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  Top 10 Invasion Earth Cards

#9 - Warbringer Poseidon

- #S2/S10 l 10INV


Date Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2013

Constructed Rating: 3.75
Limited Rating: 4.75

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

 

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Hello again there my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters! We're continuing the countdown of my top ten cards from Invasion Earth, and this one is a HUGE one! No, seriously... this card has cities and civilizations built on his back! Let's get right down to number nine, Warbringer Poseidon.

Name: Warbringer Poseidon
Civilization:
Water
Type: Creature
Race:
Corrupted/Leviathan
Level:
7
Power:
7000
Flavor Text: "By using the Helm to control the leviathan, I was able to instigate an attack on the Fire Civilization." -The Choten
Rarity: Super Rare
Set Number: S2/S10 l 10INV

Abilities:
Double Breaker
(This creature breaks 2 shields.)
Mindwipe
- Each time one of your Corrupted creatures would be banished, return it to your hand instead.
Tainted Seas- You tap 2 fewer mana cards to summon Corrupted creatures.

Warbringer Poseidon must have meant to be a big selling point for Corrupted players out there. It's massively overpowered when compared to other creatures from other various races... aka Aquans. Aquans tend to have really lower power and usually an ability that allows them to return back to the owners hand. Or let's even take a look at Finbarr's Dreadnought, it costs an additional mana to summon for less power and it doesn't even protect itself from destruction. I understand Dreadnought works for all your other creatures and draws you two cards, but in comparison to a 7000 Double Breaker than can reduce the cost of the Corrupted archetype by two and allowing all of them to return to your hand if they were to be banished... *sigh*

So it's pretty obvious that this card has some power creep going on. It makes Aquan cards almost pointless. There are a ton of playable Corrupted creatures in Invasion Earth, most of them are level 4 or less! That means, in some cases, that you can play some of them for free do to Warbringer's "Tainted Seas" ability!

If you can manage to ramp into playing this guy on turn four or five, it is nearly impossible to deal with him outside of temporarily bouncing him to hand or by sending him to mana via Root Trap. Once this guy is out, all of the controller's Corrupted creatures cost two less and basically can't really die and will just return to your hand instead when they would be banished. Just imagine stacking the ability of two or more Warbringers at a time!

Overall, this card is a great addition to the control variant of the Corrupted deck, but I don't see it being run in the other more aggressive variants. Time will only tell how good this card will be, but for now, it earns a spot on my top ten list of cards from Invasion Earth.

Constructed: 3.75/5.00 (Get him out and the game becomes immensely easier as long as you're running a Corrupted deck.)
Limited: 4.75/5.00 (He's still a high cost creature, but this game is a lot slower in limited. Getting to seven mana isn't as hard as you think it would be. Allowing you to summon a creature turn after turn (since there's no permanent removal in the set to deal with him) that also reduces the cost of Corrupted creatures, is just downright crazy!)

I hope you enjoyed today's review! Make sure to stop by again tomorrow when we move on to number eight on the list! Also, be sure to check out my articles on Alter Reality Games page as well on every Monday!  Until next time my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters, keep calm and game on!


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