It’s a new month and we have a whole new batch of cards planned to review for next week! For now though, let’s finish off our Friday with a card called Drakon Warchief.

Name: Drakon Warchief
Civilization: Fire
Race: Drakon
Level: 4
Power: 3000+
Flavor Text: None
Rarity: Uncommon
Set Number: 37/55 l 4EVO

Abilities:
Heart of Fire- While all cards in your mana zone are Fire cards, this creature has “Fast Attack” and “Powerful Attack +2000.” (A creature that has “Fast Attack” can attack on the turn it enters the battle zone. A creature that has “Powerful Attack +2000” gets +20000 power while attacking.)

This is the Fire civilization card in the set that benefits from a player only using the Fire civilization in their deck. What benefit do we get? We get a Level 4 creature that can attack right away for 5000 power… not bad, but almost an identical copy of another Drakon we know called, “Gilaflame, The Assaulter”. The only major difference is that Gilaflame returns to your hand at the end of your turn while Warchief maintains his reign in the battle zone.

If you plan on running a “Rush” deck like I stated earlier in the week, then this card is for you! Having access to six level four “Fast Attack” creatures is pretty good and it helps that they’re all Drakons, so you can also have the extra versatility of evolving them into a Blastforge Captain if you’re having trouble dealing with some smaller creatures in the battle zone.

Warchief is good at being aggressive but he will die to just about everything that can be blasted from a shield zone. Since he stays on the field, he’s more susceptible to attacks on your opponents turn; let’s not forget his power goes back down to 3000 when he’s not attacking!

I was hoping for an overall better effect if Wizards really wanted to push people to use a mono-colored deck. Water gets a huge blocker that draws you a card, Nature gets a huge 8000 double breaking creature by turn three to five, Light gets a versatile blocker/attacker with respectable power for its level, and Darkness gets Medusa-bait that returns creatures from your discard pile back to your hand. Fire sort of got the burnt end of the stick and got a lukewarm version of Gilaflame, that’s it.

Ratings:

Constructed: 2.75/5.00 (Only playable in a mono-colored deck. Most people are splashing multiple colors in their deck to provide them with more options; mono-fire leaves much to be desired at this point in the game and forces you to run an aggressive deck since there aren’t any fire blockers.)

Limited: 3.25/5.00 (This guys a little better in Limited as he is aggressive earlier on and unless your opponent is playing with the Water civilization, odds are they won’t be blocking much.)

I hope you guys enjoyed this week of reviews. We’ll see you guys back here again on Monday; until then, enjoy your weekend and Super Bowl related activities!