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Recapitulating Apparition
Cost: 3
Aspect: 3 Greed
Type: Character – ghost
Stats – 2 – 1 – 3 (STR, LIFE, SPD)
Effect: If this card is put into your
discard pile from play, you may pay 1. If you do,
put this card into play under your control,
depleted.
Ok, before you all begin to freak
out. It’s an artist reprint. If you went to the
Pre-Releases, you should have seen some (I
personally <3 Land Shark, but that’s just me). Most
are at least uncommon, some even rares. Here’s one
of them…
O...My…Goodness. Anyone realize that
this card is amazingly broken at the get go? For the
mere cost of 1 mana, you get to re-play this ghosty
back to the field if it somehow leaves the field to
the graveyard. The possibilities are endless,
assuming there is no errata yet. Berserker Corps got
another piece of fodder. Bankers prove to be the
aspect of regeneration. Oh, and of course, you get
an endless line of attackers/blockers, as you wish
to use it.
Now, there are the downsides. The
fact you have to hold on to at least 1 mana can
hurt, so facing a mirror match that uses The
Ministry of other Smaller Ministries would be good
to at least begin the dam to stop it. 3 Aspects
kinda hurts, but doesn’t really matter as you
probably aren’t playing this first turn anyway. I
mean, you could, but then you’re on mana caution for
the entire existence of RA.
The power of the thing isn’t stellar,
so it’ll be dying constantly. With one life, it dies
by a micromajig. Arcanists have this thing’s number
by bouncing (a.k.a sending back to the hand), and
then discarding. Warlords have enough brute force to
really make your opponent struggle with the decision
of bringing it back or not. And, like most things,
if it gets finger trapped or jeweled up, it’s
useless…
But I digress. It’s probably one of
those cards to use with things like Rapine and
Berserker Corps, over and over again. It’s a great
wall, and if you need it, can deal the 2 damage. Not
too shabby…
Constructed
– 4/5 – Simply amazing, but not broken. It
does have flaws, like most other cards, and it is
only a 2-1-3. But, this is the first and only card
that does anything like this, so to say it is less
than playable is a mistake.
Limited – 4.5/5 –
I know 3 aspect cost is painful to bear, but if used
properly, it becomes the staple of your deck. Not
like a Runic Cannon, mind you, but still, always a
potential draft or pick if you go that Banker route.
Art – 4/5
– I’m broken up here. The artist work
is really original and unique, but it doesn’t really
fit the card’s idea. I see this card, and I honestly
don’t see the banker aspect here…
Flavor Text – 4.5/5 –
Really funny. Not Reckless Challenger funny or even
Creaky Old Swordsman funny, but since there’s a damn
in there, it’s auto-funny. Nice.
That’s it for Recapitulating
Apparition. Anyone wit a question or comment should
e-mail me at
nimbly@gmail.com
Later Days…
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