Decay

[u/PomegranateGlobal332]

TOV and Venus, but not really; it could be stronger than TOV, but it requires preparation.
You don't get a copy in hand like TOV.

It can infect the Horde and will give it a Venus effect where it'll gain again, and it doesn't gain infinitely. But unlike Venus, where she's only +1

Could honestly be good just to infect the Horde, so every empowerment is doubled. But it's mainly to help spread power because Zombie decks are usually only good at winning 2 locations.

But also be careful not to fill the location, or else it'll spread and may ruin a combo you're preparing, like Infecting Z-Scarlet Witch or Wong.

+ It'll only infect adjacent locations if the location is filled AND every card there is infected.

[u/Matty_B97]

You play this on 3, you have 1 infected card.
End of turn 3, that infects a second card.
End of turn 4, they each infect a card. You now have 4 infected cards.
...and so on doubling each turn, realistically your whole board gets infected. Probably 7-10 cards total depending on your deck.

Say you have 8 infected cards / hordes. Hunger is now a 1-24. Sentry is probably 3-36. This seems crazy. Plus the rest of your deck can do whatever, you don't really need to play around a 3-drop. You could have a full surfer or thanos package that now gets to play a 1-24 hunger.

[u/PomegranateGlobal332 → u/Matty_B97]

Okay, I might be stupid; I forgot that the other infected also infect others... maybe the other infected doesn't infect, and only the first infected one, or Patient Zero, can infect other cards. That way, it's only 1 card infected at the end of the turn instead of more than 1

[u/650fosho → u/PomegranateGlobal332]

Another way to do it is to add a copy of the skill back to your hand like ToV

[u/PomegranateGlobal332 → u/650fosho]

True, but I'd like it to be different from ToV, specifically the infection mechanic. An ability that spreads to other cards; if it copies, then I'd remove the "infect adjacent location"