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   Prickleback

- #51/55


Date Reviewed: 01.28.13

Constructed Rating: 3.13
Limited Rating: 3.50


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 to the Card of the Day on this Monday morning! On Friday I had mentioned that I would be participating in a local Kaijudo tournament. I played and went undefeated with my Darkness/Water build. I had also teched in Hovercraft Glu-urrgle and three Fire Civilization cards (including two Crimson Wyvern to deal with the Blockers). It was a fun time and I look forward to the next tournament that we have! Well, onto today's card, Prickleback!

Prickleback is a Level 1 Beast Kin with 2,000 Power and the ability entitled, "Hit and Run" which states: "At the end of each of your turns, if this creature broke a shield this turn, return this creature to your hand.

A very basic creature overall but he can create alot of aggression plays toward your opponent. 2,000 Power for just one mana is definitely worth using. He can take out those turn one Cyber Sprites if they should choose to block him. The fact that he returns to your hand is sort of a downside, however, he'll never get hit by another creature after he breaks a shield. This does make him slower when you want him to be attacking shields, since you have to play him, wait a turn, attack a shield, return to hand, play him, wait another turn, and repeat.

The main reason most people will use this card is because he's a viable target for your Nature Civilization Evolutions like: Bronze-Arm Sabertooth or Flamespike Tatsurion. He will allow you to bring them out like they were just another regular creature with fast attack instead of having to wait to establish a field, you can bring them both out on the same turn.

 Obviously, this card can die to just about anything, including Barrage, Tendril Grasp, Bone Blades, and even Tekamora, The Wretched! Overall a fairly balanced card that will continue to see play for a long while as long as the player is using evolution creatures.

Ratings:

Constructed: 3.25/5.00 (This card sets up Evolution creatures with ease and can create an early aggression against your opponent. This card will see play for these reasons alone.)

Limited: 3.50/5.00 (A Beast Kin with 2,000 Power for one mana in Limited Play is good in itself but with two of the most powerful evolutions in the game that can evolve from him in the pool, it makes him one of the easiest cards to evolve from.)

Check back tomorrow when we review a card that can provide you with more resources, but only as much as you're willing to put into it. See you then!


Kaisenko

"This land has been Quillspike territory for thousands of years!"-Prickleback Flavor Text

   Hello, and welcome to another Kaijudo CoTD. I don’t have a lot of time so today’s review is gonna be short, and straight to the point. Today’s card is…Prickleback!

Prickleback

Level: 4

Race: Beast Kin

Power: 2000

Abilities: Hit and Run-At the end of each of your turns, if this creature broke a shield this turn, return this creature to your hand.

At first this card might look bad, especially to newer players. “A level 1 that bounces back to your hand, why would I want to play that?” The answer to that is simple: It makes it useful past turn 1! If you hit a shield with this it can be used in many ways.  You can put it into mana or discard it with Cyber Trader to save more important cards in your hand while drawing or you could use this as great evo bait for Beast Kin evos!  Also this card doesn’t have to attack each turn (lookin’ at you Blaze Belcher). This gives Prickleback loads of flexibility and loads of advantages that other level 1 cards just don’t have. In addition this creature has 2000 power which let it take out some of the best and chapest creatures in the meta. (Aqua Seneschal for one…)

Pros: Great race.

         Useful past turn one.

         Awesome power for a turn one creature

Cons: Its ability isn’t optional

Rating: 3.00/5.00


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