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Pojo's Duel Masters Card of the Day
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Armored
Blaster Valdios
Evo Crushinators of Doom
Date Reviewed: 6.07.04
Constructed
Average Rating: 3.75
Limited Average Rating: 3.25
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating. |
Christine
Gerhardt
* game store
owner in CA, ShuffleAndCut |
Armored Blaster
Valdios
While not a bad mid
drop at 4 for a 6000 Double Breaker, Valdios
biggest problem is that it's only Human. As its
evolution only comes from Human creatures, and
as most Humans are fairly week in the current
sets, it makes Valdios much less desirable. If
the human creatures were more solid, it would be a
different story and a decent mid drop, but alas,
it's not to be.
In limited, you would
need to play a lot of humans to make this
evolution work, and that means you are probably
playing inferior cards. Skip it and play something
else.
Constructed: 2
Limited: 2
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Hydromorph |
Armored Blaster
Valdios
Here’s the Evolution dude that
keeps humans on the map. While Fire has one more
Evolution creature than the other colors, thanks to
JDC, this guy is by far the best. Four mana double
breaker and upwards of 5000 power is all you really
need, but he’s got a built in pump mechanism working
similar to that of Barkwhip, making all your little
red men big. The only problem with the archetype is
it relies so much on this card, yet has no way to
tutor it up, like Nature can with Dimension Gate.
Still a powerhouse though.
Limited, you could open better
draft bombs, and it’s likely your deck won’t be as
tribal, but as more sets come out, and Limited
tournaments hit the scene, you’ll get your EVO packs
second in a line of five, or so I speculate, in
which case you have time to build around it, making
it a heavy hint towards red.
Constructed - 4.5/5
Limited - 3.5/5
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Stegyman |
Armored Blaster Valdios
Yeah, guess who picked the COTD's.. ;x
Armored Blaster Valdios: Fire Evolution, 4-Mana,
6000 Attack, Double Breaker. Want more? All of your
other Humans in the battle zone get +1000 Attack. Oh
yeah, I'll take that.
Is this card good? Definately! Fire has some
fantastic Humans that cost two or one-Mana and are
easily swarmable. I personally play a Fire/Water
deck with a lot of Humans and this card is just
great in the deck. By your fourth or fifth turn you
should have 2-3 Humans out, so dropping an Armored
Blaster Valdios would be awesome. It can go through
practically any blocker in the early game and will
probably take two of your opponent's shields before
it goes down. Plus, to top things off, all of your
cheap Human-creatures (boy, is that weird typing)
get +1000 Attack, so Brawler Zyler becomes a 3000
Creature when attacking and Mini Titan Gett becomes
a 4000 Creature while attacking (just to name a
few).
Pros: cheap Evolution, Double Breaker, +1000 to all
Humans, can attack right away
Cons: Super Rare, dies to creature-removal (but what
doesn't?)
This is definately an evolution card to look at. In
Limited this card OWNS because there are so many
good Human-type creatures in both sets that have
been released. This works best in a deck with a lot
of Humans, so my rating will be on that.
Tournament: 4/5
Limited: 4/5
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