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Pojo's FMA Card of the Day

Edward Elric's Arm Blade
Weapon

Reviewed January 9, 2006

Rating: 4.2

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Sean Freeman	Edward Elric's Arm Blade Type: Attachment - Weapon Attributes:S+2/W+0/A-1 Effect: "Unique" Search Alchemy 7:Discard 1 card. Reset this character. This card is one of the many attachments that you can use to power up your leaders or allies in the Fullmetal Alchemist Tcg. I have to say that on a personal note that I don't care for this card to much, but it's not about my opinion now is it? Though there are much better weapons in this game to be used, this one does have it's purposes. :) With a cost! of 7,it's possible to equip this weapon to a number of characters without having to use the rule of Equivalent Exchange. The one big downside to this item is that besides the +2 strength bonus it gives, It has to be equipped to a character with a large number of alchemy to even serve a real purpose. The upside is that the one type of deck this card can work in happens to be the very person it's named after, Edward Elric.:) In the right type of alcehmy deck, this card can cause a number of problems. One thing that comes to find could be a constant reset of characters until no more options remain. This can be done with Edward Elric, Unbeliever, Alphonse Elric, Loyal Brother, Pinako Rockbell, Hardnosed Gramma, and this very card. Although this cannot be done in one phase of your search phase, if you can manage to put up a decent defense you could pull off some serious alchemic hurt on your opponent with this one! Art: 4/5 (Good pic, but I think this scene could have been saved for a better card) Usefullness: 2/5 (As stated above, this card really only serves it's purpose in one type of deck) Overall: 2/5 (Not a very good card, but if pulled off in a certain combo it can be quite useful)
Belgarion	Edward Elric's Arm Blade Weapon Unique Cost 7 Strength +2 Alchemy -1 SEARCH ALCHEMY 7, discard one card, Reset this character. There a few good things about this card. there's the fact that it can give you plus two strength. That can be really useful in a strength oriented deck. problem is a lot of pepole would rather play other attachments. there's also the fact that it lowers alchemy isn't good. Especially when the ability is based on alchemy 7. The only deck that can pull that of is Elrics. The chances that this Weapon being played over Spear isn't gonna happen soon. so I am gonna give it a strait forward 5/10
Crenshinibon	Edward Elric's Arm Blade: Excluding Pinanko's Tools, most of the unique attachments in the game are fairly powerful. From cards like Mark of the Ouroboros (which was recently changed to become unique in the latest CRD), to Father Cornello's Chaingun, they all provide powerful affects in addition to a solid stat boost. Edward Elric's Arm Blade really isn't an exception. With a powerful boost of +2 Strength, it gives characters more of an edge. That being said, the decrease in alchemy can really be a burden, sometimes making it impossible to meet the card's cost without Equivilent Exchange. In my mind, this card does best in either a Rebel deck or an Elric Faction deck. Elrics obviously benefit from the increased strength, and can usually take a blow to alchemy while still being able to use the ability (especially with alchemy-boosting attachments like Alchemist's Cadeceus). Unfortunately, Elrics already have a hard enough time with weapon attachments, as Spear is arguably the best weapon attachment in the game, and is usable by Elrics pretty much throughout the game. Rebels still have Father Cornello's Chaingun as a more powerful weapon, and there's no way any of the Claires or Father Cornello could ever use the ability. That leaves only Scar and Psiren decks for the Armblade. Scar can probably use it, but he has to discard 3 in the process with Brawler, and so it's slightly less useful than Father Cornello's Chaingun at that time (just discard 3 to equip, then use its ability every turn.) Psiren has an even harder time effectively using Armblade at level 2, with low alchemy stats all around (even on trickster, which has a base of 5 alchemy.) Overall, the card can be solid, but I have yet to see a strong use for it with so many strong weapons in the game already. Rating: 3.5/5.
Xeverex18	Edward Elric's Arm Blade This card is very good, but with its -1 alchemy, you mostly need a high alchemy leader to equip this to. Good in most Edward faction decks, because you can start off with mother who gives your leader a +1 alchemy, and you can also equip Alchemist Caduceus for another alchemy boost to use this cards effect. The -1 alchemy should not be a bother because i assume your character will have a very high alchemy anyways, and the +2 strenght is just top notch. Being able to attack twice is not something an opponent want to happen. I give this card a 8.5/10, because this is a good equipment, but its easy to get around, and Sneak Thiefable.
Miller1119	Edward Elric’s Arm Blade 7 cost attachment Weapon +2 Strength +0 Wits - 1 Alchemy Unique Search Alchemy 7, Discard 1 Card: Reset this character. The first card of the day for the FMA section of Pojo is “Edward Elric’s Arm Blade”. This card is a very coveted promo, which not many people have their hands on yet. Anyone who watches Fullmetal Alchemist knows that Ed breaks out his Arm Blade a lot, so you would think this card would be a really good. The main problem with this card is it requires a rather beefy character. It requires either a base alchemy of 8, or another attachment to even use the effect. The effect is good; don’t get me wrong, however the requirement to use it is not an easy task. I personally would rather use Father Cornello’s Chaingun since it merely requires you to have 9 strength, while giving you extra strength toward it. The main advantage to this card however allows you to use your beatstick twice; the only other card to offer such an effect is Assist. The main deck I see this working in is an Elric leader deck, more specifically Alphonse, because having him attack more than once has the ability to win games. The most used level 2 leader for Alphonse is Protective Soul, he has a base of 6 alchemy, combined with Trisha Elric, Supportive Mother, and he is already at 7. You simply need to find a way to give him 1 more alchemy to use the effect and you can take out around 3 of their characters with Alphonse alone, using his effect to intercept attacks and attacking twice via the effect of the Arm Blade. Overall, this card isn’t the worst equip in the game, but probably not the best. Casual Play: 5/5 It can be fun to play with this card knowing that you can’t win or lose anything from the match. Tournament Play: 3/5 I think there are far better weapon attachments you could use, but you can pick worse (see Hawkeye’s Pistol).