Balancing Going Viral

I think a better idea is to take away the Frenzy Trait; +1/+1 for every zombie is enough.

But if you want to increase its cost for each turn, the first one should be worth 2 brains (and then 3, 4, etc.).

Yeah I was actually thinking of it starting at 1 brain, but only shuffle 1 or 2 Going Virals into your deck. This would limit the amount you could possibly draw on the same turn, but allow you to access it as at earlier turn as well. It would also help w/ speed decks this way. Of course, it would have to increase by 1 brain every turn even then to make it balanced.

It seems to me that making the first Going Viral cost only 1 brain, but that every one only shuffle 1 Going Viral in player's deck is excellent.

Going Viral seems like a real pain in the butt, from a Plant Hero player's perspective, sure.

But it's not quite as good for the Zombie Hero as you might imagine.

Shuffling three more GV cards into your deck each you play one can mean that, eventually, you're drawing another one practically every other turn. In the late-game, GV might be all you get, when you really need some more zombies to get into play.

Plus Zombology Teacher is not a strong card, and it becomes a target for elimination as soon it appears.

The odds of a player being able to play two (or more) and keep them both in play long enough to get some cheap or free GV in play is rather small, if you ask me.

And yes, as @patdk75 pointed out, without Frenzy GV doesn't have much else going for it. I would put some other 3-cost card into my deck instead if it got nerfed.

But Clique Peas used to only cost 1 sun to play, but playing one boosted both it and all other CP's on the board.

So yes, Going Viral is a form of CP for the Zombie side, but it only boosts zombies already in play, it doesn't put another one on the board too.

And 1 cost CP versus 3 cost GV is not quite the same, in my opinion. If you haven't got a Zombology Teacher or any other way to reduce trick cost, you're still going to pay the full price of 3 brains.

Edit:

Nice youtube video - I wish I had more games go that way. But still, the odds of 3 Zombology Teachers being out on the board in one go must be pretty small, and that's the only thing that let him keep playing GV over and over, and over, etc.

Maybe you forgot but clique peas has other advantages which makes it different, maybe superior (before the update), than going viral. Any guesses? 

Clique peas falls under the bean and pea type; as a bean whenever Admiral Navy Bean is on the board and a Clique Pea is played, the zombie hero is dealt damage. Its other type means that Podfather can increase its strength and health while also benefiting from Torchwood's ability when played behind it. 

I'd say before the update Clique Peas was way overpowered but now has been balanced I guess.