Eredan's World

Alright, we've all done it.

We've looked at the weekly quest and thought, "there is no way this deck is going to be able to do this..." so we sit back, look at the deck build, and have to reconfigure our entire strategy to accomplish whatever challenge is currently going on.

Personally, I run a Sap Heart Elf deck, which I love.  But like all of the other Sap Heart Elf decks running around, I use Keizan for my third character.  (I've seen some variations, Elder Mailandar, Red Mark, etc... but Keizan seems to be the staple)

So for this week we have to "Attach 30 cards to your out of combat characters" which is obviously geared towards craftsman.  All of a sudden everyone who has a Foam Giant pulls it out, along with Jorus and Ramen, and everyone else double checks their deck to make sure their deck has To Lay Bare in it (or Freeze! for the mages)  But for the rest of us who don't have a multitude of different decks, or the crystals to build a brand new deck every week, we have to remake and rework our deck with what we have, and maybe a couple thousand extra credits to buy what we need.

In my case I embraced the "Elf" nature of my deck, and grabbed Gaya along with a couple of Amber Fetish of Protection and prepared to get beat into the ground over and over again until I managed to attach the 30 required items.  But it didn't quite work out that way (or at least it hasn't so far).

Remarkably, the deck works!  Gaya is extremely weak compared to my other characters, but her being a craftsman is actually fairly helpful.  Put an Amber Fetish on Melissandre, and all of a sudden she can cast Magic Poison, not to mention a +2 attack bonus usually on her very first turn.

So now I'm faced with a dilemma, Keizan is a nice character, he chains with every weapon, and the defense debuff he applies is a nice touch (gets in the way sometimes but you can't have everything), but he can't chain Hypnotic Melody.  Gaya can play her Amber Fetish, and she can chain Hypnotic Melody... but well, thats really all.

But to the point of the topic, the weekly quest is always challenging players to try new things, even things which they are sure don't have a chance of really working.  So not only are you playing with a new deck every week, you're fighting new decks as well, which means you don't get stuck in the same routine day after day.

Was this card nerfed recently?

Currently the card reads "All effects of Items attached to the opposing character this turn are ignored."

In the past I have used it to destroy Foam Giant + Craftsmen decks that apply everything to Foam Giant.  But recently I played against a character who did the same with Red Mark, and it didn't work.

Set was as follows:

[card]Melissandre[/card] Vs. [card]Red Mark[/card], turn 5
Red Mark has a couple of [card]Good Jorusien [/card]on him, and I'm trying to get around them, in addition to his high defense.

I play [card]Hypnotic Melody [/card]+ [card]To Lay Bare[/card]
He plays [card]It Is Time [/card]+ [card]Scouting The Area[/card]
After all of the calculations are finished, Red Mark has 4 defense and my first attack goes through just fine, but for the second attack I deal zero damage, instead of the 2 that I thought I would get.

At first I thought it was a glitch with the second attack, but then I noticed that the wording implies the items have to have been played this turn, and in order for it to ignore the effects of ALL items attached to the character it would have to read "All effects of Items attached to the opposing character are ignored for this turn."

I don't know if the Jorusien's were in effect for my first attack or not, but based on the fact that I lowered his defense with [card]To Lay Bare [/card]I can only assume that the wording is wrong, and a bug did occur, or else the card was nerfed and I didn't notice it at time.

I currently run a Quick Draw elf deck, Melissandre, Ydiane, and The Claw, and have noticed that most other decks are all Caste Bound, and it occurred to me that there the Sap Hearts don't have a Caste, but are more divided by race than anything else.

So, I've decided to create my own called the Raiders

First, Melissandre, Ydiane, and Elfine gain the caste "Raider" and the Elfine Bow becomes their Caste weapon.

Second:  A couple new Heroes:
Lothian - Marauder - Elf - Raider - level 1
Spirit: 1
Attack: 6-8
Defense: 2
Hit Points: 11
Attack +1 against Marauders.
Turns 1, 4, 7:  Attack +1
Come out, come out, wherever you are.

Lothian - Marauder - Elf - Raider - Level 2:
Spirit: 1
Attack: 7-9
Defense: 2
Hit Points: 11
Attack +1 against Marauders.
Turns 1, 4, 7:  Attack +1

Lothian - Marauder - Elf - Raider - Level 3:
Spirit: 1
Attack: 7-9
Defense: 2
Hit Points: 12
Attack +1 against Marauders.
Turns 1, 4, 7:   Attack +1
Most find the life of a scout to be lonely, it just gave Lothian time to hone his skills.

Lady Atlana - Mage - Elf  - Raider - Level 1:
Spirit: 2
Attack:  3-5
Defense: 2
Hit Points: 9
Turns 2, 4 and 6:  Spirit -1 to +1
She draws her magic from the earth itself.

Lady Atlana - Mage - Elf - Raider - Level 2:
Spirit: 2
Attack: 4-6
Defense: 2
Hit Points: 10
Defense +1 if Bogun is in play.
Turns 2, 4 and 6:  Spirit -1 to +2

Lady Atlana - Mage - Elf - Raider - Level 3
Spirit: 3
Attack: 4-6
Defense: 2
Hit Points: 12
Defense +1 if Bogun is in play.
Turns 2, 4 and 6:  Spirit -1 to +.
Her magic was always unpredictable, its only grown more wild.

Bogun - Warrior - Golem - Hom'Chai - Level 1
Spirit: 0
Attack: 5-8
Defense: 1
Hit Points: 11
Gain Chain if you play a Hammer.
Turns 1 and 6:  Attack +1
Atlana never had any children, so she made one of her own

Bogun - Warrior - Golem - Hom'Chai - Level 2
Spirit: 0
Attack: 6-9
Defense: 2
Hit Points: 12
Gain Chain if you play a Hammer
Turns 1 and 6:  Attack +1
Most Golems have to be modified, Bogun simply grew.

Bogun - Warrior - Golem - Hom'Chai - Level 3
Spirit: 0
Attack: 6-9
Defense: 3
Hit Points: 13
Gain Chain if you play a Hammer
Turns 1 and 6:  Attack +1
The Hom'Chai never accepted him, until now.

Third:  Some new cards:

Nature's Fury:  Spell - Nature
All Nature Guemelites you control gain Attack +1 for this turn and the next, if Played by a nature Guemelite, attack +2 instead.
Don't mess with Mother Nature.

Amber Bandage:  Item - Amulet - Hom'Chai
Activates Immediately.
+1 H.P. at the end of each fight.  Lasts 5 turns.
Crafted from the blood of the ancients, their power is still potent today

Stealthiness:  Action - Warrior - Marauder - Permanent
Your Opponent has Defense -2.
Now you see me, now you don't.

Tracking:  Action
Attack -1 to +3.
Defense -3 to +1.
Trying to sneak up on an enemy can sometimes have disastrous effects.

All in all, this is more for fun than an actual suggestion, but I like the way it turned out.  I tried keeping the cards fairly balanced, open up some new opportunities for different strategies, and stay true to the game at the same time.