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  Top 10 Shattered Alliances Cards:

#7: Serpens, the Spirit Shifter

- #44/80 l 9SHA


Date Reviewed: Sept. 25, 2013

Constructed Rating: 4.00
Limited Rating: 3.67

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating.

 

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Welcome back everyone to Pojo.com's Card of the Day, we missed you the last few days! We're going to continue to give your our "Shattered Alliances Top Ten Countdown List"! Now, just so everyone knows ahead of time, this list is a combination of others opinions and in some cases some items I did not choose. However, I am willing to review these cards regardless as they all add a unique flavor to our current metagame! Without further ado, number seven is: Serpens, the Spirit Shifter.

Name: Serpens, the Spirit Shifter
Civilization:
Light/Darkness
Type: Creature
Race:
Celestial Dragon/Terror Dragon
Level:
7
Power:
6500
Flavor Text: Ray: "I must find a way to harness this power. After all, I have minions to spare." -The Choten
Rarity: Very Rare
Set Number: 44/80 l 9SHA


Abilities:
(This card enters your mana zone tapped.)
Double Breaker
(This creature breaks 2 shields.)
Soul Shields
- Whenever one of your other creatures is banished, you may put the top card of your deck into your shield zone face down as a new shield.

Serpens, the Spirit Shifter is a level 7 Celestial and Terror Dragon. It has decent stats (6500 power and Double Breaker) with the addition of a new ability, "Soul Shields". This ability makes all of your other creatures a bit more expendable; if they are banished you get a free shield!

This card combos well with so many other popular choices in this game including Ripper Reaper or, one of the best choices to use with this card, Lux! Not only will Lux protect your dragon from being banished, but you'll be able to get a free shield out of it at the same time, that's quite the trade off! You can even use Dracothane later on to re-fuel your protection for later in the game!

Realistically this card can come out easily enough by turn five and by then you should have a few creatures on your side of the battle zone. This can allow you to refuel on your shields from any early aggression plays you may have been faced with.

Some other neat combos you can pull off with Serpens involves using Umbra alongside it. All of your other dragons get the "Slayer" ability, so now you can have any dragon you want take down any creature your opponent has on the board... even Eternal Haven! Not only that but in the process you're netting yourself an extra shield with each of your other creatures that falls in battle. Don't forget that you can rinse and repeat with Dreadclaw, Dark Herald!

Probably the biggest factors that may affect the playability of this card are: It only has 6500 power and it specifically states that in order to gain it's "Soul Shields" effect, it has to be another creature and it cannot be Serpens itself. 6500 power is fine, however, for a level 7 it's a bit low. You're still able to take down opposing Lyras, Herald, and Tatsurion, but other than that, other dragons just seem to outclass it in raw power. As for its ability, it would be nice if it included itself. I suppose Wizards thought through this though since it would essentially be a free shield for playing a card that can break two shields. Although, who's to say that you can't still exploit this powerful ability? You might even feel more at ease when going to swing in on your opponent's shields now... Terror Pit? Bone Blades? Sure, I'll take a free shield or two!

I would expect to see this card "teched" in to some dragon decks but only as a 1-2 of in a deck. It's not gamebreaking, but the hype can still be there. It is a watered down Andromeda after all... and we all know how everyone loves playing Andromeda, am I right?

Constructed: 3.50/5.00 (If you have a dragon deck and want to gain some extra shields, this card might just do the job for you.)
Limited: 3.00/5.00 (Shields are very important in a sealed event. The sooner you lose them, the closer you are to losing. Serpens can change the game if you can get it out. It also combos great with Slayers!)

Make sure to stop by again tomorrow for Number 6 on our countdown! Until next time my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters, keep calm and game on!

Ceagle

Card Name: Serpens, the Spirit Shifter
Mana Cost:
 7
Civilization:
 Light/Darkness
Race:
 Celestial Dragon/Terror Dragon
Card Type:
 Creature
Power:
 6500
Rarity:
 Very Rare
Card Number:
 44/90
Card Set:
 9SHA
Card Text:
(This card enters your mana zone tapped.)
Double Breaker
(This creature breaks two shields.)
Soul Shields
- Whenever one of your other creatures is banished, you may put the top card of your deck into your shield zone face down as a new shield. 

Serpens, the Spirit Shifter is best used in a darkness deck that makes use of easy to banish creatures like Skeeter Swarmer, Rupture Spider, Marrow Ooze, and Gigabolver.  Serpens should also be used in a shield blast heavy deck to make use of the extra shields to play spells for free.

One card that pairs perfectly with this card is Shapeshifter Scaradorable. When Shapeshifter is banished you get a new shield and  Shapeshifter returns to your hand.  You can keep playing him every turn as long as you have a creature to evolve on to and use him to attack your opponent. 

Gregoria's Fortress is another card that fits well with Serpens.  If one of your creatures is banished with Gregoria's Fortress and Serpens in the battle zone.  You get a new shield and your opponent is forced to banish one of their creatures. 

Shields provide either shield blasts to disrupt your opponent as a free play or can at least provide you with an additional card for next turn.  Extra shields are never a bad thing  I know this well, during the set premier I won 3 games in a row by just one turn.  If the games had gone on one more turn my opponent would have won.  Serpens power Soul Shields can give you the time and additional resources to win a match that would other wise be a loss.  There are now quite a few cards that provide additional shields, it will be interesting to see if a new strategy to amass as many shields as you can will come about. 

Serpens obviously will have a target on him to have your opponent banish him before you can add new shields.  If your opponent can't remove Serpens they will think twice about banishing your other creatures.  Your opponent's strategy will most likely be take out Serpens or break your shields before attacking your creatures. 

Serpens is easy to acquire in the Solar Eclipse deck.  This is a card you want to build your deck around.  Otherwise Serpens will not be fully utilized.  Also being a dragon Serpens can possibly fit into a dragon based deck. 

Constructed: 4.5/5

Limited: 4.25/5


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