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Pojo's NeoPets Card of the Day
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Kougra Scientist
Return of Dr. Sloth expansion
Date Reviewed: 5.21.04
Average Rating: 3.3
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating. |
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Deke |
Kougra Scientist
Neopet | Experienced Kougra | Fire
Strength 5 | Agility 10 | Magic 5 | Intelligence 9
When an intelligence contest starts, you may tap
this Neopet to give +4 to intelligence. If you win
the contest, untap this Neopet.
53/100 RoDS Uncommon
This is one of the new Experienced Neopets (also
Buzz Bully, Mutant Grundo, & Cybunny Scout) that can
help boost other contests at the risk of having to
leave him tapped. Is this ability all it's cracked
up to be? Well, almost. :P Don't get me wrong, when
things work out this guy is great (and so are the
other guys with similar abilities). But, there is a
lot of room for problems to develop, and we don't
like problems.
In order for the +4 to be effective, you shouldn't
be any more than 2 stat points away in the arena of
your contest (in this case, intelligence). If your
opponent is ahead by more than 2, even by adding 4,
you have a significant chance of losing, and the
cost is two tapped neopets (one for the contest, and
the Kougra Scientist). If you're ahead by more than
2 already, boosting isn't going to boost your
chances of winning much more, and again, it probably
isn't worth the risk. If you're -2,-1,0,+1,+2, it
might be worth it. I'll have to look at the exact
math later.
Another drawback is that Kougra Scientist is only
mediocre in 2 arenas, intelligence and agility.
Since intelligence will be covered by whatever pet
you'll be boosting, you'll likely want this guy in
agility. 10 is not very good for an Experienced in
Agility.
So with all the downsides, why are the pets with
these abilities considered so good? Well, it is
believed that you may be able to use their boosting
ability during your opponent's turn (assuming
they're untapped on your opponent's turn). If so, +4
could really up your odds of successfully defending
the arena. Rocket boots anyone?
Ratings:
He's not too bad, but not too hot either. The
ability is worth playtesting, but beware the
drawbacks. He scores a 3.6 of 5.
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Noah |
Kougra Scientist
Neopet|Experienced Kougra| Fire
Strength 5| Agility 10| Magic 5| Intelegence 9
When an Intelegence contest starts, You may tap this
neopet to give +4 to intelegence. If you win this
contest untap this card.
Well this is an interesting card.I havent seen too
many good Experienced neopets that do well in the
intelegence arena lately. I find intelegence/book
decks very hard to play and this guy makes them
better. I dont see alot of these decks so i would
probably wouldnt be so scared about the keep tapped
or untap rule, sence most likely you'll win the
contest. Im gonna keep this nice and simple for
today.
Pros+
+4 intelegence
Cons-
Stays tapped if you loose
Intelegence Deck- 4.5/5
Anywhere else- 3/5
The next card we review comes in the hundreds, oddly
enough, they all look the same.
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