Strategy & Gameplay:

Race Wars

May 28^th, 2005
By JMatthew

For the most part race is not an issue in the game of Duel Masters. Very few cards grant you race specific bonuses to your other cards and the majority of them are typically quite prohibitive in use. However, evolution creatures can force you too more careful evaluate what races the creature you choose for your deck belong to.

In this series of articles, the objective will be to give a general evaluation of the more popular and powerful races of the Duel Masters universe. We will check into the mana cost, average rarity and overall base power of each race. In addition I have included a comprehensive rating for each creature with a total average of all the creatures belonging to that race.

Today’s article will cover two of the most popular of the races - Beast Folk and Humans. In future “Race Wars” articles I will endeavor to cover more of the races. You are more than welcome to write me with your suggestions, including your own evaluations!

Beast Folk

One of the most popular races in Duel Masters has been the Beast Folk. While their initial impact on the game seemed unimportant, the introduction of “Evocrushinators of Doom” granted these beasties a great deal of power with two of the most extraordinary of evolution creations to hit the Duel Masters circuit. Since then the Beast Folk have yet to be granted another evolution creature (perhaps allowing the other races some time to catch up). Still some useful basic creatures have made their way onto the scene with the likes of Torcon, for example. Alternatively, you could argue that Beast Folk recently obtained more evolutions than any other race with the introduction of Innocent Blade, Hunter of All.

Basic Creatures: 12

Averages

Mana Cost: 2.83

Base Power: 2000

Rating: 2.99

Rarity: Common

Evolution Creatures: 2

Averages

Mana Cost: 4

Base Power: 6500

Rating: 3.87

Rarity: Very Rare

	Name	Civilization	Cost	Type	Race	Power	Rarity	Rating	Set

1.	Bronze-Arm Tribe	Nature	3	Creature	Beast Folk	1000	Common	3.75
2.	Burning Mane	Nature	2	Creature	Beast Folk	2000	Common	3.00
3.	Fear Fang	Nature	3	Creature	Beast Folk	3000	Common	2.75
4.	Golden Wing Striker	Nature	3	Creature	Beast Folk	2000+	Common	2.75
5.	Mighty Shouter	Nature	3	Creature	Beast Folk	2000	Common	2.25
6.	Steel Smasher	Nature	2	Creature	Beast Folk	3000	Common	2.50
7.	Barkwhip, the Smasher	Nature	2	Evolution	Beast Folk	5000	Uncommon	3.30
8.	Silver Axe	Nature	3	Creature	Beast Folk	1000	Common	2.00
9.	Silver Fist	Nature	4	Creature	Beast Folk	3000+	Uncommon	2.75
10.	Fighter Dual Fang	Nature	6	Evolution	Beast Folk	8000	Super Rare	4.43
11.	Torcon	Nature	2	Creature	Beast Folk	1000	Common	3.50
12.	Crow Winger	Nature	2	Creature	Beast Folk	1000+	Common	3.25
13.	Innocent Hunter, Blade of All	Nature	4	Creature	Beast Folk	1000	Uncommon	4.15
14.	Mighty Bandit, Ace of Thieves	Nature	3	Creature	Beast Folk	2000	Common	3.25

*Ratings in red are taken from Pojo’s COTD reviews.

Humans

We would be incredibly remiss if we forgot about our own race. Heck, based upon the power they possess, the human race deserves to be mentioned whether we share DNA with them or not. With thirteen members strong humans sport numerous quick creatures and provide a small variety of very useful abilities.

Basic Creatures: 9

Averages

Mana Cost: 2.8

Base Power: 2000

Rating: 3.34

Rarity: Common

Evolution Creatures: 4

Averages

Mana Cost: 4.25

Base Power: 5000

Rating: 2.68

Rarity: Rare

1.	Brawler Zyler	Fire	2	Creature	Human	1000+	Common	3.83
2.	Fatal Attacker Horvath	Fire	3	Creature	Human	2000+	Common	2.00
3.	Immortal Baron, Vorg	Fire	2	Creature	Human	2000	Common	4.00
4.	Armored Cannon Balbaro	Fire	3	Evolution	Human	3000+	Uncommon	1.00
5.	Mini Titan Gett	Fire	2	Creature	Human	2000+	Common	3.00
6.	Armored Blaster Valdios	Fire	4	Evolution	Human	6000	Super Rare	3.75
7.	Explosive Dude Joe	Fire	3	Creature	Human	3000	Common	3.50
8.	Muramasa, Duke of Blades	Fire	6	Creature	Human	3000	Uncommon	1.50
9.	Missile Boy	Fire	3	Creature	Human	1000	Uncommon	3.00
10.	Armored Decimator Valkaizer	Fire	5	Evolution	Human	5000	Rare	3.25
11.	Choya, the Unheeding	Fire	2	Creature	Human	1000+	Common	3.00
12.	Migasa, Adept of Chaos	Fire	3	Creature	Human	2000	Uncommon	3.50
13.	Armored Groblav	Fire	5	Creature	Human	6000+	Promo	2.75

*Ratings in red are taken from Pojo’s COTD reviews.

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