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New Freljord Card - Ruthless Raider

Submitted 4 years, 8 months ago by

A new Common Freljord Unit, Ruthless Raider, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    A new Common Freljord Unit, Ruthless Raider, has been revealed!

    Ruthless Raider Card Image

    Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!


    Learn more about Set 2

    Head on over to our dedicated guide for Set 2!

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  • BlueSpark's Avatar
    180 193 Posts Joined 01/27/2020
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Reeks of power creep to me; comparing this to Vanguard Defender should make it pretty clear. Well, I guess Defender has the Elite tag, which counts for something.

    As for the card itself, I think it's pretty cool. Obviously has some nice synergy with the self-damage theme, plus Freljord doesn't really have any aggressive early-game units yet, so this will give the region a new tool to play around with and possibly find its way into some weird aggro deck at some point.

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  • iWatchUSleep's Avatar
    1095 819 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From BlueSpark

    Reeks of power creep to me; comparing this to Vanguard Defender should make it pretty clear. Well, I guess Defender has the Elite tag, which counts for something.

    As for the card itself, I think it's pretty cool. Obviously has some nice synergy with the self-damage theme, plus Freljord doesn't really have any aggressive early-game units yet, so this will give the region a new tool to play around with and possibly find its way into some weird aggro deck at some point.

    How is this power creep? Vanguard Defender is far sturdier (i.e. doesn't die to Mystic Shot, or any 2 attack unit for that matter) whereas this one does.

    This one on the other hand deals more damage because of its higher attack and Overwhelm, but is easier to remove in return.

    This card is in no way strictly better than Vanguard Defender so I'm not sure where the power creep is coming from.

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  • BlueSpark's Avatar
    180 193 Posts Joined 01/27/2020
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    I think having Overwhelm as an extra keyword and a statline that supports said keyword makes this a stronger card than Defender. Although you're right that "power creep" is the wrong term to use here since it should be reserved for cards that are exactly alike except in a single characteristic.

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  • bocageaa's Avatar
    100 13 Posts Joined 03/11/2020
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Keywords work very well with buffs, and freljord has a few.

    Omen hawk into draw this is really strong

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  • OldManSanns's Avatar
    Azir 1040 924 Posts Joined 08/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From bocageaa

    Keywords work very well with buffs, and freljord has a few.

    Omen hawk into draw this is really strong

    Agreed--and I think you probably only really like this card if you're playing Omen Hawk and Hearthguard.  Otherwise, I think you'd probably prefer Icevale Archer or Avarosan Sentry.

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