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Kaijudo Exclusive
Preview -
Branca the Treacherous
- #36/55 l 6DSI
Date Reviewed: 02.14.13
Constructed Rating: 2.33
Limited Rating: 3.17
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
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Well, we have a slight change
of plans for today for all of you Kaijudo Masters
out there! Wizards of the Coast have graced us with
our very own EXCLUSIVE preview card from the
Dragonstrike Infernus set! Now mind you, this is not
one of the most powerful cards in the game but will
find its way into its own niche. Wizards, I
appreciate this opportunity to review my first
exclusive card and I hope to do more in the future;
you guys are awesome and I look forward to the
future of this game! Alright, without further ado,
for the first time outside of the Wizards of the
Coast HQ, I bring you, “Branca the Treacherous”!
Name: Branca the Treacherous
Civilization: Fire
Type:
Creature
Race: Drakon
Level: 2
Power: 2000
Flavor Text:
“Branca, watch my back. Branca, carry that
gatling gun. Branca, Branca, Branca… Burnclaw never
shuts up.”
Rarity:
Common
Set Number:
36/55 l 6DSI
Abilities:
None
Okay, so obviously this isn’t
going to be a very long review since we don’t have a
ton of information to look at with Branca. First
off, I’m loving the flavor text to this card! I
haven’t really kept up with the show to know their
characters and personalities but from what I hear
Branca and Burnclaw have been hunting Ray and
Tatsurion (Bob) down and apparently they haven’t
been very successful…yet. Could this mean that
Tatsurion may find himself a formidable enemy in
Dragonstrike Infernus or will the hunt continue into
another set?
Branca is one of those
essentials for Drakon players. Most of the evolution
lines have their own vanilla (no effect) creature
with 2000 Power at Level 2. Water has Cyber Trader
to evolve their Cyber Lords, Darkness has Gigazanda
for Chimeras, Nature has Moonhowler Tribe for Beast
Kins, and Light has Stalker Sphere for their
Enforcers. So perhaps this means we’ll be seeing
more Drakon evolutions in the near future. At the
very least, this gives Fire Civilization players
another target to evolve into their Laser-Arm Drakon
or Blastforge Captain. So time will only tell how
mainstream this card will be but this could be
another stepping stone for the Drakon bloodline!
Ratings:
Constructed: 2.50/5.00 (In a Drakon deck, this card will get you to
your evolutions quickly! What else do Branca and
Burnclaw have in store for us in the future?)
Limited: 2.75/5.00 (If we get Drakons in this set, there could be
some potential for a Drakon deck or at the very
least a 2 cost creature with 2000 Power is a decent
turn two play in a limited format).
Make sure to check back
tomorrow! I can’t really say what we’ll be reviewing
but I’m sure you all will enjoy it! Until next time,
remember to keep calm and Kaijudo!
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Aiden Thorne
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Branca the Treacherous
"Branca, watch my back. Branca, carry that gatling gun. Branca, Branca . . . Burnclaw never shuts up."
Branca the Treacherous
Cost: 2
Civilization: Fire
Type: Creature
Race: Drakon
Power: 2000
Card Abilities:
N/A
Branca the Treacherous is your generic 2000 power for 2 vanilla creature, sadly vanillas are almost always unplayable. Branca doesn't look like he will be an exception, but he does have one upside going for him; Branca is a Drakon, and Drakons have been hard pressed on early evo bait for Laser-Arm Drakon. Will Branca be the Drakon that suddenly explodes into a three cost double breaker? Or will he just fade into the background like most of the other vanillas? Stay tuned for March 15th when Dragonstrike hits shelves!
Constructed Rating: 1.5/5 |
Rob |
Branca the Treacherous
2 Cost Fire Civilization Drakon
2000 Power
Today is a preview of a card from the upcoming
Dragonstrike Infernus set that comes out next month.
This card is particularly great, but it is certainly
not bad, as there are a 2 good Drakon evos.
Blastforge Captain and Laser Arm Drakon are the
reason this card may see some play. However,
Cliffcutter and Drakon Weaponsmith are also 2 cost
Drakons with effects, even though Branca is more
stable than Drakon Weaponsmith due to DW’s +2000
Powerful Attack on a 1000 Power body.
Constructed 3/5: He may be vanilla, but at 2 cost
for Drakon, he may be what you need.
Sealed 3.5/5: All cheap creatures can rule a sealed
tournament.
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JMatthew |
Upon first glance Branca the
Treacherous is nothing more than a small vanilla
creature for the Fire civilization. Most often, when
creatures do not have an ability of one type of
another they are easily overlooked and because of
this it is rather easy for one’s first urge to be to
dismiss Branca. However, in order to truly examine
Branca’s effectiveness as a card we must place it in
the context of A) the current available card pool
and B) the current metagame of played decks.
With that in mind let’s begin
with the current metagame of decks played. Branca’s
“vanilla-ness” feature certain distinct advantages
over many currently played cards. For instance,
Cyber Trade has become a very popular 2 cost drop.
While often the intention of playing this creature
is to drop of turn 3 Emperor Nueron, in the real
world this is not always the case. Sometimes Cyber
Trader is played early in the effort of an
aggressive push to get to the finish line early and
thus swings in a as a mere 1000 powered creature.
Other times the game has simply gone on longer than
the Emperor Nueron player can abide and he needs to
get a few more creature in for that final push. In
either of these cases Branca out aggros Cyber
Trader. Cyber Trader can’t defend its controller
against Branca by trading into its ultimate demise
in the discard pile and neither and is it able to
defend should it be attacked directly by Branca
following a swing for the shields. Either way,
Branca wins.
Two popular and somewhat
similar 1 drops are Cyber Sprite and Chasm
Entangler. Both of these creatures are 1 cost, 2000
powered blockers. In this case Branca merely trades
with either of these blockers. However, compared
against other 2 drop Fire civilization cards he fair
slightly better.
Lava Leaper is a 1000 powered creature and
therefore perishes on the attack. Cliffcutter,
without an evolution card already is play, remains a
mere 1000. Drakon Weaponsmith, while a powerful 3000
on the attack, relinquishes that power immediately
after the attack dropping to a mere 1000, leaving it
vulnerable to the counter attack of Chasm Entangler.
While I’m not saying the Branca is significantly
better than it’s 2 cost predecessors, there are some
considerations ones may not make upon immediately
assessment.
And then comes the ultimate use
for Branca. Being a Drakon allow this card to become
evo-bait for either one of two impressive evolution
cards, Blast Forge Captain and Laser Arm Drakon.
While Cliffcutter and Drakon Weaponsmith both fit in
the same cost spot as far as evo-bait goes, my own
playtesting has suggested that while sometimes these
creature abilities can be a boon, often they can
turn on you like a grabbing a two headed snake by
the tail. If you haven’t given these cards a try you
really should. There’s definitely a degree of
potential sitting within them!
Constructed Rating: 2 out of 5
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