Pojo's Pirates news, tips, strategies and more!

Pirates Home Page
Message Board
News
Pojo's Books

Card Game
Card of the Day
Pirates Cove - WildWill
Chaos Reaper
CCG Strategies
Top 10 Lists
Fan Customs
Contact Us
IntelliTXT

Magic
DBZ
Pokemon

Pirates
Yu Yu Hakusho
NeoPets
HeroClix
Harry Potter
Anime
Vs. System
Megaman

This Space
For Rent

Pirate Piece of the Day

Tiger

Piece Ratings: 1.70

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


Date Reviewed - March
10, 2010

 
Cadet-Captain Mike

Name:    Tiger (Pirates)

Card:    RV #009 (Uncommon)

Points:  11

Masts: 2

Cargo: 3

Moves: L

Guns : 4S,4S

Hit %: 67 (S), 0 (L)

Ability: This ship's cannons may not be eliminated (masts still may be).

If derelict, she cannot shoot.

 

The Tiger is a lackluster Pirate ship whose only claim to fame is that she uses one of the most overpriced of all abilities.

 

I mean, look at this ship. Most Pirates with stats like these go for 7-8 points. She's slow, her cargo is just adequate for gold, and her ability is completely useless if the enemy can take out both masts in one shoot action. And even if they can't, what good is it to shoot back with 4-rank cannons? 11 points could buy you a real fighter like the Sea Nymph (SM) or Flying Dutchman (PC), or a real gold ship like the Greed's Hammer (SC) or Silver Dagger (SM). But ships with this ability tend to be way overpriced; the best example is the HMS Dreadnought, awesome for her cost and not much else.

 

The Revolution release had some fine Pirate ships, like the Neptune's Hoard, Black Swan, Golden Medusa, Banshee's Cry, Bloody Jewel, and Executioner. Note that the Tiger isn't on this list. This ship doesn't shine in any area. Well, now I know that the formulas on my ship-rating spreadsheet recognize crud when they see it.

 

Goldship rating: 2.4 / 5

Gun Ship rating: 2.0 / 5

Boarding rating: 2.1 / 5

Value for points: 2.4 / 5

Buckland

Name: Tiger

Masts: 2

Cargo: 3

Speed: L

Firepower: two 4S cannons

Cost: 11pts

Ability: This ship's cannons cannot be eliminated (masts may still be). If derelict, she cannot shoot.

I’ve been staring at the stats for this ship for two minutes now, trying to figure what you would use her for. Her stats aren’t good and her ability isn’t much use on a two mast ship. What’s worse is that those cannons are rank four and what’s even worse is that this ability costs a shed load.

Suffice to say this ship has nothing going for it. Would you use it for gold? No... Considering for eleven points you could buy a whole Pirate gold running fleet.  Would you use her as a gunship? No...With rank four guns you can do a lot better for the points.

The fluff text is interesting though, it says that she was stolen from the Spanish and that the Tiger is the pride of captain Vivas. If I was captain Vivas, I would give her back to the bloody Spanish.

The breakdown of points.

Masts – 1pts

Cargo­ – 1.5pts

Speed – 2pts

Cannons – 0.66pts

Ability – 6pts+

    

Gunship rating 1/5

Gold ship rating 2/5

Fleet support rating 1/5

Value rating 1/5


CopyrightŠ 1998-2010 pojo.com
This site is not sponsored, endorsed, or otherwise affiliated with any of the companies or products featured on this site. This is not an Official Site.