A new Common Targon Unit, Earth Elemental, has been revealed!
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Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
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A new Common Targon Unit, Earth Elemental, has been revealed!
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In combination with shurima this condition is really easy to fullfill and who wouldn't like to farm the vulnerable enemy units with a 6/5 overwhelm ... that becomes a 10/6 if the opponent is halflife or lower
Right now, landmark-heavy decks are not even remotely close to being competitively viable. Then again, both Targon and Shurima are getting a ton of support for that game plan, so for now let's assume that it ends up being viable. Is this card good in that type of archetype?
The dream is playing this on turn 4 with its condition already fulfilled (say, by playing Ancient Preparations, then Preservarium or Rock Hopper, then Unraveled Earth). A 6/5 Overwhelm unit on turn 4 is 1 power and 1 toughness better than an allegiance-enabled Basilisk Rider- which is to say, pretty spectacular. Sadly, also very unreliable, in the case of this card. Also, unlike in the case of Noxus allegiance decks, it means you spent your early turns playing landmarks instead of developing your board, which makes the Basilisk Rider game plan both better and more reliable.
As a 4 mana 3/5, this is decidedly mediocre. And if you fulfill its condition later on, dropping a 4 mana 6/5 overwhelm creature on turn 8 is nowhere near as powerful as dropping it on turn 4. Maybe landmark-heavy decks will be viable, and maybe those decks will want this card. Even then, I expect its contribution to such decks will be modest. 2/5