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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.