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Pojo's FMA Card of the Day
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The Frost
Alchemist
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Alex Louis
Armstrong, Overbearing Bodyguard
7 Cost--Elric Faction
Human*Soldier*State Alchemist*Hero
4 Strength--4 Wits--5 Alchemy
"When Alex Louis Armstrong is paying for an
event or ability, cards discarded for Equivalent
Exchange reduce the attribute cost by 2 instead
of 1.
Battle Alchemy 9: Alex Louis Armstrong gets +2
strength."
The Rundown: Another ALA ally! However, this ALA
is for Elric Faction.
Armstrong's alchemy for this ally is a little
better than most of his other versions out
there, and matches alchemy with his 9 cost
counterpart. And his first ability isn't too
shabby. Normally, if you wanted to play Change
in Plans or Sensei's Shadow, you would have to
rely on a high Alchemy character or discard 1 or
more cards in order to use the event. But this
Armstrong takes care of that problem. You only
have to discard 1 card for EE in order to play
the events. It's also a handy ability to have
since his other ability costs 9 Alchemy to use
and he only has 5.
The Downside: Where do I start? How about I
start with the fact that his other ability
requires 9 Alchemy to use? Which means you have
to have Lyra's Pendent in play and have
Armstrong equipped with Alchemist's Gloves or
State Alchemist's Watch, or you have to discard
2 cards. In addition, he is a Hero. So, if you
wanted to play him in a non-Hero deck for
whatever reason, that's a no go.
Final Word: Well, it's not the worst Armstrong
ally. If you're playing Elric, this ally isn't
too bad if you want to run in-faction.
Otherwise, you might just want to go ahead and
pay the faction penalty for Strong and Beautiful
for a much more useful effect. Don't get me
wrong, this Armstrong's effect does have its
uses. I just find being able to cancel a Battle
Event or Ability a little more useful. Because
your leader will eventually have the stats to
pay for almost any Event you would need to EE
for. This Armostrong ally would be a bit better
if his effect counted for attachments too.
I give Alex Louis Armstrong, Overbearing
Bodyguard a 3 out of 5.
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Raven DarK |
Alex Armstrong
- Overbearing Body Guard
7 Cost
4
4
4
When Alex Armstrong is used for paying for an
event or ability cards discarded for equivlants
exchange reduce the attribute cost by 2 instead
of 1.
Battle Alchemy 9: Alex Armstrong gets +2
strength.
Today's Alex is the Elric version of the card.
While it has decent stats the effect is sub par
compared to the military Armstrong. Honestly if
you want to use Alex one should use that one
instead unless you need to be in the same
faction as your leader. You would have to EE
alot of cards just to get the plus 2 strength
making it not a really great pump. There's just
better cards out there than this.
Overal 2/5
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