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Pojo's FMA Card of the Day


Edward Elric,"The Fullmetal Alchemist"


Reviewed January 13, 2006

Rating:  3

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1 being the worst.  3 ... average.  
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Sean Freeman

Edward Elric,"The Fullmetal Alchemist"

Faction:Elric
Type:Leader-Lvl 3
Human - State Alchemist - Hero
Attributes: S-7/W-5/A-7
Effect:"Edward Elric gets +1 alchemy for each of your other hero characters.

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Ok,at first glance this is just another level 3 leader for one of the most
underestimated leaders in the game.Like most leaders in the game,the one
that has the lowest command (such as a level 1 leader with two di! fferent
levels,one with 5 command and the other with 6) tends to always have the
better effect.Well,with this card that all depends on the type of deck
you are running.

With decent attributes for a level 3 leader,I would recommend using him over
a few of the other Edward Elric leaders out there as of now.This particular
Edward Elric would work best in an alchemy themed deck seeing as his effect
mainly revolves around getting his alchemy as high as possible.

Overall this may not be one of the best choices for a level 3 in all types of
Edward Elric decks,I say he fits the job perfectly in an alchemy themed one.
If this card really doesn't appeal to you,then maybe you should give Edward's
brother Alphonse Elric a shot.I hear he's quite the powerhouse :).

Card Image:5/5 (Perfect name for the perfect scene)

Usefullness:2/5 (Seeing as this is a leader,it can only work wi! th one type of deck which is probably going to be alchemy based)

Overall:3/5 (Good card for an Elric alchemy deck,really has no other purpose besides his decent attributes.)
 

Belgarion


 

Edward Elric, The Fullmetal Alchemist
Level 3 leader 9 Command
strength 7 Wits 5 Alchemy 7
Edward Elric Gains +1 alchemy for each of your other hero character

Now here's my favorite card this week. He is a leader than gains alchemy for

all your hero allies. Here is the good and bad points.

+ He gains alchemy witch Elrics excel in He has powerful stats even
+ without the bonus
- nine command limits character drops
- Only hero allies out now are Alfonse, Huges, Tim and himself

so all in all an alright leader better than BotS in Stats but worse with command and ability so overall 6.5/10
 

Crenshinibon

Edward Elric, The Fullmetal Alchemist:

This leader is interesting, to say the least. It is an extremly situational card, especially at this point in time with the game.

Right now, the only heros in the game are:
Edward Elric
Alphonse Elric
Maes Hughes
Majhal (level 1)
Fletcher Tringham, Young alchemist
Russel, Idealist
Marcoh, The Crystal Alchemist

With such a limited base, and some being leaders, the most pump you can gain is +5, which is insane. With already high base attributes, The Fullmetal Alchemist will end up with 12 alchemy.

However, you can figure that you won't have all of those characters in play when you hit level 3, and it's unlikely that you'll get that high a bonus.

on average, I'd expect a bonus of about 2-3 alchemy, which is pushing it. Marcoh isn't a very strong ally, and fletcher is likely to be discarded in the earlier stages of the game. Idealist should probably have you playing Edward Elric, Shrimp as your level 2, which is fine, but it makes the deck structure slightly more off balance. Of course, any Ed deck will run Al, and Tireless Fighter is still great with this leader. Hughes probably won't be run, as he has no alchemy anyway.

Then you also have to measure how this card competes with Ed's 3 other outstanding level 3s. Body of the Sanctioned has an incredibly potent ability, although the stats are on the lower end. Avenger and Our Hero have incredible stats, with both having a relevent ability as well.

This leader is decent, but I think more heros need to be made in order to make it good. It seems like many of these promos are more leading up to when the game expands than to right now.

Rating: 3/5.
 

 Xeverex18

Edward Elric, The Fullmetal Alchemist

For a Lv3 leader, this card is pretty low on wits, and his effect is not that great.

Compared to other Lv3 leaders, this card is terrible. Even thought there are not a lot of Lv3 Edward choices, your better off with Edward Elric, Body of the Sanctioned

Rate: 5/10
 

Miller1119

 

Edward Elric, The Fullmetal Alchemist

Level 3 Leader
9 Command

7 Strength
5 Wits
7 Alchemy

Edward Elric gets +1 alchemy for each of your other hero characters.

The final card for this week is “Edward Elric, The Fullmetal Alchemist”. A promo? Yes, but nowhere near as hard to get your hands on as the other two cards that we reviewed earlier this week. This card’s picture comes from the fight Ed had with the Lion Chimera that Father Cornello released on him.

Since I currently run an Edward Elric Red Water deck, I think fondly of the protagonist of the entire FMA series. This card’s stats are pretty good for a 9 command level 3 with a not so good effect.

The bad side? There are few good heroes in this game. Alphonse Elric, Maes Hughes, Russell Tringham, Fletcher Tringham, and Tim Marcoh have hero allies. Of those, Alphonse and Fletcher are most suited for an Ed deck. Which leads me to believe this isn’t the best Level 3 Edward Elric. There are 2 others, Body of the Sanctioned and Our Hero. Both are far superior to this Ed. Body of the Sanctioned has the send home ability and 10 command. Our Hero having higher stats and the ability to gain experience so you can get to God Like Power quickly.

The good part is he has a pretty cool picture, and can have higher alchemy than the other Ed leaders. Other than that, there isn’t much else.

Overall, this is not a good leader when you have Our Hero and Body of the Sanctioned as alternatives.

Casual Play 2/5 It won’t hurt to at least try to play with him here, but still not great.

Tournament Play 1/5 The worst choice for an Ed Level 3, can’t say much else.
 

Tdogloftin2

 

Edward Elric, The Fullmetal Alchemist - Leader - Elric Faction

Level 3 - 9 Command
Human - State Alchemist - Hero
Strength: 7
Wits: 5
Alchemy: 7

Edward Elric gets +1 alchemy for each of your other hero characters

"You are the Fullmetal Alchemist!" -Father Cornello

This card isn’t that great compared to Body of The Sanctioned and Avenger. In my opinion its not much worse then Avenger but it just a bit of lower stats and I think the abilities are about the equal. Body of the Sanctioned is better then TFMA because 1. Sanctioned has 10 command. 2. Its ability is much better because you can send home people which is great. Fullmetal Alchemist is only better with its better stats. I guess it could be good if you have many heros in your deck, but there aren’t many heros in the game anyways so its hard to get his alchemy very high. If you like this leader then pick it, but I would pick Sanctioned over it. Also it cannot recruit Alphonse, Bodyguard without having Trisha Elric, Loving Mother in play. Also, the State Alchemist part helps sometimes with Roy Mustang, Benefactor with its +1 alchemy. You can also use it as a beatstick it you put many attachments on it like spear, The Armstrong Family Gloves, and Alchemists Caduceus. The only problems with beatsticks is that then you have allies that are not that great.

Pros:
Can get great stats with his ability and already has good stats
Easily Obtainable because so many were given out at many events
Can get Higher stats
Can be a beatstick

Cons:
Does not have 10 command
Outranked by Body of the Sanctioned
Tournament Play: 3/5
Casual Play: 3/5
 

Big
Daddy
Skeletor

 

Hello everybody! My name is BigDaddySkeletor, and this is my first COTD ever. lets hope it goes over smoothly.

Today's COTD is Edward Elric, The Fullmetal Alchemist. This card is a promo given out at certain conventions like Anime Weekend Atlanta 2005.

This is a Level 3 card of Edward, which means this is a Leader Card. You wont be seeing him until Mid to Late game usually. Policeman speeds the proces of getting to him a bit though. He has a solid command score of 9. He also has boasts these stats:

7 Strength
5 Wits
7 Alchemy

Although the Wits is rather on the low side, Edward never really used Wits. Strenght and Alchemy are rather sturdy for his level. although some character boast gigher stats. His affiliations are Human, State Alchemist, and Hero. pretty basic all around. His faction is Elric. He wont turn up anywhere else but Elric decks. His effect reads:

Edward Elric gains +1 Alchemy for each of your other hero characters.

This ability makes Edward an Alchemic TANK. In a deck based on relying on battles of Alchemy, he wont be going down soon. on other decks, all he can really abuse is Stone Wall... and can pretty much hit anything he pleases. Outside of the Elric Alchemy deck, he wont be doing much.


Ratings:

Non-Elric Alchemy deck: 2/5 - He may have some uses if you can find any.
Elric Alchemy: 4/5 - A rather tricky deck to do, but he is the mat stick of the deck. so he gets his high rating here.

l8rz.
 

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