Hello again my fellow duelists
and welcome back to Pojo.com’s Card of the Day!
Today we’re continuing the countdown of my picks for
the best cards from Invasion Earth. Today’s number
five card on the list had a ton of hype going into
the set and honestly still does. Let’s see what
tricks today’s card has in store for us!
Name: Tricky Turnip
Civilization: Nature
Type: Creature
Race: Wild Veggie
Level: 3
Power: 3000
Flavor Text: Not to be outdone by her friend
Karate Carrot, Tricky Turnip cast a spell that made
herself undiceable. “Because undiceable is WAY
better than unsliceable,” she said.
Rarity: Very Rare
Set Number: 34/80 l 10INV
Abilities:
Undiceable- This creature can’t be the target
of your opponent’s spells or abilities.
Okay… am I the only one who
didn’t notice that Tricky Turnip is a girl? How does
one even determine gender roles in the world of
vegetables? Don’t even get me started on the birds
and the Megabugs speech! This female turnip
definitely has some tricks up her sleeve… well, at
least one: You can’t target her with spells or
abilities.
This is very similar to one of
our other friends, King Neptas, except this card
comes out two turns sooner. This card has been
seeing a lot of recent play in the
Light/Water/Nature tempo decks that people easily
mistake for Megabugs. Simply being able to go into a
turn two Cyber Scamp, turn three Tricky Turnip, turn
four Keeper of Laws, a turn five King Neptas, and a
turn six General Finbarr is just ridiculous… but it
happens!
One of the many reasons that
Turnip is good is that your opponent has to answer
it with another creature in battle or by blocking
it. With a respectable 3000 power at level 3, that’s
less likely to occur unless they’re running a tempo
deck of their own. They can essentially build up
their untargetable board, play a card like
Stormspark or Finbarr to get rid of your blocker and
then finally go to swing in without any worries
about what you may have. In the process, they’re
drawing an additional card for each attack they get
off…
By itself it’s not a really
powerful card, but when you combine it with other
creature combos it can get pretty crazy. Another
combo that has been seeing play involves playing
Tricky Turnip and then Bad Apple. Bad Apple turns
the turnip into a corrupted creature, so every time
it attacks you get to ramp your mana up an
additional card. Of course you can combo it with
other fun corrupted effects as well; it doesn’t stop
there.
Wizards of the Coast R&D stated
that the untargetable mechanic wouldn’t be on a ton
of cards, so at least we won’t have to worry about
too many more of these guys (or girls) popping up in
the near future. Until then though, we have a solid
level 3 Wild Veggie that can be a pain to deal with
unless you have cards that get by its effect such
as: Vile Malvictus, Mark of Kalima, Queen Kalima,
Tendril Grasp, or even King Coral. This card is
still pretty popular, so expect to see this card at
some of the top tables for the months ahead.
Constructed: 3.50/5.00
(A difficult card to deal with unless you happen to
have the “outs” to it.)
Limited: 4.00/5.00 (You pretty much will be
needing either a huge blocker/creature or a trowel
to deal with this pesky plant!)
I hope you enjoyed today’s
review! Stay tuned for number four on the list! Make
sure to check out my article on Alter Reality Games
every Monday! Until next time my fellow Kaijudo Duel
Masters, keep calm and game on!