Ra-Vu The Storm Bringer Review:

 

Evolution — Put on one of your Skyforce Champions.

Double Breaker (This creature breaks 2 shields.)

Lightning Vortex — At the end of each of your turns, untap all your creatures.

Eye of the Storm — All your creatures have "Blocker." (You may tap a creature that has "Blocker" to change an enemy creature's attack to it.)

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Card Academy back again with another review. This marverlous Monday we have Ra-Vu's "upgrade". So lets take a look and break down all of its abilities one by one.

Ra-Vu The Stormbringer
Light
Skyforce Champion

Cost: 6

Power: 11000

 

Evolution — Put on one of your Skyforce Champions.

 

Whenever we look at an evolution the first thing I always look at is the evolution bait. Skyforce Champions do not come by cheap. Here is the breakdown of skyforce champions by mana cost.

 

• Alcadeus, Winged Justice- 7
• Astinos, the Cloud Knight- 6
• Ra-Vu, Seeker of Lightning- 7
• Radiant, the Lawbringer- 7
• Starlight Strategist- 6
• Starwing- 5
• Twilight Commander- 5
• Urth, the Overlord- 8

Those are some hefty costing bait when compared to the mor epopular chimeras and cyber lords which have a myriad of 1-2 costs. So based on bait alone Ra-Vu is already tougher to bring out, but hopefully that means his effect make up for his higher cost and harder to summon evo bait, so lets take a look.

Lightning Vortex — At the end of each of your turns, untap all your creatures.

Alright, so this effect is simple enough. The ability to swing with blockers to generate pluses then have them untapped to curbe any agression your opponent might do on their turn is nifty although not overwhelming, but what if you don't have blockers? or what if the creatures you have aren't blockers? well Ra-Vu covers that.

Eye of the Storm — All your creatures have "Blocker." (You may tap a creature that has "Blocker" to change an enemy creature's attack to it.)

 

So although this effect is unique to Kaijudo, we had a simliar card like this in Duel Masters. No one used it (except me in one tournament). His ability to turn all your potential attackers that can generate advantage (aqua seneschel, razordhide, gigastand, etc) can create some cute tricks and can put your opponent in a bind, but for me, ultimately falls short of what some of the other powerful evolutions bring to the table.

 

Summary:

So overall Ra-Vu the Stormbringer, actually brings some unique mechanics but ultimatley falls short of he power and speed the other evolutions hold. His power is nice, and I don't think he is absurdly costed for his ability and power. I wish he costed 5 but hey we take what we can get. However where Ra-Vu really loses steam is his evolution bait. However if cheaper Sky Force Champions come out Ra-Vu could definitley be a real threat and quickly end games.

 

Constructed: 2.5/5

Limited: 2.5/5 (If you somehow use this in a draft/sealed can be pretty difficult to deal with)

 

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     Welcome to a new week of Kaijudo reviews here at Pojo.com! We begin the week looking at Ra-Vu the Stormbringer. 

     Ra-Vu is a level six light evolution creature that has 11000 power. Ra-Vu evolves from another Skyforce Champion. Ra-Vu the Stormbringer has double breaker. Ra-Vu the Stormbringer has two abilities. The first is Lightning Vortex which says at the end of each of your turns, untap all of your creatures. The second ability is Eye of the Storm, which says that all of your creatures gain Blocker, and may be tapped to block an opponents attacking creature. 

    Ra-Vu the Stormbringer is pretty insane in my opinion. At only a level six, it is pretty easy to get out on the battlefield so long as you have another Skyforce Champion to evolve. Also, not a big deal. It is Ra-Vu's abilities though that make him great. Double Breaker is almost expected at an Evolution level six. It is the other abilities I am referring to. Being able to untap all your creatures at the end of your turn, and have them all turned into blockers is like a game over scenario. A full forced attack on your opponent should deal a great deal of damage, breaking a large number of shields, especially if they aren't running many blockers. But then knowing that all of your creatures untap, and will be waiting to stave off your opponents is devastating. 

    Truly a great card that will end the game quickly. 

Limited: 5/5

Constructed: 5/5