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Pojo's NeoPets Card of the Day
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Kougra
Archaeologist
Mystery Island Set
Date Reviewed: 9.20.04
Average Rating: 3.5
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 Archaeologist
Neopet | Experienced Kougra | Fire
Strength 9 | Agility 11 | Magic 4 | Intelligence 6
You may tap this Neopet to return a Totem from your discard pile to your hand.
29/100 MI Rare
To start off our week of totems, we're taking a look at the Indiana Jones of Neopets, the Kougra Archaeologist. If you're thinking of building a deck that revolves around totem use, this is your guy. With a single tap, you can add a totem back to your hand from you discard pile, making him a recycling machine!
The downside? His stats are average, and it's going to cost you one tap, one bank, and the totem to get the totem's effect that second time. Of course, if you're using the Snarling Totem to knock out a powerful opposing Neopet, it could be worth it.
Ratings:
I could easily see people making a totem-based deck, and this guy would be very helpful. If you're not using totems, I would not use the Archaeologist at all. That being said, I'll post a 3.2 of 5.
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mike2003ekim |
Kougra Archaeologist
Neopet | Experienced Kougra | Fire
Strength 9 | Agility 11 | Magic 4 | Intelligence 6
"You may tap this Neopet to return a Totem from your
discard pile to your hand."
Welcome to Totem week! Over the next little while,
we've got an excellent line up of cards which
everyone on the team has sent in. Today is Kougra
Archaeologist, something of a must-have for those of
you interested in testing out those Totems.
Stats-wise, this card is a bit of a bummer, I think.
With an average 11 in Agility, and a sub-par 9 in
Strength, you probably won't be winning too many
contests with him. Besides, he has a paltry 4 and 6
in Magic and Intelligence, respectively. Fortunately
(or unfortunately, however you look at it), you
probably won't be starting many contests with him
late-game because of his effect.
His effect allows you to tap him in order to return
a Totem from your discard pile to your hand. Those
of you unaware of the effects of various Totems, you
are able to remove them from your Bank at different
times in your turn in order to reap the benefits of
their effects. Currently, there are quite a few of
them that are quite good in terms of effects, with
Wooden Kougra Totem leading the pack (IMO). You can
use this to pull used-up Totems back into your hand
in order to use them again. It's quite good, really,
in the right deck.
Rating: 3.5/5 (In a Totem deck... Probably 1.5/5
anywhere else)
If used in the correct build, he can be phenominal.
In fact, with two of these out and a third Neopet of
any species, you could be swinging Totems around
while Banking other cards at the same time. Try him
with Techo Fisherman, some books that allow you to
view the top cards of your deck, and some Wooden
Kougra Totems. There are many other possibilities
for this card that you could try out. That was only
one.
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Carrie
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Kougra Archaeologist
Neopet/Experienced Kougra/Fire
9/11/4/6
You may tap this Neopet to return a Totem from your
discard pile to your hand.
Mystery Island 29/100 Rare
Rating: 3.8
This Experienced Neopet has the higest agility stat
for the Fire faerie type, matched only by the new
Kougra Chieftain. This card is limited to a very
specific type of deck. If you're not playing Totems,
you won't see this card. That in mind, the Kougra
Archaeologist's ability to tap to return a Totem
from the discard pile to your hand is enormous.
Totems are made to be discarded from your bank, so
you're going to see them in the discard pile more
often than not.
There are currently four Totems. The Snarling Totem
allows you to discard one of your opponent's Neopets.
The Shell Acara Totem makes each player discard
their hand. The Wooden Nimmo Totem gives you a +3 to
all stats for a turn, and the Wooden Kougra Totem
allows you to win a contest no matter what (even
against a Villain or a roll of 6!). These are all
amazing cards with only the downside of losing bank
points, because you have to discard them from your
bank to trigger the effects. But with the Kougra
Archaeologist, this isn't nearly as painful as it
sounds. You could use the card effect, discard the
Totem, then bring it back to your hand at which
point you can bank it and either leave it there for
its bank point value, or use it to aggrevate your
opponent once again.
I'm giving this card a 3.8 because it can only be
used with one very specific kind of deck. As more
Totems are released, I think we'll see a lot of the
Kougra Archaeologist.
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