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El Fantasma - 2.80


Devereaux - xx

Crewfer-Twofer:

El Fantasma &
Devereaux
 

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


Date Reviewed - 03.21.08

 
Cadet-Captain Mike Name: El Fantasma (Cursed)
Card: RotF #017 (Rare)
Points: 7
Ability: Loyal:Cursed, Eternal, Fear. Once per turn before you give this ship an action, roll a d6. On a 5 or 6, this ship can be given the same action twice.

This crew looks nasty. You're getting full value for your seven points, with three separate abilities. Put this crew on a fighter, preferably a big one, so you won't lose him easily to a boarding action. The SAT is the ability you'll use the most; spread Fear where you can, but don't make a big deal out of it; and Eternal, of course, is life insurance for a ship and its crew.

El Fantasma started life as a Pirate home-island robber, but even then, he had a supernatural element about him. Now that he's Cursed, his role is combat support. Get his ship into the thick of the action and keep her there.

Gold crew rating: 1.5 / 5
Gun crew rating: 3.5 / 5
Boarding rating: 3.6 / 5
Value for points: 3.2 / 5
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Name: Devereaux (Cursed)
Card: RotF #055 (Common)
Points: 5
Ability: Hostile:France, Loyal:Cursed. Once per turn, if this ship is touching another ship, reveal all treasure aboard the other ship. This ship can take as much unique treasure from the other ship as she can carry, even those that otherwise can’t be removed.

This is Devereaux' third appearance in Pirates. He started as an expensive, treasure-obsessed Pirate, then became a so-so Cursed crew, and now he has one of the most pointless abilities in the game. I don't know about your battles, but I almost never see a ship with more than one worthwhile unique on board. And spending five points for this ability is not what I'd call a good investment.

I'd use this crew on the Maman Brigitte. They have the same ability, so one of them will wind up useless. But since they're both useless anyway, it's no big loss.

Gold crew rating: 1.0 / 5
Gun crew rating: 1.0 / 5
Boarding rating: 1.3 / 5
Value for points: 1.2 / 5
Draco Starcloud El Fantasma and Devereaux

Poor Davy Jones...he made a deal with an entity even more evil than he is, Disney! Now El Fantasma is in command of the Cursed!

This incarnation of El Fantasma has Eternal, which is great, Fear, which I consider to be one of the most overrated abilities, and a possible Same-Action-Twice. He's also required to have another Cursed somewhere in your fleet, but I doubt that will be much of an issue.

The Eternal keyword's useful for any big ship, but the other abilities are too inconsistent to be worth the seven points El Fantasma costs.

I give El Fantasma a 2.5/5.

Devereaux

Having a Hostile keyword usually means that a crew costs a point less than it would otherwise, which is pretty bad for Devereaux since he's not worth the five points he costs to begin with.

He's got Hostile: France and Loyal: Cursed, so there's some limitation to who he can serve with, but not enough to be a burden. His ability is slightly useful if you want to see what treasure a boat is carrying, but it's not enough in my opinion to carry his other ability: his ship can take as much unique treasure as it can carry from a ship it is touching. Unique treasure is rare enough as it is, so how likely are you to get enough unique treasure to fill your hold, let alone valuable treasure.

I give Devereaux a 1/5.

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