In this post, we will look at shiny fusing and why it is so important for the overall health and growth of Gods Unchained. For those that are unaware, shiny fusing is when cards are combined to make a different version of that same card. The card itself is unchanged in terms of game mechanics however has a shadow, gold, or diamond appearance. Each level takes five cards to achieve to there are five regular cards to make a shadow card and five shadow cards for a gold card and so on. This results in 125 cards being used to make a diamond card. Now that we understand shiny fusing, let us look at a few reasons why this mechanic is so important for the future of Gods Unchained.
Card Supply
Supply and Demand is important in any economy whether it be a game economy or country's economy. When looking at an asset, you always would prefer something that is in high demand and short supply. We are seeing that in our everyday lives with gas and food prices to some extent causing prices to skyrocket.
Gods Unchained is no different and with new expansion sets coming out, supply continues to increase with demand remaining fairly stagnant to this point. New player growth has been slow so without a way to eliminate card supply it is tough to expect card prices to increase at any point in the near future. With the shiny fusing mechanic, supply of cards can diminish significantly in some cases especially with older expansion sets that had a lower print rate. Genesis cards will always be valuable at certain points in the game meta and now supply will continue to decrease over time making those cards even more valuable. For instance, there are around 2,000 legendary meteorite cards available on token trove for each genesis legendary. It would only take approximately 16 players to want a diamond genesis legendary for supply to be fully drained.
Reward Boost
It has been mentioned several times that daily play to earn is around the corner. This would present daily rewards for players and would be a great step in gaining new player growth. Along with this mechanic, is a boost for players who play with shiny cards. It has not been said whether a whole deck would be needed or just a few cards but either way this will make fusing cards to shiny levels important to get larger daily rewards.
Collection
Every card game players loves having a full collection or holds certain cards in higher regard than others. A holo base set charizard is worth way more than a non holo version. This is due to rarity as well as the holo version being better to look at. Having these shiny cards such as gold and diamond will present a similar opportunity given these cards look better and will be very rare.
Hopefully this has been educational and shows the importance of the devs adding this feature. This is very bullish for gods unchained in my opinion and presents interesting market opportunities right now for the lower cost cards. Please upvote or comment if you have any other thoughts on this new game mechanic.