You know, I'm a fresh victim.

[It's very simple, that is...]

"I'll go, that's why."

"That's the truth, tell me earlier!"

Hearing those two words from Director Xiu, he suddenly realized.

If you think about it carefully, this is really the truth!

It turns out that [The Horn Card] is afraid of [Exile]!

【Exile】This effect is strictly speaking neither a negative nor a gain, because it has the function of expelling the card from the field and protecting the card at the same time.

But this skill belongs to the priority of control.

Gods can't be killed but are afraid of being exiled, which sounds reasonable, doesn't it.

Taking this as an extension, Shili felt that perhaps [Prisoner] could also play the same role.

[Confinement] This effect is not common, and it can be understood as a two-way [shield].

Unless the next time you encounter a [Nullity] god card with special effects on the attack, the priority of basic attack is the younger brother in front of [Exile].

However, it seems unlikely that a god's natal card with special attack effects could have 0 points like [Card of Horns], and then easily have dozens of points of attack power.

After all, even if it is an S-rank card, there is a limit.

Through studying and summarizing during this period, Shi Li has a new understanding of the strength of cards.

Before, he believed that a single entry of a card has an upper limit of strength.

For example, the 5-point attack power permanent bonus of [Iron Rod], such as the 10-point attack power targeted special attack bonus of other cards.

For example, [Kung Fu Sheep and Rabbit] unconditionally reduces damage by 5 points, and other cards conditionally reduces damage by 10 points.

Even if there are occasional ones that slightly exceed the standard, they will not exceed much.

(Note: 【Exorcist】 (Except Thirteen)'s [Tianshi] is corrected to 10 points of monster card special attack.)

Then generally too strong terms will always bring some negative costs.

But later, he discovered something new.

That is, the upper limit of word entry strength is a general situation, but not an absolute situation.

Sometimes, the negative cost of a card will be concentrated on 1 entry.

This immediately introduces a new concept.

That is the concept of the upper limit of the overall strength of the card.

That is to say, the overall strength of a card has an upper limit.

Moreover, as the card level increases, the upper limit does not completely rise in a straight line.

As a reference, to focus on, to refer to.

The scores involved in the following are all fluctuating values, all of which are around this score.

Assume that there are 3 entries in a Grade B card.

Then each common entry is 1 point.

The total score of its cards is 3 points.

The upper limit of the card is slightly higher than the normal state, about 3.5 points.

Sometimes, there will be 1 entry -1.5 points, and then the other two entries add up to 5 points.

In this way, it is still 3.5 points.

Then the upper limit of C-level cards may be 2.2 points, and the upper limit of A-level cards is 5 points.

It's not like B-level = 1 point + C-level, or A-level = 1 point + B-level between them.

As for the upper limit of S-level cards, he has no idea, after all, they are rare.

As far as the [Card of Horns] was concerned, he rated it according to his personal senses, about 7.5 to 8 points.

Of course, this is just a concept established by Shi Li himself to facilitate his understanding.

Between the real ABC level cards, it is not true that the ratio must be 5:3.5:2.2, nor is it any addition or subtraction.

Because the entries in the cube are all-inclusive, it is impossible to have an absolute standard score to score all types of entries.

Perhaps there will be such a feature in the player panel in the future, but at least not for now.

But Shili felt that if he got the cards in the future, he could try to evaluate them by himself.

It may be a bit subjective, but it can be used as a judgment of quality to a certain extent.

Then the upper limit of card strength does not mean that every card can reach it.

It is not impossible for an A-level card with an upper limit of about 5 points to actually only have 3 points.

For example, the [Faint Emperor] that he dismantled before.

Although it is a gold-edged card, it carries 3 big negative entries.

If we really want to introduce a scoring system, I feel that this card should even have a negative score.

What does this mean? It means this card is useless.

Of course, there are also cards with basically no negatives in the four entries, and there are not a few such cards.

For example, the core output card in his hand, [Kung Fu Sheep and Rabbit].

[Shenfa], he assessed it as 1 point.

[Humility], he evaluated it at 0.1 points. After all, treating himself as a 0-point card does not turn himself into a 0-point card. It just allows himself to avoid some high-scoring special attacks.

[Four-Two-Strike], considering that he is a 40-point card, he played 0.5 points.

However, [Humility] is combined with [Four-Two-Touch], and the combination of the two entries can score about 2.5 points.

[Second Consecutive Jue], he assessed it as 2 points.

There is a hidden price for this active skill, which is the 3-round warm-up process.

So according to my personal feeling, [Kung Fu Sheep and Rabbit] can score 5.5 points in an instant overall.

It is indeed a little supermodel, but not too much, which can be seen from the performance of the game.

The reason for the little supermodel may be to benefit from the advantage brought by [Absolute Card Sense] in card rubbing, and rub this card to a perfect state.

As for the four +5 attack power entries of [Iron Rod], perhaps a single entry looks like an ordinary 1-point score.

But when the four entries are added up, it is obvious that the effect will not be as simple as 1+1+1+1=4.

Factors such as card scores need to be taken into consideration. It is okay to give a comprehensive score of less than 5 points and almost 5 points.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the link between entry scores and card scores.

For example, it is also "ignore [defense]".

A 40-point [Sword Death] requires a penalty of 30 health points per round.

But there is no need to pay the price for the 20-point [Double Stick Goblin].

That’s why I say that scoring is too complicated and can only be used as a reference.

In addition, sometimes during the process of rubbing cards.

He will find that there are some entries that when combined together will definitely create a super powerful mechanism.

But these entries couldn't come together no matter how hard they were rubbed together. He thought it might be a problem with the upper limit of card strength.

Just like [Nameless Sword Spirit]'s [Sword Body Resonance], and then there are [Horn Card]'s [Horn Power] and [Horn Domain]. By meeting the conditions, you can give yourself 5 points and 5 points to increase your attack. of cards.

Under normal circumstances, you can only have one card with this entry.

As a result, two of them appeared on [Card of Horns] at once, probably because the upper limit of S-level cards has been raised.

"Oh, what a pity."

"If no one had warned me about this, it would be really difficult to explore its weaknesses when encountering this kind of divine natal card for the first time."

"If I had known that it was afraid of [Exile], I would have beaten the opponent violently."

"Even if you use [Wind Fox] and [Exile] it twice in the first three rounds, it's really enough to beat it hard."

After finishing the call with the show director, I felt much refreshed.

So he walked towards the outside of the association, and slowly processed the few material cards he had just obtained when he returned to his residence.

But when he walked to the hall, he suddenly received a prompt from the panel.

[Ding dong! 】

[Discover other managers, whether to form guidance]

There are many functions for managers, one of which is the colleague search function.

In order to prevent two managers from fighting each other and causing accidental injuries in the copy.

These functions and panels require Shili to slowly explore and adapt to.

"Oh? Search for it."

This made Shi Li's eyes light up and he clicked to confirm.

Those who came before also said that the 32 first place players in the group stage will be eligible for interviews with managers.

So the managers who appear here are probably 1/32 of them.

Why don't you take the opportunity to take a peek at who the other party is?

As soon as I clicked on search, I saw a faint red line appear in front of me.

The red line starts from under his feet and extends all the way out.

"Wait, wouldn't others be able to see me this way?"

Seeing this line, he suddenly realized.

So I quickly opened the manager panel and looked for a function that temporarily blocked searches.

"Have you left yet?"

As a result, Shi Li had just found the relevant option, and before he could block it, he heard someone talking to him.

"Huh?"

Looking up, Shi Li was stunned: "Why is it you?"

The red line under his feet was now connected to the feet of the person in front of him.

The other party is... the food boss.

"Why?"

Toki's first reaction was doubt.

Why can someone like a vegetable boss be a manager?

The second reaction is disappointment.

I originally thought that being a manager was a bit awkward, but now I have been completely pulled down by the other party.

"Why?"

However, Gong Ping didn't seem to understand.

"No, nothing."

Shi Li glanced at the other party strangely, and then blocked his search option.

Then he saw that the red line broke away from his feet and turned into a circle surrounding Gong Ping.

Why does it feel like this guy doesn't know anything?

Or maybe the function is unstable and something went wrong?

That's possible, isn't it a trial version?

"Okay, I'll leave first."

Thinking of this, Shi immediately waved his hands and left.

Please report this BUG yourself next time you meet with the relevant personnel.

I came out of the association and took a taxi.

He soon returned to the guest house of the Qianxiang Pavilion.

There was still some time before dinner, so Tokidachi took out the three cards that the horns had given him just now.

Regardless of whether the other party is a god or something, this move is really generous.

These three cards are actually 1 A-level + 2 B-level material cards.

And... they are used together!

"I feel like he feels a little embarrassed too."

"That's why you want to make it up to me and save your face."

After thinking about the strength of the opponent's deck, Shi Li thought this.

But it's not important. What's important is the material cards in your hand.

Among them, the A-level one was a bubble that was faintly glowing with golden light.

[Golden Bubble]: Greatly improve the compatibility of Steadfast cards with [Shield] materials

"As expected of an A-level card, its purpose is not to acquire skills."

"It's used to improve compatibility."

"Excellent, this is the first time I've seen this kind of material card."

"But we should consider the incompatibility between this material card and the main body."

While sighing, Shi Li randomly picked out 30 firm cards of varying grades.

Preview with 【Golden Bubbles】.

The result was as he expected, only about 1/3 of the firm cards were compatible with it.

The rest of them were actually busts, the kind that even the main cards were busted.

It seems that this is not an ordinary bubble.

Let's look at the other two B-level material cards.

Their projected appearances are similar, they are all a book.

More specifically, it should be martial arts cheats.

[Body Protection Magical Art]: There is a probability that the firm Kung Fu card will acquire related skills

[Gang Qi Jue]: There is a probability that the firm kung fu card will acquire related skills

"I feel like this senior Horn is really a good person."

These three material cards are completely matched.

Maybe the opponent can see that his Kung Fu deck is still missing a top row card.

After all, [Three-Eyed Spy] is not a genuine first-line card.

"So what he means is, let me swallow the [Golden Bubble] first, and then merge the two martial arts secret books, right?"

"But what if, even if you swallow [Golden Bubbles], it's still incompatible with [Body Protection Divine Art] and [Gang Qi Art]?"

Shi Li flipped his wrist and drew out a card.

[Sweeping Monk], this is the only determined Kung Fu card in my hand that can hope to play.

In the fusion preview with [Golden Bubble] just now, it can also be successfully compatible.

"Let's first see how well it integrates with the other two material cards."

To be on the safe side, Shi Li turned over the [Body Protection Magic] with his other hand.

Wei Wei concentrated and saw the information on the card.

【Sweeping Monk】+【Body Protection Divine Skill】=【Sweeping Monk】

【Sweeping Monk】

Firm, 20 points, B

Attack 20, 100/100, 0/2

[Calmitude-Passive]: The sweeping monk cannot [Defend] and [Attack]

[Counterattack-Passive]: When the sweeping monk is attacked, he immediately attacks the target.

[Qigong -100% Energy]: The Sweeping Monk will gain himself [Shield] for 1 round, and gain 10 shield points for every 1 point consumed.

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In order to be more transparent and balanced, a prototype scoring mechanism will be introduced in the future.

PS:

I only updated 1 chapter the day before yesterday. I said it was a break, but it didn’t mean that I really wanted to take a break.

In fact, I didn't rest at all, I just didn't have enough time to write 2 chapters.

This is the first time I actually put S-level cards into the game, and I spent a lot of time on design and balance.

Regarding the time-consuming aspect, designers who have personally designed cards have experience.

But after all, it was my first time to get an S-level, so I was still a little unsure.

Continue to improve in the future.

[Card of Horns] probably has no chance to appear. If it appears again, its strength will be adjusted to a certain extent.

Also, individual readers should stop complaining about cutting [Martial Monkey].

Since [Martial Monkey] became an A-level card, it has never had any serious practice on the card table.

In the calculation plan of multiple simulated trends in this poker game, I discovered how super model it is with 7 entries.

And what I cut was the collective summon card/derivative card, not it alone.

Cutting cards based on balance is to ensure that the power system does not collapse.

Only by ensuring that the power system does not collapse can the life of the book be extended.

I would like to apologize here. Compared to the personal feelings of individual readers, I still pay more attention to the healthy development of the cubic card system.

After all, ensuring that the power system does not collapse and ensuring the healthy life of the book is responsible for more readers.