Let there be LIGHT!!!  *lights come on* Cower before the mightiest attacker in the game!  This creature is unrivaled in power by any mortal living and… *is tapped on shoulder by a n00b*  What?  No, Bolshack Dragon is NOT mightier than this, now go away.  I don’t care about power attacker…  *is tapped on the shoulder by veteran player*  Oh.  There’s someone stronger in Survivors?  Ok, thanks. 

 

Forget all that folks, today we meet

 

Alcadieas, Lord of Spirits

Cost:  6

Civilization:  Light

Card Type:  Evolution Creature
Creature Class:  Angel Command

Flavor Text:  “I forget.” – Lee Sandow

Power: 12500

Mana Generated: 1

Rarity:  Very Rare

Card Number:  1/55

 

Let me just say that I hate Alcadieas, because I can never spell his name right.  Why couldn’t he just be B0b, Lord of Spirits, or Johnny, Lord of Spirits?  Probably to makes Lee’s life miserable…  I’m just going to call him B0b for today, alrighty?  Now, on to the review, yes?

 

Civilization/Race:  He’s Light.  He’s an Angel Command.  Angel Commands are very strong, have some support, and can evolve into a bad-*** evolution… Oh… Right.  Alcadieas IS the evolution.  

 

Cost:  Six Mana is about standard for a really good evolution.  Unfortunately, you have to figure in the cost of the Angel Command B0b evolves from, so it will be 11 Mana at the CHEAPEST (evolve from Aeris)(No, I’m not counting Elf-X or the like).  Still, this guy can be  worth each of them, and you don’t necessarily have to pay all eleven in one lump sum.

 

Abilities:  He’s an evolution, which has to evolve from an Angel Command.  I already covered the cons to that under cost.  He also can benefit from Supporting Tulip, King Aquakamui, and Rimuel. Being an evolution, he has no summoning Sickness.  Combined with his other abilities… That is 1337. 

 

He is a double breaker, which guarantees he will swing when he’s first summoned to whack a two shields (unless he is blocked, or you decide not to for some weird reason). 

 

Finally, this is the ability that makes B0b playable.  Only light Spells can be cast by either player. Meaning… All shield trigger spells except Holy Awe will not be able to trigger, cards like Death Smoke and friends can’t be used, and there is no way to destroy B0b with a spell.  This ability targets you as well, don’t forget, but you shouldn’t find this to be a problem anyway.

 

Power:   He is unrivaled by any card in the CURRENT English game (aside from a pumped Bolshack).  This guy defines power, and he is in a league of his own here.

 

Ok, now that I’ve reviewed these stats, let’s see how they stack up. 

 

Costructed overview:  If you build a deck around this guy, he is awesome.  If you just throw him in a deck, expect to see him warming the bench in the mana zone.  That being said, if this guy hits the field, there is a really good chance your opponent will lose.  About 1/3 of their deck, their spells, will become useless.  Since B0b has such high attack stats, he won’t lose a battle, except under rare conditions.  He cannot be destroyed by a spell.  The best way to kill Alcadias?  Chaos Worm.  Corile, Ballom, Rothus, Wailing Shadow Belbethingy, and Swamp worm work well too, but Chaos Worm is THE surefire method.  This guy is hard to kill, so there’s a good bet he won’t die. 

 

He’s difficult to summon, but the best way to kill him is to destroy his evo bait.  That is the best solution running.  If he hits the field… duck for cover.

 

Out of five, I’d rank him 4/5.

 

Limited overview:  Sure, he’s big enough, but he won’t hit the field often.  Since he’s an evo, you have to draft another angel command to even attempt using him.  What does SoBN offer?  Rimuel, which is yet another (over-costed) foil, so good luck getting him, and Aeris, who will show up in packs from time to time.  Still, you’ll want more than one lower level Angel Command.  This guy is awesome here if you can summon him, but it just won’t happen nearly often enough to warrant using him.  Draft him for his rarity, or don’t draft him at all.  1.5/5

 

H4x0r pwnz0rz y00

Lee Sandow