Hello again my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters! Today we continue our journey through some of the less seen cards of Shattered Alliances to herald in the new ones in Invasion Earth! Let's take a look at Mar-Blurpa the Weaponsmith!

Name: Mar-Blurpa the Weaponsmith
Civilization: Water/Fire
Type: Creature
Race: Earth Eater/Drakon
Level: 6
Power: 3000
Flavor Text: N/A
Rarity: Rare
Set Number: 62/80 l 9SHA

Abilities:
(This card enters your mana zone tapped.)
Ingenuity- When this creature enters the battle zone, you may draw a card.
Flame Jet- When this creature enters the battle zone, banish target enemy creature that has power 2000 or less.

Mar-Blurpa the Weaponsmith (Marv from here on out), is one of the new "Battle Mages" that wizards introduced in this set. Instead of gaining passive abilities and such, like being unblockable or being able to attack untapped creatures, Marv is now able to draw a card and banish a creature that has 2000 or less power!

Personally I like the draw ability on this card... I mean, for six mana you should at least get that ability! His second ability is where they lose me a bit. If they had made Flame Jet able to banish a creature with 3000 or less, it would have been massively more playable! Being able to only banish a creature with 2000 or less really limits you to what you can get rid of. Sure, it can take care of some rush style cards or even cards like Cyber Scamp, but it's still lacking a bit for me at least.

All in all, it's a neat combo ability that immediately replaces a resource. If you have the mana to play this card and your opponent has a viable target to hit with Flame Jet, then this card just gained some serious value.

On a side note, this card is also a Drakon... so it does slightly crack open the door for some Evolution plays. Overall though, I don't really see this guy seeing a ton of play in the foreseeable future. Give him a shot and if you can prove me wrong, I'd love to hear about it! 

Constructed: 2.25/5.00 (He replaces himself and can potentially banish a creature. Normally a great combo, but you're not getting much out of it except a 3000 power creature in the long run.)
Limited: 3.50/5.00 (Being able to banish some of those early plays and aggressive cards while drawing an additional card is pretty good in limited.)

I hope you enjoyed today's review! Make sure to check out my article on Alter Reality Games’ website and until next time my fellow Kaijudo Duel Masters, keep calm and game on!