Today’s card was originally meant to be a Triple Breaker, but our staff had a last minute change of heart and decided to review something that is actually playable.  I’ll start off by saying this.  TRIPLE BREAKERS ARE NOT WORTH IT.  That having been said, we can now get on to today’s review, which marks the beginning of a week-long survivors theme.  Survivors, unlike Triple Breakers, are playable in their own deck, and few are better than this guy!

 

Smash Horn Q

Cost:  3

Civilization:  Nature

Card Type:  Creature
Race:  Survivor/Horned Beast

• Survivor (Each of your Survivors has this creature's  ability.)

 This creature gets +1000 power.

Flavor Text:  The symbol on its back is proof of its refusal to die.

Power: 2000+

Mana Generated: 1

Rarity:  Common

Card Number:  55/55

 

This guy is one of the better survivors in a survivor deck, and unlike most of the rest of them, this one MIGHT also see play outside of a survivors deck.
 

Civilization/Race:  He’s nature, as you can see, and this isn’t really that interesting.  He is also a Horned Beast, which IS interesting.  This guy is GREAT cheap evo-bait for Niofa, Horned Protector.  Since low cost Horned Beasts are few, this guy will shine there.  Since he’s also a survivor, he will also play well with a survivors deck.

 

Cost:  Three mana is an amount that nature has reserved for a certain card.  Bronze-Arm Tribe.  This guy is simply a vanilla creature, at 3 for 3000, and has no extra effect unless you have another survivor on the field.  Still, he’s nice and cheap, and you can’t go wrong with his cost/power ratio.

 

Power:  He has 2000 power, which is then given a permanent 1000 point boost by his own ability.  So basically, he has 3000 power, plus whatever other Survivor benefits he may acquire.  As far as my understanding of this card goes, if you get two of this guy on the field at the same time, he gets 1000 power times two.  So he would be at 4000.  I’m pretty sure this is how this works, cause PERMANENT stat increases stack, whereas Power Attacker does not.  Bear that in mind people.

 

Abilities:  Well, I have already discussed his ability.  He gives himself and all other Survivor cards plus 1000 power all the time.  Not groundbreaking, but certainly not bad either.  It’ll make Bladerush Skyterror all the more threatening, and will make your other survivors a little bit more hardy.  And it puts all of them (except Blazosaur Q) out of that pesky Crimson Hammer range.

 

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

 

Constructed overview:  I’m going to review him for a Survivors deck.  He’s a great, early drop survivor with a fine ability.  If you are using the nature side of the survivor family, I really don’t see how you can go wrong with this card.  Actually, I’ll also say the same thing about him in a Niofa deck.  In both of those decks, I’ll give him 4.5/5.  Anywhere else, pass on him.  You can do better.

 

Limited overview:  He’s a quick, cheap drop that will give your other survivors more power.  Simply due to how quickly he hits the field in a set that is dominated by high-cost creatures, he gets 4/5.  If you get him and are using nature, run him.  Plain and simple.

 

The Tribe Has Spoken