Although we have a great weapon for the CotD, even more important is that the new set is released today!!!  Unfortunately I'll be spending the day halfway across the state away from my favorite gaming stores.  Anyway, on with the reviews

 

Faerie Slingshot

Equipment | Weapon

Strength 1 | Agility - | Magic 2 | Intelligence - | Bank 2

To play this, tap 1 of your Neopets.  Whenever you play an Item in a contest in any arena, this Equipment gives +3 to all stats for that contest.

5/234  Foil

 

This card is revered in many areas as one of the best equips out there.  Why?  Because you can boost the stats of any pet instead of just the one it's equipped to.  Sounds great?  Here's the problem.  If you use its effect too much, you're going to lose hand control quickly.  Almost every item you play in a battle is one less card you can bank later.  Then again, there are always helpful cards like Potion of Strength, Potion of Speed, Faerie Dishwater, Essence of Brain, and Everlasting Apple that bounce back if you win.  If you lose, you might rely on another equip that adds +2 to Magic, Earth Faerie Leaves.

 

The main downfall of the Faerie Slingshot is that it's bank value and base stat boosts really suck.  Only 1 in Strength, and the Magic arena is probably the least used battleground of the four.  If you aren't much of one for playing items in battles, there really isn't much of any other reason to use this card.  When you consider that it takes up a deck slot, costs a tap to use (unless you're using cards like Scorchio Warrior, the new Jeran, Meridell Knight, or risking Contest of Champions), and then will cost an additional card every time you want to use it's effect, you might start to see how it's usefulness will probably fade quickly.  Even in the first set, there were a few equips that added +4 to a specific stat that might be better to go with.

 

 

Ratings:

 

It's effect is amazingly useful for now, but the cost and base stats are depressing.  I can't go higher than a 3.6/5.