Chris Ingersoll (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} vyolynce) wrote in vienneau, |
See? The curse of Time Spiral Mountains.
Outside of Lighgtning Axe and Conflagrate, I don't think there's a (non-rare) red card that I respect any more -- maybe Pyrohemia, but even that's dicey (and a 3rd pack semi-rare). Dealing damages in packets of 1 (Grapeshot, Pyromancer, Shambler), 2 (Skycutter, Shock, Cannonade, Dead, non-main Blast), or 3 (Rift Bolt, main Blast) doesn't help you against fat stupidity like Ephemeron, Baloth, or Ivory Giant... hell, even Corpulent Corpse is fairly resiliant to most of red's tricks thanks to so few 2+ packets -- and that's just the early common suspend dudes; meanwhile, red's early suspend guy dies to anything that even looks at him funny, including two modes of Midnight Charm, and the rest of the red team isn't anything to write home about either. Stingscourger might buy you a turn or two, but unless you're bouncing a suspend guy, probably not for long.
My experience of red v. the other colors:
* Most of blue's morphs can flip out of reasonable burn range and their suspend guys are generally superior -- and even their "kill" spells (Parasite, Mutation, Pongify, Eddy, Snapback, Cancel) tend to be more potent than red's burn. An alpha strike thanks to a Veiling Oddity isn't unheard of in my experience, assuming they don't just fly and/or shadow you to death first.
* White will probably overwhelm you with flanking or flying guys before you get the chance to kill most of them -- or drop a Whitemane when you try. Ivory Giant looks a lot like Veiling Oddity when your life total is <10. The first decent creature you land will find itself Isolated (or maybe Sunlaced), and the second may come too late to matter.
* Black is using its more efficient kill spells to pick off your guys regardless of their toughness, often gaining life and making your job that much more difficult. Its guys may actually be less impressive than red's overall, but what, exactly, does red do against Gorgon unless there's an Axe handy?
* Green is either unloading more fat, unleashing the saproling hordes, or backboning a multicolored army of slivers. Who the hell gave green wings anyway? Stupid Dustwasps.
Outside of Lighgtning Axe and Conflagrate, I don't think there's a (non-rare) red card that I respect any more -- maybe Pyrohemia, but even that's dicey (and a 3rd pack semi-rare). Dealing damages in packets of 1 (Grapeshot, Pyromancer, Shambler), 2 (Skycutter, Shock, Cannonade, Dead, non-main Blast), or 3 (Rift Bolt, main Blast) doesn't help you against fat stupidity like Ephemeron, Baloth, or Ivory Giant... hell, even Corpulent Corpse is fairly resiliant to most of red's tricks thanks to so few 2+ packets -- and that's just the early common suspend dudes; meanwhile, red's early suspend guy dies to anything that even looks at him funny, including two modes of Midnight Charm, and the rest of the red team isn't anything to write home about either. Stingscourger might buy you a turn or two, but unless you're bouncing a suspend guy, probably not for long.
My experience of red v. the other colors:
* Most of blue's morphs can flip out of reasonable burn range and their suspend guys are generally superior -- and even their "kill" spells (Parasite, Mutation, Pongify, Eddy, Snapback, Cancel) tend to be more potent than red's burn. An alpha strike thanks to a Veiling Oddity isn't unheard of in my experience, assuming they don't just fly and/or shadow you to death first.
* White will probably overwhelm you with flanking or flying guys before you get the chance to kill most of them -- or drop a Whitemane when you try. Ivory Giant looks a lot like Veiling Oddity when your life total is <10. The first decent creature you land will find itself Isolated (or maybe Sunlaced), and the second may come too late to matter.
* Black is using its more efficient kill spells to pick off your guys regardless of their toughness, often gaining life and making your job that much more difficult. Its guys may actually be less impressive than red's overall, but what, exactly, does red do against Gorgon unless there's an Axe handy?
* Green is either unloading more fat, unleashing the saproling hordes, or backboning a multicolored army of slivers. Who the hell gave green wings anyway? Stupid Dustwasps.
