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Quote from: The Guardian on April 12, 2017, 02:26:25 PMThis could just be a difference in deck-building style or preference, but I think the versatility of the Seals is being vastly underrated by those who have been less than enthused with their abilities. A card that can be used to block as an EC or be used as a straight up battle winner on offense is so clutch. Exactly. In one playtest game (against TheGuardian, no less ), I kept looking for opportunities to play Third Seal on offense, but it just wasn't there. Then I got attacked by a small hero, and the only EC that granted me initiative was Famine. So I blocked and played Besieging the City and Confusion. There aren't many ECs that can play both of those, especially as a 2/3 EC
This could just be a difference in deck-building style or preference, but I think the versatility of the Seals is being vastly underrated by those who have been less than enthused with their abilities. A card that can be used to block as an EC or be used as a straight up battle winner on offense is so clutch.
Joshua only bands to Joshua Heroes and he was one of last years best recuers!Michael can band to TSA (Ki) for the same stats and a similar FBTN effect. He also has moreAnd better targets for his search and band. Seems pretty legit to me.
I'm upset they didn't use the art from Angel wars
Quote from: Xonathan on April 12, 2017, 03:22:29 PMI'm upset they didn't use the art from Angel warsDon't even.
Quote from: SignoftheStar on April 12, 2017, 03:24:00 PMQuote from: Xonathan on April 12, 2017, 03:22:29 PMI'm upset they didn't use the art from Angel warsDon't even.To infinite and beyond!
@SignoftheStarPerhaps another reason you might feel that way is that there sooooo many great Heroes in this set that maybe Michael doesn't stand that much higher than some of the other Heroes, and to be fair that is a completely valid viewpoint.All of the playtesters agreed that Three Woes and Red Dragon would be URs. It was also pretty unanimous that the third UR should be a Hero. That's where it got interesting--among the group who worked on the rarities, there were four eventual nominations (including Michael) for which Hero to make UR.However, those were just the nominations. In addition to Michael, John, the Apocalyptist, Great Multitude, Every Tribe, The Strong Angel and Twenty-Four Elders were all discussed as potential candidates for the UR Hero slot. In the end, we decided that we liked the symmetry of having Michael be the UR Hero and Red Dragon be the UR Evil Character.
Personally, though, I would have had to vote for John the Apocalyst to be the hero UR instead of Michael. Michael is already a UR in Kings; he should have been a rare with TSA (I was surprised to see he was made a UR again). And with John's ability being so great with low numbers, and with the vast majority of this entire expansion being based off of his writings, I really think JtA should have been the crown jewel of this set in the form of the hero UR.
Completely unrelated from replies on this page but i just noticed this on the Angel from the Altar's special ability: "You may banish up to X evil cards in a discard pile or you may exchange a good card in hand with a good card in Reserve. Cannot be negated if Golden Altar is in play." Shouldn't it read "Cannot be negated if The Golden Altar is in play."? The Golden Altar is obviously being referred to but I feel that might clear any confusion that could arise, if only just from RLKs. Just a thought. An absolutely wonderful set though!
Quote from: Xonathan on April 12, 2017, 03:22:29 PMI'm upset they didn't use the art from Angel warsIt might not be too late, I'll check with Gabe.
I dunno... Kings Michael is my pride and joy. He's just about my favorite card in the game. I ran him for so so long in a mono-Silver offense. Making your Enhancements CBN is an unbelievably hard act to follow.I throw Angel's Sword and Wheel Within a Wheel on him, and now he's 15/10, has Site Access, is protected from my opponent's Evil Dominants, has special initiative against Humans, and all of that AND all of his Enhancements are ALL CBN. Once I got that set up, the game almost always fell right into my hands.I can't do that with this Michael. Yeah, he can't be negated, but where are my beautiful CBN Enhancements?
Quote from: SignoftheStar on April 12, 2017, 03:24:00 PMQuote from: Xonathan on April 12, 2017, 03:22:29 PMI'm upset they didn't use the art from Angel warsDon't even.To infinity and beyond!
Is no else excited because Covenant of Prayer can get your SoG back or is it just me?Thanks Gabe for the awesome card!
So when will these cards be up on Lackey?
Quote from: Xonathan on April 12, 2017, 04:55:05 PMIs no else excited because Covenant of Prayer can get your SoG back or is it just me?Thanks Gabe for the awesome card!You're welcome! I feel like Confusion had such a huge impact on the meta this past year that I wanted to see a way to change that. We can make all kinds of preemptive counters, but if Confusion goes off before you get them it still doesn't matter. We generally don't ever want cards to come back from being banished so we might not see that ability on a card again.
Quote from: megamanlan on April 12, 2017, 01:33:42 PMSo when will these cards be up on Lackey?Once final tweaks have been made in the next day or two, we will work on getting the Lackey plug in updated with RoJ. Maybe we'll even be able to squeeze in Noah's Ark into the update...
Who won Nats T2 2P and Booster?